“It is amazing to put forward an idea and witness how others respond to it.” Mixed media artist Ezra Wube, IAP 2013 alumnus and winner of the RHMF 2015 Emerging Artist Grant, recently launched the Addis Video Art Festival, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ezra’s country of origin. In April 2015, we talked with Ezra…
Are you currently receiving our free Con Edison Immigrant Artist Program Newsletter? Highlights from this month’s issue include: An interview featuring Yevgeniya Baras, co-founder and curator of Regina Rex Gallery on the Lower East Side. An IAP Archive Interview with Ezra Wube, which revisits the IAP alumnus after he launched the Addis Video Art Festival. Professional development…
“I really see curation as another way of making work.” Yevgeniya Baras is a contemporary painter and co-founder of the Regina Rex Gallery on the Lower East Side. NYFA visited her studio at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program to find out how she balances her business with her artistic practice, how artists get noticed, and how her…
Meet this year’s mentors and mentees We are pleased to announce the participants in the 2015 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. Now in its ninth year, the program pairs immigrant artists working in all disciplines with artist mentors who provide one-on-one support for their mentees, guiding them to achieve specific goals. The program provides participants…
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