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New York Mayor’s Office Awards $2 Million in Funding to Female-Led Arts Projects

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The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment today announced that it has awarded a total of $2 million to 94 projects in music, theatre, film and digital media projects led by artists who identify as women.

The grants, designed to help the artists complete their projects, are the second round of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

The NYC Women’s Fund is an initiative intended to address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, digital media and theatre, according to the announcement.

It is a $5.5 million, three-year program funded by MOME and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts. New York is the first city in the country to provide direct grants to women working in these industries.

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