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Apply Now | NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program in Saratoga Springs, NY

Boot Camp will be provided free of charge to selected participants and take place from July 11-14 at Saratoga Arts.

Applications are now open for this professional development program, which will take place in July 2019 in Saratoga Springs, NY. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp will be presented free of charge to selected participants by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts’ State & Local Partnerships program and Saratoga Arts as part of a series of ongoing professional development programs for the arts communities in New York State.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive, multi-day professional development opportunity that delves into the fundamental principles of sustainability in the arts. Featured topics will include strategic planning, finance, law, marketing, and fundraising. Additional material will be drawn from NYFA’s popular textbook The Profitable Artist (Allworth Press, 2018). The structure is a blend of workshops, discussions, and breakout groups. Participants work through a flexible and dynamic “action plan,” and other entrepreneurial tools that provide a blueprint for their practice or specific projects.

There is no charge to participate in the NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program. Artists interested in attending are required to apply, and participants are selected through a panel review process. Artists at all career stages, including students, and of all disciplines (Visual, Multidisciplinary, Performing, Literary, Interdisciplinary, Social Practice, Folk and Traditional, Film/Video, and New Media) are encouraged to apply.

Program Dates and Location:

Title: NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program Program Dates: Thursday, July 11-Sunday, July 14, 2019 Program Location: Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Thursday, July 11: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Overview of Artist As Entrepreneur and Participant Introductions

Friday - Sunday, July 12 - 14, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Daily Workshops and panels on strategic planning, finance, art law and fundraising.  Work sample review and individual presentations of action plans in small groups.

Attendance is mandatory to all sessions. Please check your calendar before applying.

How to Apply:

Apply via Submittable by Sunday, June 9, 2019, 11:59 PM EST.* First-time users will need to register with Submittable to access the application portal.

*Deadline extended from Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

Eligibility:

Open to artists in all disciplines and career stages, including students

Artists living and working in New York State, with priority given to artists in Saratoga, Fulton, Montgomery, Warren, and Washington counties

Guidelines:

For the application we ask you provide:

Your long term goals and why you are interested in applying to this program 

A narrative bio of your professional career

A link to your website or online presence

Work samples with the work statement and the description

Notification: Accepted applicants will be notified on or before Friday, June 14, 2019

Application Questions? Email learning@nyfa.org

Questions about Saratoga Springs: Email Tanya at ttobias@saratoga-arts.org

Testimonials:

I was able to close a deal on my first corporate sale that included six works. What I learned in Boot Camp helped me to make sure I considered all of the details, costs, and contract items very carefully. It was my most successful transaction ever and I was able to negotiate it from start to finish without wavering on terms. The Boot Camp not only gave me needed advice but it also built confidence. Thank you NYFA, NYSCA, and ARTS Council. - Debb VanDelinder, Visual Artist, 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist As Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program presented by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes 

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp was such a phenomenal experience. Not only was the information useful, but the time spent communing with other artists was invaluable. Seldom do we artists (especially those of us who are emerging professionals) get the opportunity to take a step back and reflect on where we are, what we are doing, and where we are going, and this was exactly that. It was a broad-ranging experience, from driving up with a group of ladies I had just met and ending up feeling like it was a girls' trip with them, to assessing where I am with my social media presence; to contemplating my options to form a business/nonprofit entity; to dining with artists in various disciplines and feeling like I am not the only one dealing with what I am dealing with, it was amazing. It was an honor to be there and it renewed my own commitment to developing my art as my full-time work. - Justina Kamiel Grayman, Ph.D.; Dance Film, Short Film, Choreography, Live Experiences; 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist As Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program presented by Lake Placid Center for the Arts

I committed to my career status change from SAHM to making Cabin Creek Stitchery an official business. I made a personal goal to interact more with like-minded adults and I'm traveling in New York with workshops, retreats, and adult classes I'm offering in quilting education! I'm appreciative of the support and encouragement of your program. - Dawn Klotzko, Textile Artist, 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist As Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program presented by Lake Placid Center for the Arts 

This program is made possible through New York State Council on the Arts, State & Local Partnerships with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This program is part of NYFA Learning, which includes professional development for artists and arts administrators. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Images: Saratoga Arts, 2019

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We'd be nothing without NYSCA!  A special thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts for their support. 

