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The Art of the Application | Being a First-Time NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Applicant

Read on for tips that will help you navigate the application process.

Submitting an application for a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship for the first time can be challenging. See below for tips that will make your application process smoother.

Before you start:

Read the guidelines to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria!

Depending on your discipline, you will need to read either the Visual Arts, Literary, or Media guidelines.  

As you read through the guidelines, highlight or take note of what you will need to prepare and what important things you must remember before submitting your application.

When selecting your work samples: 

Select artworks created within the last five years.

Select artworks that are a strong representation of your vision and voice as an artist.

Select artworks that create a cohesive visual story.

Make sure that your work samples are in the correct format and file size so they’re uploaded successfully.

Take the time to properly and clearly document your work samples. 

When completing the application form:

Write an outline or plan for each statement. This will make it easier to flesh out your thoughts and make sure you are specifically addressing each section.

For your required statements, make sure you focus on representing a clear vision and voice.

If you feel your work needs more context, you may use one or more of the optional statements (Cultural Statement, Technical Statement, and/or Excerpt Explanation) to give the panel more information about the way you create your work or the way you intend your work to be experienced.

Write in clear, simple language and avoid using “arts speak.” You should also avoid referencing other artists as this will take the panelist’s attention away from your work.

The panel will view work samples in the order they are uploaded. Therefore, put time into organizing your work samples, particularly if you are providing images.

Polishing your application:

Double check all of your written statements for any errors. If possible, have someone else review them.

Make sure all your contact information is correct.

In your written statements, make sure you are only referencing artworks that appear in your work samples.

Give yourself enough time to apply! Plan to submit your application a few days in advance so if you run into any issues, NYFA can help you troubleshoot. 

-Eleysha Sajous, Program Associate, NYFA Grants

The current NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application cycle ends on January 22, 2020. Visit our website for more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, including FAQs and additional Application Tips. NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Images: Matthew Conradt (Fellow in Photography ’19), Artifices, 2016, and Sun Young Kang (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’19), Neither Here nor There, 2017

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We are thrilled to congratulate three artists with #MTAArts projects currently in the works, on receiving NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship grants!

Leslie Wayne, whose laminated glass project will open soon at Bay Parkway (F); Maria Berrio, whose mosaic project is in fabrication for the Fort Hamilton Parkway station (N); and Derek Fordjour, who was recently commissioned for the 145th Street station (3) based on his proposal.

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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 discuss Dennis-Benn’s soon-to-be-released novel Patsy (Liveright, 2019), life as an immigrant in the United States, and the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. CaribBEING is a creative hub that builds cultural awareness and fosters Caribbean heritage through film, art, and culture.

Shelley V. Worrell: Your forthcoming book, Patsy, is set in Brooklyn, more specifically Flatbush, a neighborhood with one of the largest and most diverse Caribbean populations outside of the Caribbean itself. Why Brooklyn? Why Flatbush?

Nicole Dennis-Benn: Flatbush Avenue is a place I know very well and used as a canvas. I really wanted to capture the essence of the Caribbean immigrant community in Patsy. As a Caribbean immigrant myself from Jamaica, I’m always on Flatbush since the neighborhood reminds me so much of home—the smells, the sounds, the people. While writing Patsy, I found inspiration being around other immigrants and imagining their lives in the United States and back home. Most times I see them and interact with them on the surface level; but I also understand that freedom comes with a price, a loss of something—culture, memory, loved ones, a whole country.

SVW: Being a new immigrant is often an isolating experience. Can you tell us about your immigrant story? Have you seen “foreign” change since your arrival, for the better or worse? 

NDB: Yes, being a new immigrant is extremely lonely! I wrote about my experience, which was recently published in BuzzFeed—an excerpt from the Good Immigrant USA anthology (Little, Brown and Company; 2019). And that’s only half of it! Like most immigrants, America was sold to me as a fantasy. But I quickly realized that it has issues like anywhere else. The most shocking realization was being more aware of my blackness. It’s one thing to be a working-class dark-skinned black girl in Jamaica, but it’s another thing to be a black woman in America. Here, black is black is black. I also realized that I’m just as restricted in this black female body in America as I would have been in Jamaica, especially as a lesbian.

