- NYFA

December 15, 2004byAmy Aronoff

Image of Michael Rakowitz (Fellow in Architecture '06)

Merche Blasco performs at New York's La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, leaning over a soundboard and against several screens showing close-ups of her performance Photo Credit: Mariana Oriente

Karen Ostrom (Fellow in Computer Arts ‘01)

Collage of photographs depicting aerial views.

Pascual Jaime Sisto (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts '17)

Image of 5 works of art hanging on a simple grey wall in the corner of a room.

Image: A black-and-white photograph of an individual in a striped shirt and suspenders, superimposed against a green curtain.

Image of two women laying down on a bed that is shaped like an iglu.

Collage of maps and acrylic painting depicting a web of roads in a suburban landscape pictured from above.

Color photograph focusing on five pairs of legs and feet sitting side by side, each pair wears mismatched shoes.

Logos for American Ballet Theatre, Airbnb, Houston Symphony, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phillips Auctioneers, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Yale, and WNYC.

Metallic tall structure in desert landscape and blue sky by Zaq Landsberg

Two individuals pose in front of a painted piece of canvas over a white wall.

Group image featuring NYFA's Executive Director Michael L. Royce and Past Immediate Board Chair Judith K. Brodsky with NYFA-affiliated artists who were honored at NYFA's 2016 Hall of Fame Benefit.

A pink, red, and purple-lit installation shot of ethereal, motorized sculptural works by Shih Chieh Huang.

A photograph of a clonal colony of 10,500 year old Dead Huon Pines, one of the oldest things in the world, by Rachel Sussman.

Mosaic pattern created using water-based woodcuts, by Takuji Hamanaka

An image of the front cover of NYFA's "The Profitable Artist" book and another of two hands holding the book open - both against a bright green background and by Marco Scozzaro.

Rhode Island School of Design students sit around tables in a casual learning environment.

Two women sit at a table as one consults the other about art career matters.

A man dressed as a woman is peering through the colorful curtain of theater dressing room.

Several people looking at their phone screens; Credit: Aroussiak Gabrielian and Alison B. Hirsch

Image: Photograph of an immersive installation depicting a household plant using different media.

Image: Photograph of a site-specific installation in a building's interior, made of yellow rope, beam clamps, and eye bolts.

Image: Archival inkjet print depicting a variety of abstract shapes.

Image: Detail of a painting with purple background and swirled lines, red shapes, and yellow dabs of paint in the foreground.

Image: Detail of acrylic and oil painting with different geometric shapes against a grid drawn with curved, sometimes uneven lines.

Image: Photographed scene depicting people on makeshift rafts on water.

Image: Detail of an oil painting with taupe, orange, teal, brown, purple and red geometric stripes and dripped paint.

Image: Detail of a painting depicting ginseng root and flowers.

Image: Painting of a building in construction, with the building's frame set against the sky and greenery.

Image: Watercolor image with text stating "Recharge Foundation Fellowship for New Surrealist Art"

Abstract composition with charcoal and red pastel on irregularly torn paper.

Black and white image of individual looking at theirselves in the mirror

Image: a surrealistic scene of a bed, cloud, clock set to 11:59, rabbit, and blue dress against a starry sky.

Photo of a performance in the dark with some hard spots of light with vegetation on the righty and a table with a computer and several wires on the right.

Image of film crew on the street at night, nine individuals have their backs to the camera, five of hem are sitting down, facing a truck.

Image: A mostly cream-colored painted resin sculpture sits on a white pedestal.

Image: A woman sits upright at her laptop computer in an outdoor setting.

Color image of horizontal coat hanger over blue wall; above each hook are faded labels with Japanese characters.

Image of white abstract line drawing over deep blue background.

Image: Digital still of 3D metallic shapes over gradient background.

Image: An individual in a bright-colored shirt, hat, and gloves builds a blue brick wall against a graphic blue-patterned background.

Image: A group of seven women in yellow dresses stand on an elevated yellow box-structure with a yellow railing.

Image: Detail of an abstract depiction of intersecting geometric shapes and lines, made of gouache, ink, colored pencil, graphite, pastel on paper.

Installation of three small televisions over three white pillars in a white room.

Image: red, yellow, purple, blue, Green, and black shapes and lines on a found paper background.

Image: An elaborate structure is suspended from the ceiling, with hand-cut paper black and white objects suspended from it.

Image: Two wooden benches highlighting the exposed roost of a sugar maple tree.

Image: A photograph of an imperfectly-constructed and somewhat shabby interior space with a high-chair, lamp, TV, and sofa.

Image: Detail of a larger work of cut paper featuring two purple/grey shapes on a primarily peach background.

Image: Collage of a lush, green plant environment; blue and purple mountains; concrete; and rusted steel panels.

Image: People sit on top of wrecked cars in an indoor drive-in movie setting.

Image: a triptych from a live interdisciplinary performance, showing an individual standing in front of images projected on a screen.

Image: layers of blue, turquoise, mauve, and green paint with a graceful indigo leaf-like pattern overtop.

Image: A man holds a book open at his laptop computer.

Image: More than a dozen computer screens and TV monitors sit together in a darkened room with vibrant, abstract digital artwork on their screens.

Several people and open newspapers on dark stage.

Image: Folding tables are lined up in the center of a large space, with people animatedly speaking across from one another.

Image: A painting featuring bright spots of color and twisting lines.

Image: A dancer reaching wearing a extensive, multi-colored skirt

Image: A woman and two children stand in the desert, a red carpet spread behind them.

Image: A dancer in motion, watched by a small audience that surrounds the stage.

A black megaphone rests on a piece of wood with green pastures and blue skies in the background

Image of two couches over a dark background

Image of installation containing accumulated paper tubes and motion sensitive lights casting shadows on the walls and ceiling.

Picture of Geoff Kagan, Esq. in front of a screen presentation during the Know Your Rights Training.

Picture of Ravi Agbir in front of a screen that reads "Art Spaces as Sensitive Locations"

Image: a photograph of an outdoor art installation along rocky cliffs that features four enlarged images from the inside of Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Image: A paper figure holds a glowing phone screen up to his illuminated face.

Painting of a living room with a prominent green couch.

Image: a collage work by Teressa Valla that references disaster and flooding that was created in response to Hurricane Sandy.

One individual standing up in red and one individual sitting down hold a third individual arching their back.

Image: A plain bright orange image with a slight texture

Image: Cropped photograph of a dancer on a dark stage who is lit from behind. A large silver seashell is suspended above her on stage.

Two women of African decent are pictured here. The woman on the left is looking up to her right wearing a black and red beaded blouse and a yellow and black beaded crown with cowrie shells on the top of the crown. On the right, the woman wears an over the shoulder draped top with a heavy beaded necklace and a cowrie shell beaded veil crown with black and white feathers. Her eyes are closed.

Images from top: Destinie Adelakun and Sara Jimenez, Photo Credits: Sheridon Poyer and Sara Jimenez; Destinie Adelakun, ADE - Oshun and Oya’s crown, 2020; and Sara Jimenez, Cenotaph, 2018

Image: NYFA Online Learning: Proposal Writing: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder, on Getting What You Want!, September 2019, Courtesy NYFA

Image: Gil Avineri (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts Fellow ’14); Ghastly Spread Between; 2009; color pencil, ink, acrylic, photo,collage on paper

Image: Jiatong Lu (Fellow in Photography ’19), [I]The missing memory(I), 2017, Inkjet print, red string; Photography Credit: Jiatong Lu

Image: This color photograph depicts a large tree emanating from a thicket of bushes and ivy. It’s springtime so the branches of the tree are still bare which stands in contrast to the lush vegetation that surrounds it. Instead of leaves the branches contain around 20 soccer balls of different colors and ages. The balls make the tree look festive but also sad, a testament to the lost playthings of early youth.

Image: Graphic with headshots of sociology professor Ginetta Candelario, artist Lina Puerta, artist and author Elia Alba, and art historian Tatiana Reinoza.

Image: A man, Robert Rauschenberg, is sitting in a white gallery-like setting in front of his own artworks. His hands are clasped together as he smiles into the camera.

Image: a woman with dark hair and eyes stands with a beautiful backdrop behind her of a grassy hill, bridge, and city in the distance. It is sunny and she smiles at the camera, wearing a black parka and button down shirt.

Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.

Image: This black and white collage is of a female portrait that is drawn with an ink pen. The female has her arm raised so that her hands meet her forehead. At the forefront are papaya and various plants. Behind the portrait is more plants that vary from solid and fully realized to transparent and less detailed. Behind this forest of sorts is another figure, male, that looking off into the distance to the right. His face is partially covered with a transparent leaf. on the other side of him is a futuristic building shooting beams of black lights. There is also a spaceship hovering above the scene.

Image: This composite image displays the vision of MacMurtrie’s ongoing Border Crossers project: Six inflatable robotic sculptures rise up to several stories high and extend across the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Crossers are depicted in different stages of activation: deflated, activated, and fully deployed over the border fence.

Image: Detail of a large-scale abstract gridded multi-panel blue ink on paper drawing by Derek Lerner.

Image: A light, airy, cathedral-like structure installed in a tall industrial space.

Image: A nurse with long brown hair poses on a New York City sidewalk wearing a headband, mask, scrubs, and an ID card. The background is blurred and they stand smiling and in focus in the center of the frame.

Image: A man wearing a camouflage hoodie, athletic pants, and a mask carries a green plastic shopping bag and cell phone while walking on a New York City sidewalk in Harlem. His son walks beside him, also wearing a mask.

Image: a man with dark hair and eyes looks directly into the camera, smiling slightly. He is shown from his shoulders and above and stands in an urban outdoor setting.

Image: Tiled images of book, magazine, and literary journal covers featuring the work of NYFA Board Member Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.

Image: Orange background with "NYFA Closed November 3, 2020" language in white text over top.

Image: Cropped photograph of a blue-lit dance performance. Two dancers, a woman and a man, appear on stage with jellyfish dangling from above. They are caught mid-movement against a screen with a seashell on it.

Image: A woman with dark long hair and eyes is seated against a brick wall that is painted white, hands on her knee. There is a potted plant to her left.

Image: A white wall is built out in a large industrial space with giant wood beams and a concrete floor. An exhibition of photographs is hung on the wall in the space.

Image: Graphic with orange background advertising Tri-State Relief Fund opportunity, with grant amount and deadline listed. It's labeled as "expanded" to account for its expansion to include arts educators, arts publication editors, and arts curators.

Image: Graphic with a bright orange background with a large, repeating pattern of people. The word "expanded" appears in the upper right-hand side to reflect the updated eligibility categories of the Tri-State Relief Fund.

Image: A composite of three portraits. From left: a black and white image of a smiling woman, seated and cropped from the waist up (Ge Gao); a selfie of a woman looking down at the camera with a scarf on and windswept hair (Marwa Helal); and a cropped black and white image of a man adjusting his glasses (Ricardo Maldonado).

Image: A mostly orange background with subtle orange graphic elements and a dashed border. Small text at the bottom right reads: "a week of giving."

Image: Graphic with a bright orange background with a large, repeating pattern of people. The image includes text that reads: "Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts. One-Time Individual Grants of $2,000. Deadline: Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:59PM EST. Expanded."

Image: a man with a mustache and short dark hair holds one arm high in the air while the other is lowered, his hand close to his face. There is a blonde-haired paper bag puppet on the hand that is close to his face, and another puppet face visible in the crowd behind him. He wears a vest and tie, but does not appear to be wearing a shirt underneath as his arms are bare and shoulders visible.