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Event | NYFA Resources and Services Talk in Saratoga Springs, NY

Artists of all disciplines are invited to join us for this free event in Saratoga Springs, NY on Saturday, July 13.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in partnership with New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) State & Local Partnerships program, will present a free public program for artists of all disciplines in collaboration with Saratoga Arts. This programming is part of NYFA’s entrepreneurial training in the Adirondacks, the Capital Region, the North Country, and surrounding areas.

NYFA will present an overview of our free and low-cost national programs and services. Whether you’re trying to raise money to finish a particular project, seeking feedback on your work, looking for an artistic residency, or trying to find a job, NYFA has resources that you can use to help you sustain and grow your artistic practice. We will provide information on the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, an unrestricted grant of $7,000 for which artists living and working in New York state are eligible. Applications for the 2019-20 cycle will open in Fall 2019.

Title: NYFA Resources and Services Talk Program Date: Saturday, July 13, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Location: Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Register: RSVP here via Eventbrite Questions: Email learning@nyfa.org

For questions about Saratoga Springs, email Tanya at ttobias@saratoga-arts.org.

This program is made possible through New York State Council on the Arts, State & Local Partnerships, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This program is part of NYFA Learning, which includes professional development for artists and arts administrators. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Image: Know Your Right Workshop, January 2019, Photo: NYFA Learning Staff

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Event | Meet the Funder: New York State Council on the Arts

Are you an arts organization planning to apply to NYSCA's Special Arts Services funding program? Here is an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the application process.

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is a leading source of funding for New York-based arts organizations and individuals. Learn how to navigate the application process for the Special Arts Services (SAS) Program at The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) on Thursday, February 28. Arian Blanco, NYSCA Program Director, will lead the information session and answer your questions after a short presentation. Blanco will be joined by Program Officer Kavie Barnes.

Special Arts Services (SAS) supports programs that engage the arts to address the changing needs of New York’s most vulnerable populations, including people in geographically-remote areas with limited cultural offerings; disabled communities; the aging; impoverished and homeless populations; and court, jail, and prison-involved juveniles and adults.

SAS funding supports both established and emerging organizations. The program encourages collaborations and innovative projects, either multi-disciplinary or focused on a specific discipline of the performing arts, visual arts, or media. SAS also supports professional arts training, promoting advanced study as well as the entry of underserved artists pursuing arts careers. All applicants must have proof of New York State residency.

Program Title: Meet the Funder: NYSCA - Special Arts Services (SAS) Date and Time: Thursday, February 28, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: The New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cost: Free with RSVP Register: RSVP here via Eventbrite

Getting to NYFA Closest Subway to 20 Jay Street: *F to York Street station Next Closest Subway: *A to High Street/Brooklyn Bridge station

Event Accessibility The 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 Limousine. Please email sponsorship@nyfa.org or call 212.366.6900 ext. 243 between 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 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.

Are you an artist or a new organization interested in expanding your fundraising capacity through NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship? We accept out-of-cycle reviews year-round. No-fee applications are accepted on a quarterly basis, and our next deadline is March 31. Click here to learn more about NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program and to apply.

Image: Courtesy of NYFA

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Announcing | Keep NYS Creating Project Grant Recipients

The Keep NYS Creating program is helping to support 42 projects from across New York State.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in partnership with New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), is proud to announce the recipients of the Keep NYS Creating Project Grant. The program was established to help artists in Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Capital District, Mid-Hudson, and Long Island continue their creative projects that have been interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is made possible by NYSCA, with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Keep NYS Creating Project Grant was open to artists who previously applied to the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program in 2018, 2019, and/or 2020 who work in the categories of Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Choreography, Craft/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Music/Sound, Nonfiction Literature, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Poetry, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts, and/or Video/Film.

