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Event | Kathleen Foster’s PROFILED Screening

“PROFILED is a powerful documentary and a crucial contribution to the discussion of race and racism in America—both in terms of its economic and ideological impact.” – Pat Keeton, Professor of Communication Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey PROFILED is the latest film by Kathleen Foster and is a NYFA fiscally sponsored project. The documentary…

Salon Event with Kathleen and Henry Chalfant

Please join us on Tuesday, November 1 at 6:30 PM On Tuesday, November 1st, the New York Foundation for the Arts and Kathleen & Henry Chalfant are hosting a salon event in their Brooklyn Heights home with drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and featuring short performances throughout the evening. Kathleen is an acclaimed actress, past NYFA Board…

NYC Premiere of The Ruins of Lifta

“Through an open discussion with some of the most thoughtful inhabitants of the land, we have sought to impart what we have learned to a wider public.” – Oren Rudavsky The Ruins of Lifta is the new feature-length documentary directed and produced by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky. The film makes its NYC Theatrical Premiere…

Fiscal Sponsorship Looks Back: Time In Celebrates 10 Years!

“Learning to live creatively is the greatest power.” Time In began 10 years ago this fall as a NYFA Fiscally Sponsored project and is now a nonprofit organization serving children in the arts. It is a groundbreaking arts initiative that brings some of New York’s youngest, at-risk public school children out of classrooms in Harlem…

Fellows at 30: Hear NYFA Fellows Live and on The NYFA Collection: Vol. 2!

The NYFA Collection: Volume Two is available for purchase, and there are plenty of opportunities to see the featured NYFA Fellows perform live! The NYFA Collection: Volume Two continues the archiving and dissemination of the New York music collection, which began with The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music—a collection DownBeat called…