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Monday Motivation | Finesse Your Phone Etiquette

Kick off your week with Monday Motivation! Tip of the week Are you prepared to show your best self through the phone and guarantee a great first-impression when an employer calls to schedule a meeting? You should be. Treat this moment as your first interview, giving the caller your undivided attention. Unable to answer the…

Conversations | Managing Your Practice as an Immigrant Artist with Claudia Sohrens

The German artist, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow, and IAP Mentor shared actionable steps for making the most out of your career. We’re interviewing German artist Claudia Sohrens in honor of October’s German-American Heritage Month. Sohrens is also a researcher, archivist, producer, and circulator. Her work is featured in private collections and has been presented in numerous group…

Conversations | Ruth Dusseault’s “Ecotopia”

The multidisciplinary artist considers millennials who live off the grid, but with technology, in exploratory documentary project. Beginning in 2012, still in the wake of the economic collapse, multidisciplinary artist Ruth Dusseault began to record a radical segment of Generation Y that had walked away from consumer culture in an attempt to live “outside” of…

The Art of the Application | Advice from 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Panelists

Key takeaways from each of 2019′s review panels to help you with future applications. In 2019, NYFA received more than 2,500 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship applications across the disciplines of Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Music/Sound, Choreography, Photography, and Playwriting/Screenwriting. While we are unable to provide individual feedback based on the tremendous response, we have summarized general feedback from…

Monday Motivation | Be a Good Listener

Kick off your week with Monday Motivation! Tip of the week Never forget that job interviews are a two-way street. Make sure to pay careful attention to what your prospective employers have to say. Not only this is a coveted skill, but it is also a way for you to learn more about the organization’s…