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Reminder to Apply for NYFA’s 2016 Artists’ Fellowships

Applications are due on January 28, 11:59 PM (EST) Artists’ Fellowships, awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period, are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. The 2016 Fellowship categories are: Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Choreography Music/Sound Photography Playwriting/Screenwriting Deadline: Thursday, January 28,…

Tectonics: A NYFA-curated exhibition, opening Aug. 1 An exhibition of work by winners of 2013 Artists’ Fellowships in Choreography and Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Opening Reception: Friday, Aug.1, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Performance: Perception’s Tyranny, by Dana Bell, at 7:30 PM (featuring Meg Clixby and Helen Schreiner, with music composed by Richard Hoffman) Tectonics Exhibition Dates: Aug.1–Aug. 18, 2014 Location:…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Stephen Petronio

NYFA talks to Stephen Petronio (AFP ‘85 and ’04 Choreography) The choreographer, dancer, and artistic director discusses the recent publication of his memoir, Confessions of a Motion Addict; his dance company turning thirty; and what he is planning next. NYFA: Congratulations on the publication of your memoir, Confessions of a Motion Addict. What motivated you…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Diane Coburn Bruning

Classicism, structure, counterpoints, and collaboration NYFA talks to Diane Coburn Bruning (AFP ‘98 Choreography; AFP ’02 Choreography) about relaunching her dance company, Chamber Dance Project, their upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center, and her new film project. NYFA: You founded Chamber Dance Project in New York in 2000, moved to Washington, D.C. about four years…