Howl Arts Inc

Results: Howl celebrates art and culture in the East Village and Lower East Side, from poetry to punk rock, painting and performance to community activism, fashion, and nightlife. Howl is a gallery, an archive, and a home for nearly 100 cultural events each year, which are always free and open to the public. Howl improves the quality of life for the local community, the general public, and artists and cultural consumers everywhere through the following initiatives: - Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project: Howl’s museum-quality gallery space has featured 37 exhibitions to date. In a typical program year, this space also hosts dozens of industry-leading cultural events, drawing nearly 10,000 visitors. - Howl Arts Workshops: Workshops engage adults and teens to learn about and apply new artistic practices and techniques, and introduce participants to emerging and prominent downtown artists. - Howl Archive: Howl preserves the archives of artists connected to the East Village and Lower East Side, including the estates of graphic designer and Ramones artistic director Arturo Vega and renowned performance artist Tom Murrin, to increase public access to these unique and culturally significant resources. - Howl Emergency Life Project: Howl provides emergency funds and social service support to local artists in crisis, in partnership with the Actors Fund.

Target demographics: The artistic and cultural community connected to NYC's East Village and Lower East Side, and anyone who enjoys experimental and groundbreaking art

Direct beneficiaries per year: 60 workshop participants, more than 40 artists, and thousands of participants and audience members

Geographic areas served: New York City's East Village and Lower East Side

Programs: exhibitions, arts education workshops, performances, poetry readings, and cultural events, as well as a permanent collection focused on downtown New York City’s often overlooked underground and experimental cultures.