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ArtsWestchester Announces Visionary CEO Janet Langsam to Move on After 33 Years of Stalwart Leadership

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After 33 years leading ArtsWestchester, nurturing artists and bolstering the county's cultural infrastructure, Janet Langsam will transition from CEO to CEO Emeritus effective June 30.

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  • WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After 33 years leading ArtsWestchester, nurturing artists and bolstering the county's cultural infrastructure, Janet Langsam will transition from CEO to CEO Emeritus effective June 30.
  • A seasoned arts executive with an exceptional track record, Langsam's leadership has been transformative for ArtsWestchester since taking the helm in 1991.
  • The arts council flourished under Langsam's leadership, seeing its annual budget grow from $1 million to nearly $7 million.
  • Her visionary leadership at ArtsWestchester built the leading cultural organization from the ground up and made it the beacon that it is today.

Museum of the City of New York Announces List of Artists Selected For "New York Now: Home"

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Corcoran, Communication, Family, Safety, City, Woodstock, Coventry University Department of Media, International Center of Photography, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Exhibition, Queens Museum, Museum of the City of New York, International Center, Culture, MacArthur Fellows Program, The Bronx, Doctor of Philosophy, Museum, Nightclub, Interior design, Photography, Aperture, New York University, Art

Opening on March 10, 2023, the first installation focuses on the theme of “Home” and features photographs and artworks by artists that reveal a complex understanding of home in New York’s five boroughs.

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  • Opening on March 10, 2023, the first installation focuses on the theme of “Home” and features photographs and artworks by artists that reveal a complex understanding of home in New York’s five boroughs.
  • Together, the work celebrates the diversity of what home, family, kinship, and community are and can be in New York, now.
  • “New York Now offers a contemporary look at life in New York and the way in which photographers and artists are seeing the city,” says Sean Corcoran, senior curator of prints and photography at Museum of the City of New York and co-curator of the exhibition.
  • “In considering which artists to curate into the exhibition, we used an expansive rubric of what home and family are and could be.

Museum of the City of New York Announces List of Artists Selected For "New York Now: Home"

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Corcoran, Communication, Family, Safety, City, Woodstock, Coventry University Department of Media, International Center of Photography, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Exhibition, Queens Museum, Museum of the City of New York, International Center, Culture, MacArthur Fellows Program, The Bronx, Doctor of Philosophy, Museum, Nightclub, Interior design, Photography, Aperture, New York University, Art

Opening on March 10, 2023, the first installation focuses on the theme of “Home” and features photographs and artworks by artists that reveal a complex understanding of home in New York’s five boroughs.

Key Points: 
  • Opening on March 10, 2023, the first installation focuses on the theme of “Home” and features photographs and artworks by artists that reveal a complex understanding of home in New York’s five boroughs.
  • Together, the work celebrates the diversity of what home, family, kinship, and community are and can be in New York, now.
  • “New York Now offers a contemporary look at life in New York and the way in which photographers and artists are seeing the city,” says Sean Corcoran, senior curator of prints and photography at Museum of the City of New York and co-curator of the exhibition.
  • “In considering which artists to curate into the exhibition, we used an expansive rubric of what home and family are and could be.

M.D.C. HOLDINGS APPOINTS RAFAY FAROOQUI TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Between 2003 and 2008, Mr. Farooqui was Head of UBS Investment Bank's U.S. Institutional Equities Sales Group, based in New York City.

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  • Between 2003 and 2008, Mr. Farooqui was Head of UBS Investment Bank's U.S. Institutional Equities Sales Group, based in New York City.
  • Mr. Farooqui began his career in 1998 at Goldman Sachs & Co. within the Equity Division's International Department as a global equity securities sales-trader.
  • "We are very pleased to welcome Rafay Farooqui to the MDC board," said Herbert T. Buchwald, the Company's lead independent director.
  • With the recent addition of new members to our Board, we have significantly expanded the diversity of perspectives, skills and backgrounds that are represented on our Board."