SUPPORT Membership
New York Live Arts Members deepen their experiences as part of the Live Arts audience with ticket discounts, special events and opportunities to learn about the creative and intellectual forces shaping the future. Membership contributions help us create a place that is vital to the social and cultural fabric of New York City.
Patrons Circle
Patrons of New York Live Arts believe in the transformative power of art, and give generously to foster a home for performers at all levels in their career.
Partners for New Performance
Partners for New Performance is a social opportunity for like-minded individuals to support New York Live Arts’ many platforms for new work creation and live gathering. Serving as a cultural lever for societal change, this group will support emerging and mid-career artists in development and presentation of work, as well as New York Live Arts’ cultural engagement programs. Partners for New Performance supports artists and cultural exchange through the following programs: Live Feed, Fresh Tracks, Bill Chats, Open Spectrum Community Dialogues, and the Live Ideas Festival.
Partners in Creation
Partners in Creation (PIC), a benefactor program of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, gives its members a singular level of access to Bill T. Jones’ legendary artistic process and allows them to develop a relationship with one of the preeminent artists of our time. Partners engage with Bill, his collaborators and the members of his company as they travel the intricate and often revelatory journey of creating or re-envisioning signature works. Their participation and financial support preserves artistic freedom and innovation, while ensuring the company’s financial stability during the unpredictable process of creation. Support for New York Live Arts is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Con Edison, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Dance/NYC, the Ford Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation, Lambent Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund in the New York Community Trust, Otter, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Scherman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Public support for New York Live Arts is from Humanities New York, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Correction, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. New York Live Arts is supported by public funds from Humanities New York, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council with special thanks to Council Member Corey Johnson, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Dance/NYC’s New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The creation of new work by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is made possible in part by the company’s Partners in Creation: Anonymous, Anne Delaney, Zoe Eskin, Eleanor Friedman, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, James C. Hormel & Michael P. Nguyen, Suzanne Karpas, Ellen M. Poss, Jane Bovingdon Semel, in memory of Linda G. Shapiro, Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker. We thank individual supporters: Alex Katz Foundation, Anonymous, Zaire Baptiste & Voodo Fé, Patricia Blanchet, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Brant Foundation, Inc., Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy, David Dechman & Michele Mercure, Zoe Eskin, Adam Flatto, Eleanor Friedman, Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy*, In Loving Memory of Linda Grass Shapiro, Agnes Gund, Helen* & Peter Haje, Alexes Hazen, Ruth & Stephen Hendel*, James C. Hormel & Michael P. Nguyen, Bill T. Jones* & Bjorn Amelan*, Charla Jones*, Suzanne Karpas, Colleen Keegan*, Jonathan D. Lewis & Mark Zitelli, Jeffrey B. & Wendy Liszt, Barbara & Alan D. Marks*, Amy Newman* & Bud Shulman, Julie Orlando, Pace Prints, Phillips, Randy Polumbo*, Ellen M. Poss*, Matthew Putman*, Slobodan Randjelović* & Jon Stryker, Deborah Ronnen, Andrea Rosen, Alanna Rutherford*, Jane Bovingdon Semel* & Terry Semel, Ruby Shang*, Temple St. Clair & Paul Engler, Nina & Gabe Stricker, Pat Stryker, Billie Tsien & Tod Williams, Diana Wege*. * New York Live Arts Board Member For a full list, please see newyorklivearts.org/support/contributors
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