Implementation Grants offered matching funds to schools to realize projects that demonstrated meaningful activities between individual artist(s) and students, teachers, parents, and/or community members.

Since 1971, NYFA has been an active supporter of and participant in the growth of the arts, and has helped artists be an integral part of public education. With initial support from the NEA and, for decades since, by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), NYFA has provided funding for artist residencies in schools throughout New York State. It has been gratifying to see the amazing work that has been done by artists in the schools during this time.

The focus of the arts-in-education commitment by NYSCA has been changing in recent years, as has NYFA’s own programmatic focus. Accordingly, as of July 2003, NYFA no longer makes grants to schools for technical assistance or for school residencies.

Artists and schools interested in similar programs should contact the arts in education staff at NYSCA. NYFA has not, however, abandoned its commitment to the importance of the artist in the schools. We will continue school-based artist community residencies that involve artists working with public schools and in their local communities. We will also continue to provide information for artists who teach through NYFA’s Information and Research department, including NYFA Source, and NYFA Quarterly.