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Performing Artists: Submit Your BEST Application

Strategies for a strong performing arts application from NYFA’s Ana Fiore NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship has an application deadline coming up on September 30th! Check out this June post from NYFA Current to learn more about our fiscal sponsorship program and how it can help your project. With recent applications opening for foundations like The MAP…

Join the Young Patrons Circle (YPC): Private Studio Tour with Swoon on Sept 22

Learn more about Swoon in advance of her private studio tour with NYFA’s Young Patrons Circle (YPC) On September 22, NYFA’s Young Patron’s Circle (YPC)  will visit the celebrated street artist Swoon (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures ‘13) in her Brooklyn studio. The private tour will share a glimpse of her creative process and ingenious style. Her…

Thank you for joining #ArtistHotline!

Save the Date: #ArtistHotline returns on October 21 Thank you for joining the dynamic conversation on Twitter and using the hashtag: #ArtistHotline. We answered the following questions: How can one sustain oneself and one’s art practice in NYC with such high rent prices?  How to deal with rejection from galleries What should artists consider before…

Happening Now: #ArtistHotline is Live on Twitter

Artists, share your questions with #ArtistHotline. NYFA, along with a host of art service organizations will be on Twitter from 9:30am to 6:30pm fielding questions. Inspired by the NYFA Source Hotline, #ArtistHotline is a new initiative dedicated to creating an ongoing online conversation around the professional side of artistic practice. #ArtistHotline occurs on the third…

Ask #ArtistHotline: Debunking the notion of “Selling-Out”

In preparation for #ArtistHotline tomorrow (September 16), we’re answering @amandaheidelart’s question: Artists often find themselves fighting against two self-defeating labels. ‘Starving Artist’ and ‘Sell-Out’. Artist Robert Genn, once said the term ‘starving artist’ is “acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.” After graduation, you may fall into the ‘starving…