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Feb 21

Diego Cash On His “Language Arts”, Life With LaLa and Working …

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Having experienced life in two of the United States’ music capitols, New York and Atlanta, Diego Cash has created a style that combines the best of both regions, their sounds and influences which he calls his “language arts.” This is also the name of Diego’s upcoming album, to be released later this year on brother-in-law Carmelo Anthony’s Krossover Entertainment.This year, he is ready to let the world hear, not just an album’s worth of new material, but a star-studded mixtape that will precede it as well.
AllHipHop.com spoke to Diego while he was in the studio working on new music about his love for Hip-Hop, the almost fatal 2003 shooting, his relationships both personally and professionally with sister LaLa and her husband Carmelo, and what fans can expect when he releases his debut album, Language Arts, later this year:
AllHipHop.com: How you feeling, Diego?
Diego Cash: Good, man. 
AllHipHop.com: So first things first, tell me a little about your background and the incident that we could say gave you a new lease on life.
Diego Cash: Well, I’m originally from Brooklyn, New York, and I’ve been in Atlanta about half of my life. Back in like ‘03 I was hustling and some n*ggas tried to rob me, and the whole situation just escalated to me getting shot and having a colostomy bag. I spent about 17  days in the hospital, had three surgeries, and had like three months of recovery. It was just a whole long, drawn out thing.

AllHipHop.com: How did your sister deal with what had happened to you?
Diego Cash: Well, after that, my sister LaLa was up in New York doing her thing on TV, and I called her and just told her, “I’m in a rut.” It’s a real vicious cycle when you get involved in certain things, and there was still the same sh*t going on. I was still making the same movements and still doing the same thing, so I talked to my sister and knew I had to make a change. So I spoke to her, and she told me to come out to N.Y. and I moved up and lived with her for a couple of months and just refocused and worked on music and got my sh*t rolling. I put everything together to how it needed to be.
AllHipHop.com: What was the reason for the original relocation from Brooklyn to Atlanta?
Diego Cash: I mean, I was a kid when I moved out there. My mom and stepdad had broke up, and we had a little family out here so we just relocated closer to the family that was here.
AllHipHop.com: Okay, I understand. Since you did get to experience both an East Coast and Southern Hip-Hop scene, tell me a little about the differences in music in your opinion?
Diego Cash: I think personally in Atlanta and just the South period, there’s more unity when it comes to the music. People are quicker to do a record with you and sh*t. I feel like New York is real cliquey, but it’s starting to change now, especially in the last year or two. I think for the most part, for years, people in New York would only do songs with people in their clique, and in the South you don’t really see that; you can reach out to anybody.
AllHipHop.com: So can you specifically pinpoint the time in your life when you knew you wanted to be a rapper?
Diego Cash: It probably started when I heard Nas’ Illmatic. I couldn’t get enough of that. I was listening to that sh*t everyday, man, everyday.
AllHipHop.com: I guess it’s safe to say then that Nas is one of your favorite rappers, but who were some of your musical influences growing up?
Diego Cash: Well, right now I like to listen to a lot of young guys, like I listen to A$AP Rocky and love what they doing. I like Fred the Godson. I like to listen to the new blood and that new sounding music, but growing up, it was all Nas, UGK, old Master P, the whole No Limit. For me, it was different growing up, because like I said before, I spent a lot of time in New York and a lot of time down South, so my influences is strong from both regions.
AllHipHop.com: I hear you. Since you’ve been back and forth between the two regions and listened to all the different types of Hip-Hop growing up, how would you describe your specific Rap style?
Diego Cash: I think it’s different. I always said I think it’s different because I feel like my flow and my topics and my lyrics and my bars is more of a northern, East Coast rapper. But to a lot of people, I sound like I’m from the South. It’s just a funny blend; you know what I’m saying?
AllHipHop.com: Yeah, well that’s a good way to go when you want to appeal to more than one specific fan base or sound.
Diego Cash: Yeah, and I feel like with me, it’s genuine and it’s who I really am. A lot of people try to force a certain sound ‘cause of where they’re from, but it doesn’t really sound genuine.

