Events

7pm Monday, May 6 at the Strand on Union Square. Why is one piece of art more disturbing than another? Why is some sexual content too graphic? Where do we draw the line? And why do we draw it? Come to our panel of artists who’ve thought about this issue, and have pushed the envelope time and time again hoping to keep their work clear of imposed limitations.

NCAC invites you to a book party for Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, & the Anti-Communist Purge by Marjorie Heins. Wednesday, February 20, 6pm-8pm at NCAC's 19 Fulton Street office.

NCAC Director of Programs Svetlana Mintcheva will be there this Tuesday to discuss how arts institutions around the world could benefit from adopting free expression policies.

Art Institutions Facing Controversy: fear, self-censorship, and the commitment to curatorial and artistic freedom. Thursday, Feb. 14, from 5:30-7 PM in Murray Hill Suite, 2nd Floor at the Hilton New York.

On October 2, celebrate Banned Books Week with an evening of stirring readings from erotic classics at Fifty Shades of Banned: A Celebration of Erotic Literature. The event starts at 8 PM at the Village Pourhouse on 64 3rd Ave (11th Street Entrance, across from Webster Hall) and benefits NCAC and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Join NCAC for our annual Celebration of Free Speech and Its Defenders on Monday, November 12 at Tribeca 360° in New York City!

Visit our registration page for sponsorship opportunities and tickets.

**Update: Videos added** On Saturday, March 26, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, along with partners Transformer and NCAC presented a symposium examining past and present debates about freedom of expression and public support for the arts.

The New York Library Association awarded the National Coalition Against Censorship the 2010 NYLA/SirsiDynix Intellectual Freedom Award. The award is given to an individual or organization that has demonstrated a commitment to, and taken action, to further the cause of intellectual freedom in the state of New York.

Join us on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM for NCAC’s annual benefit celebrating Free Speech and Its Defenders at City Winery in NYC.

Check out the video project: "Power, Taboo and the Artist," a series of video interviews with artists and curators worldwide. Missed the panels? You can watch and share these video webcasts and take a look at our photos.

The Free Speech Leadership Council gathered on June 23, 2010 for “Playwrights on Censorship: A Conversation with Edward Albee, David Henry Hwang, Terrence McNally, and Adam Rapp.” Time Out New York’s Theater Editor David Cote moderated the discussion and Jane Friedman hosted the event in her Manhattan home.

Join us, Reel Works, Global Action Project and Kahlil Almustafa at the New York Film Academy on March 27th from 1-4pm for an afternoon of youth films, fun prizes, and great performances! Meet the winners of the 6th Annual YFEN film contest and make connections while exploring the power of youth-media. It's FREE and open to the public!

Every year NCAC salutes the contributions of Jonathan Lang and celebrates his birthday as he would have done - at the ballpark. Make a contribution in his memory and join us on May 2nd.

For the inauguration of the Free Speech Leadership Council, Toni Morrison and Fran Lebowitz discuss Burn This Book. This is the first in a series of unique opportunities open to members of the Council to engage in intimate discussions with prominent people speaking on intellectual and artistic freedom.

NCAC is a co-sponsor of this year's Sunshine Week. Running March 15-21, Sunshine Week "is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information."

On March 28, 2009 more than 75 young people from around New York City came together to share films with each other and discuss the role of grassroots media in advocating for the changes they want to see in society.

A Symposium for College Professors: May 1-2, 2009
Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut

The symposium is a unique opportunity for college faculty to hear top experts in the field of free speech and discuss the latest First Amendment debates.

NCAC's Svetlana Mintcheva discusses images of atrocity, censorship and contextualization with Clifford Chanin (National September 11 Memorial and Museum), curator/activist Leora Kahn, and war correspondent Sydney Schanberg.  February 4th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.

On October 21, 2008, NCAC held its Annual Celebration of Free Speech and Its Defenders at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. The event honored: Dr. Ruth Gruber, Anthony Lewis, Caroline Hirsch, Dan Rather and Barney Rosset.

During the last week of September every year, hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events.