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March 2024
“In/Between 2024: Cosmic Domestic”
New York Live Arts, in partnership with NYFA, will present the exhibition In/Between 2024: Cosmic Domestic from March 6-March 31 at the New York Live Arts Ford Foundation Live Gallery in Manhattan. The exhibition, which is curated by Yanira Castro, Martita Abril, and Zahra Banyamerian, will feature 20 immigrant artists from NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. This year’s exhibit features work by Melika Abikenari, Andrés Altamirano, Min Baek, Lana Bolycheva, Gabriela Bornstein, Doreen Chan, Nelise Nasheida Charles, Ruoyun Chen, Rocío…
Find out more »Beyond the Elevator Pitch: Talking About Your Work with Public Speaking Coach Jezra Kaye
You’ve met someone important in your field. Or you’re applying for a grant, a show, or another opportunity. How do you describe your work? Elevator pitches are great, but where do you go from there? Public speaking coach Jezra Kaye (recently featured in The New York Times) is here to help! This pay-what-you-wish workshop—which includes hands-on exercises and a Q&A—will give you tools to communicate your value, your vision, and why your work matters to audiences. Bring a communications challenge…
Find out more »Apply Now: NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship
Each year NYFA helps artists apply to New York State Arts Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to receive grant funding for creating new works of art. As a NYFA Fiscal Sponsored project, you will be able to apply for that grant and other fundraising opportunities. Fiscal Sponsorship is a fundraising and administrative tool that allows your project to use NYFA’s 501c3 nonprofit status to fundraise for your own project. With the support of NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, you can: -Apply for…
Find out more »April 2024
2024 NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit
Join us at the NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit, a vibrant celebration of the arts and an acknowledgment of both the remarkable artists we serve and the incredible patrons who support our mission. Established in 2011 as NYFA’s most significant fundraiser, this benefit offers an enchanting evening featuring a banquet dinner, an awards ceremony recognizing luminaries in visual, literary, and performing arts, a silent auction filled with unique artistic treasures, and an energetic paddle raise to support NYFA’s diverse programs.…
Find out more »Creating Content in a Digital World
In today’s digital world, creatives are often expected to create content representing their artistic practice–in addition to their art itself. Yet most artists are not professional content producers, or at least didn’t start out that way. In this free workshop, we’ll explore how artists can professionally and creatively develop content to build their audience online. This presentation will be led by expert Molaundo Jones, who runs the marketing initiatives for an organization world renowned for producing creative content, Art21, in…
Find out more »Apply Now: Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding—up to $20,000 per project—to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. The AWAW EAG will support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project's ecological and social…
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