You might find interesting the following website:
http: //www.orensanz.org
(Orensanz Foundation for the Arts ) on New York's Lower East Side, and
click on programs or events or exhibitions. The building was originally
built and used as a synagogue by Congregation Ansche Chesed and opened in
1850.

Their website lists past and upcoming programs and shows how "effectively
they outreach to their diverse local communities".
I am in the process to finish a research paper about the complex history
and the Jewish aspect of recent activities, .......if you are interested
e-mail me off-list, and I will send it to you.

Klara Palotai (NYU)

At 09:53 AM 6/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I am interested in learning about community-based museums, cultural centers
>and other types of organizations across the country that have been able to
>effectively outreach to their diverse local communities.  Whether a
>"mainstream" institution or a culturally specific center for arts and
>culture, I am most interested in organizations that have been successful at
>reaching all types of audiences.
>
>For example, in Washington, DC the Jewish Cultural Center includes an
>exhibition space, public auditorium, gymnasium, gift shop, etc and has been
>very successful in its attempts to get "other" communities (not just the
>local Jewish community) to utilize the facilities.  Are there other examples
>like this in the US?  I know there must be many.
>
>I appreciate your feedback and look forward to your responses.
>
>Best regards,
>
> <<...>>
>John T. Suau
>Meetings and Diversity Coordinator
>AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
>1575 Eye Street NW, Suite 400
>Washington DC 20005
>Direct: 202.218.7676
>Fax: 202.289.6578
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