How?
1. Follow this link and join in!                                                                                                                         https://newyorklivearts.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0ni000000BR0EwAAL

2. If you’d like to make a check payable to:                                                                                                                                                                                                            New York Live Arts, Inc., earmarked for “the New York Live Arts member project of Nikko Kimzin”

addressed to: Nikko Kimzin
                       79 W. 127th St. Apt. 2A                                                                                                                                                                                                                     New York, NY 10027

Who We Are

Epoch Creative NYC is a new, fresh, and innovative arts initiative that aims to create a reservoir of funds to create art for underserved and underexposed populations in New York City. Epoch Creative NYC is currently fiscally sponsored through New York Live Arts. ECNYC strives to offer resources to all visual and performing arts mediums. In addition, ECNYC challenges supporters to come into relationship with both artists and communities in which they invest. We believe that through our mission we can uplift underrepresented stories that create the colorful communities of New York City.

Where We Are Going

Uplifting the human spirit. Creating an ever-growing legacy of Epoch branded art throughout New York City. Empowering artists and communities to create art that services a need. Creating socially relevant art that allows audiences to explore, discuss, and heal current emotions.

Background

Nikko Kimzin established Epoch Creative NYC in 2014. His vision was to create an art movement that transverses audience and artists’ boundaries in order to form community specific art. Epoch Creative NYC has since become fiscally sponsored by New York Live Arts.

NYLA is an internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry offering audiences access to art and artists notable for their conceptual rigor, formal experimentation and active engagement with the social, political and cultural currents of our times. Pairing with New York Live Arts offers Epoch Creative NYC arts management mentorship and financial benefits in tax-deductible donations. Epoch Creative NYC is seeking funding to facilitate a long-standing relationship with NYC communities and artists.  We believe in investing artistically in the preservation and progression of underrepresented communities; we believe in providing a platform for minority artists and their work that seeks to create relationships. We believe in collaborating between artists and community. We hope to create projects that will charge people to adopt responsibility about the area and happenings in it.

We are casting our nets wide in hopes of serving peoples’ needs. We are looking to gather $10,000 in support of creating a short film intended to positively uplift the feminist voice in the Latino community. These funds will go specifically towards production costs, equipment rental, talent, and the dispersal of film to its intended audience. Film will be dispersed in public viewings in Harlem and throughout NYC. LA MORENA will be submitted for film festivals. We hope to continue gaining momentum in the progression of underserved communities. 

Nikko Kimzin is a fiscally sponsored member of New York Live Arts, Inc., a non-profit tax-exempt organization. Contributions in support of Nikko Kimzin’s work are greatly appreciated and may be made payable to New York Live Arts, Inc., earmarked for “the New York Live Arts member project of Nikko Kimzin” A description of the work and current project activities for which such contributions will be used are available from Nikko Kimzin or New York Live Arts, upon request. All contributions are fully deductible to the extent allowed by law. (Note: A copy of New York Live Arts’ latest annual financial report filed with the New York State Department of State may be obtained by writing to the N.Y.S. Dept. of State, Charities Registration, 162 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12231, or to New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street, New York, NY, 1001