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Art21 film documents NYFA Fellow Shana Moulton The film What is your tree? — produced by Art21 as part of its “New York Close Up” series — documents artist Shana Moulton (Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Work, 2012; Emergency Relief Fund, 2013) and composer Nick Hallett reheasing and performing their collaborative, one-act opera, Whispering Pines 10. The opera is being staged at the New…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Ali Banisadr

NYFA talks to Ali Banisadr (Fellowship, Painting, 2010) about drawing during air raids, the encyclopedic nature of his work, and his current exhibition, Motherboard,on view at the Sperone Westwater Gallery in New York City through April 19. NYFA: Congratulations on your new exhibition, Motherboard. How long did the entire collection take to complete? AB: The…

As technology/science/medicine progresses; it is harder to say that there even exists a line between nature and culture. Knowing how much our activities as human beings affect every corner of the earth on many levels, the question would be: Can we find a piece of nature which is “totally natural” in this world anymore? NYFA…

Bulletin: Deadline for 2014 NYFA Artists’ Fellowship Extended

2014 Application Deadline Extended to Feb. 18 and 19 The deadline to apply for the 2014 award cycle of NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowship has been extended. The new deadline dates for the following discipline categories are:  February 18, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.  Crafts/Sculpture Digital/Electronic Arts February 19, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.  Nonfiction Poetry Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts For…