“Just as every performance needs rehearsals, so does a Zoom talk. Practice makes everything go smoothly.” — Han Qin In December 2020, NYFA presented its first Virtual Artist Salon with a group of Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (IAP) Alumni that included Juan C. Escobedo (IAP ’19), Tanika I. Williams (IAP ’19), Han Qin (IAP ’17),…
“I was told along the way of making this book, ‘don’t tell an immigrant story—it’s been done…’ Well okay, not by me though. And here we are.” – Marwa Helal Chinese writer Ge Gao (Fellow in Nonfiction ’20) is at work on a book of essays about her cross-cultural coming-of-age story. Born in Egypt, Marwa Helal…
“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…
There is opportunity—and community—in cities that aren’t New York or Los Angeles. Hear how writer, editor, performer, and visual artist Karl Jones is realizing his creative visions in Tulsa, OK through the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Karl Jones makes performance and visual work while writing and editing children’s literature for Penguin Random House. Originally from Tulsa,…
How a lasting mentorship can feel like companionship and be transformative for both the mentee and mentor. New York Foundation for the Arts’ Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program is the only known program of its kind in the United States, and has provided 490 immigrants from 79 countries and regions with mentorship, community, and exposure for…
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