Upcoming at NYFA



Monday Motivation | The Benefits of Teamwork

Kick off your week with Monday Motivation! Tip of the week Job hunting doesn’t have to be a lonely experience. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, talk to your friends who are also looking for new positions and combine your job search efforts! You may practice your interviews, review each other’s resumes and cover letters, or look…

Conversations | Keren Anavy, Israeli Artist and IAP Alumna

“I see collaboration as another way of making art and developing as an artist in a broader community.“ Keren Anavy is an Israeli painter, installation artist, and alumna of NYFA’s 2017 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. Her work explores the dynamic relationships between nature, culture, and site. Anavy is interested in how cultivated landscape, as well as wild nature,…

Business of Art | Five Tips for Smarter (Not Harder) Fundraising

Follow these steps to make a strong impression on a tight schedule. Say you’ve got a great idea for an art project, and you’re ready to make it happen. Projects of scale will inevitably need to be funded; how you cover the costs will be up to you. The vast world of funding includes: grantwriting,…

Apply Now | Fiscal Sponsorship

Expand your resources and fundraising abilities with NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship. The next no-fee deadline to apply is March 31, 2019. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) strives to support artists of all disciplines by providing resources that help artists develop creative projects and organizations. Fundraising is critical to making your work, and we…

Event | Fair Use for Documentary Filmmakers

Documentarian David Van Taylor will present on the topic on Thursday, March 21 at NYFA’s  office in Brooklyn. Fair use is a provision of the Copyright Act that allows certain uses of copyrighted works, such as making and distributing copies of protected material, without permission. Though it’s a very old concept, and was written into…