Upcoming at NYFA



Conversation with Deborah Kass

In January 2016, Deborah Kass (Fellow in Painting ‘91, NYFA Hall of Fame Inductee ‘14) will be giving an exclusive artists’ talk for NYFA supporters at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in line with her solo show No Kidding that opened on December 9. The exhibition includes Deborah Kass’ new mixed-media paintings incorporating neon lights for the…

Featured IAP Interview with Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, NYC Council Member on The Cultural Immigrant Initiative

NYFA’s Immigrant Artists’ Program (IAP) is always on the lookout for programs supporting the creative immigrant community. As such, when in 2014 Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Jimmy Van Bramer, Majority Leader and Chair of Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee, announced the creation of cultural funding and the development of fresh cultural initiatives in New York City,…

PURSUING HIS CALLING: A CONVERSATION WITH FISCALLY SPONSORED ARTIST MATT WILSON

“The Ridiculous is experienced, not observed.” Performer, humorist and once upon a time pre-med student Matt Wilson is anything but afraid of clowns. In his solo performance, Clown Baggage, Wilson performs a “neo-vaudevillian spectacle,” treating his audience to an unpredictable tangle of clowns, doctors and corporeal investigation. His eclectic brand of humor examines healing, careers and…

INTERVIEW WITH SPONSORED ARTIST CHARLES BATTERSBY

“Theater is my default mindset. Almost any idea I have will be thought of as happening on a live stage with live actors.” Charles Battersby is a playwright, avid comic fan and game design guru… not to mention producer, costume designer and critic! His play Astonishing Adventures of All American Girl & The Scarlet Skunk…