Upcoming at NYFA



COLLECTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT: PANOPLY PERFORMANCE LABORATORY

“Our response to this challenge is to involve fellow organizers, curators, and administrators directly, as people.” Artists Esther Neff and Brian McCorkle met at the University of Michigan and continue to collaborate in Brooklyn, NY as Panoply Performance Laboratory, a NYFA fiscally sponsored project. They generously share their dynamic insights as artists, educators and cultural…

EXPLORING SCULPTURE WITH BUNDITH PHUNSOMBATLERT

“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…

WHY FISCAL SPONSORSHIP?

Our Fiscal Sponsorship program explained With the June 30 deadline coming up, we get a lot of questions from artists wondering if the Fiscal Sponsorship program is a good fit for them.  NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship is a program that enables artists and emerging organizations to fundraise for their own projects using NYFA’s 501c3 status, allowing…

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…