Finally found a moment in our busy schedule to check out this fellow blog.
WOW!!
Snug Harbor is a cultural center in Staten Island, New York, set within an 83-acre National Historic Landmark containing the finest collection of Greek Revival buildings in the United States, plus Beaux Arts, Italianate and Victorian style architecture. Visitors are always wowed by the magnificence of the grounds.
As SHCC moves forward, many (including ourselves), are concerned about its future; once a home to many varied Staten Island arts groups and events, it has made a concerted effort to discontinue programs and allow art-used spaces to fall in to disrepair. Once a home for aged and decrepit sailors, itself now falling victim to its own dissolution. Its President and CEO Frances X. Paulo Huber seems more interested in making connections with the Smithsonian Institute, the stalwart American bastion of artifact, then supporting a local thriving community of artists, not to mention the general public who goes there to enjoy and learn from that community.
What could be a gorgeous diadem in the crown jewels of city-owned CIG groups is being squandered away through acts of political nepotism and a general lack of knowledge about ANYTHING cultural.
Please follow the link at the header of this blog to learn more. Then voice your opinion to the SHCC Board, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and to Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Le Rêve Américain
8 years ago
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