Announcing | Participants in the 2018 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Oakland
Meet the newest cohort of our Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program!
Through the support of Ford Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce the participants in the 2018 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Oakland. The initiative is presented in collaboration with Oakland local partners Emerging Arts Professionals SF/Bay Area, CultureStrike, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland Library, World Arts West, and Bisemi Foundation.
The program combines two of NYFA’s professional development programs: the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, in which NYFA provides access to artist mentors and art professionals via panels and workshops, and NYFA’s Artist As Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program, that provides artists with the fundamental principles of sustainability in the arts.
2018 Participants and Disciplines:
Mentee Nana Duffuor, Multidisciplinary (Ghana/United States), paired with Mentor Aimee Suzara, Performing (Philippines/United States).
Mentee Eun Kyung (Judy) Kim, Literary (South Korea), paired with Mentor Vernon Keeve, Literary (United States).
Mentee Pluma Sumaq, Literary (Ecuador/Peru/United States), paired with Mentor Angelique Paramore, Multidisciplinary (United States).
Mentee Colette Eloi, Interdisciplinary (Haiti), paired with Mentor Angelique Paramore, Multidisciplinary (United States).
Mentee Itoro Udofia, Interdisciplinary (Nigeria), paired with Mentor Natriece Spicer, Visual (United States).
Mentee Nkeiruka Oruche, Multidisciplinary (Nigeria), paired with Mentor Kwesi Wilkerson, Performing (United States).
Mentee Reynaldo Culannay, Visual (United States), paired with Mentor Jason Wyman, Visual (United States).
Mentee KyungBae Jeon, Visual (South Korea), paired with Mentor Jason Wyman, Visual (United States).
Mentee Carmen Roman, Performing (Peru), paired with Mentor Ernesto Sopprani, Performing (Peru).
Mentee Hager Asefaha, Multidisciplinary (Eritrea), paired with Mentor Kara Q. Smith, Visual (United States).
Mentee Onyinye Alheri, Multidisciplinary (Nigeria), paired with Mentor Kara Q. Smith, Visual (United States).
Mentee Manar Harb, Interdisciplinary (Palestine), paired with Mentor Kim Anno, Visual (United States).
Mentee Melissa San Miguel, Interdisciplinary (Peru/United States), paired with Mentor Kim Anno, Visual (United States).
Mentee Hamere Seble, Folk/Traditional Arts (Ethiopia), paired with Mentor Jennifer Ross, Visual (United States).
Mentee Kanat Ibragimov, Visual (Kazakhstan), paired with Mentor Ely Sonny Orquiza, Performing (Philippines).
This program is made possible with the support of the Ford Foundation.
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Image: Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Oakland, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, March 2018, Photo Credit: NYFA