SVW: “Back home” has a strong influence on your writing. From patois to aesthetics (fashion), has that evolved since migrating to the U.S. and more specifically to Brooklyn? 

NDB: A former college professor once told me that “You never truly left home. Home is here with you in your memories, which like the imagination, only belongs to you.” I will never forget that. I’ve since realized that she was right. “Home” will always be with me. In terms of language, I never lost that either. In fact, I fight harder to reclaim Jamaican patois in my work, given that we were discouraged from speaking it back home. Patois is our first language, yet we are conditioned to speak standard English in schools. I always thought it was unfair to tell people not to speak their language. That’s an erasure of identity. As an artist, I want to preserve our language on the page. Even if I don’t speak it as much in my new country, I still dream and create in it.

SVW: I also appreciate the integration of a Queer-identified subject in your work. Can you give us some insight on your creative process and how it ties to your sexual identity? 

NDB: Patsy’s story came to me as a confession—a relentless stream of consciousness of a woman, a mother, who deliberately seeks to reinvent herself in America and revel in the freedom it offers her to love the way she wants to love. Hers is a story I wanted to explore—a story that goes against everything we thought the immigrant story to be: altruistic. It’s easy to see now that Patsy���s story is my own in that I, too, chose America to redefine myself. I had always felt like an outsider as a lesbian woman in Jamaica, where homosexuality is taboo and opportunities for the working-class are limited. I wanted to simply be, to find a home in myself elsewhere.

SVW: In Patsy, you talk about barrels and I couldn’t help but think about its connection to Caribbean immigration and to the Diaspora. Why barrels? What are their significance to Caribbean communities both here and back home? 

NDB: Barrels are a staple in any Caribbean immigrant community since they are large enough for individuals living here in America to send a number of things back home to family. Not many immigrants are able to go home as often, or at all, to see the family they left behind. So, barrels become an essential way to send gifts and food and other necessities in their place. In Jamaica, the children who depend on parents who live abroad are referred to as “barrel children.” It’s really a class thing. While some households—middle-class and upper middle-class—can afford to have both parents living and working in Jamaica, others who are mostly working class can only keep afloat financially when one parent, or both, finds work overseas in countries like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, where the dollar amount is worth more than Jamaican dollars. This is how many of us could afford to survive. Many people who leave the island for better opportunities and a way to help their families are often criticized for leaving despite there being no systematic changes in place to keep them home. The government—upon realizing that remittance is the biggest revenue for Jamaica next to tourism—choose to capitalize off immigration. Hence, those barrels and money transfers from the Jamaican diaspora living abroad, is what’s making the Jamaican economy thrive. But what remains is stigma. There is the side-eye given to parents who send barrels in their place; and the hush, encapsulating grudge and pity, which follows the recipients.

SVW: It seems like immigrants are under warfare in the U.S. Are there any references to the current climate in your work? 

NDB: Patsy is set between 1998 and 2008. What Americans don’t realize is that the American government has never been kind to undocumented immigrants like Patsy. Every administration on both sides have deported a significant number of undocumented immigrants despite their ties to family in America. The difference with the current administration is that they’re more vocal about it.

SVW: What do you want people to feel/take away from Patsy? 

NDB: For Patsy, I found myself having to get rid of my own judgments of a woman who not only lacks the desire and capacity to mother, but who abandons her young daughter. I had to unlearn my own expectations of what a mother is expected to be; and more specifically, who we are expected to be and what we are expected to desire as women. Having those personal conflicts is what I love the most about the writing process. I love going down dark avenues with my characters and allow them to teach me more about humanity. I hope my readers will walk away with the same enlightenment, transcending their own understanding of the world to empathize with a woman who is seeking to find her place in a world already set on defining her.