Image: A man smiles broadly into the camera, pictured from the shoulders up against what bookshelves. He wears a blue button-down shirt with small white dot print and has dark hair.

Image: Brightly colored quilt with a central figure of a nude blue woman being bitten by a snake. There are flames and planets bursting out of her forehead.

Image: A rectangular screen sits, suspended in air, on a custom-made metal frame within a gallery-like setting. The screen is separated into three parts, with a collage-like image placed within.

Image: A social gathering of artists participating in NYFA's Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Newark. It appears to be a mixer event, as people mingle in a large, gallery-like setting and hold drinks and plates of food.

Image: A group of Black reenactors are pictured walking on grass and along a highway. They wear period dress from the early 1800s and carry weapons; some on higher ground are on horseback. A man in front carries a blue flag with a white emblem on it.

Image: a man (Dread Scott) wearing all black with black glasses attempts to walk forward while repeatedly battered and occasionally knocked down by a water jet from a fire hose.

Image: A group of Black reenactors are pictured walking along a highway with what look to be oil refineries in the background. They wear period dress from the early 1800s and carry rifles.

Image: a lot with a small farmstand/workspace with a garden in the background. Ten individuals are talking and interacting with each other in the phone, their action centered around the stand.

Image: Two men are seated on a stage, bathed in magenta light; one plays a violin and the other plays an accordion with a drum set in the background.

Image: A woman with dark hair and dark eyes in a cable-knit v-neck sweater smiles into the camera. She is pictured against a background of yellow and green trees.

Image Detail: A color photograph of a figure standing in a body of water at sunset. She is facing away from the camera. There is a photographic backdrop in the water behind her decorated with a fabric with a photo a palm tree on it, as well as pieces of corrugated steel.

Image Detail: A young Muslim girl holding an antenna and wearing an oxygen mask.

Image Detail: This photo of "BLACK VELVET" was taken at Governor's Island, NYC in 2018 by photographer Alex Apt. The subjects are performers Mirelle Martins and Shamel Pitts. The moment captured symbolizes the soothing embrace of one's other half as a reflection of self.

Image Detail: Statue of President Theodore Roosevelt on horseback beside him on the ground a Native man on the left a Black man on the right. The American flag in the background. The color bleach out of the image except a big bold red line going across the middle of the image.

Image Detail: a photograph of a woman wearing an elaborate feathered mask wearing an black and white top and black pants holds a dead pheasant while standing in what appears to be a field overrun with brush.

Image Detail: This is a photo of a black woman on Central Park West wearing a hot pink prom gown that has been pulled down to her waist with a piece of astro-turf wrapped around her mid section as a tube top. She is doing chair dip exercises in the street in oncoming traffic.

Image: detail shot of Kenseth Armstead's site-specific installation “Boulevard of African Monarchs" that highlights the aluminum plate construction.

Image: Sculpture by Jim Osman that was installed in the corner of a gallery space using an existing beam post. It spans the space with a wood truss that attached to a beam that is painted pink; the other end rested on a pseudo cabinet. Colorful boxes were arranged on top.

Image: Monitor installed in a gallery-like setting in an atypical spot with the screen facing the ground, only a few feet from the ground. A man lays on the floor, face up towards the screen.

Detail from a pen and ink watercolor drawing featuring pink, purple, and yellow-colored plant-like forms.

Image: Close-up of a collage work by Johanna Goodman featuring a pair of hands holding a phone against a green striped background.

Abstract line drawing in white over blue background

Image: This work is a medium-sized black and white installation. With two portraits one gazing slightly above the viewer and the other looking off into the distance facing the left. Both heads are coming from one body with a large arm holding a container for palm nuts that are spilling out and off to the left. Both heads are haloed with black wisps that hold stars, cancellations, and planets.

Image: Headshots of "Women Leading the Music Industry" panelists Nikisha Bailey, Christal Jerez, and Marietta Ulacia.

Image: Pie chart featuring percentage of time spent on donor development: 2% on Solicitation, 3% on Stewardship, 5% on Identification, and 90% on Cultivation.

Image: Stages of the Donor Development Cycle: Identification, Cultivation, Solicitation, and Stewardship.

Image: colorful painting with dynamic rectangular shapes floating against a light pink/lavender background

Image: White text on a grey background that says: "We Stand in Solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities Nationwide."

Image: graphic with a dark grey background with two orange lines overtop.

Image: A woman sits in front of large windows reading a book; she appears to be smiling as she reads.

Image: Black and white photo of a girl wearing a headscarf writing on a white wall. The text begins to read: "Say What You..."

Image: A woman in a headscarf stands in the foreground with her hand on her hip, watching a young girl participating in Alexandra Chasin's "Writing On It All" project. The girl stands poised with a paintbrush, about to write a message in paint directly on a white wall, which is already covered in words and images.

Image Detail: Chinese watercolor painting of bright orange chrysanthemum flowers with green leaves.

Image Detail: Close-up of a woman's face, which is turned towards the right and obscured by a shard of glass she is holding. The glass reflects a pair of eyes back, presumably the same woman's. She is dramatically lit against a black background.

Image Detail: A brightly-colored painting with a flame-like burst of reds, yellows, and purples taking up half the image with a blue vine-like design around it. The background of the painting is distressed, and painted teal.

Image Detail: Brightly-colored painting with layered textures and designs in reds, yellows, and blues. More detailed, delicate lines are at the forefront.

Image: A laptop device sits on a portable file cabinet in artist Ann Tarantino's studio. There is a painting hung on one wall and paintings carefully placed against another.

Image: A screenshot from an online studio visit held via zoom. Artist Ann Tarantino is pictured largely with two paintings behind her; Heather Bhandari is in a small thumbnail above.

Image: An online studio visit being conducted by Zoom. Artist Ann Tarantino holds her work close to the screen for a detailed look as Heather Bhandari views the presentation.

Image: Screenshot of an online studio visit being conducted by Zoom. Artist Ann Tarantino appears in a small thumbnail on the right, while her artist website is featured on the left.

Image: Screen shot from an online studio visit being conducted by Zoom. Artist Ann Tarantino holds a bright pink piece of plastic with boldly-shaped images cut out. There is a large painting behind her on the wall. There is a small thumbnail of Heather Bhandari above.

Image Detail: pictured here are 2.5 x 3.5 inch sports cards in grid format. They have been drawn from, cut into, collaged upon, and painted atop.

Image: Graphic with angled geometric solid shapes of black, grey, and orange. A white circle outline with white text in the center reads: The Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant for Artists with Disabilities."

Image: Detail of a Kuldeep Singh painting that shows close ups of brush strokes on canvas in pinks, mauves, teal, blues, and black with fainter more detailed brushstrokes underneath.

Image: Graphic with angled geometric solid shapes of black, grey, and orange.

Image: Detail of a flower-like water based woodcut design by Takuji Hamanaka. The design is rendered in hues of grey, blue, and green.

Image: A woman wearing a bright pink top, black leggings, and white sneakers stands on the bank of a river with bridges in the background.

Image: A team of forensic archeologists excavate a suspected mass grave wearing bright green jackets and orange hard hats.

Image: A group of four people confer--all wearing masks--against a blurred background.

Image: Three people sit cross-legged on a wooden floor, each focused intently on a weaving project.

Image: Five individuals sit on raised chairs on a spotlit stage, one with a microphone in hand. A crowd sits in chairs before them.

Image: A crowd gathers in the outdoor amphitheater, opposite the music stage at Happy Family Night Market 2019. Behind them are vendors seated behind tables.

Image: A screengrab from a streaming performance-in-process. One woman is on a stage standing at a table opening a glass container. Another woman is pictured on a screen behind her, holding a glass jar filled with juice. We assume the jar they both are holding is the same.

Image: Two women are seated on a stage. One is speaking, the other is silent. Behind them is a screen displaying a still photo of an open widown.

Image: Three women musician performing in front of a crowd in an intimate performance venue just before the New York City shuttered due to the pandemic.

Image: Six women stand, smiling into the camera and holding woodwind and brass instruments against a colorful green backdrop.

Image: An elegantly-dressed woman is pictured from the waist-up in a gallery-like setting.

Image: Stop-motion animation still of a woman painted in black and white against a black background. She wears a cut-out of buildings on her dress, which flows into a sweeping, wave-like gesture at the bottom of the screen.

Image: Video split screen still of a conversation between Julie Taymor and Mira Nair. Both women wear glasses and are pictured with their faces close to the screen.

Image: A close-up of color negatives from Jennifer Karady's "Soldier’s Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan" project, marked by the artist.

Image: a man in a black tee-shirt and red baseball cap sits in studio with artwork on the walls behind. He's pictured from the shoulders up.

Image: Orange background with confetti imagery and text that reads: "Happy 50th Anniversary, NYFA!!!"

Image: Black and white image of Eunbi Kim standing in front of a piano as the audience around her applauds.

Image: Photo of Eunbi Kim at the piano in an empty performance space. Her arms are outstretched as she rests her hands on the top of the piano.

Image: Photograph of Eunbi Kim performing at Korean Cultural Center NY. She is playing two pianos at once while reading music off of an electronic device.

Image: Eunbi Kim stands on stage with a microphone in hand, addressing an unseen crowd at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Image: Eleven busts made out of coal, lined up in a row on an aged wood-topped pedestal.

Image: Painting detail featuring a crowded canvas of Black jockeys with race horses. They wear colorful hats and horse riding silks.

Image: Brightly colored, almost collage-like painting detail featuring a nude Black man in front of a mirror who is getting measured for a suit in a tailor's shop.

Image: Film still of a performance by Shaun Leonardo, who stands in front of a crowd with a microphone on as he is held in a choke hold.

Image: Detail of a work that represents the 1991 killing of Freddy Pereira. The detail focuses on a police officer who presses his hands down on an invisible body; there is a mirror where the body should be, with the viewer and their surroundings reflected back.

Image Detail: film still of an installation that places police batons against shooting range targets representing Black people who were killed by police for holding objects that were mistakenly thought to be guns.

Image Detail: Dread Scott's "Slave Rebellion Reenactment," featuring contemporary people in historical garb, marching in Louisiana and armed with prop machetes, sickles, and muskets with flags flying.

Image: Screenshot of (clockwise from Left) Derek Fordjour, Dread Scott, Camille Crain Drummond, and Shaun Leonardo in conversation.

Image: An exhibition view shows a group of objects assembled on the concrete floor. Two 1980’s era Macintosh computers are surrounded by a plaster cast polyhedron, stones, wires, cast resin Apple mice, a partial 3D print of the bust of Nefertiti, and a plastic plant. The computer screens display black and white images of other plastic plants that can be purchased on the internet.

Image: Cropped photograph of Art World Conference attendees smiling and reacting to engagement prompts in an outdoor setting.

$Image: "In the Woods" reveals the artist’s concerns and anxiety about the (im)possibility of the future during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dark woods become a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary politics and its violent fractions as well as an exploration into either utopia or dystopia. In addition, the work examines issues such as power structures, politics, and gender.$

Image: Close up image of a woman dancing. She is dancing and looking towards the sky, in the direction of the camera. The woman's curly blond hair moves in the air along with her dance movement. She is wearing a brown, yellow and black paisley patterned shirt and a large black skirt.

Image: Detail of a painting picturing a woman peering through a keyhole and another woman (perhaps the same) on the other side of the door laying down with one eye open and a moth on her finger. She holds another arm up against the door, as if barring the other woman's entry/access.

Image: The artist is photographed contorted with only his feet, shoulder, and head touching the floor. In one hand, he presses an ice-cast stone with a steel handle into his prone face, pinning it to the ground.

