Upcoming at NYFA



Conversations | Celebrating NYC’s Immigrant Heritage Week with Shelley V. Worrell and Nicole Dennis-Benn

“I love going down dark avenues with my characters and allowing them to teach me more about humanity.” — Nicole Dennis-Benn Shelley V. Worrell, Founder and Chief Curator of caribBEING (Fiscally Sponsored), joins NYFA Current to share her conversation with author Nicole Dennis-Benn (Fellow in Fiction ’18) in honor of NYC’s Immigrant Heritage Week. They…

Conversations | Oren Rudavsky on “Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People”

New documentary, which highlights Pulitzer’s legacy in the newspaper industry, will make its television premiere on PBS on Friday, April 12. Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People follows the famed newspaper publisher’s legacy in the industry, foregrounding his commitment to freedom of the press. The documentary film, directed by Oren Rudavsky and Fiscally Sponsored by The…

Conversations | Flavio Alves and Roy Wol’s “The Garden Left Behind” Premieres at SXSW

“We respect each other’s positions and collaborate on almost every decision…Instead of putting each other into boxes, we work as a family.” – Roy Wol This month, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) will celebrate the world premiere of NYFA Fiscally Sponsored film The Garden Left Behind at SXSW. This trailblazing film traces…

Apply Now | Fiscal Sponsorship

Expand your resources and fundraising abilities with NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship. The next no-fee deadline to apply is March 31, 2019. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) strives to support artists of all disciplines by providing resources that help artists develop creative projects and organizations. Fundraising is critical to making your work, and we…

Event | Fair Use for Documentary Filmmakers

Documentarian David Van Taylor will present on the topic on Thursday, March 21 at NYFA’s  office in Brooklyn. Fair use is a provision of the Copyright Act that allows certain uses of copyrighted works, such as making and distributing copies of protected material, without permission. Though it’s a very old concept, and was written into…