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Event | Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition

Exhibition to be celebrated with an opening reception on Friday, September 15 at NYFA Gallery.

Please join us in celebrating the opening of our first-ever board and staff show, Off Time. The exhibition, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, will show the work of NYFA’s board and staff who are not merely talented during their time working with NYFA, but in their time away from NYFA as well.

Title: Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 2017, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM  Exhibition Dates: September 15, 2017 - January 12, 2018 Location: NYFA Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public

Participating Visual Artists:  Amy Aronoff, Hannah Berry, Judith K. Brodsky, Madeleine Cutrona, Alicia Ehni, Felicity Hogan, Grace Kang, Theresa Marchetta, Nell Painter, Madeline Scholl, Dread Scott, Anne Spalter, David C. Terry, and Carmelita Tropicana

Participating Literary Artists: Mirielle Clifford, Lauren Hilger, Chris Messer, and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

First Thursdays Performance Dates: Thursday, October 5, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Readings by NYFA staff members Mirielle Clifford and Chris Messer Thursday, November 2, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Interdisciplinary presentation by NYFA staff members Lauren Hilger and Felicity Hogan with a reading by NYFA Board Member Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

Images, from top: Theresa Marchetta, Teddy Roosevelt’s Skin-Lioness, 2011; image provided by Anne Spalter Studios

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Join us Thursday, April 5 for DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk!

It’s officially spring! Celebrate the new season with us at DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk on Thursday, April 5. During the first Thursday of every month, the galleries of DUMBO stay open late, hosting special events and receptions. Participate in the gallery hop and see us at NYFA Gallery, where we’ll be presenting Feral Visions: An Exhibition of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists and a 6:30 PM poetry reading by Asiya Wadud (Finalist in Poetry ‘17).

Feral Visions, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, celebrates the artists who were recognized as 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists. Each of these artists were selected by the 2017 Fellowship Review Panel and NYFA celebrates their work through this exhibition. 2017 Finalists were recognized in the following categories: Crafts/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts.

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, April 5, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Poetry Reading by Asiya Wadud: Thursday, April 5, 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Exhibition Dates: January 25, 2018 - May 18, 2018 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, New York Foundation for the arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740 Cost: Free and open to the public

Participating Artists: Jarrod Beck (Finalist in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) Mattia Casalegno (Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ’17) Lisa Chen (Finalist in Nonfiction ’17) Oasa DuVerney (Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17)   Nicole Maloof (Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17) Susan Meyer (Finalist in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) Asiya Wadud (Finalist in Poetry ’17) Rong Xiaoqing (Finalist in Nonfiction ’17)

New York Foundation for the Arts is committed to making events held at the NYFA office at 20 Jay Street in Brooklyn accessible. If you are mobility-impaired and need help getting to NYFA’s office for events held on premises, we are pleased to offer complimentary car service from the wheelchair accessible Jay Street-MetroTech subway station courtesy of transportation sponsor Legends Car Service. Please email mscholl@nyfa.org or call 212.366.6900 ext. 248 between 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM and at least three business days in advance of the event to coordinate. The elevator access point for pickup is at 370 Jay Street, on the NE corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets.

Find out more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. The 2018 award cycle is now closed and the 2019 award cycle deadline will be announced in Fall 2018.

Image: (detail) Rong Xiaoqing (Finalist in Nonfiction ’17), China’s Human Snakes Return, 2017, printed images taken and found by the artist, Photo Credit: Amy Aronoff for NYFA.

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Join us this Thursday, December 7 for DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk.

The first Thursday of every month, galleries in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn stay open late, hosting special events and receptions. This Thursday, December 7, NYFA Gallery will be open from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM and will present an evening of readings and performances by NYFA Staff Mirielle Clifford, Lauren Hilger, Felicity Hogan, and Chris Messer in conjunction with Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition.

The exhibition, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, shows the work of NYFA’s board and staff who are not merely talented during their time working with NYFA, but in the time away from NYFA as well.