The grant will enable 2D, 3D, and installation artist Elisa Pritzker (Mid-Hudson) to design a print a full color catalog of an installation that was unveiled ABClatino Art Space in Poughkeepsie, NY in March 2020 and has since gone unseen due to COVID-19. It will enable poet Jacob Rakovan (Finger Lakes) to perform a cycle of poems that were recently awarded the Thornwillow Press Patron’s Prize, bringing the work to new audiences. Painter Suzanne Onodera (Southern Tier) will use the grant to complete a project that illustrates the emotional landscape of the paternal and maternal sides of her Japanese American family who were and were not incarcerated under Executive Order 9066 during World War II. 

For Onodera, receiving the Keep NYS Creating Project Grant “feels as though you can take that extra mile in the pursuit of your work, that someone out there believes in your vision, and most importantly: that you can keep creating.” 

Keep NYS Creating Project Grant Recipients

Julie Ann Bero-Emerson, Finger Lakes

Tiffany Bradley, Mid-Hudson 

Anita Brown, Mid-Hudson 

Adrian D. Carr, North Country 

Veena Chandra, Capital District 

Natasha Chuk, Capital District 

Robert M. Doyle, Finger Lakes 

Boryana Dimitrova Dragoeva, Central New York 

Walter Early, North Country 

Seth Faergolzia, Western New York

Matthew Friday, Mid-Hudson

Jeremiah Jamel Gaines, Mid-Hudson

Frederic Glover, North Country

Phil Hastings, Western New York

Annie Hayes, Southern Tier

Christine N Heller, Mohawk Valley

Kenneth J Jackson, Long Island

Maria Kozak, Mohawk Valley

Colin Lyons, Souther Tier

Timothy Manley, Long Island

Patricia Maurides, Long Island

Lacey McKinney, Central New York

Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Mid-Hudson

Onel Naar, Long Island

Byron Nilsson, Mohawk Valley

Suzanne Onodera, Southern Tier

Elisa Pritzker, Mid-Hudson

Jacob Rakovan, Finger Lakes

Aidan Ryan, Western New York

Jamie Leigh Sampson, Western New York

Marianne Schultz, Capital District

Rachel Shelton, Western New York

Madeline Silber, Mohawk Valley

Rebecca Soderholm, North Country

Jeffrey Alan Starr, Capital District

Becca Van K, Mid-Hudson

Kathryn Walat, Capital District

Anna Warfield, Southern Tier

Matthew E. Wilson, Long Island

Hannah Wnorowski, Central New York

Rebecca Ruige Xu, Central New York

Annemarie Zwack, Finger Lakes

If you need resources, please check our Emergency Grants page on NYFA’s website. We are updating it regularly as new funding comes in. You can find more articles on arts career topics by visiting the Business of Art section of NYFA.org. Sign up for NYFA News and receive artist resources and upcoming events straight to your inbox.

The Keep NYS Creating Project Grant is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Lacey McKinney (Central New York), Reconfiguration 16, 2020, oil and acrylic on panel

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Apply Now | Fiscal Sponsorship for New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Grants

Apply for an Out-of-Cycle Review by Tuesday, February 11.

Artists and non-profit organizations in New York State, did you know that funding from The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) can give you a leg up on making your artist project a reality? There’s one key step you need to take in order to be eligible as an individual artist: securing a fiscal sponsor. NYFA accepts no-fee applications quarterly for its Fiscal Sponsorship program, and conducts Out-of-Cycle Reviews on an ongoing basis to accommodate all timelines, including deadlines for NYSCA.

What is NYSCA? The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is dedicated to providing New York State-based artists and arts organizations the resources to develop their work and connect with the public. Grantmaking is central to this mission and in FY2019, it awarded $51M to 2,400 organizations through direct grants and regrants. New York State-based arts organizations and individual artists working in the visual, media, and performing arts can apply for grant funding on an annual basis.  

How do I know if I qualify? Check out the FY2021 Grant Guidelines. There are 15 different funding programs and each program has a different set of guidelines. The grant is open to New York State residents with projects occurring within the state, and you must be a pre-qualified nonprofit organization or have a fiscal sponsor in order to apply. Individual artists should review the Individual Artist program guidelines.

