This webinar is designed for arts professionals and small nonprofit leaders and fundraisers. It will delve into how data and infrastructure can improve fundraising, and examine how to put basic steps and systems in place to help drive donations and donor loyalty. If you’re tired of your fundraising being reactive instead of proactive, this webinar is for you. It will be taught by Katherine Delaney, Development Director at NYFA, and is offered as part of a four-part course on engaging…

Thinking about making a movie or show? Great! First, you'll need to strategize how are you going to pitch it to the people who will help get it off the ground. Join Seed&Spark's Art of the Pitch workshop to learn how to connect what you really want to do with your career with the steps it takes to get there and advice for pitching to difference constituents along the way. Click here for full details and to register via Eventbrite.…

The NYFA Grants team will be hosting a series of information sessions designed to help artists build a stronger application online via Zoom. In this session, the NYFA team will explain the 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program guidelines and application process and answer any individual questions you might have. This event is at capacity. A recording of the session will be posted on NYFA's Facebook page by Friday, November 20. Please stay tuned for future NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship information sessions.

This interactive workshop is designed for arts professionals and small nonprofit leaders and fundraisers. In order to provide personalized feedback, interactive workshops will be capped at 25 participants; those registering for an interactive workshop must first take the November 12 webinar on this topic ($75 total). The interactive workshop will go into the basics for creating a fundraising plan and why a plan is important. You will use the techniques discussed in the workshop to create your own simple fundraising…

Archival footage and photos can be powerful elements in telling historical and present-day stories. But archives can also lead to budget and rights issues that are important to anticipate as you craft your film. This presentation by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Peter Miller will cover practical issues of using archival materials in non-fiction filmmaking, including researching, duplicating, cataloging, and securing rights to images from a wide range of sources. We’ll also cover aesthetic and creative issues of interweaving historical…

Join KODA and NYFA for an online panel discussion led by Jungwon Kim of the Rainforest Alliance, with farmer and community activist Karen Washington and artist Lina Puerta. Puerta is currently in residency at KODA and a former NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. The event will highlight the importance of community, living in greater harmony with the cycles of nature, and how we can adapt our way of life to be more sustainable. The participants will be invited to reflect upon how…

Join NYFA's Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (IAP) for our first Virtual Art Salon, with presentations from IAP nationwide alumni and artists from a variety of disciplines. Featuring Adishetu Oyibo, Juan C. Escobedo, Tanika I. Williams, Han Qin, Kiana Honarmand, and Fernando Vieira, this event is created and produced by artists and IAP alum Rupy C. Tut and Jason Wyman. Please RSVP to attend here via Eventbrite.

This webinar is for small nonprofit leaders and fundraisers who would like to increase the engagement of their Board of Directors with fundraising or for those who are, or will be, working with volunteers. In the webinar, you will learn why it is important to engage board members in fundraising, and how to make fundraising less intimidating and manageable for your Board of Directors. It will be taught by Katherine Delaney, Development Director at NYFA, and is offered as part…