AllHipHop.com: Well, more specifically, since we’re talking about the music, tell me about signing a deal with Carmelo Anthony’s company, Krossover Entertainment.
Diego Cash: Well, I had been doing music for years and Melo my partner, like that’s my homeboy. We were just always cool when I was doing my own sh*t, and somebody had approached him with an artist and talked to him about starting a label and wanted him to join with them and this and that. He called me and told me that these guys wanted to do this and that, so I flew out to Denver and we all met and chopped it up. As time progressed, the deal just wasn’t working with the other people and artists, so me and Melo just stepped down and kept doing it by ourselves and that’s where we at right now.
AllHipHop.com: What role does he play in your career?
Diego Cash: He plays a big role. We talk all the time, and anytime I’m in the studio, I send him songs and we edit the videos together and go over the things we want changed, and who we want for features, we do it all together. It’s all hand in hand.
AllHipHop.com: I hear you. Now, tell me about the album, Language Arts.
Diego Cash: I just feel like my language is my art because music is art. I don’t play an instrument – my instrument is my voice, and my language, and the way I speak things and put it out there. So that’s how I got the title, Language Arts.
AllHipHop.com: I know that you’ve got some pretty big features on that album as well. Can you tell me a little bit about the collaborations and how you hooked up with some of these people?
Diego Cash: I mean, a lot of people I did work with was people that I genuinely had relationships with, that we hang out with, and I can call them on the phone when I’m in their city and what not. It’s good because the guests are different, the sound comes out different, the energy is just different then when you just send someone a song and ask them to do a verse for you. It’s always a different vibe when you’re actually with them.
AllHipHop.com: I assume you’re talking about people like Rick Ross, Cassidy, and Macy Gray. Of the collaborative records that you did do for the album, which would you say has the most “wow” factor to it?
Diego Cash: “Wow” as in “where did that come from?”
AllHipHop.com: Yeah.
Diego Cash: That Macy Gray record is definitely the one. My man out in Cali, Caviar, is a producer that was working with her out there and he’s a big fan and supporter of my music so he hit me and was telling me he wanted to get me and her together to work on something. Next thing you know, I went out there to chop it up, and we did the song together; it came out crazy.  It’s called “That Thang,” and she’s damn near rapping on her verse.
AllHipHop.com: Oh really? That sounds very interesting.
Diego Cash: Yeah, man, it’s crazy.
AllHipHop.com: When does the world get to hear the album? Is there a tentative date for it to come out right now?
Diego Cash: Right now, no. I’m going to drop a mixtape probably in like the middle of March first.

AllHipHop.com: What can you tell me about that?
Diego Cash: It’s me and my man Hot Sauce; he’s a crazy producer. We did the whole mixtape together. I got [Rick] Ross on there again, I got Y.G. from Cali, I got Diamond from Crime Mob, Gorilla Zoe. That’s a lot more of me playing around with a couple of different styles so it’s just a fun tape with some different stuff. I just got the first cut of the first video we’re going to drop off of it called “My Birthday”; I had Aristotle and By Any Means do that for me in New York. I just finished watching it, that sh*t is crazy.
AllHipHop.com: Based on how the mixtape turns out, is there a chance that some of the music from there could end up on Language Arts if the response is strong enough?
Diego Cash: Oh yeah, definitely, definitely. My whole thing is that I would never say, “This is for that and that is for that,” I just feel like you have to wait and see how people react to it and see what they gravitate to.
AllHipHop.com: I get it; let the people decide.
Diego Cash: Exactly.
AllHipHop.com: Now to transition outside of music, I know you’ve made appearances on show’s like LaLa’s Full Court Wedding and The Deal. Are there any plans for you to return to television, whether it be reality or something scripted?
Diego Cash: I mean I feel like music is the greatest platform in the world, and once you do that you can do anything. So I would never rule it out. I’m not in any acting classes or anything, but whatever will happen will happen. We’re filming the third season of the show as we speak, so that’s the next thing coming.
AllHipHop.com: I have to ask, are you your sister’s favorite rapper?
Diego Cash: [laughter] I hope so! She tells me I am.
AllHipHop.com: I would assume that you two are very close. Does she play a specific role in your career or is she more of a support system?
Diego Cash: Yeah for sure. As far as the music goes, she doesn’t do too much. I really just come to her because I like a woman’s opinion on different songs and my different music. So she’s like an independent consultant [laughter].
AllHipHop.com: [laughter] I like that. Alright, Diego, thanks for your time.
Diego Cash: Thank you, man.
For more information visit www.ThisIsDiegoCash.com
Follow Diego Cash On Twitter: @DiegoCash

