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Spotlight: The Clark Hulings Fund

Elizabeth Hulings Diamond. Photo: Ken Howard The Clark Hulings Fund for Burgeoning Visual Artists helps early-stage professionals take advantage of specific opportunities that will drive their careers forward. By providing support at pivotal moments, The Fund strives to improve the prospects of up-and-coming artists, and enable others to encounter and be enriched by their work.…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Deidre Schoo

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…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Sidney Grant

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…

Meet a NYFA Artist: Virginia Creighton

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…

The Business of Art: Fiscal Sponsorship, a NYFA Program with National Reach

For many artists, the term ‘fiscal sponsorship’ remains shrouded in mystery. Yet for those creating major projects that require access to funding opportunities restricted to nonprofits, attaining a fiscal sponsor is essential. NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program is one of the biggest of its kind in the country, and its successful track record in helping individual…