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Cultural Institutions Group
Cultural Institutions Group
The Civic Engagement Commission and The People's Creative Institute have begun a year-long partnership with five members of the Cultural Institutions Group to help cross promote The People's Money along with their own cultural programming. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Snug Harbor Culture Park, BRIC, Museo del Barrio, and Flushing Town Hall will host events and promote the process towards increasing community engagement for all New Yorkers.
BRIC
BRIC is one of New York City's premier cultural nonprofits – a hybrid arts presenter, media producer, and educator. For almost 50 years, BRIC has partnered with innovators and underserved communities to spotlight voices that deserve to be heard through programs such as BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, BRIC JazzFest, BRIC House Party, BRIC TV, BCAT, and artist residencies, workshops, and classes. In 2025, BRIC became the first media organization to join NYC's Cultural Institutions Group. For emerging creators, lifelong storytellers, and communities shaping culture, BRIC is the amplifier.
Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its permanent collection, special exhibitions, and education programs. Reflecting the borough's dynamic communities, the Museum is a crossroads where artists, local residents, and national and international visitors meet.
For over five decades, the Bronx Museum has been committed to cultural diversity, accessibility, and community-engaged programming. The Museum offers 100% free admission to all exhibitions and programs, providing a vital creative outlet to the public while championing artists who have been systemically and historically marginalized.
El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio presents and preserves the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. Through its collections, exhibitions, publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals, and special events, El Museo educates diverse audiences about the rich arts and cultural history of the Caribbean and Latin America.
By introducing young people to this cultural heritage, El Museo helps create the next generation of museum visitors while meeting the growing national and international interest in Caribbean and Latin American art.
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall is a multidisciplinary arts organization founded in 1979 to serve Queens' rapidly diversifying communities through culturally responsive programming across music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Since 1990, it has operated out of a historic landmark building with a 308-seat theater, gallery, garden, arts education programs, and services for artists and arts organizations.
Flushing Town Hall is a member of NYC's Cultural Institutions Group and a Smithsonian Affiliate, and serves as a regrant partner with the New York State Council on the Arts and the Howard Gilman Foundation. It also leads the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, which engaged over 150+ artists, cultural organizations, and community stakeholders and resulted in The 2025 Queens Cultural Mapping Report and the Queens Arts Map.
Snug Harbor
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden is a regional cultural destination where history, architecture, gardens, agriculture, visual and performing arts, and education come together. Its campus includes 28 buildings, fourteen distinctive botanical gardens, a two-acre urban farm, wetlands, and park land on a free, open campus.
Its mission is to provide dynamic programming in arts, education, horticulture, agriculture, and recreation for diverse cultures and all ages while maintaining a well-managed campus for Staten Island and surrounding communities.