CITY LORE INC
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
IN 2020, CITY LORE CONTINUED TO FURTHER ITS MISSION TO FOSTER NEW YORK CITY AND AMERICA'S LIVING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS PIVOTED TO ONLINE PLATFORMS AND REACHED OVER 8,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH LONG TERM ARTS RESIDENCIES, WHICH INCLUDED: ROOTS, ROUTES & RHYTHMS FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND FROM HOMER TO HIP HOP WHICH INTRODUCED SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SPOKEN WORD POETRY. URBAN EXPLORERS ALLOWED AFTER A GROUP OF 25 UNDERSERVED STUDENTS TO RESEARCH AND TELL STORIES OF THE CITY'S DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, ALSO ONLINE. OUR PUBLIC EXHIBIT WHAT WE BRING: NEW IMMIGRANT GIFTS WAS ON VIEW IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY BEFORE OUR GALLERY CLOSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. IN MARCH, CITY LORE INITIATED AN ONLINE PROJECT, TOUCHING HEARTS, NOT HANDS, TO COLLECT CREATIVE RESPONSES TO THE CORONA PANDEMIC INCLUDING IMAGES OF OUTDOOR SIGNS, VIDEOS, AND A GROUP POEM, "IT TAKES A PANDEMIC." SOME OF THE MATERIAL WE COLLECTED WAS USED IN AN EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. CITY LORE'S POEMOBILE WAS FEATURED IN A POETRY PROGRAM RESPONDING TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS. WE ALSO INITIATED A BI-MONTHLY ONLINE SERIES CALLED "TELL ME A STORY" WITH STORYTELLER AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST ANNIE LANZILLOTTO WITH GUESTS SUCH AS SIMBA YANGALA, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF COVID ON HER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND POET TIM HERNANDEZ, GRANDSON OF A MIGRANT WORKER, WHO IS DOCUMENTING THE STORIES AND LIVES OF MEXICAN MIGRANTS KILLED IN THE LOS GATOS PLANE CRASH, AN EVENT MEMORIALIZED IN WOODY GUTHRIE'S SONG "DEPORTEE. OTHER ONLINE PROGRAMS INCLUDING FINDING KANI KURYA: A DOCUMENTARY IN PROGRESS AND DISCUSSION WITH KEWULAY KAMARA (OCTOBER 4, 2020), AND JEWELS: TEASING OUT THE POETRY IN JEWISH HUMOR AND STORYTELLING (DECEMBER 10, 2020).GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$3MCultural Heritage Education Programs
IN 2022, CITY LORE CONTINUED TO FURTHER ITS MISSION TO FOSTER NEW YORK CITY AND AMERICA'S LIVING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE IN FULL GEAR. TOGETHER WE REACHED OVER 8,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH LONG TERM ARTS RESIDENCIES, WHICH INCLUDED: FROM HOMER TO HIP HOP WHICH INTRODUCED SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SPOKEN WORD POETRY, AND ARTIST/MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM OFFERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. URBAN EXPLORERS ALLOWED A GROUP OF 25 UNDERSERVED STUDENTS TO RESEARCH AND TELL STORIES OF THE CITY'S DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. THE CITY LORE GALLERY FEATURED TWO EXHIBITIONS, ART / WORK: HOW THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED CETA PROGRAM PUT AMERICANS TO WORK AND RISE UP: THE ART OF ACTIVISM ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.6M
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