NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education

Bronx

The center empowers youth and their families by creating a culture of learning through high-quality social, cultural, and educational opportunities. It provides a place were the creative talents of the community can bloom and be showcased. "Casita Kids" have included Tita Puente, Rita Moreno and Tina Ramirez.

Center for Architecture Foundation

Manhattan

The Center for Architecture Foundation (CFAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness, understanding and appreciation of architecture, design and the built environment through hands-on education programs.

Center for Contemporary Opera

Manhattan

The center presents new American opera and assists composers with their work by providing staged readings with full orchestra and cast. They also educate the public about contemporary opera through lectures, panel discussions, previews and its publication, Opera Today.

Chashama

Manhattan

Founded in 1996, chashama supports thriving cultural communities by transforming temporarily vacant properties into spaces where art can flourish. By recycling and repurposing buildings in transition, it invests in neighborhoods, fosters local artists and sustains a vast range of creativity and culture.

Chez Bushwick

Brooklyn

Chez Bushwick, an artist-run organization, is dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary art and performance, with a strong focus on new choreography. The organization offers New York City's only $5 subsidy for rehearsal space. Chez Bushwick also produces monthly performance programs.