Image: A painterly image of a girl walking through nature.

Image: portrait of a woman who looks directly into the camera. She wears hoop earrings in her ears, red lipstick, and a black cardigan. She is pictured against a blurred out background of turquoise and red.

Image: A video still showing an watercolored illustration of a forest, with trees with out leaves and pink columns.

Image: Part of a series of large watercolors, depicting vast landscapes collaged together from various Ford commercials from the past to the present. Each watercolor has a bed or an office where Amazon Mechanical turk workers do their work.

Image: Screenshot from a recent Zoom talk; image is separated by four, each quadrant showing one of the participants.

Several images combined of women playing a guitar, directing, filming, and with a sound table.

Image: Front of a stately brick building with the words "Opera House" near the top center gable.

Image: Graphic with a black and white background with text that reads: Recharge New Surrealist Prize, $7,000 Award for Painters Living in the United States and U.S. Territories.

Image: Graphic with a black and white background

Image: A close-up photo of a crowd gathering at Bryant Park; audience members clap and dance and several individuals towards the center of the crowd hold instruments.

Image: Small outdoor improv comedy performance; four individuals stand together in a row, with two other individuals at the outskirts.

Image: A DJ wearing a black tee shirt, pants, and a hat performs at Plaza33 with turntables and electronic equipment; a record called "CHICAGOTRAX" is propped up with their setup.

Image: View from the audience of a performance at Bryant Park; actors appear in a non-traditional stage setting as part of "Bryant Park Shakespeare" as the crowd enjoys from the grass and chairs.

Image: Fabric is draped from the ceiling and the whole room is bathed in deep blue lighting. A Black woman sits on a stage with a microphone in her hand, surrounded by tank drums, electronics and a laptop. In front of her are four people lying down on rounded cushions on a black floor, spaced out six feet apart. By the entrance of the of the room, an attendant sits on a stool.

Image: Headshots of 2021 Canadian Women Artists' Award recipients Rena Anakwe and Sana A. Malik

Image: Still from "Guanajuato Norte;" Wenceslao Contreras dances with his daughter, Mayra, as he sees her graduate from university.

Image: Ayah, a 10-year old young woman, finds herself lost in the New Mexico landscape.

Image: Three industrial fans sit between three archways, sectioned off by massive pillars. The room is dimly lit in a golden light and shadows of the fans are projected on the walls behind them. In the far right and far left openings stand a Black man and a Black woman with microphone stands singing into the fans. The audience is seen in shadow, watching the performance unfold.

Image: Three individuals tend to plants on Mary Mattingly's "floating food forest," Swale, with views of Lower Manhattan from its location off of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Image: Fisheye lens view of a professional development workshop at Arts Mid-Hudson; participants are seated at tables with paperwork and laptops as an individual stands at the front of a room with a presentation screen behind them

Image: Detail of a close-up portrait of Kane Wave, a hip hop artist from Buffalo, NY; Wave wears a backwards ball cap and is photographed giving the camera a side-long glance

Image: Detail of a praying mantis creeping up to the edge of an outstretched hand, surveying the obstacle of a large wooden fence before it. Seemingly free to go, its path has been impeded. Cast upon the fence is the silhouetted shadow of an ominous unseen figure whose hand fills the frame.

Image: Beautiful dark-skinned woman photographed in an urban environment with gold color tones bouncing throughout the image.

Image: Detail of a photograph of five individuals wearing blazers (some shirtless underneath) and dress pants, leaning against a maroon-colored vintage car; the image features earthy moody tones and various shades of Black skin.

Image: detail of a naked person in a wooded setting; they wear a red painted face mask backward and high heels.

Image Detail: a color photograph of a young girl with a plastic bag on her head playing guitar in low light.

Image: Painting by Jeremy Olson of a blue, scaly, alien-like creature who is bathed in the glow of a laptop as if about to type something. The walls behind are covered in maps, photos and post-it notes with threads connecting them, a stereotypical conspiracy wall.

Image Detail: Painting of a forest landscape after a catastrophic flood where discarded mattresses and appliances have been repurposed to create a new kind of habitat. The artist, Julie Heffernan, is imagining a different kind of treehouse, with different floors, all made of repurposed materials where people live together, engaged in everyday activities--sleeping, eating, playing, and even some inviting suspicion.

Image Detail: Long, rectangular tables are lined up in a large, wood-floored and white-walled gallery space. Individuals are paired across from each other, speaking animatedly with one another during an Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program event in 2017.

Image: Photo by Ian Douglas of Natalie Green and Aja Carthon jumping with straight legs (foreground); Brittany Engel-Adams and Nola Sporn Smith in a coupé plié (background); Angie Pittman and Pareena Lim in parallel plié; all dancers with arms bent at the elbow. Set design by New Affiliates in the upper left corner. "March Under an Empty reign," The Joyce Theater NY Quadrille, October 0218.

Image: Two performers photographed close up, one with face turned but eyes directly at the viewer, hand cradling the face of another performer who is less visible. Both wear wigs that appear to be made of straw.

Image: Black and white portrait of choreographer Donna Uchizono. She has slightly below shoulder length dark hair and wears a crew-neck black tee-shirt and silver hoop earrings.

Image: Photo by John Cyr for "State of Heads." Three performers in white against a white backdrop and floor, evenly spaced apart. Left figure, Levi Gonzales is facing back, leaning to the left with left finger pointing to head, center figure, Rebecca Serrell Cyr, is facing front, leaning to the leaning to the left with left finger pointing to head, figure on the right, Hristoula Harakas is facing back, leaning to the left with left finger pointing to head.

Image: Black and white photo of a solo performer on a stage; they are under a bright spotlight, and are pictured from behind in a dramatic pose.

Image: Detail of a horizontal painting on linen, 2x3 feet. It is covered with many collaged elements, using acrylic and water color paint, pencil, paper, wire, buttons, thread, cotton, canvas, and linen. Roughly divided into a two and three row, ten or eleven box grid; each box representing a month of the year. The teal blues and Indian reds refer to the colors of the Roman frescos at Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Image Detail: A torn and re-worked painting made of acrylic, acrylic media, mixed papers, wood, textiles, netting, Redbud leaves, leaves, and stems developed from a drawing and from an earlier work-in-progress that becomes a fusion of intertwining shapes of leaves with a partial figure drawing and draped acrylic pyramid at the top (not pictured).

Image: Portraits of 2021 Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award Recipients Suzanne Jackson and Jenny Snider

Image: Round Robin is a free trilingual community newspaper written/translated in Chinese, English, and Spanish. It is printed on 11 by 17 inch newspapers. Articles are sectioned by categories such as history, culture, politics, culinary, and op-ed.

Image: small oil painting of a period interior painted in monochromatic tones of blue. There is a long carpet runner that goes down the center of the painting to the end of a long hall. It has a symmetrical pattern of flowers and leaves that start out big and get smaller as it goes back into the distance. On either side of the carpet is a wood paneled floor. The hallway is flanked by a series of rooms and all of the doors open outward. Some of the rooms have geometric patterns and are covered with portraits. Above the doorways are paintings of women sitting in a landscape and above the paintings are a series of archways decorated with moldings. Each archway is a little different and doesn’t quite connect easily to the rest of the architecture; appearing fragmented.

Image: Detail of a mixed media collage with rhinestones. Depicted are an aluminum cup, bay leaves, a votive candle, birthday cake, and other items referencing the artist's childhood.

Image: photo of a black flag with fringe and elaborate embroidery featuring a mini van, Pine Sol, an international calling card, a doll's house, and other cultural references from the artist's childhood.

Image: Detail from an assemblage and embroidery work by Paola de la Calle. Images include palm leaves, an aluminum cup, a pay phone, an "Immigrant Passport Visa Photos" sign, and two rolls of quarters.

$Image: The artist uses blended colors that create a type of stained glass affect. Expended circles of grey that lose defined edges alternate diagonal rows with blue and green bursts that resemble refracted light.$

Image: a dancer is photographed against a black background, pictured in motion with a rainbow-colored long silk ribbon.

Image: Painting by Amy Bennett, with morning light illuminating a breakfast table where a family hunches over their cereal bowls partitioned by cereal boxes. A young girl is standing on a chair pursuing the options of a cupboard.

$Image: WANG Chen's "In the Woods" reveals the artist’s concerns and anxiety about the (im)possibility of the future during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dark woods become a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary politics and its violent fractions as well as an exploration into either utopia or dystopia. In addition, the work examines issues such as power structures, politics, and gender.$

Image: A portrait of playwright Lorraine Hansberry in her bed surrounded by a bookshelf and plant/stand.

Image: Portraits from left to right of Alexandra Chasin, Brett Fletcher Lauer, Omotara James, and Ricardo Maldonado

Image: Detail of a black and white photograph by Robert Rauschenberg featuring five dancers from Merce Cunningham's company in various stages of movement wearing all black.

Image: Detail of a black and white photograph by Robert Rauschenberg of five individuals (including Rauschenberg) seated against a dance studio mirror, four dancers reflected back at us, the viewer.

Image: Detail of a black and white photograph by Robert Rauschenberg of an individual at a piano and a crouched dancer who balances on his toes with his arms outstretched; his image is reflected back to him in a dance studio mirror.

Image: Detail of a photograph of Nigerian-British musician Wunmi, pictured wearing a black leotard with blue and white water pattern and extra-long fringe on the arms that Wunmi pulls taut across the frame.

Image: Detail of a photograph of Nigerian-British musician Wunmi, who almost disappears into a blue and white patterned background. She is pictured from the shoulders up, wearing an outfit of the same design, hair braided and standing up straight on her head. She also wears bright blue sunglasses and a nose ring.

Image: Jennifer Schmidt's Blue and Brown Books are photographs of the covers of Wittgenstein's Blue and Brown Books in the University of Toronto Special Collections Library. Jennifer corresponded with the librarian--to learn about the specifics of the Blue and Brown Books in their collection, and to obtain photographic images of the book covers and interior pages.

Image: An artwork depicting a slot canyon in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

Image: This is an overhead view of a small bedroom where the central focus is a woman in a tank top who sits in a chair and collapses into the shadow side of a sun drenched bed.

Image: Two lines of open-palmed hands mirror each other across a glass conference table. This is taken from a film called Drills, which is about the choreography of preparing for the future.

Image: Looking down into the stainless steel sculpture, we see the hard-hatted heads of two volunteers helping to build the American Riad.

Image: Detail of a repeating wallpaper-like floral pattern with russet/orange flowers, olive/green leaves, and a spray of teal against a yellow background.

Image: Close-up of a dancer in rehearsal, photographed from the back with auditorium seating in front of them. They hold one arm out, hand up and rest their other hand on their hip.

Image: A dancer in a white dress with orange accents leans back, arms above their head. In the background are singers and drummers accompanying the dance performance.

Image: An individual stands on a sandy beach smiling directly into the camera and wearing a bright yellow outfit. They hold a wooden instrument, with other instruments behind them in the background.

Image: An individual raises their arms above their head in movement as a group watches on in the background; their hair is long and braided, kept back with a headscarf.

Image: A dancer is in the foreground, wearing a colorful printed outfit with arms outstretched. Individuals sit at drums in the background, providing music for the performance.

Image: two individuals are photographed from the back, looking onto glass store windows displaying two painted city scenes on easels. At the far left, there is Art on the Avenue signage in one of the store windows.

Image: Two individuals stand on a city sidewalk, looking into glass store windows at an Art on the Avenue display of colorful artworks.

Image: an individual is pictured on the right-hand side of the image, looking up and smiling. They stand in front of a store window with Art on the Avenue signage and art displayed behind a glass store window.

