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Information Session 2: NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants (Reserve Fund Overview)
May 13, 2:00 PM - May 13, 3:00 PM Online Free
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When my play, English, was awarded this grant, I did not have major accolades to my name. This underscores the grant's commitment to uplifting women to create the art they were born to make.
Sanaz Toossi
NYC Women’s Fund
This program is transformative. The sessions are tailored to meet our needs and our mentors go above and beyond. I will be collaborating with my cohort for years to come.
Christiamilda Correa
Executive Leaders of Color Program
It's affirming knowing that other artists recognize, understand, and value my work. Receiving this award will allow me to spend more time with my work and feel more comfortable taking risks.
Luis Manuel Diaz
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NYSCA and NYFA Announce Innovative Grant Program to Establish Reserve Funds for NYS Arts and Culture Nonprofits
April 8, 2025

First of its kind initiative addresses critical needs across state creative sector. The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) today announced the NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants to help New York State-based nonprofit arts organizations who have…

The Key to A Successful Collaboration: A Conversation with Artist Sizhu Li and Curator Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
March 21, 2025

Get insights into the curatorial process and how curators collaborate with artists (and vice versa!). Sizhu Li: Moonment: Finding A Way, the exhibition currently on view at Contemporary at Blue Star in San Antonio, TX, is a collaboration between two Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program alumni: Jacqueline (Jack)…

NYFA Inducts Jaye Moon, JT Rogers, Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo, and Commissioner Laurie Cumbo into its Hall of Fame at Annual Spring Benefit
March 19, 2025

NYFA gala celebrates the arts by acknowledging the artists we serve and the patrons who support our mission. On Tuesday, March 18, NYFA’s annual Hall of Fame Benefit brought approximately 300 artists and arts supporters together at Gotham Hall in Manhattan in celebration of the arts, inducting…

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