- NYFA

February 20, 2014byAmy 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.

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