SVW: You’ve had a long history with NYFA, having received the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship. How has that impacted your career?

NDB: I was really grateful for the generous NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship. I was able to pay my bills, which is really important for an artist. It gave me more mental space to focus on my work as opposed to stressing too much about livelihood or quality of life.

SVW: Is there anything else you would like to add or we should look forward to?  

NDB: Well, I’m certainly looking forward to the launch of Patsy on Tuesday, June 4, at Greenlight Bookstore—the Flatbush Avenue location with U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. How fitting it would be to celebrate the book in the very place where it is set!

— Interview conducted by Shelley V. Worrell, Founder & Chief Curator of caribBEING, a NYFA Fiscally Sponsored organization.

Images: Courtesy of Nicole Dennis-Benn

Are you an artist or a new organization interested in expanding your fundraising capacity through NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship? We accept out-of-cycle reviews year-round. No-fee applications are accepted on a quarterly basis, and our next deadline is June 30. Click here to learn more about the program and to apply. Sign up for our free bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, for the latest updates and news about Sponsored Projects and Emerging Organizations.

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Your Summer Reading List

We’re sharing a selection of new books by NYFA affiliated artists that explore complex themes of identity and belonging.

Summer is an ideal time to kick back and relax with a good book, whether you’re on the go and at the beach or taking time from the comfort of your own home. In this post, we’re sharing some recently-published books by NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows and Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program artists, several of which highlight the LGBTQ experience.

American Genius, A Comedy by Lynne Tillman (Fellow in Fiction ’91, Film ’87) In this newly-reissued book (Soft Skull Press), which was named a “Best Book of the Century” by Vulture, a former historian spending time in a residential home, mental institute, artist’s colony, or sanitarium, is spinning tales of her life and ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, textiles, pet deaths, family trauma, a lost brother, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, loneliness, memory, and sensitive skin―and what “sensitivity” means in our culture and society. The new edition includes an introduction by novelist Lucy Ives.

Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad (Fellow in Fiction ’15) Sudbanthad’s highly-anticipated debut novel (Riverhead Books) follows multiple, linked storylines across time, voraciously making and remaking the amphibious, ever-morphing Thai capital. In its starred review, Kirkus Review wrote that Sudbanthad “creates a portrait of Bangkok that sweeps across a century and a teeming cast of characters yet shines with exquisite detail...This breathtakingly lovely novel is an accomplished debut, crafted and rich with history rendered in the most human terms.”

Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang (Fellow in Fiction ’15) Wang’s first collection of short stories (Hogarth) reveals the new face of a generation of Chinese youth. Her characters navigate between their heritage and the chaos of contemporary life with stories that upend well-worn immigrant narratives to reveal a new experience of belonging. Home Remedies was named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Nylon, Electric Literature, The Millions, and Lit Hub and was highlighted as one of “The Best Summer Beach Reads of 2019″ by The Daily Beast.

Invasive species by Marwa Helal (IAP Mentee ’14, IAP Mentor ’16 & ’18) “Marwa Helal has lived, not always by her own choice, both in Egypt and in America, belonging to both countries and to neither,” begins The New York Times’ review of Helal’s first book (Nightboat Books). Her poems touch on our collective humanity and build new pathways for empathy while centering on urgent themes in our cultural landscape, creating space for unseen victims of discriminatory foreign policy towards migrants, refugees, and the displaced. Helal transfers lived experiences of dislocation and relocation onto the reader by obscuring borders through language.

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden (Fellow in Nonfiction Literature ’17) Acclaimed literary essayist Madden’s debut memoir (Bloomsbury Publishing) is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, FL. It was one of the most anticipated books of 2019 according to multiple publications, including Electric Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, Hyphen, and The Advocate and was received an “Editor’s Choice” distinction from The New York Times Book Review. 

Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Fellow in Fiction ’18) The list of accolades for Dennis-Benn’s new novel (Liveright) is growing: from rave reviews from NPR, Kirkus, National Book Review, and The Atlantic to being included in The New York Times’ “12 New Books to Watch for in June,” Entertainment Weekly’s “This Season’s Hottest Reads,” and O Magazine’s “Best Books of Summer 2019.” Read for a stirring portrait of motherhood, immigration, and sacrifice that expertly evokes the rhythms of Jamaica and the bustling streets of New York.

Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson (Fellow in Nonfiction Literature ’17) This candid new work (Scribner), which was included on TIME Magazine’s list of the “Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 So Far” and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly among other high-profile reviews, explores Mitchell’s tumultuous youth in what Jackson calls “the other America.” The book takes its name from the calculations Jackson and his family made to keep safe and stay alive in their small black neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, which was blighted by drugs, violence, poverty, and governmental neglect.

The Falconer by Dana Czapnik (Fellow in Fiction ’18) Czapnik’s debut novel (Atria Books) is set in 1990s New York City and follows 17-year-old Lucy Adler on and off the basketball court as she navigates complex relationships and prepares for life in the broader world. The Falconer was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice Pick and an O Magazine Reading Room Pick, and received praise from additional outlets including NPR, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Kirkus Review. Said Kirkus: “Coming-of-age in Manhattan may not have been done this brilliantly since Catcher in the Rye. That comparison has been made before, but this time, it’s true.” 

When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan (Fellow in Nonfiction Literature ’17) Of Ryan’s book (St. Martin’s Press), Publishers Weekly wrote: “When Brooklyn Was Queer achieves everything one could want in history...Thorough research, engaging storytelling, fascinating stories and a history of obscurity makes this investigation of queer Brooklyn a compelling, essential read.” Also praised by The Guardian, Lambda Literary, The New Republic, and others, When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBTQ history of Brooklyn. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more news and events from NYFA affiliated artists. Also, don’t forget to like us on Facebook to see what current fiscally sponsored projects are up to! To receive more artist news updates, sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News.

Image: Patsy book cover (detail), courtesy of Nicole Dennis-Benn

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Announcing | 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships

NYFA affiliated artists make a strong showing in the 2019 cohort of Guggenheim Fellows.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to congratulate the many NYFA affiliated artists among the 2019 recipients of the Guggenheim Fellowship, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Fellowship is awarded to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and writers who are selected on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. Several NYFA programs are represented among the 168 Guggenheim Fellows, including the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program, and the Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp. Read on and join us in congratulating these NYFA Affiliated Artists.

Drama and Performance Art

Peggy Shaw (Fellow in Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’88, ’95; Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work, ’99, ’05; and Playwriting/Screenwriting ’16)

Fiction

Helen Schulman (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’96)

Film

Benita Raphan (Sponsored Project, Artist as Entrepreneur Bootcamp ’11)

Fine Arts

Jane Hammond (Fellow in Painting ’89) Elena Del Rivero (Printmaking/Drawing/Artists' Books ’01) Aki Sasamoto (Interdisciplinary Work ’18) Deborah Zlotsky (Fellow in Painting ’12, ’18, MARK Bootcamp ’10)

General Nonfiction

Alexandra Chasin (Fellow in Fiction ’12)

Music Composition

Zeena Parkins (Fellow in Music Composition ’08)

Photography

Ben Altman (Sponsored Project, MARK Bootcamp ’09)

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Image: Deborah Zlotsky (Fellow in Painting ’12, ’18)

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Apply Now | 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

New York State-based artists are encouraged to apply for this $7,000 unrestricted cash award.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is excited to announce that the 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application cycle is now open. NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are $7,000 unrestricted cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York. These fellowships are not project grants and are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, regardless of the level of his or her artistic development. In 2018, NYFA awarded a total of $623,000 to 89 artists throughout New York State.

