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How to Launch and Run a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

Fundraising Consultant and Artist Iquo B. Essien Shares How She Raised $35,000 for Her Creative Business in 8 Weeks (And How You Can, Too) You’re thinking of developing a crowdfunding campaign to help realize your creative project or business. But where to start, and how can you encourage the critical momentum that you need for…

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NYFA Announces 2023 Award Cycle for Inaugural Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Playwright Award

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Playwright Award is a $10,000 Cash Grant Open to New York State Playwrights Who Identify as LGBTQ+. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the inaugural award cycle of its Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Playwright Award, a $10,000 cash grant awarded to one (1) New York State-based playwright who…

NYFA Board Chair Marc J. Jason, Marylyn Dintenfass, Commissioner Anne del Castillo, Callie Haines, Carmelita Tropicana, and NYFA CEO Michael Royce

NYFA Inducts Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, Anne del Castillo, and Brookfield Properties into its Hall of Fame at Annual Benefit

NYFA’s big spring gala celebrated the arts and their impact on New York City as a global creative capital. On Thursday, April 20 NYFA’s annual Hall of Fame Benefit brought nearly 300 artists, art patrons, arts professionals, and arts lovers together in celebration of the arts, recognizing the creative contributions of visual artist Marylyn Dintenfass,…

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NYFA Distributes $457,600 to Queens-Based Artists, Artist Collectives, and Small Nonprofit Organizations Through The Queens Arts Fund (QAF)

2023 Program Funded by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and Administered by NYFA The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), is pleased to announce the 142 recipients of the 2023 Queens Arts Fund (QAF).  Selected projects, which will…