Arts and culture are central to New York City’s economy, communities, and identity. Join our nonpartisan Mayoral candidate forum to hear from candidates and the public to discuss arts, culture, and community. Together we will move our city forward.

Moderated by Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Anna Glass

Mayoral Candidate Forum Host Committee:

A.R.T./New York, Arts in Ed Roundtable, Artists Space, BRIC, Coalition of Theaters of Color, Chocolate Factory Theater, Costume Industry Coalition, Dance/NYC, Dance Theatre of Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Fair Wage Onstage, Flushing Town Hall, LxNY | Latinx Arts Consortium of New York, Lincoln Center, National Black Theatre, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, The Field, Wildlife Conservation Society; with Maura Nguyen Donohue, Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Anabella Lenzu, Alicia Mitchell-Foxworth, Rokafella.

Media Partners: BRIC Community Media and ALL Arts

Mayoral Forum Participating Organizations

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama

Andrea Bansil 

ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS ALLIANCE

Black spectrum Theatre CO. Inc. & Coalition for Theatres of Color

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Candidate for City Council District 6

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Chris Gorman

Clever Girl Productions

CUE Art Foundation, ArtsConnection, NCAPER, NY4CA

D. Rucker

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Dancewave

Dancing Classrooms

Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance

Elevator Repair Service Theater

Ensemble Studio Theatre

Flushing Town Hall

Harlem School of the Arts

Harlem Stage

Heather Woodfield

Herbert Berghof Studio, Inc. dba HB Studio

Independent Artist

John Kristiansen New York, Inc./Costume Industry Coalition

Lewis Latimer House Museum

Lucille Lortel Theatre

National Black Theatre

National Sawdust

Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY and Arts & Democracy

New York Hall of Science

Queens Botanical Garden

Roundabout Theatre

Staten Island Zoo

The Center at West Park, Inc.

The Laundromat Project

The Studio Museum in Harlem

Untitled Theater Company No. 61

Vangeline Theater

Waterwell Productions, Inc.