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, December 7, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Readings/Performances: 7:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: Now - January 12, 2018*  Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740 Cost: Free and open to the public

*NYFA Gallery will be closed December 25, 2017 -January 1, 2018 for the holidays.

Participating Visual Artists: Amy Aronoff, Hannah Berry, Judith K. Brodsky, Madeleine Cutrona, Alicia Ehni, Felicity Hogan, Grace Kang, Theresa Marchetta, Nell Painter, Madeline Scholl, Dread Scott, Anne Spalter, David C. Terry, and Carmelita Tropicana

Participating Literary Artists: Mirielle Clifford, Lauren Hilger, Chris Messer, and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. The 2018 award cycle is open through January 24, 2018, full details here.

Image: Madeline Scholl (NYFA Staff), Untitled (May), 2017, digital print on luster

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Join us at NYFA Gallery on Thursday, November 2 for DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk.

NYFA invites you to join us for DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk on November 2. During this festive monthly event, the galleries of DUMBO stay open late and host special events and receptions. NYFA Gallery will be open from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM and is presenting an interdisciplinary presentation by NYFA staff members Lauren Hilger and Felicity Hogan; a reading by NYFA Board Member Saïd Sayrafiezadeh; and a performance by Curium, a new contemporary classical music project by NYFA yoga teacher Mara Mayer (bass clarinet) and Lisa Maree Dowling (upright bass), in conjunction with Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition. 

The exhibition, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, shows the work of NYFA’s board and staff who are not merely talented during their time working with NYFA, but in their time away from NYFA as well.

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, November 2, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Interdisciplinary Presentation and Reading: 7:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: Now - January 12, 2018 Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740 Cost: Free and open to the public

Participating Visual Artists: Amy Aronoff, Hannah Berry, Judith K. Brodsky, Madeleine Cutrona, Alicia Ehni, Felicity Hogan, Grace Kang, Theresa Marchetta, Nell Painter, Madeline Scholl, Dread Scott, Anne Spalter, David C. Terry, and Carmelita Tropicana

Participating Literary Artists: Mirielle Clifford, Lauren Hilger, Chris Messer, and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. The 2017 award cycle is now open, full details here. 

Image: Nell Painter, Back Yard and Big Foot, 2004 2009 2017, digital print on paper

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Early fall is the perfect time to check out DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk, taking place Thursday, October 5, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

NYFA invites you to join us for DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk on October 5. On the first Thursday of every month, the galleries of DUMBO stay open late, hosting special events and receptions. NYFA Gallery will be open from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM and is presenting a special evening of readings by NYFA staff members Mirielle Clifford and Chris Messer in conjunction with Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition. 

The exhibition, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, shows the work of NYFA’s board and staff who are not merely talented during their time working with NYFA, but in their time away from NYFA as well. 

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, October 5, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Readings by Mirielle Clifford and Chris Messer: 7:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: Now - January 12, 2018 Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740 Cost: Free and open to the public

Participating Visual Artists: Amy Aronoff, Hannah Berry, Judith K. Brodsky, Madeleine Cutrona, Alicia Ehni, Felicity Hogan, Grace Kang, Theresa Marchetta, Nell Painter, Madeline Scholl, Dread Scott, Anne Spalter, David C. Terry, and Carmelita Tropicana

Participating Literary Artists: Mirielle Clifford, Lauren Hilger, Chris Messer, and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

Image: Off Time: NYFA Board and Staff Exhibition installation shot featuring work by Alicia Ehni (foreground) and Judith K. Brodsky (background), Photo Credit: Amy Aronoff for NYFA

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Beat the summer heat and enjoy an evening of art in DUMBO on Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

NYFA invites you to two events as part of DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk on August 3. View the exhibition Informality at NYFA Gallery, featuring dynamic works by select 2016 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists in a variety of mediums. This event will also feature additional programming from participating artists Jennie Allen and Walter Dundervill.