Applications close Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

2019 Award Categories

Fellowships are awarded in 15 different disciplines over a three-year period. The 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Categories are:

Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design

Choreography

Music/Sound

Photography

Playwriting/Screenwriting

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible, applicants must meet all of the following requirements by the application deadline:

25 years old or older

Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located in New York State. Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Indian Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2017 & 2018)

Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind

Are originators, not interpreters of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights and not dancers or actors

Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years (2014-2018)

Cannot submit any work samples that have previously been awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

Are not a NYFA employee, a member of NYFA’s Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, immediate family member of any of the above, or an immediate family member of a 2018-2019 panelist

Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award

Apply Now

Visit NYFA’s Submittable page to start your application. 

For more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, visit our website, view our Fellowships FAQ, and download the application guidelines.

Applications close Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Upcoming Application Seminars:

January 9 - Brooklyn Location: The New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Date and Time: Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Registration: RSVP here via Eventbrite

January 16 - Online Location: NYFA’s Facebook Page Date and Time: Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Registration: No registration necessary, though those interested in tuning in will need to sign into their Facebook accounts to view and participate.

Past Fellows

Several recent distinguished NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have been recognized in this cycle’s award categories include: 

Ersela Kripa, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '10 Sarah Oppenheimer, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '06, '10, '16 Jean Shin, Sculpture '03 and Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '08

Raja Feather Kelly, Choreography '16 Sarah Michelson, Choreography '10 Annie-B Parson, Choreography '00, '06, '13

Anthony G. Coleman, Music/Sound '16 Bora Yoon, Music/Sound '10 Du Yun, Music/Sound '16

Justine Kurland, Photography '13 Lorie Novak, Photography '88, '16 Shen Wei, Photography '16

Young Jean Lee, Playwriting/Screenwriting '10 JT Rogers, Playwriting/Screenwriting '16 Jen Silverman, Playwriting/Screenwriting '13

Visit our website for a full list of Past Fellows.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Images from top: Sarah Oppenheimer (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '06, '10, '16), VP-41, 2009, plywood, 2 foil mirrors, surrounding architecture, and Shen Wei (Fellow in Photography ‘16), Peach Tree, 2014, C-Print.

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Apply Now | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design

Quick tips for making the most of your NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application in this category, courtesy of the NYFA Grants team.

It’s an exciting time of year for artists across New York State as the 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship application cycle is under way, with applications being accepted in the categories of Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Choreography, Music/Sound, Photography, and Playwriting/Screenwriting. 

Consider applying for a $7,000 unrestricted cash award in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design if you’re an artist whose practice is centered around any of the following: the making of spaces and places; furniture design; landscape architecture and design; land art; traditional and experimental forms of architecture; environmental art and design; and interdisciplinary practices that feature strong Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design elements, including works for hire. Work Samples may represent both concept design and constructed projects.

Applicants should only submit work for which they are able to demonstrate that they played the primary design role, either as an individual or as part of a collaboration of up to three people.

Quick Tips for Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Applicants: 

Ensure that you provide enough images to convey the scope and detail of each project in your Work Sample.

If you have images of the final project or product, be sure to include them in your work sample alongside your design, draft, or model images.

If you decide to include design boards, be mindful of how much information is packed into a single image. It is often difficult to read or understand images that are full of information. Instead, use your Excerpt Explanation to give further context to your Work Samples. Panelists will have the opportunity to review the Excerpt Explanations in the first round of review.

Use the Additional Information section to clearly describe important aspects of your work, and to note whether an image shows a completed project, a model, interior/exterior, or template.

Apply Now

Visit NYFA’s Submittable page to start your application. 

For more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, visit our website, view our Fellowships FAQ, and download the application guidelines.

Applications close Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST). 

Past Fellows

Recent distinguished NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have been recognized in this award category include:

Ersela Kripa, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘10 Sarah Oppenheimer, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '06, '10, '16 Jean Shin, Sculpture '03 and Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design '08

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Image: Ian Gerson (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16), Future Floor, 2015, wood, cardboard, neon poster board, black lights, pool of water, found plastic.

