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Register Now | Online Workshop: Job Hunting Strategies During the Pandemic

February 18 online workshop will provide an overview of all stages of a job search during the pandemic. Join New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) at its next online workshop, “Job Hunting Strategies During the Pandemic.” Designed to support individual artists and arts professionals from anywhere they have internet access, the webinar will provide…

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Conversations | Dread Scott on How He Charted His Own Path in the Art World

“I don’t have a dealer, but this work is influential, it’s important. I’m mostly concerned with having the art be something that influences and is part of dialogue.” – NYFA Board Member Dread Scott NYFA Board Member Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ’01, Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ’05, Interdisciplinary Work ’12) makes revolutionary art to propel…

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Apply Now | Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Denver

Program presented in partnership with PlatteForum. Denver-based artists are encouraged to apply by January 19, 2021. Through the support of the Arts in Society, SCFD Denver County, Rose Community Foundation, SCFD Adams County and the City of Denver’s Imagine 2020 Fund, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce the Immigrant Artist…

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The Essentials: 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

The NYFA Grants team reviews the application process so you can make the most of this year’s award cycle. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. This grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a…