While in DUMBO, be sure to visit our neighbors at The Made in NY Media Center to celebrate the opening of NYFA Presents: Digital Profiling. The exhibition, presented in conjunction with NYFA’s Facial Profiling exhibition at C24 Gallery, explores the observed and projected self in both the digital and physical realms and subsequently invites the artist and viewer to interpret and/or project imagery as portrait. Works include visualizations that cross cultures, genders, conformity, and identity. 

Informality Curated by David C. Terry

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Performance by Walter Dundervill: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Screening of Relics by Jennie Allen: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; will run every 14 minutes

Exhibition Dates:  Now - September 3, 2017 Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public!

Participating Artists: Jennie Allen (Finalist in Playwriting/Screenwriting '16) Walter Dundervill (Finalist is Choreography '16) Alex Escalante (Finalist is Choreography '16) Koosil-ja (Finalist is Choreography '16) Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures '16) Jennifer Williams (Finalist in Photography '16) Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures '16)

Digital Profiling Curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl

First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Exhibition Dates: August 3 - August 31, 2017 Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM; Saturday - Sunday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Location: The Made in NY Media Center, 30 John Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public!

Participating Artists: Perry Bard (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09) Jason Bernagozzi (Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘11) Peter Burr (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘14) Shamus Clisset (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘14) Eric Corriel (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09) Nicholas Fraser (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘14) Ella Gant (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘11) Ariana Gerstein (Fellow in Video/Film ‘09,’15 & Computer Arts ‘01) Moo Kwon Han (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09) Sophie Kahn (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘11) Jason Mitcham (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) Fernando Orellana (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09) MM Serra (Fellow in Video/Film ‘15) Katie Torn (Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘14) Chin Chih Yang (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘11)

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program is administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Image: Walter Dundervill (Finalist is Choreography '16), video still from performance

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

See our newest exhibition, Informality, on Thursday, June 1 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at NYFA Gallery

NYFA Gallery is open late this Thursday, June 1 as part of DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk, and we invite those in the NYC area to come by and see our latest exhibition, Informality. The show features dynamic works by 2016 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists in a variety of mediums, and is not to be missed! 

While in DUMBO, be sure to visit our neighbors at The Made in NY Media Center’s Face Your Files exhibition to experience Eric Corriel’s (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09) on-site installation Enter The Machine. This work asks us to imagine a world where we could shrink ourselves down, swim around our hard drives, and meet our files face-to-face. It aims to provide a new way of seeing our digital files, one that does justice to their uniqueness, the diversity of the data they contain, and the complexity by which they are structured. Enter The Machine does this by turning a hard drive inside-out and putting its contents, in raw form, on display for us to see.

Informality First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, June 1, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Exhibition Dates: Now - September 1, 2017 Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM; First Thursdays of every month (except January and July), 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public

Exhibiting artists include: Jennie Allen (Finalist in Playwriting/Screenwriting ‘16) Walter Dundervill (Finalist in Choreography '16) Alex Escalante (Finalist in Choreography '16) Anthony Gatto (Finalist in Music/Sound '13, Fellow in Music/Sound '16) Koosil-ja (Finalist in Choreography '16) Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '16) Jennifer Williams (Finalist in Photography '16) Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16)

Face Your Files (featuring Enter The Machine) First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, June 1, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Exhibition Dates: Now - September 29, 2017 Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 10 PM; Saturday - Sunday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; First Thursdays of every month (except January and July), 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Location: The Made in NY Media Center Cafe, 30 John Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program is administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Images, from top: Informality installation, Featured Work: Jennifer Williams (Finalist in Photography ‘16) and Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '16,) and Informality installation, Featured Work: Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16), Photo Credit: Amy Aronoff; Eric Corriel (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘09), Enter the Machine 1.2 A.K.A. Three Months of Email, Photo Credit: Brett Wood.

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Informality Opening Reception & First Thursday Gallery Walk

Celebrate our newest NYFA Gallery show on Thursday, May 4 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.

NYFA’s newest exhibition, Informality, will be on view in NYFA Gallery starting Thursday, May 4, and will showcase works by 2016 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists. The exhibition is curated by David C. Terry, director and curator, Grants and Exhibitions. The opening coincides with DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk, a monthly neighborhood event where galleries are open from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM with special events and receptions.

