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Shari Mendelson, Stephen Westfall, and William T. Williams Receive 2024 Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Awards

$14,000 unrestricted cash award recognizes mature visual artists with a long history of creative practice. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced artists Shari Mendelson, Stephen Westfall, and William T. Williams as the 2024 recipients of its Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award. The $14,000 award recognizes artistic excellence and provides resources to mature…

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NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship is Honored to Support These 21 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Grantees!

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to congratulate the 21 projects and organizations in NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship that received a FY2025 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grant from the Support for Artists and Support for Organizations programs! Support for Artists grantees received $10,000 each and Support for Organizations grantees…

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Announcing: 2024 NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre Recipients

The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) awarded a combined $1.3 million in funding to 72 projects. The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), in partnership with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), has identified 72 new recipients, to receive $1.3 million total, in the fifth and final round of the…

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Announcing Aliyah Curry as the 2024 Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award Recipient

Curry recognized with $8,000 cash grant open to New York State playwrights and screenwriters who identify as LGBTQ+. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced Aliyah Curry as the 2024 recipient of its Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award, an $8,000 cash grant awarded to one (1) New York State-based playwright or…