As we continue the celebration of our 25th year, we invite to join us in our legacy and make make a monthly commitment of just $25!
To harness the full potential of this organizational moment, we are inviting our audiences, YOU to contribute to our investments to sustain and strengthen Hi-ARTS for decades to come. Your support will allow us to serve more artists and alumni through our residencies; offer vital professional development opportunities both internally and externally; and continue refining and developing new programs.
In today’s turbulent funding landscape, we are even more grateful to Hi-ARTS’ steadfast supporters. Your commitment to our work has nurtured the resilience, brilliance, and vision of the Hi-ARTS community. By making a gift today, you will help secure a bright future for artists, administrators, and communities of the Global Majority. Thank you!
25 YEARS STRONG
AND JUST GETTING STARTED
It is not every day that us artists get to have our visions, our dreams, our passion projects nurtured and held with care.
— Najee Omar, SKY LAB 2024
A LEGACY WORTH
SUPPORTING
Hi-ARTS envisions a world where the narratives and creative visions of Artists of the Global Majority are celebrated as central to the evolution of contemporary performance and cultural expression.
As a creative cultural center rooted in over 25 years of process-driven artistic innovation, we are committed to expanding the boundaries of theater, performance, and interdisciplinary art. Our programming nurtures a vibrant ecosystem of artists and administrators throughout their creative journeys. Hi-ARTS champions artistic works that have redefined mainstream—from neighborhood stoops to community stages, from backyards all the way to Broadway lights. Our legacy is not just what we’ve produced, it’s the cultivation of space to be in process.
In today’s turbulent funding landscape, we are even more grateful to Hi-ARTS’ steadfast supporters. Your commitment to our work has nurtured the resilience, brilliance, and vision of the Hi-ARTS community. By making a gift today, you will help secure a bright future for artists, administrators, and communities of the Global Majority. Thank you!
Hi-ARTS is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Organizational support is provided by the Mellon Foundation; Ford Foundation; Howard Gilman Foundation; Scherman Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Lily Auchincloss Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; Mosaic Network and Fund; Dance/NYC’s New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by the Mellon Foundation; and Lucille Lortel Foundation.
Hi-ARTS was essential in making sure that the process was human-centered —
not product-centered.
— Charlene Jean, CRITICAL BREAKS 2024