Featured Organization: New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a community-based, non-profit organization that works to ensure that new immigrants can build social, political, and economic power in their communities and beyond. The organization was founded in 1999, when local activists came together in response to racist, anti-immigrant billboards posted by Project…
FEATURED ARTIST: MICHEL KOUAKOU NYFA Program Associate Michon Ashmore interviewed dancer and choreographer Michel Kouakou, recipient of the 2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Arts, for the June newsletter. For Michel Kouakou, becoming a dancer wasn’t a conscious decision, it was more a way of life. He grew up in Ivory Coast, a…
Featured Organization: The International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) The International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) is a residency-based arts initiative located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that has hosted over 1,300 mid-career national and international artists and curators. ISCP’s programming consists of 3 components: the Residency Program, Exhibition Program, and Participatory Projects. Through this approach, residents are…
Featured Artist: Claudia Peña Salinas Claudia Peña Salinas is a mixed media artist from Mexico who practices her art in both Mexico and New York City. Her work has been presented at institutions such as SOMA in Mexico City, El Museo del Barrio and the Queens Museum of Art. Claudia’s recent work with mixed materials involves a…
Featured Organization: Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) is an organization with an increasingly vital role in revitalizing the cultural and artistic identity of the borough of Queens. It achieves this mission in a number of ways and namely through its performing arts space, Flushing Town…
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