Upcoming at NYFA



Filmmaker Li Lu & Fiscal Sponsorship

“We are stronger when we allow people to teach us and lift us up.” There Is a New World Somewhere is filmmaker Li Lu’s debut feature length production and a part of NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program. Sylvia returns to her Texas hometown for a friend’s wedding. There she meets Esteban, an electrifying stranger, who dares her…

Fellows at 30 / Fiscal Sponsorship: An Interview with Mary Mattingly

“Swale is an artwork but it’s also part of a movement-building process. It is largely made up of people I have met with similar passions working towards similar goals."  Visual artist Mary Mattingly creates sculptural ecosystems in urban spaces. Her latest work Swale is a floating food forest traveling NYC’s waterways. You might have seen…

IAP Interview: Daniel Gallant, Executive Director of Nuyorican Poets Cafe

“Performing on our stage is very much a baptism by fire. You quickly find out which parts of your material work and which parts don’t.” Priscilla Son of IAP recently met with Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s Executive Director, Daniel Gallant, to discuss the organization’s 43-year history, its mission and trajectory, as well as performance opportunities available…

Join NYFA at Foundation Center’s Arts Month Kick-Off Event

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Sarah Corpron, Program Officer for NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, will be presenting as part of Foundation Center’s Funding for Arts Month Kick-Off event. She’ll share information on NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program and resources for artists seeking funds for their own projects and organizations.  NYFA at Foundation Center’s Arts…

Cultural Identity & the Creative Process: Choreographers

Join NYFA at Gibney Dance for a lively panel on November 14 at 7 PM Presented by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), this panel of acclaimed, innovative choreographers will discuss the ways in which identity (both self- and culturally-defined) influences their creative process, as well as how the expectations of presenters, audiences,…