• Story Tellers Telling Stories

  • Seeing Colors (IDEAL™-ism in the Fine Arts)

  • Notions of Color Blindedness/I was Blind But Now I See 

  • Exhibitions and NYCA Associate Artists Programs

  • Theatre and Space Performance and the NYCA Thespians (need gender non-conforming nomenclature)

  • Sound It Out (Musical Performance and NYCA Musica Symphonia and Rhapsody Ensemble)

  • Can You Hear Me? Having a Voice

    • Listen with Your Eyes and Sing Everything You See/Hear (You Can Sing A Rainbow)

• Literary Prose & Poetry Readings and Workshops

  • A Prose is A pRose is A PRose is A prose

• Art, Music, Dance, Creative Writing, and Theatre History Courses, Seminars, and Workshops (through partnerships and collaborations)

  • Storytelling, Movement, Experiments in Sound, Voices to be Heard

• Dance and Movement Performance

• Personal Development Seminars, Workshops

• Artistic Mind & Body Programs (including Yoga, Meditation, Culinary, Conversations with Art & Tea, Early Morning Art with Meditation Music)

• Weekend NYCA DJ

• Writers’ Residency

• Choreographers’ Residency

• Composers’ Residency

• Creative Access to Transformation Residency

• Free Membership and then Free Access to All Programs On-site, Online, Yes All Free

• Community Endowment. All contributions received in tandem with year-end New Year’s celebration goes into a special endowment fund that reflects what our community has given freely, mostly unsolicited, to create more programming and keep as much of it as possible free. 

• Free Admission (book online or by phone)

• Free concerts (book online, FCFS)

• Free theater and dance performances (book online, FCFS)

• Free DJ dance evenings

• Free classes, workshops, and seminars (book online, FCFS)

• Free streaming access to concerts, theater and dance performances, classes, workshops, and seminars. 

• Restaurant / Cafe with focus on healthy lifestyle cuisine mostly vegetarian and Vegan, low to no sugar desserts, the one dollar NYCA coffee shop coffee or tea, add a one dollar power snack. The Penny-Wise Lunch Specials (four Selections that are Entree, Dessert, and Beverage for $10-$14)

• Desserts Des Arts: of course we condone a decadent dessert. Enjoy your “NYCA’up of coffee” with a culinary master chef’s NYCA art-themed dessert or pastry of the day or week (needs to be long-term sponsored by CuisineArt) 

• Establish well-branded and well-invested in technology and programming for creating an online membership community that gives everyone a voice and leads in the choices for listening, inclusion, and liberty, creating a safe and empowering place to share experiences and ideas about the transformative impact of connections to the arts across all media, culture, and time. 

• Neighborhood Contribution and Participation. Each staff member will make it their commitment and responsibility to always have one project that interfaces with the neighborhood and creates relationships and positive feelings of reciprocal connection: NYCA is not an art center in theirs or its neighborhood—it is an art center located in the neighborhood that nurtures us all—we are one of the neighbors,. We share a vision of improvement on the streets and the personal well-being of all who live, work, own a business, and visit the East Village and Lower East Side of Manhattan where inclusion and diversity are strongly visible and a natural part of the fabric of the neighborhood community. There will be a senior position / department that is just about good will and participation in the neighborhood and partnerships with all the small businesses that operate there.

• Create a mentoring program where all artist associates, musicians, dancers, writers, etc. give weekly lessons in their field to one child in the five boroughs for free for the participant. There will be an extra differential in salary ($12,500 annual addition) and can support this program through sponsored endowment fund. There is an application and interview to assess commitment (not talent) in order to be accepted into the programs

• Create a Board of Directors that truly reflects the neighborhood, the NYC, regional, national, and global communities who engage with the NYCA programs and everyone else who we wish to connect with leaving no one out in the actions NYCA takes, the programs it provides to the communities it serves, and in the marketing and branding initiatives that authentically and genuinely reveal who and what NYCA is and all it envisions for the future. 

• ONE-YEAR INTERNATIONAL ART CENTER AND/OR MUSEUM GALLERY@NYCA PROGRAM

This by Director’s invitation program provides approximately 1,500sf of gallery space to a museum or art center or non-profit art gallery, in addition to performance space to a performance group or ensemble based anywhere around the globe outside of NYC. Other unique programs and collaborations will be ongoing and may be a partnership anywhere in length from three months to three years, but not limited to those time frames necessarily if the program warrants less or additional time. Nominee recommendations are considered and welcome. 

• ONE-YEAR INTERNATIONAL ART CENTER AND/OR MUSEUM ONLINE@NYCA PROGRAM (part of the membership community portal)

Build an online portal of virtual exhibitions with art centers, performance groups, museums, galleries, theater ensembles etc. from around the world. Partner with each to create streaming content of exhibition tours, concerts, performances, gallery exhibition openings, and art fair teasers/interviews with NYC galleries.