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Feb 17

Arts Roundup: Upgrade You Edition – Arts Desk

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Time for Love: Pitchfork gives notice of a new track from ex-Black Eyes group Mi Ami, “Time of Love.” It is, apparently, more dancey than dubby. Mi Ami’s new album Decade, on label 100% Silk, comes out March 20.
New Year, New You: The Post’s Style Blog reports that exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian will be overhauled following the museum’s 10th birthday. Director Kevin Gover tells the Post, “‘It will be a whole new look. We will not do the individual tribal pods’ in any of the galleries…The new focus ‘will be about stories and narrative, and we’ll pick communities based on how we’ll pick this broad narrative we want to achieve.’” The new exhibits should be installed in 2016 or 2017.

Frequent Flyer: Also in Smithsonian-related news, the travel costs of Secretary G. Wayne Clough have come under scrutiny of Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Budget Committee. Says the New York Times’ Arts Beat blog, “According to the report by Junketsleuth.com, Mr. Clough spent 191 days traveling over a span of three years—from July 2008 to July 2011—to destinations like France, Antarctica and New Zealand. His expenses included the use of charter flights, private car services, and upgrading to first-class or business-class airline tickets.”
Yesterday on Arts Desk: A chat with jazz vocalist and Afro-Blue member Integriti Reeves. This track is a wormhole. Mike Daisey’s The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs is back.
The original version of this post misidentified the name of Mi Ami’s new album. Also, the band is not local; its members reside in New York and San Francisco.

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Feb 14

Arts Roundup: Assassination Vacation Edition – Arts Desk

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Fables of the Reconstruction: New York Times critic Edward Rothstein gives high marks to Ford’s Theatre’s new Center for Education and Leadership, which is across the street from the historic venue and attached to the Peterson House, where Abraham Lincoln died. The center traces the aftermath of Lincoln’s death and explores the legacy of his presidency and ideas. “The emphasis is not on artifacts, though you can see the ring of keys found on Booth’s body and other objects,” Rothstein writes. “But the exhibition succeeds because of a careful narrative, well-chosen images and informative touch screens; the new completes the old.”
Downtown Shabby: Downtown has been a musical hub and a gallery destination, but now arts are becoming less and less visible in the area between 4th and 15th streets NW and Pennsylvania and New York Avenues, writes Mark Jenkins in The Washington Post: Some galleries are in office-building lobbies; some properties meet D.C. government’s requirement for downtown “arts” space via for-profit museums and restaurants with musical offerings; the multiuse arts space Flashpoint may bolt for an artier (and presumably cheaper) neighborhood when its lease expires next year.
My Love Is Your Love: At Click Track, Chris Richards reflects on on the tragedy of Whitney Houston’s death this weekend, which cast a pall—well, kind of—over last night’s disjointed Grammy Awards. (Members of the Recording Academy’s D.C. chapter didn’t do so great there.)

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Feb 13

Senate advances mixed-martial arts bill | Politics on the Hudson

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Posted by: Jon Campbell – Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13, 2012
Officials for the Ultimate Fighting Championship are applauding the state Senate for advancing a bill that would legalize mixed-martial arts events, with the legislation moving out of the house’s parks and recreation committee today.
This marks at least the fourth straight year UFC officials have pushed the Legislature to allow mixed-martial arts competitions in New York, one of three states in the country to actively ban them.
The bill passed the state Senate by a wide margin last year—42-18—but has always run into trouble in the Assembly, where Speaker Sheldon Silver and Ways & Means Chairman Denny Farrell, both Manhattan Democrats, have expressed concern about the violent sport.
The sport was banned during former Gov. George Pataki’s administration, but the UFC contends much has been done to bring stricter rules to the sport and improve safety.
“New York is one of only three states that does not allow professional MMA events to take place within its borders,” UFC Chairman & CEO Lorenzo Fertitta said in a statement. “It’s unfair to the millions of UFC fans in New York who want to see matches in person without having to travel out of state, and we hope this is the first step in legalizing MMA in New York in 2012.”
UFC’s parent company, Zuffa LLC, is locked in a lawsuit with both New York state and New York City, claiming the ban violates the First Amendment.

