#CityArtistCorps Recipients Aren’t Winners

October marked the culmination of hundreds of New York City Artist Corps (CAC) events across the city, so let’s take a moment to acknowledge that this relief grant is not “found money.”

Dear Fellow CAC Grant Awardees,

I am writing to congratulate you on your recent public engagement event but more importantly, to emphasize that you did not win the $5000 award created to activate the arts across NYC’s five boroughs this summer and fall.

You earned that shit.