This year’s 144 NYFA Fellows – who were chosen from among over 4,500 applicants – include architects, choreographers, composers, fiction writers, painters, photographers, playwrights/screenwriters and video artists. The Fellows were selected by peer panels, which were assembled according to each artistic discipline.

Major funding for NYFA’s 2008 Artists’ Fellowships is made possible by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Major funding has also been provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation. Additional funding has been provided by the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Alex G. Nason Foundation, Norton Family Foundation, The Buddy Fund at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, an anonymous donor, and individual donors.


ARCHITECTURE/ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES
Stella Betts (New York) and David Leven (New York)
Eric Bunge (Kings) and Mimi Hoang (Kings) – Lily Auchincloss Fellow
Lishan Chang (Queens)
Eva Perez de Vega (New York) and Ian Gordon (New York)
Joanne Howard (Rockland)
Omar Khan (Erie)
Michael Morris (New York) and Yoshiko Sato (New York)
Robert Pyzocha (Kings)
Ann Reichlin (Tompkins)
Jean Shin (Kings)
Brett Snyder (New York)

Panelists
David Benjamin
Ana Miljacki
Susannah Drake
Frances Halsband
Kent Kleinman

CHOREOGRAPHY
Luciana Achugar (Kings)
Roxane Butterfly (New York)
Miguel Gutierrez (Kings)
Saar Harari (New York) and Lee Sher (New York)
Michel Kouakou (Queens)
Nicholas Leichter (Kings)
Jennifer Monson (New York)
Erick Montes (Kings) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Max Pollak (New York)
Deganit Shemy (New York) – Buddy Fund Fellow
Sally Silvers (New York)
Donna Uchizono (New York)

Panelists
Melanie Aceto
MaiaClaire Garrison
Ryan Kelly
RoseAnne Spradlin
Bill Young

FICTION
Salar Abdoh (New York)
Mermer Blakeslee (Delaware)
Gabriel Brownstein (Kings)
James Cañón (Queens)
Ann Darby (New York)
Lesley Dormen (New York)
Arthur Flowers (Onondaga)
Garth Hallberg (Kings)
David Heatley (Queens) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Paul La Farge (Kings)
Janet McNally (Erie)
Manuel Muñoz (New York)
Meera Nair (Queens)
Christine Schutt (New York)
Ranbir Sidhu (Kings)
Dana Spiotta (Otsego)
Mume Yoshiwara (New York)
Leni Zumas (Kings)

Panelists
Dimitri Anastasopoulos
Claudette Bakhtiar-Ericson
Tom Beer
Suzan Sherman
Deanna Fei

MUSIC COMPOSITION
Joseph Bertolozzi (Dutchess)
Samuel Claiborne (Ulster)
Laura Kahle (Kings)
Ray Leslee (New York)
Lukas Ligeti (Kings)
Monteith McCollum* (Tioga)
Mary Moreno (New York)
Aki Onda (Kings)
Zeena Parkins (New York)
Edward Simon (New York)
Stefan Tcherepnin (Kings)
Andy Teirstein (New York)
Pyeng Threadgill (Kings)
Ushio Torikai (New York) – Gregory Millard Fellow

*Monteith McCollum was also nominated for a fellowship in Video this year, but he chose to accept his fellowship in Music Composition.

Panelists
Steve Blanco
Charles Coleman
Leo Crandall
Mary Edwards
Zeljko McMullen

PAINTING
Erik Benson (Kings)
Eric Blum (New York)
Sylvie Matt Buchler (New York)
Patty Cateura (New York)
Omar Chacon (Queens)
Jenny Dubnau (Queens)
Angie Drakopoulos (Queens)
James Esber (Kings)
Eckhard Etzold (New York)
Jane Fine (Kings)
Seth Michael Forman (Kings)
Jim Gaylord (Kings)
Allison Gildersleeve (Kings)
Joan Grubin (New York)
Angelina Gualdoni (Kings)
Sue Havens (Kings)
Jayne Holsinger (New York) – Lily Auchincloss Fellow
Gilbert Hsiao (Kings)
Mala Iqbal (Kings)
Shaun El C. Leonardo (Queens)
Douglas Melini (Kings)
John O’Connor (Queens)
Gina Ruggeri (Kings)
Takayo Seto (Kings)
Suzanne Song (New York)
Kate Teale (Kings)
Denyse Thomasos (New York)
Mark Dean Veca (Kings)

Panelists
Louis Cameron
Yvonne Estrada
Debra Priestly
Sergio Sericolo
Mary Temple

PHOTOGRAPHY
Elia Alba (Queens)
Mauricio Alejo* (Kings) – Lily Auchincloss Fellow
Keliy Anderson-Staley (Queens)
Erica Baum (New York)
Ginger Brooks Takahashi (Kings)
Cybele Clark-Mendes (Kings)
Ana De Orbegoso (New York) – Alex G. Nason Fellow
Shari Diamond (Kings)
Hans Gindlesberger (Erie)
Hyoungsun Ha (Kings)
Mark Iwinski (Tompkins)
Kim Keever (New York)
Shai Kremer (New York)
Joe Lewis (Allegany) – Deutsche Bank Fellow
Bill McDowell (Clinton)
Chris Payne (Kings) – Lily Auchincloss Fellow
Ernesto Pujol (Kings)
Andreas Rentsch (Suffolk)
Victor Sira (New York)
Kwabena Slaughter (Queens)
Ellen Wallenstein (New York)
Corey Willis (Kings)

*Mauricio Alejo was also nominated for a fellowship in Video this year, but he chose to accept his fellowship in Photography.

Panelists
Heather Hart
Julieve Jubin
John Milisenda
Jolene Rickard
Mayumi Terada

PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING
Keith Bearden (Queens)
Noelle Brower (Kings)
Jorge Ignacio Cortinas (Queens)
Michael Crowley (New York)
David Greenspan (New York)
Joie Lee (Kings)
Ethan Lipton (Kings)
A. Rey Pamatmat (Queens)
J.T. Rogers (Kings)
Alena Smith (Kings)
Kevin Snipes (Queens)
Zoje Stage (Monroe)
Ela Thier (New York)
Andrea Thome (New York)
Avi Weider (Ulster)

GERI ASHUR SCREENWRITING AWARD
Jeff Seymann (Kings)

Panelists
P.J. Gibson
Rob Handel
Boo Killebrew
Heather MacDonald
Edwin Sanchez

VIDEO
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo (New York)
Ian Burns (Kings)
J.P. Chan (Kings)
Seoungho Cho (Queens)
Lisa Crafts (New York)
Beth Davenport (Kings) and Elizabeth Mandel (New York) – Gregory Millard Fellows
Heather Lyn MacDonald (New York)
Bradley McCallum (Kings) and Jacqueline Tarry (Kings)
Jillian McDonald (Kings)
John Menick (Kings)
Erik Moskowitz (Kings) and Amanda Trager (Kings)
Mac Premo (Kings)
Reynold Reynolds (New York)
Julie Casper Roth (Albany)
Eve Sussman (Kings) – Norton Family Foundation Fellow

Panelists
Mari Jaye Blanchard
Peer Bode
Kalup Linzy
Max Sharam
Kimi Takesue