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Feb 13

Arts in brief: D.C. wax museum adds Harriet Tubman to collection …

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WASHINGTON — Descendants of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman have unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom.
Tubman’s relatives visited Madame Tussauds in Washington on Tuesday as the sta- tue joined a collection of historical figures. Students from D.C.’s Harriet Tubman Elementary attended.
Tubman was born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. After escaping in 1849, she led countless slaves out of the South to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Visit www.madame tussauds.com/Washington.
Oscars voting to go electronic next year
LOS ANGELES — Potential Oscar winners will now be a click away from a trophy.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it has partnered with a firm to develop an electronic voting system for next year’s 85th annual Academy Awards.
Oscar voting in the past has been on paper ballots sent by mail. A spokesman said this is the first step the academy is taking “toward developing a secure and convenient electronic voting system.”
The 84th annual Academy Awards are set for Feb. 26.
Danza to hit Broadway in new ‘Honeymoon’
NEW YORK — Tony Danza is Broadway-bound, starring in a musical based on the movie “Honeymoon in Vegas.” Producers said the former “Taxi” star will play a Vegas wiseguy in the show, which makes its debut in November in Toronto. It heads to Broadway in spring 2013.
The 1992 movie starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker tells the story of a reluctant groom whose bride-to-be is courted by Danza’s character.
New Lemony Snicket series begins this fall
NEW YORK — A new Lemony Snicket series begins this fall. Little Brown Books for Young Readers said “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” is the first of four volumes. Snicket is the pen name for author Daniel Handler.
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Feb 09

Sculpture from fine arts collection to be featured at Guggenheim …

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“Maz” by John Chamberlain, 1960. (Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery)

A sculpture from the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery collection will be included in upcoming Guggenheim exhibitions in New York and Spain.
John Chamberlain’s 1960 work “Maz” will be featured as part of John Chamberlain: Choices, a comprehensive examination of the late artist’s work and his first U.S retrospective since 1986. The sculpture will travel to New York Feb. 9, with Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery director Joseph Mella following on Feb. 10 to oversee its installation.
John Chamberlain: Choices is scheduled for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York from Feb. 24 to May 13, 2012, before traveling on to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, where it will be on view from March through September 2013.
Born in Rochester, Indiana, Chamberlain (1927–2011) rose to prominence in the late 1950s with energetic, vibrant sculptures hewn from disused car parts, achieving a three-dimensional form of Abstract Expressionism that astounded critics and captured the imagination of fellow artists. Chamberlain frequently violated the formalist prohibition deriding the use of color in sculpture. He chose to adapt uncommon, recycled materials in his work, such as the slick, industrial palette of defunct auto bodies.
His balanced sculptures stressed the deep volumes and eccentric folds that he managed to achieve by squeezing or compressing the metal and then welding the disparate elements into highly developed, collage-like compositions.
Chamberlain died in December 2011.
Read more about the Guggenheim retrospective.
Contact: Joseph Mella, (615) 343-1704joseph.mella@vanderbilt.edu

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Feb 07

School of Visual Arts: Arts Abroad Program | Art & Education

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Arts Abroad Program Information Sessions: February 13 and 27, 6pm136 West 21 Street, 1st floor, New York City

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For more than 30 years, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) has offered international programs for artists to explore and learn from the millennia-old arts and cultures that have shaped their practice. SVA Arts Abroad programs are designed to provide an opportunity to grow and develop creatively while experiencing another culture in a new way.  Whether your passion is drawing, painting, photography, film, interior design, typography or art history, SVA has a program to inspire your work, reinvigorate your career and open new pathways for your art practice.

Join us for a reception and information session to learn which SVA Arts Abroad program will best serve your creative needs. You can find more about the program offerings, ask questions of faculty and talk to former participants. Please RSVP to studyabroad@sva.edu.

