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January 2023
The Profitable Artist: Strategies for Your Arts Practice
NYFA is pleased to invite artists, creatives, and performers of all disciplines to join this free IN-PERSON workshop at Brooklyn Public Library to support your creative practice. Drawing upon principles from The Profitable Artist (Allworth Press, 2018), a book that delves into “best practices” to planning and organizing an arts career, participants will explore tools to support their professional development alongside NYFA’s expert staff members. Note: you do not need to read the book prior to joining! This workshop will…
Find out more »Fundraising Energy: Using Events to Engage Donors
Events are a wonderful way to celebrate the culmination of a large project. They are also important tools for building momentum around your work during its creation. In this presentation, Kimberly Goodis, former Senior Program Officer of Individual Giving at NYFA, will share key strategies for artists planning fundraising events this year. Join us and learn tips for planning in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, and discover how these tools can work in tandem with your project development to maximize its…
Find out more »Apply: NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $8,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. It is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist's vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development. The following categories will be reviewed in the 2023 Cycle: Craft/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. Apply
Find out more »All Things Immigration for Creative Workers: Options for Immigrant Artists and Creatives
Are you an immigrant artist, creative, entertainer, and/or entrepreneur who wants to pursue an artistic career and remain in the United States, and are eager to understand what your legal options are? Want to explore strategies for your visa applications? In this pay-what-you-wish virtual program, immigration attorney Michael Cataliotti will explain legal options for creative workers, go through some of the frequently asked questions, and answer questions live from the audience (you!). Presented by the Immigrant Artist Resource Center (NYC),…
Find out more »February 2023
Play the Game, Minimize the Stress: Tax Workshop for ALL
It has come time for everyone’s favorite part of the year: tax season. Do you find the process stressful and unnecessarily confusing? We promise it’s not just you. Want someone who actually understands what it’s like to be in the arts to walk you through the basics in a clear—even visually compelling—way? This workshop, developed by NYFA Learning in partnership with Brass Taxes, will cover the fundamentals. You’ll walk away with a concrete understanding of the things you can and…
Find out more »Apply: Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. In Cycle 7, funds may be requested for emergency expenses for up to a three-month period between September 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application, and live in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory. Apply
Find out more »Information Session: Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Visual artists, film/media/digital/electronic artists, and choreographers, are encouraged to join this live online information session to learn more about the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program. This national program is open to eligible artists living anywhere in the U.S., its territories, D.C, or tribal nations. It provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists…
Find out more »Information Session: Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Visual artists, film/media/digital/electronic artists, and choreographers, are encouraged to join this live online information session to learn more about the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program. This national program is open to eligible artists living anywhere in the U.S., its territories, D.C, or tribal nations. It provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists…
Find out more »March 2023
Grant Proposal Basics: Putting Your Best Foot Forward with Funders
This online workshop, led by filmmaker, consultant, producer, and U.S. film funding specialist Tracie Holder, will prepare you to put your best foot forward the next time you apply for a grant. The goal is to help you gain confidence in your fundraising and proposal writing abilities by providing a solid road map to begin the process. We’ll review the specific components of a proposal, how to convey ideas visually, and how to strike a balance between the big, broad…
Find out more »Information Session: Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding—up to $20,000 per project—to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. The NYFA Grants team will be hosting a virtual information session over Zoom designed to help applicants build a strong application. The one-hour session will include an overview of the program, a summary of eligibility requirements, tips to filling out the application, and…
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