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Apply Now: Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program for Visual and Multidisciplinary Artists 2025

The deadline to apply to this competitive NYC-based program is Monday, October 21, 11:59 PM ET. Are you an immigrant artist working in the Visual or Multidisciplinary Arts? Do you live in New York City or within commuting distance of the New York City Metropolitan area? If yes, consider joining New York Foundation for the Arts’ (NYFA)…

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Apply Now: NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur in Batavia, NY

Program to Presented by GO ART! (Genesee-Orleans County Regional Arts Council) from November 7-10. Artists of all disciplines living and working in Genesee or Orleans Counties, NY are encouraged to apply to participate in this free entrepreneurial program to be presented by GO ART! in Batavia, NY from November 7-10. Apply by Monday October 7, 11:59…

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Anonymous Was A Woman and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Announce 2024 Environmental Art Grants Recipients

$308,000 Awarded to 19 Projects Led by Women-Identifying Artists in the United States and U.S. Territories Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) and The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have announced the recipients of the Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) program, which provides one-time grants of up to $20,000 to…

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Introducing 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows, Finalists, and Panelists

$696,000 Awarded to 87 New York State Artists Working in Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, and Video/Film. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 39 years with leadership support from the New York State Council…