Information Session I: Monday, February 13, 6pmLocation: 136 West 21 Street, 1st floor, New York City

Action Surf Photography in Rincon, Puerto RicoFaculty: Art BrewerMarch 3–11 

Inspiration From the Past, Design Solutions for the Future: ItalyFaculty: Stuart Mager, ASID; Elisabeth Martin, AIAMay 14–27

Photography in Southern France: Discover the Light of ProvenceFaculty: Jean-Marc Veillon, Laurence Minard-AmalouMay 24–June 5 

Shanghai Photography Workshop: Create, Connect, Exchange, NetworkFaculty: Abby RobinsonJune 9–July 7 

Cinema in Italy  Lecturers: Paolo Braga, Mara Perbellini, Elisa ZambarbieriJune 17–30 

Portrait and Fashion Photography in BarcelonaFaculty: Janusz KawaJuly 7–July 17

Information Session II: Monday, February 27, 6pmLocation: 136 West 21 Street, 1st floor, New York City

Masters Workshop: Design History, Theory and Practice in RomeFaculty: Lita Talarico, Steven Heller, Dr. Darius Arya, Christina Chiappini, James Clough, Louise Fili, Mario Fois, Mario Rullo, Mauro ZennaroMay 27–June 10 

The Art, Myths and History of Ancient Greece Faculty: Josh GarrickMay 27–June 9 

The Artist’s Journal: Istanbul  Faculty: Peter HristoffMay 29–June 17 

Art History in Southern FranceFaculty: Tom HuhnJune 7–20 

Products of Design in France: SVA @ BoisbuchetFaculty: Allan Chochinov and Emilie BaltzJune 17–27 

Painting in BarcelonaFaculty: Tom Carr and Carme MiquelJune 27–July 14 

For complete course descriptions and itineraries, please visit: artsabroad.sva.edu.

School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the faculty has been comprised of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose. For more information, please visit www.sva.edu.

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Jan 30

Arts in brief: Smithsonian upcoming art exhibit on gaming | The Post …

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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian American Art Museum will have its first major exhibit exploring the art and evolution of video games.
The unusual exhibit runs March 16-Sept. 30. “The Art of Video Games” will focus on the graphics, technology and storytelling of some of the best games for systems from Atari to the PlayStation 3.
It will include 80 video games that were selected with help from the public who voted online last year.
The exhibit will also tour several sites, including Boca Raton, Fla.
Lincoln Center to honor Catherine Deneuve
NEW YORK — The Film Society of Lincoln Center will honor Catherine Deneuve, 68, with its 39th annual Chaplin Award.
The French actress will be feted in an April 2 gala at Alice Tully Hall. The award has been named for Charlie Chaplin since it was given to him 1972.
Previous recipients include Martin Scorsese, Tom Hanks, Robert Altman, Elizabeth Taylor, Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock. Sidney Poitier was honored last year.
Harmon, Depp top list of favorite stars in U.S.
Mark Harmon, star of the CBS hit “NCIS,” has been named America’s Favorite TV Star for a second year, a poll says. Also a repeat performance, Johnny Depp again was named top movie star.
Those are results from a Harris Poll of 2,237 adults surveyed online between Dec. 5-12 by Harris Interactive.
On TV, Ellen DeGeneres took second, and “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart is at number three of America’s Favorite TV Stars. The rest of the TV top five are talk-show hosts Bill O’Reilly and Jay Leno. The list’s numbers six-10 are: David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey and “House’s” Hugh Laurie, who tied; “Big Bang Theory’s” Jim Parsons; and Charleston’s Stephen Colbert.
In addition to Depp, the top 10 movie list was, in order: Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington tied for No. 2; Tom Hanks; the late John Wayne (on the Harris list every year since 1994); George Clooney; Sandra Bullock; Harrison Ford; Will Smith; and Adam Sandler.
Visit www.harrisinteractive.com.
Visual-effects pioneer Trumbull to get Oscar
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood filmmaker and visual-effects master Douglas Trumbull is receiving an honorary Academy Award.
The Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences announced that it will present its Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Trumbull, whose pioneering visual-effects credits include “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner.”
Trumbull worked on last year’s Brad Pitt-Terrence Malick drama “The Tree of Life.”
The honorary Oscar will be presented to Trumbull at the academy’s scientific and technical awards ceremony Feb. 11.
British-based all-star concert to debut in N.Y.
NEW YORK — The Secret Policeman’s Ball, the British-based music and comedy festival, is coming to New York.
Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mumford & Sons and Russell Brand are among the acts that have signed on for the event at Radio City Music Hall on March 4.
The concert will benefit Amnesty International, as it has since it started back in 1976. The last Secret Policeman’s Ball was in 2008 in London.
The organization reportedly wanted to do something different and on a grander scale this year since it’s the 50th anniversary of the human rights group.
Online: Facebook
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Jan 28

