Are you currently receiving our free Con Edison Immigrant Artist Program Newsletter? Here are this month’s highlights: An interview with Spanish artist and Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program alumnus Pablo Lerma, which was conducted by Judy Cai and Alicia Ehni. Featured event Brooklyn Book Festival, one of America’s premier book festivals and the largest free literary event in New York…
Con Edison, the supporter of our monthly free immigrant artist newsletter, highlighted two of NYFA’s IAP alumnae. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is delighted to share the stories of Sophia Chizuco (IAP ‘09, ’13, ’14, ’16) and Mersiha Mesihovic (IAP ’14) in these two videos produced by Con Edison. You can watch the impact…
“Don’t think, ‘the door is closed because I’m Latino.’ Many doors are open because the artist is Latino.” On June 13, a group of performing arts professionals gathered at The King Juan Carlos I of Spain for a panel discussion in Spanish. Great insider advice was given regarding opportunities as well as common challenges that exist…
“No crean, ‘la puerta está cerrada por que soy latina’. Muchas puertas están abiertas a artistas por ser latinos.” El 13 de junio, un grupo de profesionales en las artes escénicas se reunieron en el King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center para llevar a cabo una mesa redonda en español. Se brindó gran asesoramiento…
“You will definitely make lots of connections through IAP. You will understand what the New York art scene is and where you will go. You will be happy as an immigrant artist." Japanese artist Sophia Chizuco talks about her experience participating as a mentee and then as a mentor of the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program…
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