“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…
I still can’t forget how I thought, “we are like lonely Martians or something, huh.” Visual Artist Rica Takashima is the recent recipient of a NYFA Opportunity Grant and an alumna of NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program (IAP). Since moving to the United States from Japan, Takashima has worked tirelessly to share her work with new…
“This is a story about 20th century bohemia rising into the mainstream; it damned well better be gritty.” Outstanding young documentary filmmaker Brendan Toller earned his spurs writing, producing and directing I Need That Record. Toller joins NYFA to discuss his latest work and fiscally sponsored project, Danny Says. In case you missed the Danny Says…
“For me, functionality is very connected to the design aesthetic and cannot be separated from the conditions of living and social context.” Artist Bundith Phunsombatlert works at the cross-roads of traditional and new media, thoughtfully traversing boundaries of installation and sculpture, while living between New York City and Bangkok, Thailand. His site-specific project Wayfinding: 100…
“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…
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