The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), the nation’s largest provider of funding, information and services to individual artists, this year awarded 95 NYFA Fellows and 16 Finalists – all of whom were chosen from among over 4,317 applicants in five categories - including Fiction; Folk/Traditional Arts; Interdisciplinary Work; Painting; and Video/Film. The Fellows were selected by peer panels, which were assembled with representatives from each artistic discipline.

NYFA's 2012 Artists' Fellowships are administered by NYFA with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Additional support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and one anonymous donor.

Fiction
Denise Burrell-Stinson (New York)
Alexandra Chasin (Kings)
Kiera Coffee (Kings)
Susan Daitch (Kings)
B.G. Firmani (New York)
Scott Geiger (New York)
Melinda Goodman (New York)
Susan Karwoska (Kings)
Mary La Chapelle (Westchester)
Catherine Lacey (Kings)
Caron Levis (Kings)
Sara Lippmann (Kings)
Minju Pak (Kings)
Bob Proehl (Tompkins)
Thaddeus Rutkowski (New York) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Amanda Stern (Kings)
Allison Thompson (Kings)
Arlaina Tibensky (New York)

Finalists
Liana Finck (New York)
Amy Halloran (Rensselaer)
Teddy Wayne (New York)

Panelists
Sarah Dohrmann (Kings)
David Heatley (Queens)
Robert Lopez (Kings)
Ranbir Sidhu (Kings)
Laurie Weeks (New Paltz)

Folk/Traditional Arts
Colleen Cleveland (Warren)
Hongyi He (Queens) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Vit Horejs (New York) – Robert Sterling Clark Visual Arts Space Award
Julian Kytasty (New York)
Jagannath Lairenjam (Queens)
Malia Mahi-Badis (New York)
Marcos Napa-Ormeno (Bronx) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Kesler Pierre (Kings)
Alhaji Papa Susso (Bronx)
Guowei Wang (New York)

Finalists
Michael Alpert (New York)
Bonnie Gale (Chenango)
Vongku PAK (Kings)

Panelists
Arthur Flowers (Onondaga)
Elena Martínez (Bronx)
Ellen McHale (Schenectady)
Pete Rushefsky (New York)
Nivedita ShivRaj (Queens)

Interdisciplinary Work
Wafaa Bilal (New York)
Xavier Cha (Kings)
Patty Chang (Kings) – Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Award
Ping Chong (New York)
Zachary Fabri (Kings)
Kate Gilmore (New York)
Joseph Keckler (Kings)
Liz Magic Laser (New York)
Alma Leiva (Kings)
Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow (Queens)
Erica Magrey (Kings)
Glendalys Medina (Bronx)
Jason Mitcham (Queens)
Shana Moulton (Queens)
Jenny Polak (Kings)
Andrea Ray (New York)
Dread Scott (Kings)

Finalists
Blake Carrington (Kings)
Jacob Margolin/Nicholas Vaughn (collaboration) (Washington)
Jeff Stark (Kings)

Panelists
Danielle Abrams (Kings)
Man Bartlett (New York)
Brendan Fernandes (New York)
Mollie McKinley (Dutchess)
Saya Woolfalk (New York)

Painting
Thordis Adalsteinsdottir (New York)
Angela Basile (Dutchess)
Trudy Benson (Kings)
Michael Berryhill (New York)
Mariella Bisson (Ulster)
Elizabeth Bonaventura (Greene)
Robert Bordo (Columbia)
Rosanna Bruno (Kings)
Louis Cameron (Kings)
Rebecca Chamberlain (Kings)
Michael Cline (Queens)
Vince Contarino (Kings)
Ian Davis (Ulster)
Molly Dilworth (Kings) – Lily Auchincloss Foundation Fellow
Scott Daniel Ellison (New York)
Micah Ganske (New York)
Jen Harris (Columbia)
Emily Hass (New York)
Ridley Howard (Kings)
Todd Knopke (Kings)
Tim Lokiec (Kings)
Chris Martin (Kings)
Christian Maychack (Kings)
Bradley McCallum/Jacqueline Tarry (collaboration) (Kings)
Daniel Rich (Kings)
David Schirm (Genesee)
Roxa Smith (New York)
Corinne Ulmann (Kings)
Nichole van Beek (Kings)
William Villalongo (New York)
Wendy White (New York)
Deborah Zlotsky (Albany)

Finalists
Richard Briggs (Kings)
Franklin Evans (New York)
Tim Okamura (New York)

Panelists
Kris Chatterson (New York)
Christina Toro (Dutchess)
Sarah McCoubrey (Onondaga)
Shaun El C Leonardo (Queens)
Meghan Gordon (New York)

Video/Film
Tara Autovino (Kings)
Orit Ben-Shitrit (Kings)
Prashant Bhargava (Kings)
Mari Jaye Blanchard (Kings) – Gregory Millard Fellow
Shirley Bruno (Kings)
Jose Carlos Casado (Queens)
Todd Chandler (Kings)
Ivan Cortazar (Queens)
Michael Gitlin (Dutchess)
Barbara Hammer (New York)
Phillip Hastings (Chautauqua)
Oded Hirsch (Queens)
Marie Losier (New York)
Sterz (Monroe)
Terence Nance (Kings)
Kimberly Reed (New York)
Pawel Wojtasik (Kings)

Finalists
Michael Dominic (Queens)
Eteam (collaboration) (Queens)
Hedia Maron (New York)

Panelists
Yorgo Alexopoulos (New York)
Sandra Gibson (New York)
Lisa Crafts (New York)
Michelle Handelman (Kings)
Julie Casper Roth (Albany)