Apply Now | 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
New York State-based artists are encouraged to apply for this $7,000 unrestricted cash award.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is now accepting applications for 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships in Craft/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. These $7,000 unrestricted cash awards are made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York. They are not project grants and are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice regardless of their level of artistic development. In 2019, NYFA awarded a total of $661,000 to 98 artists.
Applications close on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. NYFA only accepts applications online via apply.nyfa.org/submit.
2020 Award Categories
- Craft/Sculpture
- Digital/Electronic Arts
- Nonfiction Literature
- Poetry
- Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Eligibility Requirements
- 25 years or older
- Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located in New York State
- Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Indian Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2018 & 2019)
- Cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind
- Are the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as dancers or actors
- Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019
- Cannot submit any work samples that have been previously awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
- While collaborating artists are eligible to apply, the total number of collaborators cannot exceed three
- Are not a current NYFA employee or have been in the last 12 months, a member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, immediate family member of any of the aforementioned, or an immediate family member of a 2019-2020 panelist
- Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award
Apply Now
Visit NYFA’s Submittable page to start your application.
For more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, visit our website.
Upcoming Application Seminars
Binghamton, NY – Friday, November 8, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Broome County Arts Council, 95 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
Register: Please email [email protected]
Held in conjunction with Broome County Arts Council
Corning, NY – Friday, November 8, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, 79 West Market Street, Corning, NY 14830
Register: Please email [email protected] with your name and email address
Held in conjunction with The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
Fredonia, NY – Saturday, November 9, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Rockefeller Arts Center P55, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063
Register: Please email [email protected]
Held in conjunction with Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery
White Plains, NY – Thursday, November 14, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
Register: Please email [email protected]
Held in conjunction with ArtsWestchester, this event will also include information about NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program. Prior to the event, ArtsWestchester will be offering a docent-led tour of their current exhibition Dataism starting at 5:00 PM.
ONLINE – Thursday, November 21, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: NYFA’s Facebook Page; scroll down in the feed to view/participate and refresh your page if the video does not appear in the feed
Brooklyn, NY – Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Register: RSVP here via Eventbrite
ONLINE – Thursday, January 16, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: NYFA’s Facebook Page; scroll down in the feed to view/participate and refresh your page if the video does not appear in the feed
Visit our website for a full list of past fellows.
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Find out about additional awards and grants here. Sign up for our free bi-weekly newsletter NYFA News to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.
Images from top: LoVid (Fellows in Digital/Electronic Arts ’17), “Ruby Rendering,” 2015, Image Credit: Megan Raymond for SU Art Galleries; Kymia Nawabi (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17), “Combat of The Immortal Pursuit,” 2016; and Valerie Hegarty (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’17), “Alternative Histories, Brooklyn Museum, The Canes Acres Plantation Dining Room,” 2013, Image Courtesy: Brooklyn Museum