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Event | Artists as Innovators Exhibition at SUNY Cortland

Landmark traveling exhibition to open Thursday, March 8 at Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is commemorating three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships with the landmark traveling exhibition Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. The exhibition, which will travel to seven SUNY campuses between Fall 2017 and Spring 2020, will next be on view at Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland from March 5 - April 13, 2018.  The fellowship program has supported more than 4,000 artists in various fields in the visual arts, literature, and performing arts at critical stages throughout their careers. 

The artists in the exhibition are acclaimed and respected around the world, but what is less known is that they all received support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships at crucial points in their careers. Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry with the assistance of Madeline Scholl, Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships will feature work by more than 20 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have gone on to record significant achievements in their artistic careers. The works on display will show how the fellows have addressed pressing and often controversial issues through their art, including racism, gender equality, sexual orientation, immigration, and globalization.

Participating artists include: Elia Alba, Ida Applebroog, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, Wendell Castle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Chitra Ganesh, The Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Lori Nix, Tony Oursler, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Shinique Smith, Carmelita Tropicana, and Fred Wilson.

Artists as Innovators will be celebrated with a public opening on March 8 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland. As part of the exhibition tour, regional partners will present a complementary exhibition and programming. NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship recipients Peter Beasecker, Sharif Bey, Ariana Gerstein, Dusty Herbig, and Monteith McCollum will show their work in the Hallway and Under the Balcony Galleries at the Dowd Fine Arts Center. These artists represent a small cross-section of an active visual arts scene in Central New York. The artwork selected for the satellite exhibition complements the diverse display of media and artists and demonstrates that the region is a home to many talented artists excelling in their field.

Exhibition Opening

Title: Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships Opening Reception: Thursday, March 8, 2018, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibition Dates: March 5 - April 13, 2018 Location: Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, 40 Graham Avenue and Prospect Terrace, Cortland, NY 13045 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM; the gallery is closed when college is not in session

Related Programming 

Exhibition Program

All programs will be presented at SUNY Cortland, 40 Graham Ave., Cortland, NY 13045.

March 28, 2018, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Old Main Building, main Ceramics Studio: Master Workshop: Generating an Idea by Peter Beasecker April 3, 2018, 5:00 PM, Under the Balcony Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center: Performance (with Performance for Perfection) and Q&A with Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum April 5, 2018, 5:00 PM, Dowd Gallery, Fine Arts Center: Artist Talk: Dusty Herbig April 10, 2018, 5:00 PM, Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center: Artist Talk: Sharif Bey

Film Series

All films will be screened at Sperry Center, Room 104, 10 SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045.

March 20, 2018, 6:00 PM -7:00 PM: Peter Hutton - “At Sea” March 29, 2018, 6:00 PM -7:30 PM: Barbara Kopple - “Harlan County” April 4, 2018, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Alan Berliner - “Nobody's Business” April 11, 2018, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Ralph Arlyck - “Following Sean”

Exhibition Schedule - Upcoming

Fall 2018: Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, August 20 - December 10, 2018, Opening on September 7, 2018

Winter 2019: Cathy & Jesse Marion Art Gallery, SUNY Fredonia, January 22 - March 10, 2019, Opening TBD

Summer 2019: The Joseph C. and Joan T. Burke Gallery, SUNY Plattsburgh, May 24 - August 30, 2019, Opening TBD

Fall 2019: Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Dates TBD

Spring 2020: Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Dates TBD

Exhibition Schedule - Past

Fall 2017: Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, August 30 - November 12, 2017

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Funding for Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with shipping support from Atelier 4.

Find out more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Images, from top: (detail) Ross Bleckner, Dome, 2015, Courtesy of the artist, Photo Credit: Jeffrey Sturges; Ida Applebroog, Winnie’s Pooh, 1993, Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth; Dread Scott, Money to Burn, 2010, performance still, Courtesy of the artist

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Apply Now | 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

New York State-based artists are encouraged to apply for this $7,000 unrestricted cash award.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is now accepting applications for 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships in Craft/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. These $7,000 unrestricted cash awards are made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York. They are not project grants and are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice regardless of their level of artistic development. In 2019, NYFA awarded a total of $661,000 to 98 artists.

