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Building Community Through Dance: How Generations Support One Another

How dancer teachers and parents are shaping the future of dance and building more equitable spaces for dance to evolve and thrive. Dance for the dancer/choreographer and for the teacher is an ever evolving practice—one that can be immensely gratifying and incredibly challenging. The one constant is the learning that comes with being in the…

Image Detail: China Marks (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture '17); "A Singular Occasion;" 2017; fabric, thread, screen-printing ink, brass trim, residual latex paint, fusible adhesive on a contemporary tapestry copy of The Arnolfini Portrait by Van Eyck. Part of an on-going series of drawings on contemporary tapestry copies of 14-19th Century paintings, variously collaging and sewing are added into them, subverting both imagery and narrative, and writing dialogue and commentary which the artist embroiders and sews down. Shown here are two figures with a hand extended towards one another. The figure on the left wears a brown, blue, and grey outfit and has the face of a cheetah. The figure on the right wears a green, blue, and tan outfit and has the face of a giraffe. Between them is a dark figure who says “The spirits bless you!”

Monday Motivation: How Soon Should You Follow Up After an Interview?

Kick off your week with Monday Motivation! Tip of the week You had a great interview, you sent a thank you note, now what? You want to follow up with the hiring manager, but you don’t want them to think you’re nagging them. Sadly, there is no straightforward answer to how soon you should follow…

NYFA Introduces New One-on-One Coaching Packages to Help You Position Your Work

Register for individualized coaching sessions with NYFA coach Michelle Levy to revamp your artist statement and strategically position your creative practice. Are you an artist looking to improve the way you write about your work in order to better position yourself for right opportunities, and to achieve the greatest impact? We are pleased to announce…

In this image there are two female dancers resting their upper backs, arms and heads on the floor while they have pressed one of their feet against their partners to create enough pressure to elevate the legs, hips and most of their backs into the air. Their legs and torsos create a geometrical shape that is both triangular from the feet that are touching and square from their opposite legs extending straight towards the ceiling.

Beyond Labels: Seven Dancers Share Lessons From Their Careers

Moving beyond the labels of emerging, mid-career, and/or established, dancers investigate their trajectories and share lessons learned along the way. “You will always reckon with the ephemerality of dance,” says Annie-B Parson, the Artistic Director of Big Dance Theater, and NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Choreography ‘00, 06, and ‘13. Not unlike the medium’s ephemerality, there…

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New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Partners with New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to Launch New $261,000 Disability Grant Program

Program will distribute $1,000 to New York State artists with disabilities outside of NYC who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has partnered with New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to administer a $261,000 grant program for New York State artists with…