Informality Opening Reception & First Thursday Gallery Walk: Thursday, May 4, 2017, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Exhibition Dates: May 4 - September 1, 2017 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM; First Thursdays of every month (except January and July), 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Opening reception is free and open to the public.

Exhibiting artists include:  Jennie Allen (Finalist in Playwriting/Screenwriting '16) Walter Dundervill (Finalist in Choreography '16) Alex Escalante (Finalist in Choreography '16) Anthony Gatto (Finalist in Music/Sound '13, Fellow in Music/Sound '16) Koosil-ja (Finalist in Choreography '16) Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '16) Jennifer Williams (Finalist in Photography '16) Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16)

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program is administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Images, from top: Jennifer Williams (Finalist in Photography ‘16), The High Line Effect, 2013, Collaged prints: pigment ink on Photo-Tex paper, and (detail) Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16), Monumentality, 2016, Hydrocal plaster

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DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk

Monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk is Back on Thursday, February 2 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM 

Join us during DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk at NYFA Gallery for two special performances in conjunction with the exhibition Borderless: In Residence. Beginning at 7:00 PM, eteam (Fellows in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16) will perform an illustrated lecture about the art of concealment, the politics of hiding, the power of absence, and more. Vocalist, writer, and artist Joseph Keckler (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) will perform two short music and text-based works in the gallery space immediately following. One is a new piece about New Year’s Eves, midnights, and the 2012 apocalypse that didn’t occur. Stay afterwards to view the exhibition Borderless: In Residence during NYFA’s extended hours. 

DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk February Walk: Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Performances: 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM Exhibition Dates: November 3, 2016 - March 10, 2017  Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free and open to the public

For a full list of participating galleries in the DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk, please visit the event website.

Bios:

Since 2001, eteam (Franziska Lamprecht and Hajoe Moderegger) has trafficked in transience. At the intersection of relational aesthetics, the Internet and land art, eteam coordinates collective happenings and conceptual transactions between the earthly plane and the realms of the interweb, often reconstructed in hypnotic video work, radio plays, or more recently novellas and novels. Their projects have been featured at venues and festivals including MoMA PS1, New York; mumok, Vienna; Centre Pompidou, Paris; transmediale, Berlin; and Biennale of Moving Images, Geneva; among many others. They have received grants from Art in General, NYSCA, NYFA, Rhizome, Creative Capital, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and were residents at the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Taipei Artist Village, Eyebeam, Smack Mellon, Yaddo, and The MacDowell Colony. 

Joseph Keckler is a vocalist, writer, and artist whose work often combines autobiography, humor, and classical themes. Awards include: a Creative Capital Award in Performing Arts, a 2012 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work, a Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art grant, and a Village Voice Award for “Best Downtown Performance Artist.” He has participated in residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, Times Square Arts, and University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design. Recent performance venues include: BAM, SXSW, Dixon Place, Miami Art Basel, and Centre Pompidou. His work has been featured on WNYC’s Soundcheck and BBC America. Last year he made his off-broadway debut at Lincoln Center in Dave Malloy’s Preludes. Joseph occasionally writes about contemporary art for VICE and other publications. He is currently finishing an album and developing “Let Me Die,” a performance piece involving operatic death scenes. A collection of his writing is forthcoming from Turtle Point Press.

Borderless: In Residence

Borderless: In Residence features artists who have participated in NYFA’s national and international residency programs through partnerships with Wayne State University in Detroit, the University of Arts in London, Basil Alkazzi Artist-in-Residence, the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, the Jamaican Center for Arts and Learning, Times Square Alliance, the Sheldon Museum, Flux Factory, and the Node Center for Curatorial Studies.

