“As an independent filmmaker, I have more freedom to take bold steps.” Flavio Alves is an immigrant filmmaker living and working in New York. In 2014, Tom in America was the official selection of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Montreal World Film Festival. He sculpts narratives about the human experience while exploring…
“Art History has been one incomplete truth, which makes it a lie.” Helène Aylon is a visual artist, feminist and mother. Born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Aylon married a rabbi when she was eighteen and was widowed at thirty. Left with two young children, Aylon began studying and making art.…
NYFA talks to Alysia Lee, Founding Executive Director of Sister Cities Girlchoir Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) is a choral training academy that empowers girls to invest in themselves and their communities. Under the direction of Executive Director Alysia Lee, the program uses music as a tool for transformation. Before becoming its own nonprofit at the federal…
“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…
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