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Highlight These 5 Professional Soft Skills in Your Next Job Interview

Hard skills are concrete skills that are typically learned through education and experiences. However, soft skills are traits and abilities that help you in the workplace and impact how you interact with others. During job interviews, you will have the chance to highlight your different soft skills through the past experiences that you share. Here…

Apply Now: NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur, St. Lawrence County Arts Council (SLC Arts)

Apply Now: NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program, Presented by St. Lawrence County Arts Council (SLC Arts) Artists of all disciplines living and working in The North Country in Northern New York are encouraged to apply to participate in this free entrepreneurial program to be presented by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Canton, NY…

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Rachel Zhang Receives 2024 Recharge New Surrealist Prize

$7,000 award created for painters living in the U.S. and U.S. territories who are working in the New Surrealist style. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced New York, NY-based artist Rachel Zhang as the 2024 recipient of its Recharge New Surrealist Prize. The $7,000 award for painters who are working in the New Surrealist Style is supported by funding granted to NYFA by the Gu Family of The Recharge…

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Spotlighting San Antonio-based IAP Mentoring Program Alumna Bárbara Miñarro

NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program is returning to San Antonio this fall. We invited Bárbara Miñarro, a San Antonio-based alumna, to share what motivated her to join the program and provide takeaways. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, and residing in San Antonio, TX, artist Barbara Miñarro explores ideas of the body in migration. She participated in…