Relaunch: SundayArts Becomes NYC-ARTS | Sunday Arts …

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Beginning Thursday, February 2 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN
Newly expanded Web site, mobile apps, and social media components to provide unprecedented arts coverage on multiple platforms.
SundayArts, THIRTEEN’s weekly arts and culture showcase for the tri-state area, will be relaunched as a primetime series—now with multiple digital platforms—called NYC-ARTS, airing Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN, beginning February 2, 2012. Encore presentations will follow on Sundays in SundayArts’ former timeslot of 12 noon on THIRTEEN; Fridays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. on WLIW; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV. New episodes will also be available on NYC-ARTS.org every Thursday at 8:30 pm.
Since it premiered in 2008, SundayArts has provided arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area’s myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries—from the classic to the contemporary.
New York Emmy winners Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn will continue to co-host the revamped series. The program will now originate from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center.
The popular Feature/Profiles and Curator’s Choice segments seen each week on SundayArts will continue on NYC-ARTS, along with the events around town reported by News Correspondent Christina Ha.
The NYC-ARTS digital platforms were developed by the Alliance for the Arts. This partnership between NYC-ARTS and WNET began in March 2011, when the SundayArts site began including the NYC ARTS Top Five events each week on its blog, and continued in the summer when the new ThirteenArts mobile app launched with event listings provided by NYC-ARTS.org. NYC-ARTS digital is now under the management of WNET.
“We’re tremendously excited about the opportunity to relaunch SundayArts as NYC-ARTS,” said Executive Producer David Horn. “Our commitment to bring viewers the best in the world of arts and culture from the tri-state area is stronger than ever, and with the move to primetime, the newly expanded Web site, we’re able to connect more New Yorkers to the arts in more ways while broadening our reach in the community.”
With this relaunch, NYC-ARTS will be the single most comprehensive resource about the arts in New York City. NYC-ARTS.org and its mobile apps include thousands of New York City arts and cultural organizations and their events, programs and services. NYCkidsARTS.org provides parents and teachers with the resources they need to connect kids with the arts. NYC-ARTS is also a daily communicator of arts news and discourse via its weekly emails and robust social media presence. (The present SundayArts Web site will continue to be active for the time being.)
“WNET understands that New York’s arts scene is one of the reasons people fall in love with this vibrant and exciting city of ours,” said Daniel Greenberg, General Manager of the Interactive Engagement Group. “The new NYC-ARTS offers New Yorkers and tourists alike an accessible way to engage with the arts whenever, and wherever they are.”
There are free NYC-ARTS Smartphone apps which can be found by searching NYC ARTS in the iTunes App store and Android marketplace. These will offer up-to-the-minute listings in your immediate area and video features about many of the city’s cultural gems. A podcast of NYC-ARTS is also available on iTunes.
On the NYC-ARTS premiere show on February 2nd, the Feature/Profile focuses on the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Prince Street in Soho. Here the art of photography merges with the world of pop/rock music, preserving remarkable moments in time.
The Curator’s Choice is part of an initiative by the National Endowment for the Humanities called Picturing America on Screen. It takes a look at the work of artist Romare Bearden, one of the most original American artists of the 20th century. Christina Ha reports on events around town from the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, including the current exhibition there: “Staging Fashion, 1880 – 1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, Billie Burke.”
NYC-ARTS is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America’s most prolific and respected public media providers. For nearly 50 years, WNET has been producing and broadcasting national and local arts programming to the New York community.
Executive Producer: David Horn. Editorial Director: Joan Hershey. Supervising Producer: Mitch Owgang. Senior Producer: Bob Morris. For the digital platforms, General Manager: Dan Greenberg. Director of Product Management: Joe Harrell.
NYC-ARTS is made possible in part by First Republic Bank. Funding for NYC-ARTS is also made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, The Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, and The Lemberg Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding provided by members of THIRTEEN.
Visit the NYC-ARTS Web site at NYC-ARTS.org for additional information.

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