Image: Art on the Avenue signage and artworks on display behind a glass storefront.

Image Detail: Artist Macon Reed leans against one side of a wood-roofed building with large wooden doors. On the wall where Reed leans is a brightly-colored surrealist mural design.

Image Detail: Artist Hiba Schahbaz in a large, barn-like structure with exposed beams. Her work appears on a mural behind her, and on fabric that is draped across the floor on which she sits. The mural features five paper cut-outs of nude women with flowing dark hair, swirls of paper and flowers around them.

Image Detail: Helen Toomer wears a flowing floral summer dress and is seated on a chair that is embellished with long strands of yarn. The chair is part of a larger sculptural/textile installation by Liz Collins in a gazebo-like structure.

Image: Detail of a photo of artist Dana Robinson, who stands with one arm on her hip smiling into the camera. She stands on grass outside a wooden barn structure, her watercolor portraits on fabric in the grass around her.

Image Detail: Artist Lizania Cruz standing in front of a large black banner with white writing that reads "A 'Freedom Budget' Provides Healthcare for All."

Image Detail: A group of Black and Brown artists gather in the recording studio at Activation Residency's "Respite as Resistance."

Image Detail: Photo of an artist lying on their side in a bathing suit, relaxing in a sauna as part of Activation Residency's "Respite as Resistance."

Image Detail: Photo of 2021 New Surrealist Prize recipient John Hrehov; he wears a white button down shirt, black velvet blazer, jeans, and glasses and looks directly into the camera. He sits with his artwork behind him and brushes and art supplies on a cart to his left.

Image Detail: View of a neighborhood at night. A train moves from right to left on the top of the canvas, under a full moon (not pictured).

Image: A figurine plays the lute at night under a full moon near the sea.

Image: Image of a human skull (not pictured) that sprouts an odd flower reaching to the horizon of the sea

Image: still from a nova Milne video collage; the focus is the body of an individual who appears to be falling into a digital space

Image Detail: A video still appears on a three-panel screen and is displayed in a custom powder-coated steel sculptural frame above a custom hand-tufted carpet in a gallery setting.

Image: Video still of grainy home movie footage collaged with footage from the present day; the focus is on an individual who is pictured from behind a digital screen.

Image: The imagery of this work is inspired by a Japanese made Magnetic-Core Memory chip from the 1970’s. It is stylized to resemble imaginary of an ancient symbol, and is highlighted with specially ordered metallic gold thread that is made is Japan. The title is a reference to a species of butterfly with the same colors (magentas, golds, and dark brown that is almost black).

Image: Individuals are seated in a brightly-lit space with art on the walls, separated out into "break-out" groups of 5-6 people.

Image: Hands hold up a cellphone displaying a bright sunset photograph on the screen. The cellphone is lined up to match the angle from which the photo was taken, almost aligning with the horizon. Beyond the frame of the cellphone—gray sky, shrubs, waste, tin sheets, and green tarpaulin roofs.

Image Detail: Johanna Goodman (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17), From The Catalogue of Imaginary Beings, Plate No. 218, 2017, Collage. The Catalogue of Imaginary Beings is an ongoing series of work begun in 2015 that sprung from over twenty years of portraiture and collage work. This is a detail of a larger image. There are horizonal bands of green, ranging from dark to lighter green towards the top that shift into blues then purples. The dark green is met with vertical bands of colors from dark green on the left to blues and purples, then pink, orange, and yellow on the right. In the center are two hands holding a modern cell phone.

Image Detail: Kelly Olshan stands in the center of a photograph, gesturing towards a work that is hung on a white gallery wall and speaking to a seated crowd.

Image Detail: Kelly Olshan stands at the center of the frame, smiling and looking directly into the camera and wearing a turquoise colored dress. Her works are displayed behind her, with radiating lines and colors in earth and sky tones.

Image Detail: Kelly Olshan stands and smiles at the camera, dressed formally for an art opening of her work, which is displayed behind her on a white gallery wall.

Image Detail: A bustling thoroughfare with tents and members of the public passing through; there is a banner with "Historic Market Square" in the center of the image

Image: Exterior of Centro De Artes Gallery, one part of the building is blue painted concrete and another a more transparent gridded section of cut metal panels with delicate designs.

Image: Detail of a photograph of work by Naomi Wanjiku; three large spiraling works of folded metal rest on the floor against the white gallery wall.

Image: Detail of a photo diptych by Francisco Cortés; one half is a portrait of an individual wearing a white tee-shirt, arms and neck exposed with tattoos; the other is a photo of a god-like figure who has been painted on the side of a brick building, arms raised triumphantly.

Image: Detail from "New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Exhibition – Round 2" showing photos with accompanying information on participating artists.

Image: Close-up of a painting by Ernesto Ibanez; a full-sized purple elephant is pictured next to a smaller elephant who is depicted in yellow, blue, and green

Image: A horizontal rectangular geometric painting is made with a variety of sewn solid and plaid fabrics. A large diamond form is centrally located in the composition and is subdivided into four smaller diamond forms with diagonal strips of light and dark fabrics. Smaller triangles on the left and right outer edges frame the large central diamond shape. The color palette consists of various shades and tints of red, blue, black and white.

Image: variegated cotton embroidery thread on white Aida cloth, sewn onto a traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, motif is approximately 6 x 6 inches. "The Goats" motif is a maternity motif because it features two goats facing one another, and in the white space between them, there are two baby goats. The artist embroidered this motif on the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, because it is a symbol of Palestinian identity to all in Palestine and in the diaspora. The scarf in totality represents a Palestinian mother -- a woman who loves to create and nurture.

Image: Two individuals against a black background, lit by stage lights; they wear traditional dress and heavy makeup, one holding a bamboo pole and the other a clay pot.

Image: Ya Yun Teng pictured against a floor to ceiling wood shelving display with ceramics inside; Teng has dark hair that is pulled back, bangs cut straight across her forehead. She wears a black top with grommets and looks directly into the camera.

Image: Three interns interviewing an individual who is standing up and facing a camera. One intern appears to be interviewing the individual, another is behind the camera, and the third transcribing.

Image: Five individuals seated around a small table, the camera faces two elderly individuals in conversation with Museum of the Chinese in America interns.

Image: A.K. Burns (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Works ’18), Video still from ‘A Smeary Spot’, 2015, HD video installation. In this video still we see a large pinkish land mass in the foreground, without vegetation. In the distance are other large desert rock formations and a body of water at the base of the foregrounded land mass. On the top of the foregrounded mass is a performer seen from a distance, waving a large piece of silver reflective material in the air. Presumably they are mid dance.

Image: Screenshot from website builder Squarespace that exhibits in-platform tools such as search engine optimization (SEO).

Image: Screenshot from social media scheduling tool Hootsuite, which shows how one would schedule a social media post--what platform, what language, what image/s, what time to post.

Image Detail: The image provided is a video still of the experimental short, "Pulling At My Labels." From left to right, a caricatured portrait of the artist juxtaposed against a 35mm self-portrait of the artist with the shutter release cord in hand.

Image Detail: an individual is laying on their back on a smooth concrete floor, their head under a TV monitor that is mounted to the wall, screen facing down towards their face.

Image Detail: Photograph of an individual wearing a white turtleneck, eyes gazing down at their sleek mobile phone and situated against a pink backdrop; they hold one hand out, touching another hand that is wrapped in pink bandages.

Image: Zoom screenshot of participants in the 2021-22 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts.

Image: An overhead shot of a table of food, with a procession of ants covering a slice of bread

Image: screenshot of a presentation slide with prompts for building your case for fundraising support.

Image: screenshot of an excel spreadsheet that shows how you can track your donor activity.

Image: screenshot of a presentation slide of a Sample Year-End Giving Campaign that breaks down the phase of the campaign with the associated tasks and deadlines.

Image: detail of a black and white photo of composer Teodora Stepančić, who wears plastic frames and a black top and is pictured sitting at a grand piano, her reflection captured in glass from the under side of the lid.

Image: detail of a black and white photograph of composer Teodora Stepančić, who is seated at a piano or keyboard, head down as she concentrates on the keys. She has dark hair that grows past her shoulders, and wears plastic glasses frames and a long-sleeved top.

Image: Detail of a color photo of composer Teodora Stepančić, seated at a keyboard with a music stand in front. Stepančić wears plastic-framed glasses, hoop earrings, and has short hair that frames her face. She is wearing a black tee-shirt with a denim-colored button down top and a bright red skirt.

An exhibition view shows a group of objects assembled on the concrete floor. Two 1980’s era Macintosh computers are surrounded by a plaster cast polyhedron, stones, wires, cast resin Apple mice, a partial 3D print of the bust of Nefertiti, and a plastic plant. The computer screens display black and white images of other plastic plants that can be purchased on the internet.

Image: Portrait of Kay WalkingStick (left) and portrait of Chin Chih Yang (right).

Image detail: Aki Sasamoto (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ’18), random memo random, 2016, Mixed-media performance/installation. There is a big circular hole dug into a concrete floor of an industrial space. The artist is jumping up and down in this hole. In the photo, you see her upper body above the ground and the rest is inside the hole, with floating hair that indicates her jumping motion. She holds a megaphone, into which she shouts.

The mountains of Kashmir seen through Google maps.

Two women stand in an abandoned industrial warehouse, connected by a chord of fabric. Their image is reflected in a puddle in front of them.

This is an image of a book open to a spread. The spread comprises marbleized paper in gray-and-white tones.

Image: Tiffany Smith (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ’18), Plant Life (Installation view), 2017, Multimedia installation with interactive photo set. On the wall to the left, there are framed photographs, video on monitor, and custom designed wallpaper. The rest of the room is filled with live and artificial plants, macrame plant hangers, readymade furniture pieces and garden decor items.

Screenshot from Brass Taxes NYFA presentation, featuring two cats--one as a "person," one as an "individual"

Screenshot from Brass Taxes NYFA presentation, featuring a cat with glasses and an equation about profit

Screenshot from Brass Taxes NYFA presentation, featuring two cats--one wearing a sporty hoodie, and another wearing a bowtie

Still frame from a black and white video: fingers smear water over a wooden surface. Subtitles in the middle of the frame read in Spanish (pink text): "¡hay regals para todo!" and in English (yellow text): "everything has some rules!"

Zoom screen with five tiles--four with one Filipino woman each, one with three dancers entwined on the wooden floor.

Photo composite showing three views of Valerie Seeley--two side profiles and one center

Photo of 3 actors all in their late 20's, from left, Alexis Floyd as Sherrie: African-American woman, iris menas as Alex: non-binary white person, Aury Krebs as Tyler: Asian woman. Photo by Eric McNatt.

Close up film still of Miriam Shor as Harriet, with red dress and red lipstick, nervous and excited, in a cinema in "MAGIC HOUR"

Adriana Portela conducts the all-female, samba reggae drumming bands Dida & Fogo Azul

photo of the members of the Lunachicks in the 1990s

An image of a photo collage that depicts a woman with skillets hung on her ears, next to woman with skillet over her mouth, next to woman with skillets covering her eyes.

Director Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and her sister hug their mom as she arrives in New York from Puerto Rico

Image: Photograph of a large sculptural art installation in a park, with a river behind it

Photo detail of a sculptural work by Inna Babaeva featuring copy paper, hand blown glass, and paint

Installation shot of work by Inna Babaeva featuring insulating foam, paint, clock, and coat hangers

Installation shot of works by Inna Babaeva featuring hand blown glass, lab stand, plastic boxes, fabric, and lights

Photo of an environmental artwork by Agnes Denes; a wheatfield in the foreground and World Trade Center buildings in the background against a clouded blue sky.

