Downtown Arts Development

Mission Statement

DAD is dedicated to the creation, development, and production of unique and compelling artistic programming. By fostering the relationship between the artist and their audience, D.A.D. markets and promotes the work through the creation of festivals, concert series, and other media forms. D.A.D. produces the annual Oyhoo Music Festival & Conference (formerly The New York Jewish Music & Heritage Festival) every September, as well as the annual Downtown Seder. D.A.D., through it's President, Michael Dorf, has also founded Tribeca Hebrew. It is an anticipated and planned to spin off Tribeca Hebrew as a separate non-profit organization in the future. D.A.D. also plans to develop a program to support individual artists' careers by assisting in the release of recording projects and their management.