Executive Producer of POV Digital Holds Session at NYFA on March 27 As the organizer of the POV Hackathon Laboratory (which Fast Company recently called one of the “most anticipated events of the year”), Adnaan Wasey has introduced filmmakers, artists, and journalists to new modes of digital storytelling through a process that involves collaboration and prototyping…
Spotlight: “Edén” Fiscally sponsored film debuts at the International Film Festival Rotterdam Edén, directed by Elise DuRant, premieres this week at IFFR. A synopsis of the film, via the IFFR website: A young woman tries to unravel the puzzle of the past spent with her open-minded father until society cruelly expelled them. She returns to…
Crew with dancer, Jay Donn From left – Michael Beach Nichols, Deidre Schoo, Joshua Woltermann, Ryan Hancock Photo courtesy Flex Is Kings NYFA talks to Deidre Schoo about her film Flex Is Kings (NYFA/Artspire Fiscally-Sponsored Project, 2011), which premieres April 18 through 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival. NYFA: Hi Deidre, congratulations on your documentary…
Artistic Director Sidney Grant, pictured here with professional partner Gayle Madeira after winning the 2011 USA Tango Championships in July. Sid and Gayle donated their winnings to BALLROOM BASIX. NYFA speaks with Sidney Grant, the Artistic Director of Fiscally Sponsored Organization BALLROOM BASIX. NYFA: Hello Sidney, please tell us about how BALLROOM BASIX began, when and…
NYFA speaks with Fiscally Sponsored Painter and Curator, Virginia Creighton. NYFA: Hi Virgina, what’s on your horizon right now? VC: I’m organizing a project that combines two disciplines – literature and art. “From the Page’s Edge: Water in Literature and Art” will tour the Northeast in 2011-2012 and will display eighteen drawings or paintings which…
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