In 2007, the Mentoring Program's first year, we paired 11 immigrant artist mentees with eight NYFA Fellow mentors. Scroll down to see a list of all 2007 mentors and mentees, and click their names to visit their websites (where available).

For more information on the Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, click here.

Mentees

Mentors

Soumaila Adigun (Ivory Coast)

Signe Baumane (Latvia)*
*Signe also mentored Soumalia Adigun

Karen Ahn (Korea)

Susane Lee (South Korea)

Azul Ceballos (Argentina)

Hisao Ihara (Japan)*
*Hisao also mentroed Chin Chih Yang

Chin Chih Yang (Taiwan)

Hisao Ihara (Japan)*
*Hisao also mentored Azul Ceballos

Marieken Cochius (Netherlands)

Leslie Wayne (United States)

Fabricio Fazzalari (Argentina)

Dulce Pinzón (Mexico)*
*Dulce also mentored Cristian Peña

Sandra Mack-Valencia (Colombia)

Nuno de Campos (Portugal)

Cristian Peña (Mexico)

Dulce Pinzón (Mexico)*
*Dulce also mentored Cristian Peña

Hidemi Takagi (Japan)

Saeri Kiritani (Japan)

Chiaki Watanabe (Japan)

Signe Baumane (Latvia)*
*Signe also mentored Soumalia Adigun

Hai Zhang (China)

Hee Jin Kang (Korea)