Applications close on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. NYFA only accepts applications online via apply.nyfa.org/submit.

2020 Award Categories

Craft/Sculpture

Digital/Electronic Arts

Nonfiction Literature

Poetry

Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts

Eligibility Requirements

25 years or older

Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located in New York State

Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Indian Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2018 & 2019)

Cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind

Are the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as dancers or actors

Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

Cannot submit any work samples that have been previously awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

While collaborating artists are eligible to apply, the total number of collaborators cannot exceed three

Are not a current NYFA employee or have been in the last 12 months, a member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, immediate family member of any of the aforementioned, or an immediate family member of a 2019-2020 panelist

Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award

Apply Now

Visit NYFA’s Submittable page to start your application.

For more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, visit our website.

Upcoming Application Seminars

Binghamton, NY - Friday, November 8, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Location: Broome County Arts Council, 95 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 Register: Please email [email protected] Held in conjunction with Broome County Arts Council

Corning, NY - Friday, November 8, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, 79 West Market Street, Corning, NY 14830 Register: Please email [email protected] with your name and email address Held in conjunction with The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes

Fredonia, NY - Saturday, November 9, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Rockefeller Arts Center P55, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063 Register: Please email [email protected] Held in conjunction with Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery

White Plains, NY - Thursday, November 14, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Location: ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 Register: Please email [email protected] Held in conjunction with ArtsWestchester, this event will also include information about NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program. Prior to the event, ArtsWestchester will be offering a docent-led tour of their current exhibition Dataism starting at 5:00 PM.

ONLINE - Thursday, November 21, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Location: NYFA’s Facebook Page; scroll down in the feed to view/participate and refresh your page if the video does not appear in the feed

Brooklyn, NY - Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Location: New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Register: RSVP here via Eventbrite

ONLINE - Thursday, January 16, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Location: NYFA’s Facebook Page; scroll down in the feed to view/participate and refresh your page if the video does not appear in the feed

Visit our website for a full list of past fellows.

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Find out about additional awards and grants here. Sign up for our free bi-weekly newsletter NYFA News to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Images from top: LoVid (Fellows in Digital/Electronic Arts ’17), “Ruby Rendering,” 2015, Image Credit: Megan Raymond for SU Art Galleries; Kymia Nawabi (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17), “Combat of The Immortal Pursuit,” 2016; and Valerie Hegarty (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’17), “Alternative Histories, Brooklyn Museum, The Canes Acres Plantation Dining Room,” 2013, Image Courtesy: Brooklyn Museum

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Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program Recipients and Finalists

NYFA has awarded $661,000 to 98 New York State artists working in the categories of Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Choreography, Music/Sound, Photography, and Playwriting/Screenwriting.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, which it has administered for the past 33 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The organization has awarded a total of $661,000 to 98 artists (including three collaborations) whose ages range from 25-76 years throughout New York State in the following disciplines: Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Choreography, Music/Sound, Photography, and Playwriting/Screenwriting. Fifteen finalists, who do not receive a cash award but benefit from a range of other NYFA services, were also announced. A complete list of the Fellows and Finalists follows. 

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program makes unrestricted cash grants of $7,000 to artists working in 15 disciplines, awarding five per year on a triennial basis. The program is highly competitive, and this year’s recipients and finalists were selected by discipline-specific peer panels from an applicant pool of 2,542. Since it was launched in 1985, the program has awarded over $31 million to more than 5,000 artists. This year, thanks to the generous support of photography nonprofit Joy of Giving Something, NYFA was able to award an additional five Fellowships in Photography, which has the largest application pool of any Fellowship category.

“We are grateful to NYSCA for this annual opportunity to provide nearly 100 artists from New York State with unrestricted cash grants,” said Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA. “What’s most exciting is that the Fellowship impacts artists of all disciplines and career stages and that these artists are being recognized by a jury of their peers. Beyond the financial aspect, it empowers them to keep creating and exploring new possibilities in their work.”

