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Two local arts administrators, Harlem Stage’s executive director Patricia Cruz and Keith Stubblefield, chief financial officer of The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), talk about the funding picture for New York’s arts institutions.

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Robert Lynch, C.E.O. of Americans for the Arts Action Fund, examines both of the presidential candidates' positions on arts and culture policy.

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Coco Fusco, performance artist, author, video artist and chair of the Fine Arts Department at the Parsons the New School for Design, gives an artist’s perspective on the issue.

Event
Patricia Cruz will take part "The Cultural Warriors", a panel discussion, at Dance Theater Workshop on Nov. 6 at 6:30.