Upcoming at NYFA



Join NYFA at the Resource Fair for Entrepreneurial Performing Artists

Join NYFA at the Resource Fair for Entrepreneurial Performing Artists to hear about our entrepreneurial resources and current opportunities, including our Arts Business Incubator (ABI) Program.  NYFA will be among many other New York City organizations providing the latest programs and services from a cross section of New York metro area entrepreneurial resources to help you…

See “Queen of Katwe” by Mira Nair

“If there is anyone out there capable of remaining unmoved by this true-life triumph-of-the-underdog sports story, I don’t think I want to meet that person.” –  A. O. Scott, the New York Times Queen of Katwe, the latest film by director Mira Nair, premiered on Friday, September 23, and has been named a New York Times…

Fellows at 30 / Fiscal Sponsorship: Andres Serrano

“In answer to your question, how do artists create space for discourse, I’m still trying to figure it out.” Andres Serrano is a 1987 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Photography and his recently released book, Salvation: The Holy Land, as well the work “Residents of New York,” are both fiscally sponsored by NYFA. Serrano, born in…

Artist News: End of September

Round out the month with a full calendar of art and culture created by NYFA artists around the city and abroad.  Pursue through our bi-monthly listings of exhibitions, screenings, readings, and performances and remember to let us know what you think on Social Media by using the hashtags #NYFAFellows and #NYFAFiscalSponsorship. #ArtSelfies are encouraged! Things…

Congratulations to NYFA Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on winning a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship

“Jacobs-Jenkins’s subversive, fearless, and risky approach is challenging audiences to reconsider the integrated spaces we share and to reflect on opportunities for sympathetic connection.” – The MacArthur Foundation NYFA is delighted to congratulate Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ‘10) on being awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the…