City Budget Breakfast
This annual event gives the arts community a brief but effective moment to monopolize the ears of harried elected officials during the spring budget negotiations. Arts advocates put a personal face, a story, and persuasive data behind their requests for increased funds for the Department of Cultural Affairs. This lively, relaxed, and informative breakfast originated in the late 1980s, and has developed into an event that is looked forward to by government officials and arts advocates alike.

What Happens

• Data regarding the history of appropriations to the Department of Cultural Affairs is distributed.
• Clear, self-explanatory visual aids, comparing allocations to the arts to allocations to other areas of the current budget, are presented.
• A spoof of a current Broadway hit, performed by musicians, reinforces the argument for keeping and increasing funds for the arts in the city budget.
• Members of the City Council respond with pertinent information about the budget and some of the most pressing issues under negotiation.

Who Attends

• Members of the City Council and others in city government who are involved in the budget process.
• Arts representatives from various disciplines and all boroughs.
• Arts lovers from the public sector who want to show their support.

 

Registration information will be here when the event is scheduled in the spring.
Check back for details.