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Event | ArtW Global Commemorates the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy with WATERSHED Red Hook

NYFA will participate in the large-scale public art project and public forum, taking place on October 26 and 28, 2017, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. On October 26 and 28 at Red Hook Library, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) will participate in WATERSHED Red Hook, a large-scale public art project and public forum…

Event | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Application Seminars

Join us at an upcoming NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship information session to learn about the 2018 application cycle. The 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application is now open, and we’re accepting applications in the following categories: Fiction Folk/Traditional Arts Interdisciplinary Work Painting Video/Film If you’re interested in applying for a fellowship and want to learn more, please…

Conversations | Helène Aylon & Feminism: A Fiscally Sponsored Artist at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale

“Art history has been one incomplete truth, which makes it a lie.” As the conclusion to a 20-year NYFA Fiscally Sponsored project, “G-d Project: Nine Houses Without Women,” Helène Aylon’s exhibition, Afterword: For the Children is now on view at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale. Aylon is a prominent American visual artist and feminist and her…

Save the Date | #ArtistHotline Returns to Twitter on October 18

Get the recap for September’s #ArtistHotline. Then, mark your calendar for the next #ArtistHotline, coming to the Twittersphere on October 18 at a new time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST! Have arts career questions that you need answered, or tips for other artists who may be in need of some good advice for bringing…

Conversations | Annie-B Parson and “17c”

The three-time NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow discusses her latest production with Big Dance Theater. The prolific Annie-B Parson (Fellow in Choreography ‘00, 06, ‘13) has choreographed and co-created more than 20 dance/theater works for Big Dance Theater, the award-winning company she co-founded with Paul Lazar in 1991. Outside of Big Dance Theater, she’s choreographed for operas, pop stars, television,…