What is Fiscal Sponsorship? A fiscal sponsor is required to apply for the Individual Artist NYSCA grants. NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship is a fundraising and administrative tool available to U.S.-based artists and arts organizations in all disciplines. Sponsorship allows you to use NYFA’s 501c3 charitable status to apply for grants and corporate sponsorship, and offer donors the incentive of a tax deduction.

How does Out-of-Cycle Review work? In order to help meet this deadline, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship offers an expedited Out-of-Cycle Review application. There is a $175 administrative fee for applications and a turnaround period of two weeks. Fiscal sponsorship status must be acquired before applying to the NYSCA grant for many categories; please read the guidelines carefully. Email our team at sponsorship@nyfa.org with questions.

If you want to apply for NYSCA’s funding, you must apply for an Out-of-Cycle Review with NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship by Tuesday, February 11. Click one of the links below to apply:

Artist Project

Emerging Organization

NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship also accepts no-fee applications through our quarterly application deadlines.The next quarterly deadline is March 31. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Image: Caroline Falby, The Animation of Mortality (Sponsored Project and FY2020 Individual Artist NYSCA Recipient)

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Event | NYFA Arts Administrator Meet Up in Saratoga Springs, NY

Arts administrators in the Adirondacks, the Capital Region, and the North Country regions are invited to join us on Thursday, July 11.

Are you an arts administrator working in the Adirondacks, Capital Region, or the North Country? Join The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) State & Local Partnerships program and Saratoga Arts, for a social meet up to develop connections and grow your professional network in the region. The event will serve as a forum for arts administrators to explore strengths and challenges of the field. NYFA will also provide leadership resources from its Emerging Leaders Boot Camp program. This event is free and open to all arts administrators at any level in their career, and is part of NYFA’s entrepreneurial training in New York State. Light refreshments will be served.

Title: NYFA Arts Administrator Meet Up Program Date: Thursday, July 11, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Register: RSVP via Eventbrite Questions: Email learning@nyfa.org

For questions about Saratoga Springs, email Tanya at ttobias@saratoga-arts.org.

This program is made possible through New York State Council on the Arts, State & Local Partnerships with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This program is part of NYFA Learning, which includes professional development for artists and arts administrators. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Image: Emerging Leaders Boot Camp, March 2019, Photo: NYFA Learning Staff

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Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program Recipients and Finalists

NYFA has awarded $623,000 to 89 New York State artists.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 32 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The organization has awarded a total of $623,000 to 89 artists throughout New York State in the following disciplines: Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, and Video/Film. This year’s recipients range in age between 26 and 77. Fifteen finalists, who do not receive a cash award, but benefit from a range of other NYFA services, were also announced. A complete list of the Fellows and Finalists follows.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program makes unrestricted cash grants of $7,000 to artists working in 15 disciplines, awarding five per year on a triennial basis. The program is highly competitive and this year’s recipients and finalists were selected by discipline-specific peer panels from an applicant pool of 3,071. Since it was launched in 1985, the program has awarded over $31 million to more than 4,500 artists.

“Artists deepen humanity and help us to understand the world and each other through their work,” said Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA. “We’re proud to collaborate with NYSCA to offer unrestricted grants to artists of all disciplines across New York State to support their artistic visions,” he added.

“We recognize that at the heart of the arts is the individual artist,” said Mara Manus, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts. “These grants provide artists in a multitude of disciplines with financial support so they can take risks and flourish in their work, fueling the creative capital of New York.”

Sejal Shah, a Fellow in Fiction from Rochester, NY, reflected on the award saying: “Receiving the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship means it is possible for me to teach less, worry (a little) less, and write more. It is allowing me to focus on the big picture and helps me to believe that what I am doing has value to someone other than me. As an artist, I feel freer to take risks with my work, to experiment, and to continue to write about gender, race, silence, and speech.”

