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The ACMA (Alliance for Creative Music Action) is a group of musicians, artists and supporters of the arts who are joining together "as a pressure group to bring awareness about the needs of art in our communities." Tonight they'll be holding a Town Hall Meeting, demanding that the city provide "an adequate subsidized performance space in Manhattan." The meeting will be held just a block away from Tonic, a recent casualty amongst downtown performance spaces.
When Tonic shut down in April, supporters put up a fight and took it to the steps of City Hall, now the ACMA is continuing the battle. NY Metro reports that "on the heels of Tonic’s closure, City Councilman Alan Gerson began exploring ways to protect artists and, according to his spokesman Paul Nagle, 'We are talking with tax specialists to have something for [Speaker Christine Quinn] and the state by October.'” From the press release about tonight's event:
ACMA recognizes that New York City, historically the international capital for innovative music, is now facing an acute cultural crisis. The formidable forces wielded by a sky rocketing real estate market have steadily eliminated new music venues from Manhattan, driving out musicians and composers, young and old, famous and unknown, whom all have contributed mightily to the vitality of this great city. ACMA is working with government officials and private sponsors to vigorously reverse this trend. ACMA is now working with Arts for Art to find an adequate space to establish a creative music center, centrally located in downtown New York.Tonight's meeting, which is open to all, will certainly cover how the arts (and such a space) can benefit the general community -- while letter writing, petitions, demonstrations, rallies, and raising awareness are all on the long-term agenda. Before you head over there take a look at how musicians are treated in other countries. One example from the Metro article is that musicians in Holland have their rehearsal space paid for!
The Town Hall Meeting is tonight at 6pm, and open to all. It is being held at Clemente Soto Velez at 107 Suffolk Street.
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They could get "subsidizing" if they made a non-for profit music venue. I don't see why the city should have to shell out for it.
Then again, they do it for corporations all the time.
*shrug*
New York City is so rich they may as well throw these guys a bone.
As someone who studied music at the university level... I'm FAR from anti-musician. I'd just like to make sure our bridges, pipes, and electrical lines, etc, are well funded first.
I'd love to go but I have to play X-Box.
Nearly every luxury development has been at least partially subsidized. Many of those luxury developments chose their locations due to artists pioneering undesirable neighborhoods and making the locations more desirable. It's only fair the artists get their piece of the pie. I'm all for it.
fix the subways. and the schools. and the sewers. and the potholes. did I mention the subways?
let john zorn find somewhere else to play. on someone else's dime...
man i'll tell you I walked out of there as quick as possible. They have a noble goal, but there are suggestions about what to do are very out of touch. They need some new leadership if they plan to make anything happen.
Everything is a "crisis" and the word has lost all meaning.
Basically downtown NYC has been the capital of contemporary art music for the last 30 years or so, until the recent closings of numerous venues due to increased rents.
While a lot of readers have no idea what is going on in that world, this activity both draws tourist dollars (yes, people do come here for free jazz) as well as helps sustain an artistic environment that our entire culture industry is built upon. For the haters, it is actually economically desirable to help sustain this community.
While I agree that the city should "fix the streets", the city should also look at the impact of the current untamed growth and its effects on what makes the city what it is. So we value condos over culture?
Re: #7
So true
I am supporting Alan Gerson because he always supported the interests of newyork citizens.
vote for him!!
visit: www.gerson2009.com!!!!