“My personal mission as ACAW’s director is to create visibility for significant artistic content that is generally unrepresented, otherwise inaccessible, or that needs specific or broader contextualization.” Born and raised in Afghanistan, Leeza Ahmady is a New York-based independent curator and the director of Asia Contemporary Art Week, ACAW, a dynamic platform that brings together leading New…
Exhibition raises awareness and funds for NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program. Kate Bellin, founder and principal at Kate Bellin Contemporary, advises clients in the procurement of art and in the cultivation of their art collections. Bellin has curated an exhibition of work by 16 Immigrant Artist Program (IAP) artists to raise awareness and funds for the…
“When I decided to embrace the challenges of running a space in order to create a community, I realized that successful collaboration evolves organically.” Tamas Veszi is a multimedia artist from Hungary who has built a strong artistic community around RadiatorArts – Radical Mediator for the Arts, a space that nurtures creativity and exchange by…
Are you currently receiving our free Con Edison Immigrant Artist Program Newsletter? Here are this month’s highlights: A featured interview conducted by Alicia Ehni with Tamas Veszi, Hungarian artist and founder of RadiatorArts. A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism, a featured event at the Brooklyn Museum that celebrates Women’s History Month. 13 opportunities for artists,…
NYFA is pleased to announce this upcoming mentorship program for immigrant artists, with support from The Vilcek Foundation. Application deadline extended through Thursday, May 11! Calling all immigrant artists working in the performing and literary arts: applications are now being accepted for NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program! The program is open to artists working in…
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