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3.5.26

The Romani Artist Who Painted a Genocide

An exhibition at New York's Drawing Center celebrates Ceija Stojka, who survived Bergen-Belsen and turned childhood trauma into paintings.

1.9.26

Announcing 2026 Creative Capital Awards & State of the Art Prize Artists

Creative Capital awards $2.9 million in new grants to 109 artists in all 50 states.

10.30.25

Harlem’s Remarkable New Studio Museum Redefines 125th Street

After seven years and $160 million, the museum has an uplifting home on a street that has always been a barometer of Harlem’s fortunes and aspirations.

7.29.25

Everyone Wants to Fix 14th Street

"This is almost obvious," Julie Stein says, gesturing down the sidewalk toward Fourth Avenue. Stein is the executive director of the Union Square Partnership, the business-improvement district, or BID, covering the area around East 14th Street.

11.13.20

Greenwhich Historical Society Receives Trustees Emeritus Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historical Sites

The organization is one of nine award winners to be presented by the National Trust during its 2020 Past Forward Online National Preservation Conference.

11.19.19

ALIMA Investigator Receives REACH Award

On November 19, 2019, ALIMA's President, Dr. Richard Kojan, was awarded the "Game Changing Innovator" award at the REACH (Recognizing Excellence Around Champions of Health) for his role in the creation of the CUBE (Biosecure Emergency Care Unit for Outbreaks). Dr. Kojan was presented the award by Bill Gates at the Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi.

10.26.18

Galas for Arts and Design

Fund-raisers were held for both former client Studio Museum in Harlem and current client the Harlem School of the Arts—and featured in the New York Times's Sunday Style section.

10.5.18

The High Line Gets an Opera

"The project brings together some of the most dynamic, community-engaged cultural institutions of all five boroughs, many frequently overlooked or underfunded. The groups contributed by recruiting singers and holding open rehearsals, workshops, and other consciousness-raising activities. All together, it has energized the spirit of community and arts engagement many have feared the city’s high rents and rampant corporate encroachment have pushed away."

04.03.2017
Muslim Culture Show a Hit at Children’s Museum of Manhattan
“’As a first-of-its-kind exhibition, the content of ‘America to Zanzibar’ is new for most visitors,’ said Andrew Ackerman, the museum’s executive director. ‘Many parents are eager for their children to experience a broad range of cultures in a deeper way than what they encounter in the media. Our exhibition helps address this need.’”
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Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business. New York: Harper Collins Publishing, 2003. (ISBN: 978-0060521998)

Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth. New York: Harper Collins Publishing, 2003. (ISBN: 978-1578518524)

Kotter, John P. and Lorne A. Whitehead. Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010. (ISBN: 978-1422157299)

Kotter, John P. A Sense of Urgency. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. (ISBN: 978-1-4221-7971-0)

Rushkoff, Doug. Team Human. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2019. (ISBN: 978-0393651690)

Thaler, Linda Kaplan, and Robin Koval. The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness. New York: Doubleday, 2006. (ISBN: 0-385-51892-7)

A Stalwart Arts Funder Stays On Course - Inside Philanthropy, January 24, 2026

Creative Capital — which has long occupied a special place in arts philanthropy for its direct support of individual artists — recently announced its 2026 awards...Creative Capital “remains unwavering in our mission to support individual artists creating new work as a powerful catalyst for freedom of thought and freedom of expression in our democracy,” said Christine Kuan, Creative Capital’s president and executive director. In addition to its annual grants of $50,000 in project funding to individual artists, this year, a new $10,000 prize provides unrestricted grants to artists in every U.S. state as well as Guam, Puerto Rico, and D.C.