“In my work, as far as I’m concerned, I try to comply with my desires and follow my own truth and my heart. By doing that, hopefully, I might be able to produce some enlightening work.” Terence Trouillot and Joana P. Cardozo recently met as participants of the 2016 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. In an email…
NYFA IAP Intern Allison Ganes recently attended the panel, Mapping Resources for Immigrant Artists, and had the opportunity to discuss topics from the event with a few of the panelists. The panel was hosted by the Museum of Chinese in America and organized by the Asian American Arts Alliance. Panelists included visual artist, Cecile Chong; Hali…
NYFA is proud to be the fiscal sponsor of artist Edward Mapplethorpe’s project One: Sons and Daughters, a collection of sixty commissioned photographs of one-year-olds. Published by powerHouse Books, One is available for purchase at Strand Bookstore and online. Edward’s art career spans decades, from studying photography at SUNY Stony Brook to working in his…
“Creo que ahora es el momento perfecto para exhibir a artistas mexicanos de todo el mundo en un evento que alzará la voz en nombre de nuestro país.” NYFA recientemente tuvo la oportunidad de hablar con Olivié Ponce, (IAP ‘09) artista y creador de Méxtasis, un simposio en Bushwick, Brooklyn para este verano. Méxtasis consiste…
“If you’re not supporting the arts, you’re not really living in your highest capacity as a human being.” On April 17, Kim Kane from Power 105.1 FM interviewed NYFA’s Executive Director Michael L. Royce for her show Power on the Block. Michael shared how NYFA supports artists throughout New York State, the United States and…
insert message here