Exhibiting artists include: Golnar Adili (NYFA in Residence at Clemente Soto Velez) Sonya Blesofsky (NYFA in Residence at Clemente Soto Velez) Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen (International Composers Exchange Program) Faith Holland (Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Residence) Elana Katz (Roger Smith Residence) Joseph Keckler (NYFA in Residence at Clemente Soto Velez) Kimia Kline (Basil Alkazzi Artist-in-Residence) Hadi Nasiri (Sharing Perspectives Residency) Roxa Smith (Basil Alkazzi Artist-in-Residence) Chin Chih Yang (Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist-in-Residence)

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations by clicking here. Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter by clicking here to keep up to date with grant and program deadlines, professional development workshops, and exhibition openings.

Images, from top: eteam (Fellows in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16), Waypoint, Follow, Orbit, Focus, Track, Pan, 2016; eteam (Fellows in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16; Finalists in Video/Film ‘12), Photo Credit: eteam; detail Joseph Keckler (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ‘12), Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Artist; Installation shot of Borderless: In Residence, Photo Credit: Jacque Donaldson.

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#NYFAPartner Spotlight | Legends Limousine

We’re partnering with Legends Limousine to promote accessible transportation to our DUMBO events.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is committed to ensuring that events held at the NYFA office and gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn are accessible. To this end, we’re pleased to announce Legends Limousine, a family-owned car service based in Park Slope, Brooklyn, as our transportation partner for all events held at NYFA at 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, as well as for the 2018 NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit.

Individuals who are mobility-impaired and would like assistance getting to NYFA’s office for events held on premises will be able to request this complimentary car service, with pickup from the wheelchair accessible Jay Street-MetroTech subway station. The elevator access point for pickup is at 370 Jay Street, on the NE corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets. Reservations will need to be made with the NYFA event point person three business days in advance of the event.

Legends Limousine has been serving the tri-state area for 20 years, and the New York City area for over 30. In that time, safe and comfortable travel has been their priority, earning them praise from Mommy Poppins and others. Legends is excited to join with NYFA in helping individual artists access the professional development and curatorial events held at NYFA. In the words of Ivan Y. Colon, Business Development Director at Legends Limousine:

We at Legends Limousine care about making a difference and making New York City more accessible. Our biggest reward is the realization that we’ve made a positive change in someone’s life, and we look forward to working with NYFA on this important transportation initiative.

This service is made possible with the generous support of Legends Limousine.

This post is part of a regular blog series highlighting sponsor organizations. Follow NYFA on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to see the latest news about each #NYFAPartner. Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Image: Mirielle Clifford for NYFA

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Event | First Thursday Gallery Walk

Join us Thursday, February 1 for DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk!

It’s back! DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk, that is! During the first Thursday of every month, the galleries of DUMBO stay open late, hosting special events and receptions. On Thursday, February 1, NYFA Gallery invites you to the opening reception for its new exhibition, titled Feral Visions: An Exhibition of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists. 

Feral Visions, curated by David C. Terry and Madeline Scholl, celebrates the artists who were recognized as 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalists. Each of these artists were selected by the 2017 Fellowship Review Panel and NYFA celebrates their work through this exhibition. 2017 Finalists were recognized in the following categories: Crafts/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts.

First Thursday Gallery Walk/Feral Visions Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Exhibition Dates: January 25, 2018 - May 18, 2018 Upcoming First Thursdays: March 1, 2018 and April 5, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Participating Artists: Jarrod Beck (Finalist in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) Mattia Casalegno (Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ’17) Lisa Chen (Finalist in Nonfiction ’17) Oasa DuVerney (Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17)   Nicole Maloof (Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17) Susan Meyer (Finalist in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) Asiya Wadud (Finalist in Poetry ’17) Rong Xiaoqing (Finalist in Nonfiction ’17)

New York Foundation for the Arts is committed to making events held at the NYFA office at 20 Jay Street in Brooklyn accessible. If you are mobility-impaired and need help getting to NYFA's office for events held on premises, we are pleased to offer complimentary car service from the wheelchair accessible Jay Street-MetroTech subway station courtesy of transportation sponsor Legends Car Service. Please email mscholl@nyfa.org or call 212.366.6900 ext. 248 between 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM and at least three business days in advance of the event to coordinate. The elevator access point for pickup is at 370 Jay Street, on the NE corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets.

