A tremendous THANK YOU to all the lovely people who came out to “15 Years of Pushin It!” on Sunday June 9, 2024.
It was a beautiful raucous delicious party, celebrating 15 years of Culture Push-ing. It was the first live party we’ve had in 5 years, and our community showed up and showed OUT and we are so grateful. It was the first time we’ve showcased our wonderful performing artists as part of our annual celebration, and it was a raging success.
We had excellent hosting by Sabina Sethi Unni, and fabulous performances by Fellows Zain Alam, Ray Jordan Achan, and Alicia Morales.
You can support Culture Push by making a tax-deductible one-time or recurring donation via the "DONATE" button above or by making a check out to "Culture Push, Inc." and mailing it to 241 E. 7th St. #3C, New York, NY 10009.
Our new friends the Incredible Drunkertons blew the roof off the house, and managed to make calling a raffle into its own special show.
So many thanks to the folks at the Francis Kite Club for their generosity and kindness (go hang out there–you’ll be glad you did), to Ayat East Village for delicious food, and to all the artists who donated their gorgeous work to the nail-biting raffle: Damali Abrams, aricoco, Jane Dickson, Denae Howard, Constantine Jones, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Laura Nova, Nasrah Omar, Elizabeth Joy Pillsbury, Katherine Toukhy, and Elaine Young.
We had such an amazing time, but we didn’t quite reach our goal. If you couldn’t make it to the party, but you still want to support the work of Culture Push, please consider donating–your funds will go directly to supporting our Symposium, currently in progress, and all the other important work we’re nurturing now.
You can support Culture Push by making a tax-deductible one-time or recurring donation via the "DONATE" button above or by making a check out to "Culture Push, Inc." and mailing it to 241 E. 7th St. #3C, New York, NY 10009.
CULTURE PUSH: 10 YEARS
Available for purchase: Our gorgeous 10th Anniversary Publication, edited by Pelenakeke Brown, Shawn Escarciga, and Clarinda Mac Low and designed by Marianna Olinger, with contributions from 17 Fellows and special essays by CP co-Founders Aki Sasamoto and Arturo Vidich.
Contact cp@culturepush.org if interested
Click here for a PDF of sample pages!
Take a sneak peek at contributions from Fellows Clarivel Ruiz, Esther Neff, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, and Aida Šehović, an excerpt of a conversation between Fellows Sarah Dahnke and Noémi Segarra, and Founder’s Essay by Culture push co-Founder Aki Sasamoto.
If cash is not your style, anything you can give--stuff, equipment, advice, feedback, services--will be much appreciated, and all goods donated count as a tax-deductible contribution as well.
Contact us at cp@culturepush.org if you have something non-monetary to contribute. We are confident we will put your donation to good work.
You may also donate through Fidelity Charitable's donor-advised fund, which allows individual, families and businesses to make tax-deductible charitable donations of cash, publicly-traded stock and in some case, certain illiquid assets, to a public charity that sponsors a DAF program.
HOW YOUR SUPPORT HELPS US
Culture Push is a 501c3 not for profit artist-founded organization. We rely on your generous support. All contributions are tax-deductible and go directly towards our programs and the people they reach. The Fellowship was started in 2012 and provides an opportunity for artists and other professionals to experiment with new forms of civic engagement and social practice, through events, workshops, performances, digital platforms, and beyond. In these past seven years we have supported nearly 40 socially engaged projects that explore diverse subjects, from queer empowerment through creative movement; critical feminist readings of The New York Times; pop-up portraiture studios and dialogue for long-term residents of heavily gentrified neighborhoods of Brooklyn; the practical choreography of political street protest; reimagining the waterways of NYC; crowdsourcing neighborhood information through public input of sense and experience; and re-envisioning abandoned space in the Bronx.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
