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	Advisory Commission Agnes Gund, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission presents a 2006 Mayor’s Awards for Arts & Culture to the local arts councils. From left: Ella Weiss, Brooklyn Arts Council; Laurie Jean Watters, Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island; Tom Healy, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Queens Council on the Arts; and Bill Aguado, Bronx Council on the Arts. Agnes Gund Chair Stephanie Bell-Rose Daniel Brodsky Amy Chin Vishakha N. Desai Robert Esnard Dolores M. Fernández Alan H. Fishman Susan K. Freedman Raymond D. Horton Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer Michael Lynne Raymond J. McGuire Judith O. Rubin David M. Sable Claire Shulman Hildy Simmons Robert Soros Elizabeth Streb Laurie Tisch Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner Allan Weissglass
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	The Honorable Patricia E. Harris First Deputy Mayor The Honorable Kate D. Levin Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs The Honorable Adrian Benepe Commissioner, Department of Parks and Recreation The Honorable Joel I. Klein Chancellor, Department of Education Tom Finkelpearl Executive Director, the Queens Museum of Art Laura Jean Watters Executive Director, Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island The Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission is mandated by the City Charter to advise the Department of Cultural Affairs on issues relating to the City's cultural life. The current Commission, under the chairmanship of Agnes Gund, was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg in February 2003. The Commission has provided invaluable guidance and expertise on a variety of critical areas, including arts education, capital financing, management and board development and marketing. Read the press release announcing the Commission's appointment

	Some Commission initiatives are supported, in part, by the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a not-for-profit organization established to strengthen public programs with support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. As a 501(c)(3) public charity, donations to the Mayor's Fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Learn more about the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City or make a contribution

	The Commission would like to especially acknowledge generous support from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, BP, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, New Line Cinema, the Edward John Noble Foundation, Tom Otterness, Judith and Robert Rubin, the Silverweed Foundation, the Laurie M. Tisch Foundation, United Technologies, and Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner and Paul Wagner. The Commission has also benefited from in-kind donations from and partnerships with American Express, Bedell Cellars, Brooklyn Brewery, Creative Cakes, Ericcson & Fina, Great Performances, The New York Times, Lisa Quiroz and Dan Osheyack of Time Warner, WQXR, and Y&R Brands/Wunderman NY.

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June 27-Oct. 11, 2009
Plot 09: This World and Nearer Ones
Art on Governors Island, commissioned by Creative Time.

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