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. The 2018 award cycle is now closed and the 2019 award cycle deadline will be announced in Fall 2018.

Image: Susan Meyer, Experiment #3, 2016, Image Courtesy of the artist.

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First Thursdays: Folk My Life Performance on October 6

See special performances by NYFA affiliated artists on October 6!

Join us at DUMBO’s monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk on October 6 to view the NYFA exhibition, Folk My Life, and for two special performances from Folk/Traditional Arts artists, Annie Ferdous '15, and Benjamin Rosen, Finalist '15.   Folk My Life Performance for DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Performances: Annie Ferdous and Bangladeshi Dance, 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM; Los Hijos de la Gran Puna, 7:30 PM - 7:50 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn NY 11201

This event is free and open to the general public. 

The gallery will be open from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. For a full list of participating galleries in the DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk, please visit the event website.  Kicking off the lively evening, Annie Ferdous will present two choreographed traditional Bangladeshi dances alongside her students in the gallery space promptly at 7:00 PM. Afterwards, starting at 7:30 PM, Finalist Benjamin Rosen and band, Los Hijos de la Gran Puna, will fill the gallery space with traditional Andean music. Performing Artist Bios: 

Annie Ferdous is the Founder of Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts Inc., a non-profit, co-founded in 1993. She is a Bangladeshi immigrant, a choreographer, dance teacher, and performer who teaches dance in 3 different locations in Brooklyn and Queens. Ferdous is a 2-time Brooklyn Arts Council Awardee, a 2015 NYFA Fellowship recipient in the Folk Arts category, an Employee of New York City’s Board of Education, and a member of the Brooklyn Community Board. She currently resides in Kensington, Brooklyn. 

Benjamín “Benji” Rosen is a multimedia artist who explores different mediums in order to uncover life’s feelings and emotions. He does this by fusing the forms and beauty of ancient cultures with those of contemporary times, connecting the past with the present. As a musician he plays with Andean bands in New York and has performed at the Museum of Natural History, Make Music NY, El Museo del Barrio, Rutgers University, Queens Museum, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, etc. As a visual artist he composes with paintings, photography, or a combination of both. He has exhibited in New York, Puerto Rico, and Perú. Ben studied at the School of Visual Arts New York, The School of Visual Arts in Puerto Rico, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Metropolitan College of New York. Ben was born in Puerto Rico. Exhibiting artists include: 

Carrie Hill, Mary Tooley Parker, Zhong-Hua Lu, Hongyi He, Kesler Pierre, Bonnie Gale, Wang Guowei, Camille Yeung, and Vít Hořejš. NYFA’s Artists�� Fellowship Program awards $7,000 cash grants to artists living in New York State. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the program, and NYFA is celebrating with events and online content. Be sure to follow NYFA on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.

Images, from top: Annie Ferdous (Folk/Traditional Arts ‘15), choreographed Bangladeshi dances, images courtesy of the artist; Ben Rosen (Finalist ‘15), image courtesy of the artist

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First Thursday: Folk My Life Performance

Thursday, August 4, 2016, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Meet us in DUMBO to get the royal treatment and to experience Folk My Life, an exhibition featuring NYFA Fellows and Finalists in the Folk/Traditional Arts category. 

On Thursday, August 4, during DUMBO's First Thursday Gallery Walk, Aeilushi Mistry will perform Garba - Divada dance, a folk dance from Gujarat, India in the gallery space. Paulomm Mistry, a Percussionist, will play Garba Dhol while Aeilushi Mitry and Rutvij Mistry, will perform the dance and invite attendees to dance along. The gallery will be open from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and the performance will take place at 7:00 PM.

Title: Folk My Life Performance for DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk Date: Thursday, August 4, 2016, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn NY 11201 This event is free and open to the general public.

Exhibiting artists include:

Carrie Hill, Mary Tooley Parker, Zhong-Hua Lu, Hongyi He, Kesler Pierre, Bonnie Gale, Wang Guowei, Camille Yeung, and Vít Hořejš. 

