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How to Select an Artist Residency Program: Advice from Artist Rosemarie Fiore

“The type of residency I choose to apply to matches my goal for developing a specific body of work.” Sometimes as an artist you need to break away from the routine of your life in order to reignite your creative process. Building a successful art career is filled with unique opportunities and completing a residency…

Celebrating Blondell Cummings (1944–2015)

Dancer, Choreographer, Activist, and NYFA Artist & Advisor Three-time fellowship recipient and world-renowned dancer/choreographer/activist Blondell Cummings passed away this Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She died at the age of seventy and lived in the New York area for most of her life. Blondell Cummings was an inaugural NYFA fellow in choreography and went…

Painter Kimia Ferdowsi Kline chosen as Basil Alkazzi Artist in Residence at Wayne State University in Detroit

NYFA is proud to announce artist Kimia Ferdowsi Kline has been selected to be the Basil Alkazzi Artist in Residence for a five-week residency at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Ferdowsi Kline was also a semi-finalist of the Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence, in painting. Kimia Ferdowsi Kline recalls the moment she found…

NYFA Presents: Three Decades of Writing Fellows

Join us for a Reading at NYU on October 9 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of our Artists’ Fellowship Program NYFA Board member and three-time fellowship recipient Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is hosting the event and Bill Cheng (Fellow in Fiction ‘15), Luc Sante (Fellow in Non-Fiction ‘14), and Dana Spiotta (Fellow in Fiction ‘08) will be reading.  Date:…

Doctor’s Hours for Visual Artists September 21, 6:00PM – 9:00 PM

Registration is currently open – register now Get practical and professional advice in person from one or more arts professionals at our next Doctor’s Hours for Visual Artists. Register for a 20-minute one-on-one appointment with a consultant to receive feedback about your website or an application you’re working on, and ask questions about building your…