Image: Jim Osman (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture ’17), Curtain, 2016, Wood, paper, and paint 120" x 168" x 66". Photographed by Jeffrey Sturges. Large sculptural installation in the corner of a gallery, utilizing the I beam post on the right, which the artist painted light pink. The artist spans the space with a wood truss that attached to the I beam; the other end rested on a pseudo cabinet with wooden texture. Colorful boxes sit on the horizontal truss that are painted light oranges, blues, greens, yellows, creams, and black.

Blue and orange puzzle pieces have been joined together in the background. In the foreground, an orange hand holding a yellow puzzle piece is about to join it to another yellow piece that is held by a blue hand on the right.

Image of an artwork that depicts a laptop screen with multiple windows and tabs open. Two hands are hovering over the keyboard. Next to the laptop are a coffee cup, can of soda, and beer bottle, with tags that list time of day - morning, afternoon, and evening, respectively. The image is set against a black background.

Image of an artwork that depicts a laptop screen with multiple windows and tabs open. Next to the laptop are a beer bottle and coffee cup, with tags that list time of day - evening and morning, respectively. The image is set against a black background.

Two actors sit by a lake and prepare for a take. The 1st AC and sound mixer get ready nearby.

A little girl holding a doll reaches out to receive a sequin from the person sitting next to her.

Adetoro Makinde (Director) and Gilliam de la Torre (Cinematographer) set up a shot.

"Hummingbirds" core team members standing in a field

Hall of Fame Benefit attendees enjoying the annual art and experiences auction.

Two performers in white dresses stand at a makeshift altar in a gallery space, addressing a crowd that is gathered around them.

A posed photo with NYFA's Board Chair and Executive Director with artists Kay WalkingStick and Chin Chih Yang

View of the Capitale event space, with Pyeng Threadgill performing onstage with a guitarist underneath a large screen

Artist Chin Chih hang, seated at dinner and smiling with a heart-shaped light display under his button down shirt

Artist Fay Ku addressing the crowd at NYFA's 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit

Two individuals, including artist Andres Serrano, pose at NYFA's 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit

Wide shot of guests during cocktail hour at NYFA's 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit

Kay WalkingStick smiling and posing with her artwork "Havasu Revisited"

Angela Henry onstage in a bright orange gown at NYFA's 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit

Detail of a vibrant cartoonish cosmic scene of our solar system’s creation atop a spinning vinyl-record platform supported by a pair of human-like hands, with emitted sound waves intertwining with precipitating clouds above and water waves below. Halos of hot reds, fuchsia, and cool blues.

Photo features a collage of hand cut images and tiny objects that include flowers, gold pieces, animals, leaves, shells, wood, patterns, prints, a gold metal wing, and a Black & White archival image of a West African woman

A head-on windshield view from an 18-wheeler of a single-lane country road with a clear blue sky surrounded by green trees and fields

Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir: The Maqam of Iraq at Lincoln Center in 2019

The image shows two projection screens that are slightly angled towards each other in an art gallery. Each screen shows a figure dressed in cowboy clothing while in front of a blue/pink/purple background. The two figures are facing each other, and are caught mid-movement, with their arms in the air.

Blue and orange puzzle pieces have been joined together in the light orange background. In the foreground, a dark orange hand holding a dark orange puzzle piece is about to join it to a blue piece that is held by a blue hand on the right.

Régine M. Roumain stands at a microphone, hands mid-clap, addressing a crowd with the East River behind her

Individuals sit in chairs that have been set up in a circle, a project at the center and artworks in the background

A photograph of the facade of the Brooklyn Public Library, a crowd seated on the plaza looking at two videos of dancers projected on the building.

Two dancers in blue dresses grasp wrists with one arm outstretched, a singer in a burgundy jacket and musicians behind them in a church-like setting.

A photo of a theater performance, a winter scene depicted on stage with actors in grey gowns and hats and a girl seated at the far left in white.

Photograph of a man in glasses and a white tee shirt on a boat on the water.

Image Detail: Jerome Johnson (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture '17), "Five Techno-Head Sculptures," 2014-15, wood, gesso and encaustic. Each sculpture is a single geometric humanoid head, a hand-built hollow wood form placed atop of a trestled base. Their architectural profiles are ideally shown together contrasting their expressive and geometric relationships. Their encaustic surfaces are white with magenta striations.

Graphic with yellow, tan, grey, and orange rectangles on a white background.

Graphic with rectangular shapes in grey, yellow, and orange on a white background, with bold text that reads: "NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant."

Image Detail: China Marks (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture '17); "A Singular Occasion;" 2017; fabric, thread, screen-printing ink, brass trim, residual latex paint, fusible adhesive on a contemporary tapestry copy of The Arnolfini Portrait by Van Eyck. Part of an on-going series of drawings on contemporary tapestry copies of 14-19th Century paintings, variously collaging and sewing are added into them, subverting both imagery and narrative, and writing dialogue and commentary which the artist embroiders and sews down. Shown here are two figures with a hand extended towards one another. The figure on the left wears a brown, blue, and grey outfit and has the face of a cheetah. The figure on the right wears a green, blue, and tan outfit and has the face of a giraffe. Between them is a dark figure who says “The spirits bless you!”

"Passage" was an immersive audio and video installation that encompassed 1500 sq. ft. of the ISE Foundation (New York) composed of 4-video projections, a surround sound audio, and 3-tons of white marble chips. Vangeline is lying on a bed of marble chips. She is wearing a long romantic white gown and her body is painted white, with red lipstick.

Four people are arranged in a line, and resemble a fan opening

Eight performers look down on a dancer that is passed out on the ground in the large ballroom with the green carpet. They look concerned for her. One male dancer kneels on one knee above the dancer that lays on the ground. They are all wearing tailored, brightly colored West African print western style dresses. The women have brightly colored petticoats underneath their dresses.

Hand drawn "Artist Statement" detail, scribbled in black and yellow colored pencil, pencil, and black and red markers

This is a young Muslim girl holding an antenna and wearing an oxygen mask

The artist is seen contorted with only his feet, shoulder, and head touching the floor. In one hand, he presses an ice-cast stone with a steel handle into his prone face, pinning it to the ground.

Image Detail: Jack Elliott (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture '17); "Samothracae;" 2013; weeping willow; Photo credit: Robert Barker. "Samothracae" means "of the Greek island of Samothrace", most famous for the discovery of the "Nike" or "Winged Victory of Samothrace", in 1863 by a French archaeologist. The sculpture had only one wing and a partial chest but was reconstructed by the Louvre into the harmonized, hybridized whole we know of today, one of the museum's most prized artifacts. Unlike the Greek figure, this piece of wood is more transfigurational, where one form is emerging from the other through a process of rupture. Instead of being white, the artist’s piece is rendered in black by scorching the outer wood, transforming it away from the arboreal towards the humane.

Detail shot of "Churro" artwork by Olalekan Jeyifous, translated into a into laminated glass panel at the 8th Avenue subway stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Image Detail: "Breathing Pavilion," installation comprised a 30-foot circle of 20 nine-foot two-tone illuminated inflatable columns.

Image: Detail of a photo of Saya Woolfalk's "Urban Garden Rail" subway platform installation, as viewed through subway doors

Image Detail: photo of a city street, highlighting artwork on a traffic barrier

Image: Detail photograph of a colorful mural by Saya Woolfalk on the side of a building in Cincinnati, OH

Aerial shot of a widened sidewalk that is entirely covered with a wavy pattern consisting of red, white, blue, yellow, and dark grey color ribbons made of dyed concrete with glass aggregates. Along the edges of the path, some ribbons are partly lifted to create small mounds of ambiguous shapes. The mounds also incorporate planters with lilyturf planting. People walk and bike on the path oftentimes following the wavy pattern; kids on their scooters and skateboards ride over the mounds.

Photograph of "Night Watch," a floating installation that circulated in NYC’s waterways during Fall 2018. The artwork featured a 20ft-wide LED-screen which travelled the city’s waterways aboard a large, slow-moving barge and tug boat.

Image: Photo detail of a bright orange transparent plexiglass, installed at a NYC public school with a clear circle highlighting the Chrysler Building.

Photo detail of an arm outstretched, hand reaching towards a slot in a bronze-colored metal box on a marbled wall. The box is labeled "Wishes," and there are other boxes installed around it with labels including "Complaints" and "Dreams."

Image Detail: Julie Heffernan (Fellow in Painting '21); " Camp Bedlam;" 2016; oil on canvas. A forest landscape after a catastrophic flood where discarded mattresses and appliances have been repurposed to create a new kind of habitat. The artist imagines a different kind of treehouse, with different floors, all made of repurposed materials where people live together, engaged in everyday activities --sleeping, eating, playing, and even some inviting suspicion.

Image Detail: Yellow-hued photograph of a large sculptural installation in a New York gallery space with yellow walls and a window facing the street.

Image Detail: Photo of Natalie Kates and Cecile Chong surrounded by ceramic artworks and paintings at Kates-Ferri Projects in New York City

Image Detail: Photo of a group of individuals regarding a large sculptural installation in a New York gallery space.

Image: Group shot of IAP artists posing together and smiling in a gallery space, with art on the walls behind them

Ribbons of electric blue light cascade over the coastline as the sun sets.

Two people stand together in a night city bright with lights. They face to the side. One person is holding a large professional camera.

The film's ("Sequin") AD, Director, and DP sit in a sidewalk bus shelter that is illuminated with rainbow lights.

The "Lunchbox" crew films Chinluan, a Taiwanese immigrant, fixing hair of her young Taiwanese American daughter

Black and white chalk wall drawing of multiple photographs of birth trees with a path through the center. A black mountain is in the background.

Large-scale blue and yellow art installation woven into a chain-link fence in Staten Island.

Lina Montoya painting a mural, focusing on the blue of a surgical mask over the face of an essential worker

Lina Montoya in a white jumpsuit standing on a ladder painting a colorful mural on a public school building.

Yuki, a young Japanese-American girl, stands on the shore at Baby Makapuu in Oahu, examining a small shell.

Many different cut-outs of body parts images (faces, arms, legs, torsos) hang in a greenhouse-like space.

The shard of a broken quartz crystal singing bowl sits on top of a tactile transducer, foregrounded by two electronic circuit boards and a tangle of wires.

A quartet band with a guest saxophonist playing in a dark underground music venue in Brooklyn.

A moment caught just as a man throws a lady into the air. She is twisting in midair and the man is about to catch her. The man is wearing pants but not sh

People run around a white steel structure in an open plaza, which curves up and down along its length. Hanging from the structure are thousands of strands of fabric that are yellow, orange, and red, and that move in the wind.

A dry grassy field under a blue sky. A crater stretches the width of the image and at the far side, the artist is seen digging with a shovel.

A hand covered in small, square red tattoos dips fingers into a bowl of dark water.

Four actors wearing masks run around in a field.

Floating 4-channel installation in a gallery space with red prayer mats below on the ground.

Floating raft on ocean at night with lights

Detailed photo documentation of how the solar-powered biodata sonification kits were installed in the various trees' canopies and how the electrodes were placed to measure the trees' bioactivity.

Headshots of Aisha Amin, Skooby Laposky, and Andrew Quitmeyer

A blue sky with a few whispy white clouds can be seen through a small circle that is the top of a blue patterned Dome Oculus.

Colorful paintings of abstract forms present in aerial views of the agricultural fields around Hooper, Nebraska.

Bodies in the shape of letters. The entire alphabet is formed as such.

