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“I Am The Artist I Always Wanted To Be”

This year’s NYFA Hall of Fame Honorees share what they love most about what they do On April 12, 2016, artists James Casebere, Anna Deavere Smith, Faith Ringgold, and Zhou Long were inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame. They spoke to us and shared what they love about their artist careers and what NYFA’s…

Artist News: May Edition Part III

NYFA Affiliated Artists at the Queens Museum & More! Queens International 2016Judith Barry (Fellow in Conceptual/Performance Art ‘86, Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’90, Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’97), Matthew Buckingham (Fellow in Film ’01), Magali Duzant (Fiscally Sponsored Artist), Flux Factory (Boot Camp Participants), Oded Hirsch (Fellow in Film/Video ’12), Clifford Owens (Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work…

Fiscally Sponsored Artists Make it Happen

Mark your calendars! The next few days are bursting at the seams with events featuring the work of NYFA fiscally sponsored artists. Join us in celebrating their achievements by attending and viewing their work! Scroll below for details about each project and find out how to see Parthenia, Kathleen Foster, and Joe Fusco. Parthenia The…

Crafting Stories with Filmmaker Flavio Alves

“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…

Helène Aylon & Feminism: A Fiscally Sponsored Artist Reflects

“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.…