Gregory Pardlo receives Pulitzer for Digest NYFA is delighted to congratulate Gregory Pardlo (Fellow in Poetry ‘05) on winning the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for his collection Digest, which was also shortlisted for the 2015 NAACP Image Award and is a current finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. About Digest: From Epicurus to Sam Cooke, the Daily…
“My mantra is ‘I am therefore I art.” This year marks the 30th Anniversary of NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowship Program. Over the course of this celebration, we will be posting interviews with various fellows from the past three decades. This month we bring you four-time fellowship recipient Pat Oleszko who was kind enough to write to…
See 16 NYFA Fellows during the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 20 Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival will feature 16 NYFA Fellows. Entirely free to the public, the Brooklyn Book Festival brings in national and international writers for 50+ readings and panels at Borough Hall. Stop by on September 20 and…
Congratulations to NYFA Fellows Meredith Monk and Ping Chong on receiving the National Medal of Arts Today, Thursday Sept 10th 2015, President Obama will award the 2014 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to distinguished recipients in the East Room of the White House with the First Lady also in attendance. Two…
“Life is long and art trends are short. Make art, and a commitment to be engaged, for the long haul.” Over the past year here at NYFA we have had the distinct privilege of adding five new members to our Board of Directors: Elia Alba, Mary Lang, Bonnie Podolsky, Dread Scott, and Carmelita Tropicana. In…
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