Creatives Rebuild New York

Artists inspire us and illuminate our shared human experience. They are storytellers and preserve our histories. Artists in communities imagine new approaches to our greatest challenges and bring their creativity to everything from building collective power and facilitating collaboration to cultivating individual agency and advancing well-being.

CRNY’s guaranteed income program will provide monthly, no-strings-attached payments to up to 2,400 artists with financial need.

CRNY’s employment program will provide funding for 300 artists to be employed by dozens of small-to-midsize community arts organizations statewide. Participating artists will receive a full-time base salary expected to be commensurate with New York State median income data plus benefits.

These programs and funding will be dedicated solely to artists whose primary residence is in New York State.