Venn diagram showing "who can apply" to the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency grant and Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant.

Venn diagram showing "what the funds cover" re: the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency grant and Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant.

An individual stands in a dark circle with arms outstretched in dramatic fashion, bathed in red with four figures surrounding them

Two students working on an art project together in a ProjectArt after school class in Miami, FL

Students and a teaching artist in a ProjectArt after school class in Detroit, MI

ProjectArt teaching artist working with students in a library in Miami, FL

An illustration of a futuristic workshop with a glowing plant inside an adobe building

an indigenous man in black and white is overlayed with a bright orange drawing that looks like a topographical torso of a female

A group of people is around a raised bed while planting seeds and watering

Five individuals pictured from the waist up wearing purple aprons with the word "ADELANTE" and sun hats with the words "We are here" in English and Spanish

Compilation of place myth images with current images

collaged image of water and three silhouetted bodies in white dresses and purple lights, with a wave of water behind them.

Two individuals having a conversation in a professional setting; both are laughing.

A crowded gallery space with paintings, drawings, and digital art on screens

Toby Singer standing in front of a microphone, playing guitar

Toby Singer smiling with his arm around another individual

Caroline Garcia in her studio, surrounded by artworks

Four individuals hold batons in different stages of action in a white-walled gallery space

Gallery installation featuring various weapons and punching bags

A still from an experimental animated film about small beings meeting in a forest

Four images depicting arts in the Ithaca, NY, area

Portrait of Franco and Eva Mattes with white cat

An elaborately staged photo by Erin O'Keefe

Two individuals wearing identical blue and white outfits, laying on green grass on a bed of red rose petals

Detail of a photo collage by Johanna Goodman; an individual stands in an industrial studio space, arms crossed and head turned in thought

Healthcare professional greeting a patient in a healthcare setting

Three individuals with "We (Heart) NYFA" signs

Shimon Attie and two colleagues during the making of "Starstruck: An American Tale" in Bethlehem, PA

A spherical space made of aluminum drywall studs that people may enter to see a human-made ecosystem that exists within the sphere

Chico MacMurtrie at the Amorphic Robot Works studio

Close-up of experimental artworks by Erin O'Keefe

Seven works by Erin O'Keefe, displayed at Frieze London in 2021

A bulletin board with various sources of inspiration

Lily & Honglei presenting a socially-engaged art project in Flushing Chinatown, NY

"Stereotype: Life of the Invisibles" paneled artwork

Lily & Honglei Art Studio's "The Red String" public art project

Two individuals wearing MinKwon tees tabling re: "Our City, Our Vote"

An individual wearing a MinKwon tee holding a flyer

Five individuals who are advocating for immigrants' right to vote

An individual appears as part of a rocky landscape, head popping out from a rock along the water

A group of individuals in a bar setting, many holding musical instruments and smiling at the camera.

Jean Shin installing a work at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Jean Shin in front of an installation at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Detail of a painting of two individuals neck-deep in water

Animated still of a swimmer not in water, but in a galaxy of stars

Video still of two women with blonde hair arms out going into an embrace

Detail of a painting of Sojourner Truth with the word "Decentralized" written backwards over her eyes

Detail of a video still of a woman wearing white, legs slightly open with a papaya in between

Headshots of Fiona Alison Duncan, Maud Madsen, and Maryam Mir

A Syrian baker sits on a bench and watches as a sweet seller pushes her cart, passing him by

White book cover featuring an image of a doll inside of a small aquarium, a poster on the wall of the aquarium reads "I want to believe." The title of the book is Exquisite Mariposa, author Fiona Alison Duncan.

Detail of a painting of a woman in a bikini on an elevated platform, viewed from below

On a very large sheet of pale blue handmade paper, (seemingly quilted together) a series of green net-like forms move across the surface from the left side headed toward the right. Orange vertical lozenge shaped forms move up and down vertically on the page.

A dancer performs in a gallery. Behind them are pyramid shapes made from bamboo and neon lights.

Headshots of Nancy Cohen and Alonzo Davis

Two musicians--one playing the flute, the other playing the cello, perform on a darkened stage, fabric draped behind them with projections over top

Two individuals in white shirts in an office setting in front of their computers; the individual at the center smiling widely

aluminum, steel, and existing architecture installation by Sarah Oppenheimer

Portrait of Dennis McNett against a backdrop of his work

Ani Liu photographed in a lab environment with computer, microscope, and test tubes

Derek Fordjour artwork featuring two rowers in the water, buildings behind them

Chico MacMurtrie and four of his lightweight robotic sculptures

Close-up photo of a pair of hands signing a document

Male performer with gesture sensor glove is drawing graphics in the air, and the resulting scrim of projected graphics is shown, behind the figure, within the blackbox theater.

Video still of Coco Fusco in a small row boat surrounded by water

Detail of an art installation by Jennifer Wen Ma. An individual stands in a canyon of paper feathers--black on the left and white on the right

Black and white photo of an individual taking a flash photo with their mobile phone

Jordan Casteel painting of two individuals looking straight at the viewer, one making a sign with their fingers

Dancers standing on deconstructed swivel chairs (with backs and armrests removed) and adapting to as extensions of their bodies in motion.

An individual holds up a red cell phone and takes a selfie with an older individual wearing a white graduation cap and gown and holding a black rose

Photo of four individuals pictured from the back with film equipment and standing on a boulder at the water's edge

Ten dancers in different solid-colored leotards holding the same pose, interspersed on stage

Around 30 individuals pictured posing together and smiling at the camera

Photo of two arms outstretched, one handing over paperwork and the other receiving.

Image composite featuring headshots of Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, and Anne del Castillo, and an image of Brookfield Properties.

12 members of the New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) community, posing together and smiling

An image of a colorful stained glass watertower interior, as viewed from below

Four art fair attendees, three together and looking at a larger artwork with smaller artworks hung on the walls behind them

Two individuals holding wrapped artworks and smiling at a Superfine art fair

Three individuals stand at an art fair booth in conversation

An artist in a black dress smiles at the camera against the backdrop of their artwork on display at Superfine

Three individuals standing together and smiling with artworks in the background

An individual wraps an artwork, emphasis on the work and the wrapping

An individual stands proudly displaying two art purchases against wall text that reads: "This Is What A Collector Looks Like."

An individual with a butterfly tattoo on their arm smiles down at an artwork featuring images butterflies

A vibrant cartoonish cosmic scene of our solar system’s creation atop a spinning vinyl-record platform supported by a pair of human-like hands, with emitted sound waves intertwining with precipitating clouds above and water waves below. Halos of hot reds, fuschia, and cool blues.

A yellowy-green human-like creature painting on a ladder.

An individual sits on their bed, propped up by pillows with headphones on, head downturned in concentration at their computer with a pen in their hand and notebook at their side

A square artwork of wool with one small red circle and one small blue circle painted on top of the natural fibre

Installation shot of an exhibition by Brigitta Varadi, with wool artworks on the wall

A woman stands in a snow-blanketed forested area, wearing a red Hunia, a traditional shepherd's wool raggedy coat

Abstract rising sun on yellow background.

Attendees enjoying the art auction at NYFA's 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit

Arab woman standing in a park smiling and holding a camera setup.

Photo of Khadija El Warzazia & Bnat El Houariyat

Alt Text: Valerie (Catherine Cohen) and Doug (Aristotle Athari) at a party, describing their terrible, karaoke singing neighbors to all of their fancy friends.

Close up of the artist dressed in a flower costume. Her face has pink and green make up and she is holding flowers in front of her face.

Image of Nikki Giovanni wearing headphones and speaking into a microphone

The three women of BETTY rocking out on big stage with very dramatic lighting

NOMON (Shayna Dunkelman and Nava Dunkelman) performing at Grey Area, San Francisco

A woman holding up a camera to take a photo of another woman throwing her hands in the air with happiness.

Students writing calligraphy work use brush with ink on rice paper.

Four kathak dancers in yellow dresses arrive at "sam" or the finishing pose in kathak.

A male Filmmaker Mentor helps several young people prepare to use camera equipment to record a Listening Tour segment.

A woman, wearing a full bodysuit, is seated on a stool. Her bodysuit is semi transparent and loosely fitting. She is sewing the abdominal seam of the bodysuit she is wearing.

The artworks illustrates the separation of a Chinese immigrant family due to the political tension between the US and China in 1980s. The morning glory symbolizes the resilience of the immigrants.

A non-linear collaged large shaped Color Music score to be "read" in all directions by musicians and other performers of all styles, as multi-media.

Disabled Youth from around NYC learn how to run a set and use camera, sound and lighting equipment, in order to produce their own programming, highlighting disabled individuals.

Split black and white image of an individual in present day juxtaposed with a vintage image presumably of them with their parents

This picture depicts one dancer jumping with her arms in the air, while behind the dancer a painter is painting an image onto a large concrete wall using vibrant colors.

A rectangular shaped mural with two mute swans. Swans are facing each other and made with packages of household products and plastic utensils . A heron on the right with a red color tear below its eye. The heron is made out of electrical cords, fishing line, plastic waste and disposables. Next to the heron, there are reeds that are made out of cigarette butts and PPE. The whole habitat are made out of different types of disposable household and school supplies.

Painting of mother draped in fabric holding two babies in front of greenery.

5 People smiling seated at a table with a black table cloth on it that reads JCAL 50.

Two performers on a stage, one arm extended with a long pole with bright red threads coming off the end.

NYFA CEO Michel Royce closing out the night

Charlene Kaye addressing the crowd at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit

Carmelita Tropicana giving live remarks at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit

Commissioner Anne del Castillo giving remarks at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit, Marc J. Jason and J. Wesley McDade in the background

Marc J. Jason and J. Wesley McDade with Marylyn Dintenfass

Guests enjoying conversations over dinner at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit

2023 Hall of Fame Benefit Co-Chairs Marc J. Jason, NYFA Board Chair, and J. Wesley McDade, NYFA Vice Board Chair

Guests enjoying the art auction during cocktail hour at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit

NYFA Board Chair Marc J. Jason, Marylyn Dintenfass, Commissioner Anne del Castillo, Callie Haines, Carmelita Tropicana, and NYFA CEO Michael Royce

Callie Haines at NYFA's 2023 Hall of Fame Benefit

Two women leaning in to view the digital screen on the back of a camera to see the photo that was just taken of them.

Ryan Hudak portrait against a black and white stock image of a hand with a pen

Disabled and neurodivergent instructors teach disabled and neurodivergent youth how to run a set and use camera, sound, and lighting equipment, to produce their own show, featuring disabled and neurodivergent individuals.

Still frame 1 of video performance "FLOOD". Shot in Queens.

A group of 4 performers sit around a silver trailer. There is a yellow cover on the ground below them.

Two women stand in an abandoned industrial warehouse, connected by a chord of fabric.

Composite of The Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color Participants 2023

Stock photo of two people in an interview setting

An individual looks up at a person's face projected on a large screen, purple lights casting a soft glow on the righthand side of their face

Two vinyl banner artworks are hung on a city park fence. Each has a red string element surrounding a circular center graphic. QR codes encourage interactivity.

A person holding a brush painting on the window with acrylic, making the window dirty and blurry.

Image of a model in a white wool top with curvilinear tonal appliqués with smooth holes tailored into the shapes. The model is reaching her arms through the voids in the top

Two men, as seen from above, hug each other. One of the two appears as a white silhouette.

A large performance box lit with white light and clear walls/ceiling is placed in a large, brick-walled industrial space in Brooklyn. Two individuals/performers inside are being watched by onlooker on the outside.

