Community Impact
Most recently, CANO and other cultural organizations in New Orleans convened the Cultural Election Coalition for New Orleans, and together with over 80 organizations, artists, and business people, developed a Joint Cultural Platform to inform the new Mayor and incoming Council Members about the priorities of those working hardest to support culture and the city’s recovery.
CANO’s future and ongoing community impact objectives include:
Providing youth opportunities for free, project-based vocational training and arts education.
Providing and promoting new venues and opportunities for cultural exhibitions and performances specially designed for enhanced accessibility to community and neighborhood-based cultural and creative producers.
Producing forums to engage creative producers, New Orleans residents, and the private and public sectors in a dialogue focused on better mobilizing support for the creative economic sector.
Helping to answer the need for affordable healthcare and housing on behalf of New Orleans’ self-employed creative professionals and cultural producers.
Collaborating with and assisting other established organizations and non-profits with similar objectives.
