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NYFA’s Immigrant Outreach seeks to open the doors to resources available to New American artists in New York City and beyond. Connecting immigrant artists to programs that provide technical assistance, professional development, and other arts related support, NYFA strives to give artists access to programs that benefit and foster their work, as well as helping to bring their work to a mainstream audience.

In the Spring of 2008, NYFA is offering a series of workshops geared specifically for the needs of immigrant artists. To find out more about the workshop schedule please visit our NYFA Learning Calendar.

The following list contains only a sample of the resources available to artists on NYFA’s website. For details about programs and access to more resources in each of the categories, visit NYFA Source - the nation’s most extensive directory of information and services for artists.


ORGANIZATIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES (in NYC)
Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
CAMBA
International Center
Catholic Migration Office
New York Association for New Americans, Inc. (NYANA)

ART SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Grants, services, technical assistance, email listservs, newsletters of opportunities, festivals, open studios.

State and Municipal Agencies:
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)
o Percent for Art
o Materials for the Arts

Borough Arts Councils:
Queens Council on the Arts
Brooklyn Council on the Arts
Bronx Arts Council
Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Private Non-Profit Organizations:
New York Foundation for the Arts
Fractured Atlas
The Field
A.R.T. / New York
Association of Hispanic Arts (¡AHA!)
National Association of Latino Artists
Asian American Arts Alliance

Professional Organizations:
Poets & Writers
Pen and Brush
Advertising Photographers of America
Society of Illustrators
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Dance / NYC
Dance / USA

Artist-run Organizations:
Art for Change at Carlito’s Café y Galeria
Buzzer Thirty
Local Project

Neighborhood-Based Organizations:
Alliance of Queens Artists
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
LIC Artists
Harlem Arts Alliance
The Point

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art
Local Project
Flux Factory
ABC No Rio
Re-Title
Galeria Galou
Whitebox
The Chocolate Factory
Galapagos Artspace
Brooklyn Fire Proof
Center for Book Arts
Creative Time
Art in General
Artists Space
La MaMa
Theatre for the New City

STUDIO SPACES
Artists’ Alliance
NYC Performing Arts Spaces
Third Ward Brooklyn
Art Students’ League
Brooklyn Artists Gym
Dieu Donne Paper Mill
Urban Glass

ART GRANTS
NYFA Source at is the nation's most extensive databank of awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines. NYFA Source's easy-to-use search engine allow you to create a personalized query on many different fields including discipline, location, gender, ethnicity, age group, application deadline.

To do a Basic Search for awards or services by discipline:
Go to NYFA Source
Choose your Discipline at the top of the page. Click Go.
Select your Geographic Eligibility.
Select Awards (Cash Grants, Emergency Grants, Student Scholarships, Artist Communities or Residency Programs, Space Awards, Equipment Access, Apprenticeships, or Honorary Prizes) OR Services & Publications (select a Topic, then a Sub-topic category). Please note: It is not possible to search Awards and Services & Publications simultaneously.
Submit Search.

Take an Online Tutorial of NYFA Source to get familiar with Basic Search, Advance Search, a glossary of terms and definitions, as well as FAQs and more!

And check out other resources about grant writing, such as:
The Etiquette of Getting Grants, by Shakurra Amatulla, The Grant Lady

NYFA Source Live Assistance NYFA offers free live hotline and email assistance to artists through its program NYFA Source. This service provides specific answers where possible to artists’ business and technical questions, and referrals to appropriate organizations and resources. Due to call volume, artists with in-depth research questions are encouraged to contact NYFA Source via email.

For Visual, Design, and Media Arts
Email visual@nyfa.org or call toll-free (800) 232-2789 (3-5 p.m. EST, Monday-Friday).

For Dance, Music, and Theater
Email performing@nyfa.orgor call toll-free (800) 232-2789 (3-5 p.m. EST, Monday-Friday).

FINANCIAL & BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
Accountants for the Public Interest
New York Association for New Americans, Inc. (NYANA)
ArtNetwork
Money Basics
Business of Art: Taxing Artists, by Sonia Kimble-Ellis

INSURANCE
The Actors' Fund of America's Health Insurance Resource Center
Artist Access Program at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn

LEGAL HELP & INFORMATION
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Law Help
Starving Artists Law
Artists From Abroad
Dr. Art on Contracts with Galleries and Collectors, by Matthew Deleget

MORE CAREER RESOURCES
These are only a few examples of the resources available to artists on NYFA’s website. More information and links can be found at www.nyfa.org in the Business of Art Articles, NYFA Quarterly (Archived Articles), NYFA Current, and NYFA Source.

Artist Survival Kit
What Makes Your Art Different: The Art of Self-Promotion, by Diane Rapaport
Portfolio Development for Artists Working in All Disciplines, by Susan Myers
Ten Tips for Success in the Art World, by Geoffrey Gorman

Exhibiting & Performing Tips
Dr. Art on Conducting Studio Visits, by Matthew Deleget
Dr. Art on Paying to Exhibit Your Work, by Matthew Deleget and Renée Phillips
Dr. Art on Shipping Your Art Work, by Matthew Deleget
The Skinny on Online Galleries, by Ilana Stanger
The Skinny on Slide Registries, by Ilana Stanger
Where Will an Agent Take You?, by Amy Holman