Hear from Desiree C. Bailey, Ani Liu, Coco Fusco, Alvin Eng, Luis Valderas, and more. NYFA has helped to connect immigrant artists with mentors, peers, and arts professionals through its Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program since 2007. The program is central to NYFA’s mission of empowering the creative community through critical support, resources, and opportunities. We…
Hear from Jennifer Wen Ma, Sarah Hennies, Rupy C. Tut, Eva and Franco Mattes, Derek Fordjour, and more. Whether you are an individual artist who works alone or one who is actively collaborating with others, there is value to being part of, and contributing to, your larger creative community. The question of how to make…
Hear from Jean Shin, Desiree C. Bailey, Luis Valderas, Derek Fordjour, Meredith Monk, and more. In our “Ask the Artists” series, we asked NYFA-affiliated literary, performing, and visual artists a series of questions about the creative life. In previous posts, we learned about how they define career success and the best advice they ever received.…
We’re sharing insights from attorney Laura Levin-Dando’s “Intro to Contracts” course via CreativeStudy. Contracts are important business and relationship management tools for creatives—insurance in both the best- and worst-case scenarios. Learn more about them here in easy-to-understand terms from Laura Levin-Dando, Staff Attorney at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts New York. This post draws directly…
Hear from Elizabeth Streb, Chico MacMurtrie, Johanna Goodman, Kalup Linzy, Baseera Khan, and more. In our “Ask the Artists” series, we asked NYFA-affiliated literary, performing, and visual artists a series of questions about the creative life. In this post, we are sharing the best career advice that these artists ever received. Read the below, then…
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