A large hall is lit in red. Guests are seated as an individual gives remarks at the front right of the hall, a sign language interpreter beside them. A screen in the center of the space features an individual onscreen who appears to be pictured in the midst of a musical performance.

A gathering space open from all sides bringing Camden NJ residents together at the Delaware River waterfront.

There are two large prints on canvas, depicting the shape of a mountain collaged from several photographs taken in an urban environment. The whole piece is illuminated by a studio light.

A tactile and choreographic wooden sculpture intended to engage touch

Women singing and dancing on a stage, holding mortar and pestle tools used to mash plantains.

Shot of Nigerian-American man sitting in the middle of 10s of light poles

A portrait of Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. wearing a yellow hoodie in front of a mirror that reflects a trifold mirror that lies between he and the photographer, Matthew Morrocco.

Portrait of Esteban Cabeza de Baca, photographed against a white wall in front of their works

Lily Wong photographed against their work in the studio

Tattfoo Tan in studio, smiling at the camera playfully holding two antlers next to their ears

Self portrait of a Caribbean woman standing in front of a composited postcard landscape of palm trees and on top of the ocean dressed in tropical patterns and a Disney World sweatshirt, carrying luggage and tropical plants

Sharif Bey photographed in studio, working with clay

Two individuals in bright patterns appear to be laughing while walking down a sidewalk in a city setting.

Will Hutnick pictured in the back seat of an artistically-decorated car

Merche Blasco playing an instrument made out of water, wood, electronics, and custom software, with screens behind them.

Headshots of Martita Abril, Cecile Chong, Jeanette May, and Lulu Meng

Three individuals walk down a hallway in a professional setting with a colorful mural blurred behind them. They are smiling and laughing.

Six older women cheerleaders dressed colorfully with their silver pom-poms raised above their heads as they cheer from the rooftop of the 14th Street Y on a sunny day.

A light, airy, cathedral-like structure installed in a tall industrial space.

An individual is standing at the top of a rock formation, one arm raised with a white scarf flying in the wind behind them. There is a body of water below, and a butte and a mesa in the distance.

A woman in a nightgown looks intently into the mirror while resting her arms on the edge of the sink.

Four large collages hang in a gallery on top of a wallpaper. A person observes the installation as they walk by.

Artwork composed of cut-outs from glossy publications, they have lipsticked mouths, cosmeticized eyes, polished nails, jeweled rings, and other contrived, generic emblems of female beautification and disguise

Installation view of a series of images, some with a collaged nature, and some of the male body, on a white gallery wall

Diptych painting with two figures that are mirror images of each other

A portrait of Playwright Lorraine Hansberry in her bed surrounded by a bookshelf and plant/stand.

photo of an individual wearing glasses, all black, and a backpack holding a film camera on a city street

Sonia Olla dancing in a red and black dress with a guitarist in the foreground and an orchestra in the back.

A self-portrait of Rachel Papo holding her son, reflected through a vertical oval mirror and obstructed by a lamp structure made up of a tangle of wires and lampshades.

Installation by Barbara Campisi featuring screens of a semi-transparent acrylic material with small bands of neon lights across it

Close-up of an individual's hands, one holding a pen that rests on a notepad near a closed computer.

Alyson Pou with her installation"Where in Fury Takes Flight." She stands with her arms crossed wearing black, in between what appear to be black garments dynamically installed in a white-walled gallery space.

A group of individuals pose against a velvety curtain, some making jokey faces and others smiling

Blurry analog-looking photo of Dan Bamba in front of two artworks

An artist with microphone discusses her work before a crowd in a gallery space

Four children stand in a row in front of a dark gray shed in the Pacific Northwest, holding circular protest signs that shield their faces from view. Printed in white on a black background, each sign illustrates a human or animal skull facing head-on, rendered in the style of a woodblock print. Underneath each skull is one word of hand-drawn text, which together compose the sentence “WE REFUSE TO DIE.”

A group of marchers wears yellow shirts and protests through a rural community.

In the foreground, a sculpture roughly carved from a wildfire-charred 8-foot tall tree trunk depicts the somewhat ghoulish head of a woman with no eyes, her braided hair tied into a bun. Viewed from behind, the carving faces US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest manufacturer of refined coal in the US.

Film still from "Children of NAN: Mothership"

Two hands interacting with a living plant interface spelling out the word "love"

A hand holding an iPhone displaying the TrailOff app with an image of several different stories a user can choose from.

Image of Gamalier Soto Domínguez's ceramic work, and Gamalier Soto Domínguez with work in studio

A group of black furniture in front of a window with yellow lighting, smaller lighting devices displayed on top of the furniture.

A sculpture made of tiles of colored stained glass assembled with lines of black solder.

An art installation on an outdoor 6th floor terrace of the Whitney Museum, with buildings in the background.

A visitor’s touch sets the work in motion, pivoting volumes of glass and metal along a 45-degree axis. When rotated, vertically oriented glass volumes slip out of alignment and become horizontal reflecting screens.

A lone figure and his companion walk a desolate landscape endlessly.

A digitally rendered dancer extends her arms in a mostly red, open-box-like virtual space, featuring a glitchy image of another performer who has a smartphone tied over her eyes. The dancer has a webcam tied to her wrist, using a bright red tube as a rope.

A circular installation in a new waterfront park in Old Town Alexandria. Inspired by the lenticular lens of a light house, the installation reflects the surrounding context on the outside in unexpected ways while reflecting visitors in vibrant hues as they enter.

imogen, wearing bleach-purple flannel, black top & leather pants, gestures while reading onstage at Blue Moon.

South Asian Female writer signing a book at a cafe.

A triptych depicts three angles of a book with a tan cover, small black and white image on the front, red text on the back and red binding.

Two shadowed hands lift a drawing of a windowed corporate building, the building depicted appears through a window behind the drawing.

Photo litho print of large eyes gazing directly ahead at the viewer. There are laser-cut words on the eyes and eyebrows which are Persian repeated words and the area of the cut text makes up a parallelogram and the overall color scheme is different shades of gray.

Performance artwork by Ye'ela Wilschanski (full caption/credit info at the bottom of this page). A side view of a person wearing a blue dress. From the sleeves, another identical dress is mirroring the dress. Both dresses create a illusion there are two people facing each other.

A grouping of white/grey twigs roped together, with grey ceramic fragments on a wooden floor against a slightly crumbling white wall

Installation of flat grey artworks with textures, with a pink looking twig/branch hung near the top

An individual stands smiling at the camera, pictured in front of an installation of pink, cream, and grey sculptures affixed to a white gallery wall

A black and white photograph depicts a woman wearing a translucent veil standing amidst a rose of sharon tree with abundant white flowers, her hands raised embracing the environment around her.

A half naked man sits in an old empty room facing a large balcony door. A nocturnal light illuminates him while he throws seeds on the floor to feed a black crow who has just walked into the space.

Children, assigned male at birth, dress as they choose at a weekend summer camp where they are supported to express themselves as they like, without judgement. Here two campers prepare for the annual fashion show dressed in layers of pink on warm sunny day.

Barefoot, a young girl in a long skirt carries a metal container as she descends the staircase of her home, bathed in sunlight from an interior window. She is headed outdoors to collect maple tree sap on the family farm.

Black and white photograph of dirt bikes kicking up dust at the start of a hare scramble race in West Virginia.

A young man is dressed in pink in a garment of his own design that relates to a dress he wore in the previous image at Camp I Am ten years prior. Today he is a fashion design student.

Three cinderblock walls with images of mobile homes pasted to each facade. They are situated in a large pastoral sculpture park with the artist walking next to them wearing a white shirt and black jeans.

A close-up black and white photograph of several pages of poetry mounted on corkboard on the wall during a round of revisions, the pages are white with black text and some are blurred out from view

Discarded notes glued to a gessoed piece of paper, recast through a process of drawing and painting.

Nia, wearing a jeweled bra underneath a bright yellow dress, sings in front of a chorus of three in long white robes. She wears a gold mask and large hoop earrings with half of her hair pinned up and the rest cascading down her shoulders. Her eyes are closed, and her left arm extends outward toward the audience.

An individual sits in front of a laptop, pencil and paper in hand

A group of ordinary objects is precariously arranged over three pallets, suspended on the border of collapse. Throughout the exhibition, the objects, initially leaning against the gallery walls, are activated and moved to be part of the composition in fragile balance. On the walls, colorful outline drawings record the objects' displacement.

Six dancers perform at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, a seated crowd and headstones behind them.

Graphic that reads: "Mapping Your Creative Career" with an image of a large swooping installation of foam and fiberglass that resemble wings

Graphic that reads "Writing About Your Work," with an image of an individual with a pencil in hand, writing

Rotating GIF that says "New On-Demand Courses" and "NYFA Learning"

FY23 Annual Report cover image, featuring a photo of an installation by NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow Sarah Oppenheimer

Six dancers wearing athletic clothing and sneakers lift their arms and twists their spines in the moments before jumping off the ground. On slightly different facings and ripples in their fabric of their clothes, the collective moves with soft smiles and subtle expressions of joy.

Five colorfully dressed ensemble members from a performance called "TERRITORY: The Island Remembers" pose in shimmering costumes, wigs, and make up. A few give fierce looks to the camera lens standing and kneeling in front of a background of a collage featuring mountains, lush green hills, trees, and other vegetation.

Four staff and volunteers in bright pink shirts and in front of laptops at a community event

People line up outside a brick building with a colorful mural painted over some of the bricks

A Mixteca staff member wearing a bright pink hat and shirt speaks with asylum seekers

Dancers mid-movement at the Jonkanoo Parade in full flight at the annual Christmas Grand Market celebrations

The Braata Folk Singers in performance at the 2022 staging of the annual Bankra Caribbean Cultural Festival

Four performers on stage in what looks to be the middle of a pillow fight in a living room setting

Four individuals with film and sound recording equipment stand on a boulder overlooking water and foggy terrain, framed by orange leaves

The 14ft steel cylinder with a cut plastic bottle outer skin and a dome made from grommeted 3-ply masks, rotates on a circular track ring, atop a wood orange porticoed base

A performer singing off to the distance as three performers in the background, blurred, sit side by side.

An immersive installation consisting of a field of 96 touch activated poles that when activated, create a symphony of sound and light. While a single touch produces one melody, simultaneous interactions with the installation create a complex, layered chorus. Each pole also contains a series of lights that respond to the array of tones created by the installation.

A four-story white barn sits on a grassy hillside. Colorful text describes the vision for the site, with a residency space, a green house, fruit trees, a natural spring, and more.

A group of people is seated at two tables surrounded by The Landfill Project exhibition featuring facts and photographs of the landfill. They have maps and drawing tools and are brainstorming ideas for the future of the site.

Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort indoor skydiving - one major stop on her bucket-list

Detail of a collaged artwork by Johanna Goodman

Paintings made with oil on panel, with figures are mirror images of each other and were made together at the same time with slight variations at each stage. As we look from one figure to the other, we notice glaring opposites as well as subtle nuances describing their psycho-emotional states.

Installation shot of images by Jonathan Gardenhire on a white gallery wall

Graphic that reads: "Proofread" with "Spelling, Grammar, and Accuracy" listed below with marked check boxes. There's a hand with a pencil in the bottom right corner.

Light pink and white background with black text over top that reads: "2024 NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit; Wednesday, April 3, 130 Bowery; Honoring Nina Yankowitz, Donna Uchizono, Rockefeller Capital Management

"Mayaakan sun is magic!" Medina says to Renella. These animated characters are hanging out in the fictional topical city of Mayaaka, in front of a rough-hewn building and a high-tech community center, as the sun shines, a rooster squawks, and locals watch them from a distance.