Kim Brandt, a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work from Queens, NY, shared the following about her fellowship: “Receiving a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a real gift—both a vote of confidence and a sigh of relief. On a practical level, it supports a continued commitment to my work by easing the financial burdens of its costs. For a contained stretch of time, I can pay for studio space and materials, take time away from my jobs, and travel for a residency with less worry and reduced stress. Yet to have my work recognized and acknowledged by NYFA and their panelist of arts professionals, peers, and colleagues, to be included in a roster of previous awardees whose work I’ve long admired and respected—this is the deeply meaningful support that doesn't run out once the last penny is spent. This kind of support feeds and fuels long past the fellowship period, and its value is immeasurable and unlimited.”

Fellowship Recipients and Finalists by Discipline and County of Residence:

Fiction Fellows

Caitlin Cass (Erie) Diane Chang (Queens) Martin Cloutier (Kings) Dana Czapnik (New York) Nicole Dennis-Benn (Kings) Eric Gansworth (Niagara) Susanna Horng (New York) Naomi Jackson (Kings) Swati Khurana (New York) Lisa Ko (Kings) Marie Myung-Ok Lee (New York) Haifa Lakshmi Koleilat (Rockland) Lissette J. Norman (Richmond)** Bino A. Realuyo (Queens) Mike Scalise (Kings) Jennifer Sears (Kings) Sejal Shah (Monroe) Kelli Trapnell (Kings)

Fiction Finalists    

YZ Chin (New York) Adalena Kavanagh (Kings) Yahaira Lawrence (Westchester)       

Fiction Panelists  

Roohi Choudhry (Kings) Janet McNally (Erie) Anne Panning (Monroe) Edward Schwarzschild (Albany) Cathie Wright-Lewis (Kings)       

Folk/Traditional Arts Fellows

Douglas Barr (Richmond) Danielle Brown (Kings) Moris J Cañate (Queens) Helen Taylor Condon (St. Lawrence) William Crouse Sr. (Cattaraugus) Wafa Ghnaim (Kings) Zhong-hua Lu (Rensselaer) Potri Ranka Manis (Queens) Tashi D Sharzur (Techung) (Essex) Jake Shulman-Ment (Kings) Salieu Suso (Bronx)**

Folk/Traditional Finalists

Martin Macica (Saratoga) Halyna Shepko (Ulster) Alicia Svigals (New York)  

Folk/Traditional Panelists  

Mary Tooley Parker (Westchester) Blanka Amezkua (Bronx) Naomi Sturm (Richmond) Elinor Levy (Dutchess) Carrie Hill (Franklin)

Interdisciplinary Work Fellows

Noel W Anderson (Queens) Kim Brandt (Queens) A.K. Burns (Kings) Tyler Coburn (Kings) Ayana Evans (New York) Allison Janae Hamilton (New York) Kathy High (Rensselaer) Sue Jeong Ka (New York) Baseera Khan (New York) Mary Mattingly (Kings) Christie Neptune (Kings) Ernesto Pujol (Columbia) Elise Rasmussen (Kings) Aki Sasamoto (Kings) Kuldeep Singh (Kings) Tiffany Smith (Kings) Tattfoo Tan (Richmond)

Interdisciplinary Work Finalists  

Keren Benbenisty (New York) Kameelah Janan Rasheed (Kings) Aida Šehović (New York)    

Interdisciplinary Work Panelists

Matt Bua (Greene) David Court (Ulster) Glendalys Medina (New York) Rachel Fein-Smolinski (Onondaga) Jaimie Warren (Kings)       

Painting Fellows

Samira Abbassy (New York) Maria Berrio (Kings) Gabe Brown (Ulster) Tom Burckhardt (New York) Ginny Casey (Kings) Elizabeth Colomba (New York) Lisa Corinne Davis (Kings) Lydia Dona (New York) Donise English (Dutchess) Derek Fordjour (New York)* Clarity Haynes (Kings) Vera Iliatova (Kings) Julian Kreimer (Kings) Joel Longenecker (Dutchess) Kathryn Lynch (Kings) Sangram Majumdar (Kings) Tracy Miller (Kings) Patrick Neal (New York) David Opdyke (Queens) Paul Pagk (New York) Luisa Rabbia (Kings) Gretchen Scherer (Kings) Emily Mae Smith (Kings) Michael Stamm (Kings) Amy Talluto (Ulster) Leslie Wayne (New York) Deborah Zlotsky (Albany)

