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| Selections from the 2009 NYFA Fellows |
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Cathy Crane, Anna Moschovakis, Christine Nadir, and Cary Peppermint work in different disciplines—film, poetry, and digital arts—yet what unites them, besides recently being awarded 2009 NYFA fellowships, is that they reside in rural regions of upstate New York. For NYFA Current they write on the particular influence that living outside of the city has had on their creative work.
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| An Interview with Ted Hope: by Suzan Sherman |
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With more than 60 films under his belt, among them The Savages, Happiness, American Splendor, and The Ice Storm, producer Ted Hope has had a prolific career based on his ability to spot fresh talent. Hope spoke with NYFA Current by phone on a wide range of topics, among them how he got his start, what he looks for in projects, and a subject he feels particularly passionate about—what filmmakers need to do right now to flourish in our increasingly competitive society.
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| Natasha Randall on translating A Hero of Our Time |
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To translate a novel from Russian to English—a novel which served as inspiration for Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (and was previously translated by Nabakov) is an unequivocally ambitious as well as intimate experience. Natasha Randall reports from London on the process of working on Lermontrov’s A Hero of Our Time, just out from Penguin, and on balancing between remaining faithful to the text and keeping in mind the contemporary reader.
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| An Interview with Jackie Battenfield: by Amber Hawk Swanson |
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Amber Hawk Swanson, NYFA Source Program Officer, recently visited artist and author Jackie Battenfield’s Williamsburg studio to discuss practical techniques for developing and sustaining a successful art career, culled from her new book, The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love, recently published by Da Capo Press.
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| Deadlines & Headlines |
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NYFA Current’s Deadlines & Headlines section regularly provides listings of upcoming grant, award, and residency deadlines as well as information on upcoming NYFA events and news on NYFA artists. These listings are for June, July, and August deadlines. Profiled artists include Susie Brandt, Ginger Ertz, Simon Leung, Andreas Rentsch, and Devorah Sperber.
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