Highlights from the February IAP Newsletter #66

Lunar New Year Celebrations and Artist Opportunities

Are you currently receiving our free Con Edison Immigrant Artist Program Newsletter? Highlights from this month’s issue include:

• A featured interview with Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director at Flushing Town Hall about their Lunar New Year festivities, their upcoming calligraphy exhibition, their Space Grant program for emerging artists, and their “Global Mash-ups,” which will bring two cultures together for musical performances.
• A guide of upcoming events including programming for Lunar New Year, a dramatic reading of the letters of Langston Hughes at the 92Y, and a flamenco performance led by Sara Baras with fifteen performers at New York City Center.
• As always, a curated list of opportunities for artists including NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowships, the Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award for outdoor sculptures in New York City parks, Glimmer Train’s short story award for new writers, and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC)’s sixth annual national juried art show.

The Con Edison IAP Newsletter comes out once every month; sign up for free here. Find out more about NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program (IAP).

Image: Asian Fan Dance Workshop, Courtesy of Flushing Town Hall.