Artists'-Fellowships

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

For the past 32 years, NYFA has awarded fellowships of $7,000 to individual originating artists living in New York State and/or Indian Nations located in New York State.

NYFA is committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. In 2018, NYFA awarded a total of $623,000 to 89 artists throughout New York State.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships, awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period, are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. These fellowships are not project grants but are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, regardless of the level of their artistic development.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

CURRENT AWARD CYCLE

2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Categories

Applications for the 2018-19 award cycle are now closed. The following categories will be awarded in 2019 and 2022:

• Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design
• Choreography
• Music/Sound
• Photography
• Playwriting/Screenwriting

Applying for a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship? View our "How to Apply" video here.

FUTURE AWARD CYCLES

2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Categories

Applications for the 2019-20 award cycle will open in Fall 2019. The following categories will be reviewed:

• Craft/Sculpture
• Digital/Electronic Arts
• Nonfiction Literature
• Poetry
• Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts

2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Categories

Applications for the 2020-21 award cycle will open in Fall 2020. The following categories will be reviewed:

• Fiction
• Folk/Traditional Arts
• Interdisciplinary Work
• Painting
• Video/Film

FUNDING SUPPORT

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Major funding is also provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Additional funding is provided by the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deutsche Bank, and individual donors.

You can join NYFA's generous benefactors in helping artists. Visit our Support pages to learn more about the impact of your gift.

Image Credit: Angelina Gualdoni (Fellow in Painting '08), Transference in Aurora, Illinois, 2004, Acrylic and oil on canvas.