Painting Finalists

Jordan Casteel (New York) Clayton Schiff (Queens) Don Voisine (Kings)

Painting Panelists

Julia Whitney Barnes (Dutchess) Franklin Evans (New York) Elliot Green (Columbia) Sarah McCoubrey (Onondaga) Mie Yim (Kings)    

Video/Film Fellows

Abbesi Akhamie (Kings) Jessica Beshir (New York) Ira Eduardovna (Kings) Fernando Frias de la Parra (Kings) Brent Green (Ulster) Devin Horan (Kings) Haisi Hu (Kings) Hannah Jayanti (Kings) Steffani Jemison (Kings) Ekwa Msangi (Kings) Shayok Mukhopadhyay (Westchester) Iva Radivojevic (Kings) Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli (Kings) Lynne Sachs (Kings) Fern Silva (Kings) Sasha Wortzel (Kings)      

Video/Film Finalists

Melanie Crean (Kings) Case Jernigan (Kings) Nikyatu Jusu (Kings)   

Video/Film Panelists

Justin Ambrosino (Richmond) Zia Anger (Columbia) Shirley Bruno (Kings) Megan Roberts (Tompkins) Bhawin Suchak (Albany)

*Deutsche Bank Fellow **Gregory Millard Fellows made with the support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Click here for more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program.

Funding Support

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are 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. Additional funding is also provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), Deutsche Bank, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and individual donors.

Images, from above: Maria Berrio (Fellow in Painting ‘18); In a Time of Drought, 2016, collage with Japanese papers and watercolor paint, 60”x72”; Haisi Hu (Fellow in Video/Film ‘18), New York After Rain, 2017, claymation and cel animation (still); Kim Brandt (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ‘18), Untitled, 2014, Performance, Presented at The Kitchen, NYC, Photo Credit: Paula Court; Tashi D Sharzur (Techung) (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts ‘18), Semshae, Heart Songs, Performance for Tibetan children, Tibet House, NYC, 2013, Photo Credit: Kurt Smith

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Event | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Application Seminars in Olean, NY and Buffalo, NY

This summer and fall, join us to learn about the application and panel process in cities across New York State.

For 33 years, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has administered a state-wide artist fellowship program on behalf of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. These fellowships are not project grants and are designed to give artists the time, space, and resources they need to create.  

We are pleased to announce that NYFA Grants staff will present NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application seminars across New York State this summer and fall. The first two events in the series will be held in Olean, NY and Buffalo, NY. These gatherings will provide artists of all disciplines with the opportunity to hear about the application and panel processes for the upcoming award cycle, which will open in Fall 2018. The 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship award disciplines will be: 

Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design

Choreography

Music/Sound

Photography

Playwriting/Screenwriting 

Title: NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Seminar in Olean, NY Date: Monday, August 20, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Hosted by: Tri-County Arts Council and Olean Business Development Location: Olean Business Development, 301 N. Union Street, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Olean, NY, 14760 Cost: Free with RSVP Register: Email info@myartscouncil.net Title: NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Seminar in Buffalo, NY Date: Tuesday, August 21, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Hosted by: Arts Services Initiative of Western New York Location: Squeaky Wheel Media and Arts Center, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 Cost: Free with RSVP Register: Email info@asiwny.org or Call 716.362.8389 x51

Additional information sessions will be held in Mount Morris, NY on October 22; Syracuse, NY on October 23; and Alfred, NY on December 5. Details on these and other in-person and Facebook Live sessions will be announced shortly. 

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are 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: Tyler Coburn (Interdisciplinary Work ‘18), Ergonomic Futures, 2016—, furniture (designed with Bureau V) and website