Painting of a monkey and several faint hands over a blue background

On the right, an artwork by Hermine Ford and on the left, an artwork by Don Lewallen

Icon of a filing folder system with the words "125 listing per week"

Icon of a magnifying glass with text that reads "10.9M page views per year"

Icon of a tablet and a desktop computer, with text that reads "230K+ social media followers"

Colorful abstract drawing by Sean Sullivan, with red, yellow, purple, green, blue, and black dots and shapes interacting with each other on a cream background

A delivery worker riding a bike, with text that reads "You know how to ride a bike. You can try it out." overlaid on top.

Merced "Meche" Aguilar, Workers Justice Project Member

Individuals gathered in an indoor setting, the emphasis on an individual speaking to a group towards the front of a room

Headshots of 2024 NYFA Hall of Fame Honorees Nina Yankowitz, Donna Uchizono, and Gregory J. Fleming of Rockefeller Capital Management

Photo from outside looking into a bookstore.

2024 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts participants.

A close-up photo of a sound artist at work at a sound board under blue lighting, with headphones around their neck.

Light pink and white background with black text over top that reads: "2024 NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit; Wednesday, April 3, Gotham Hall; Honoring Nina Yankowitz, Donna Uchizono, Rockefeller Capital Management

People dressed in traditional Aztec clothing stand in a circle outdoors. A woman holding a feather blesses another woman on her nose.

A woven depiction of layers of prairie grass waving in the wind in front of a blue sky.

Performance still of "modjeskamodjeskamodjeska"

Two dancers in center stage, dressed vibrantly, with musicians in the background and additional performers on either side

A dancer raises their arms towards the sky, in conversation with a sculpture behind them on the Queens, NY waterfront.

Graphic with a green racing flag and a green "thumbs up" sign on either side of a desktop computer with the words "Job Listing" in bold at the top with a list below it.

Art workshop in school cafeteria with about 90 fifth grade students sitting on tables listening to a presentation by the artist who is standing in front of large screen with projected images.

Two canoes with participants look at a line of kelp in Newtown Creek, the NYC skyline in the background

Photo taken in a rural and mountainous area in Puerto Rico, there is a landslide triggered by a road cut and heavy rain. People are walking up the road, observing the land falling.

2024 Emerging Leaders cohort pictured at the NYFA Office

Randy Peralta leading a seminar for the Housing Resource Center

Photo of Mary-kate Grohoski with a viewmaster, high on a city skyscraper

Tracy Yang conducts her 17-piece Jazz Orchestra at recording studio in New York

The artist performs with an indigenous blowgun from the Philippines. She is positioned in front of a live 3D scanner, which captures a 3D model of her head/arms, as she holds the blowgun to her mouth.

Pilipinx woman percussionist performing and recording inside a large cistern known as theTANK Center for Sonic Arts 2022

Two dancers photographed against a dramatic black background

Dancer Ezra Swift photographed against a dramatic black background

Attendees enjoying art and cocktails at NYFA's 2024 Hall of Fame Benefit

Aerial view of NYFA's 2024 Hall of Fame Benefit

In a textile collage, Various items such as ribbons, shoes, gloves, ornaments are in yellow and blue bins. The grant reimburses the labor and material cost that was put in to make this exhibition and workshop happen and help my studio practice more sustainable.

Four volunteers using shovels and pitchforks are processing compost in two metal bins.

A diverse group of youth ages 15-25 are in a room with windows in the background, filming. There is a light and a bounce and a number of students with scripts and sound equipment, standing around the 2 actors in the scene.

A young woman in a long white dress lays on a rustic log bench looking to a man, kneeling and smiling back at her amongst orange fallen leaves, as they rehearse a scene next to a lake in the background.

Afro-Andean Funk performing in Quechua during a live concert at Bryant Park, New York. In the photo, the band's leaders, Araceli Poma, Peruvian singer, and Matt Geraghty, bassist and producer, are pictured. Araceli is wearing traditional Peruvian attire.

A woman in a blue dress with red and white flowers stands in a forested area of the park, extending her arms to the sky to create a circle. Her gaze is at her hands.

Two children approached the artist and asked about the robot in the drawing. The artist pointed to the canvas to show them.

A film crew team is recording a live painting concert with 4 musicians and 1 visual artist in a backyard during the night

There are ten people around a festive colorful Kumina table that has colorful candles, a basket with fruit offerings, a bright colored croton plant among fine crystals and glasswares. Around the table are five female dancers and five male musicians, two of which are seated on top of their Kumina Drums. Everyone looks festive and bright.

A young woman faces left with her eyes closed. Behind her is the East River and the skyline of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. Though it's a cloudy day, birds can be seen flying behind her.

Two Asian opera performers dressed in colorful outfits appear in a 7 train subway car.

Two dancers, holding hands, moving to the side, one dance-head facing sideways, the other dancer has a huge smile on her face facing forward. Both wearing colorful african skirts. A black chair is next to the dancer on the left.

Javier Arau, longtime Jackson Heights resident and 2024 Summer Sundays coordinator

Participants in the 2018 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: San Antonio, seated around connected rectangular tables in a vibrant gallery setting

colorful mostly abstract painting that addresses the lack of green space equity in NYC

A installation view of modular sculpture comprised of 44 inch my 44 inch black and white aluminum frames stacked both horizontally and vertically.

Three performers under lights against a brick wall background

Reclaimed clothing and yarn artwork by Bárbara Miñarro

Installation shot of Bárbara Miñarro artworks made of reclaimed clothing

Figures are gathered around a table at the bowling alley, while in the background a group of bowling pins raise their arms to their chests as if pledging allegiance.

Several figures are around a billiards table at a bar, as various other figures are in the background at the photo booth, sitting, or dancing.

A woman sits on a mattress at a motel hallway outside, as other figures are revealed along the length of the hallway and through an open door.

Daniela Serna Cuevas performing Latin-Alternative music in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the LADAMA TOUR, 2018

Group of five performers stand and sit around a table, outside, with a black table cloth on it and five microphones cross the table pointed at their various instruments

A river winds through the center of a painting, mountains on fire in the background and people and cars throughout

Three individuals, several frogs, and a fish in motion on a riverbank, an industrial building on the other side of the water

Two young girls hug one another, standing in front of a metal security gate that has been painted with the word "restaurant" and the image of a dining table.

Soraya Palmer wears a white mermaid style floor length dress with gold and red print. She has shoulder length twists in black and purple. She holds the microphone in one hand. Her other hand is stretched out towards the audience.

Director Patrick Wang with actors Mike Faist and Sonya Harum on the set of "The Grief of Others."

Two performers are connected by a cello - one is hunched down dressed in all black, the other is naked holding a megaphone close to their mouth.

Three book covers showing colorful art of nature and cities done by three different artists. They all say The Other Almanac in wiggly font on the top and the year they were published on the bottom.

Two workshop participants gently touch and dance with an old tree in a crip drift in the Chippewa Nature Center in Midlands, Michigan.

A Black woman in green with closed eyes and open hands leads ensemble members in a moment of prayer prior to first performance while the audience waits in the background for the show to begin

Mayerli, a peasant farmer, transplants dying orchids from the forest to her sacred tree where she is creating a labyrinth of orchids.

SGFC students enjoying a day of hand sewing, during a trip to Governor's Island to visit the BEAM Center.

An entomologist holds a dragonfly in her hands.

Four kids play on giant tires in front of a road and green tundra hill. Large storage units are in the background.

Loren Waters directing in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Exterior photo of two Yurok women and a Yurok man wearing protective fire gear with the forest in the background.

Outdoor installation of secondhand clothing carried out in Badagry market, one of the biggest second-hand clothes markets in Lagos.

The five puppets of the Parade of Time a interacting with the audience, creating a choreography. All of them are tilt to their left, dancing with the wind.

Individuals hugging and talking in a gallery setting

Two individuals smile, posing for a photographer in a gallery setting

Ethereal pigmented linen pulp paint on handmade paper work by Nazanin Noroozi

Ethereal pigmented linen pulp paint and cheesecloth fabric on handmade paper work by Nazanin Noroozi

Risograph artwork by Nazanin Noroozi of a dramatic sunset over water

Ceramic and glass work by Ghislaine Sabati

Detail of an intricate artwork by Ghislaine Sabati, a portrait with two eyes looking out to the viewer in the center

A selection of typed letters are placed across a wooden surface, layered with small color photographs and flat, wooden paper-weights.

A street scene showing the entrance to a laundromat with an "Open 7 Days" sign. A person sits outside the laundromat reading on their smart phone, located next to a door with graffiti, a payphone behind her, and dangerous structure signs plastered on the door.

Shivani, very ill, is doing her best to sit on a stool in a bedroom at her parents' house on Long Island, NY.

A person walks by an art fair booth displaying large-scale photographic works installed on large steel panels.

Photo collage of natural environments by Susannah Sayler

Sue, 59, basks in the sunlight in her old kitchen in Connecticut shortly before moving into her mother's house, marking the official end of her second marriage.

Alt Text: Multi-patterned work featuring an individual bending down on a floor, seemingly playing with a tangle of yellow yarn

Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program San Antonio participants posing together and smiling for the camera

View of Amos Wells's possessions in death row cell, facing north

The artist is standing holding a script in fron of a projection

In a living room, a young Black woman sits on the couch, her daughter on the floor between her legs as she brushes her hair into ponytails. The daughter brushes her doll's hair into ponytails in the same way.

A black and white photograph of two Black women in theatre rehearsal, both are standing at music stands with their scripts. One stares at the other in upset contemplation, while the other reads more calmly from her script.

Two African American girls are jumping in the air in front of a bright yellow car covered in beach floats. There are crew members behind them. The girls are wearing coats.

Director of Photography Morgan Powell films main character Chino Familia on an Upper West Side balcony. He's wearing a Puerto Rican flag head cap and clothes symbolizing the island's independence movement.

Three members of the band visible playing guitars on a stage, wearing pink, surrounded by colorful lights in a dark room.

Three actresses dressed in white, who play sisters, are bathed in blue light while surrounded by three white screens also bathed in blue light. The the three screens have shadow puppetry ocean and seagulls flying. Two sisters in the middle the stage whole a blue sheet and the middle sisters lights a shadow puppet boat with three girls in it.

A group of Chinese American people of all ages sitting around the table, looking into the direction of the camera

Neha, a dark haired and brown skinned person, sits on a couch staring off into space while Dexter, a red haired and light skinned person, holds Neha's baby to Neha's chest to nurse.

A woman wearing a black and blue top is playing harp with red, white, and black strings

Seven individuals raise their arms in excitement in a gallery setting, looking and smiling at the camera

Six dancers raise their arms in an airy, light-filled city studio space

Moises Saman is a news photographer for New York Newsday whose images of Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, and other countries transcend reportage by inflicting uncanny sensations on the viewer.

The following is a series of unpublished photos from two of Saman’s trips to Palestine this year, most recently to cover Yasser Arafat’s death. Footage of young boys in the West Bank throwing rocks amid clouds of tear gas has become an iconic image of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and while Saman captures this repeated scene with grim intensity, arguably the most arresting images here are simply of daily life. Although violence isn’t a constant in Palestine, its ghost haunts many of these photos.

Moises Saman is a staff photographer for New York Newsday and has recently shown his photographs at the Fotografie Museum in Amsterdam; Satellite Gallery, New York; and in BlackBook magazine. A book of his photographs, titled This is War: A Witness to Man’s Destruction, was recently published by Edizione Charta.

SPOTLIGHT: MOISES SAMAN IN PALESTINE

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