Image: Kesler Pierre (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts '12), Grann Brijit, 2014

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Folk My Life Exhibition Announcement

Opening Reception: Friday, July 22, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.

Curated by David C. Terry, Director of Grants & Exhibitions, NYFA Curatorial proudly presents Folk My Life, an exhibition featuring NYFA Fellows and Finalists in the Folk/Traditional Arts category. Title: Folk My Life Opening Reception: Friday, July 22, 2016, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, performance by Vít Hořejš at 7:30 PM Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 22, 2016 - Friday, October 21, 2016 Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Opening reception is open to the public. 

Established in 2012, the Folk/Traditional Arts category is the Artists’ Fellowship Program’s newest offered discipline, acknowledging the significant work contributed by artists who are self-taught or practicing within a cultural community or tradition.

Folk My Life, opening at NYFA Gallery on Friday, July 22, showcases the artwork of six visual artists: Carrie Hill, Mary Tooley Parker, Zhong-Hua Lu, Hongyi He, Kesler Pierre, and Bonnie Gale, as well as video performances from Wang Guowei, Camille Yeung, and Vít Hořejš.

Infusing a contemporary narrative into their respective cultural traditions, these artists work in various methods that include willow basket weaving, intricate Chinese paper cuts and water colors, Haitian Voodou Bottle making and depictive hooked rugs. Video footage of performances include a marionette production from Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre founder, Vít Hořejš, a Cantonese Opera-Sword Dance from Camille Yeung, and music from Wang Guowei & Friends, a re-invention of the traditional Chinese ensemble. A special live performance of The New World Symphony: Dvořák in America, featuring beautifully crafted marionettes by Vít Hořejš, Founder of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre, will take place during the opening reception beginning at 7:30 PM on July 22. 

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the Artists’ Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. 

NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowships are administered with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a State agency. 

Images, from top: Mary Tooley Parker (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts ‘15), American Graphic, 2016; Kesler Pierre (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts '12), Three Ogous; Bonnie Gale (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture '99), Creel; Vít Hořejš (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts '12), image still from Johannes Dokchtor Faust, The Petrifying Puppet Comedye

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Stroll Through DUMBO for June’s First Thursday Gallery Walk

Thursday, June 2, 2016, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Meet us in Dumbo for the First Thursday Gallery Walk to experience NYFA's current exhibition, Solitary Refinement: An Exhibition of Select 2015 NYFA Fellowship Finalists. The multi-disciplinary exhibition curated by David C. Terry features the 2015 Artists' Fellowship Award Finalists in the Painting, Interdisciplinary Arts, and Video/Film categories.    

DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn NY 11201

This event is free and open to the general public.

Exhibiting artists include: 

Doron Langberg, Jeremy McWreath, Joseph Nanashe, Jennifer Nuss, Naomi Reis, Ezra Wube, and Justin Rancourt / Charles Yatsuk.

Solitary Refinement: An Exhibition of Select 2015 NYFA Fellowship Finalists, has been extended and is now on view at the NYFA Gallery until June 24.

Image: Joe Nanashe, Memorial (Hart Crane), 2014

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Visit NYFA Gallery During DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Meet us in DUMBO for the First Thursday Gallery Walk to see NYFA's current exhibition, Solitary Refinement: An Exhibition of Select 2015 NYFA Fellowship Finalists. The multi-disciplinary exhibition, curated by David C. Terry, features the 2015 Artists' Fellowship Award Finalists in the Painting, Interdisciplinary Arts, and Video/Film categories.     DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn NY 11201 This event is free and open to the general public.

Exhibiting artists include: Doron Langberg, Jeremy McWreath, Joseph Nanashe, Jennifer Nuss, Naomi Reis, Ezra Wube, and Justin Rancourt / Charles Yatsuk. Solitary Refinement: An Exhibition of Select 2015 NYFA Fellowship Finalists, is on view at the NYFA Gallery until June 10, 2016.

Image: Ezra Wube, Bridge St, 2015