New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director Mara Manus described how the program makes New York communities more vibrant: “The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship recognizes that artists of all disciplines, backgrounds, ages, and career stages make vital contributions to New York’s creative culture. Over the past 33 years, the Artist Fellowship has been a launching pad and a critical source of support for artists whose work helps build healthy communities in all regions of the state.”

On receiving a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Playwriting/Screenwriting, Brooklyn-based Nabil Viñas said: “It is a deeply moving honor to be recognized by NYSCA/NYFA. I took up screenwriting out of necessity, as it became clear that the voices and stories from my life would not appear in works by others. This fellowship tells me our stories matter, and that my voice is worth hearing.”

For Ben Altman, a Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design from Danby, NY, the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship represents another facet of support from NYFA: “NYFA has informed my artistic practice throughout my 12 years in Upstate New York, providing professional development, fiscal sponsorship, grant application support, workshops, critique, and timely advice. To be awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is as much a tribute to those inputs as it is an important and very welcome recognition of the work NYFA’s support has helped me to produce.”

To Veena Chandra, a Fellow in Music/Sound from Latham, NY, the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship empowers her to “continue to create, promote, and preserve” musical tradition. “I feel blessed to have been playing Indian sitar music for the last 63 years. I am so grateful to my father, who created an environment for me to learn this beautiful music and taught me from the very beginning of my life. To be recognized for my work in performing and preserving Indian Classical music means a lot to me, especially at this point in my career,” she noted.

Fellowship Recipients, Finalists, and Panelists by Discipline and County of Residence:

Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Fellows

Ben Altman (Tompkins) Kenseth Armstead (Kings) Shimon Attie (New York) Sonya Blesofsky (Kings) Yeju Choi and Chat Travieso - Yeju & Chat (Kings) * Blane De St. Croix (Kings) Sun Young Kang (Erie) Kyung-jin Kim  (Queens) Ming-Jer Kuo (Queens)*** Lindsay Packer (Kings) Christopher Robbins (Westchester) Jeffrey Williams (Kings)       

Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Finalists      

Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels (Kings) Justin Brice Guariglia (Kings) Pascale Sablan (New York)    

Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Panelists    

Ann Reichlin (Tompkins) Ekene Ijeoma (Kings) Nina Cooke John (New York) Victoria Palermo (Warren)      

Choreography Fellows

Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie (New York) Justina Grayman (Queens)**** GREYZONE (Kings) Dan Hurlin (New York) Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (Kings) Shamel Pitts (Kings) Melinda Ring (New York) Same As Sister (Queens)* Rebeca Tomas (Westchester) Kelly Todd (Kings) Donna Uchizono (New York) Vangeline (Kings) Adia Tamar Whitaker (Kings)        

Choreography Finalists      

Parijat Desai (New York) DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks (Kings) Netta Yerushalmy (New York)        

Choreography Panelists    

Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp (Monroe) Robin Collen (St. Lawrence) Trebien Pollard (Erie) Marie Poncé (New York) Kota Yamazaki (Kings)  

Music/Sound Fellows

ALMA (Kings)* Lora-Faye Åshuvud (Queens) Newman Taylor Baker (New York) Bob Bellerue (Kings) Leila Bordreuil (Kings) Vienna Carroll (New York) Veena Chandra (Albany) David First (Kings) Micah Frank (Kings) Kate Gentile (Kings) Michael Harrison (Westchester) JSWISS (Kings) Liz Phillips (Queens) Kenneth Kirschner (Kings) Elliott Sharp (New York) Jen Shyu (Kings) Ann Warde (Tompkins) Eric Wubbels (Queens)    

Music/Sound Finalists      

Lily Henley (Kings) Earl Howard (Queens) Tobaron Waxman (New York)    

Music/Sound Panelists    

Toni Blackman (Kings) Sarah Hennies (Tompkins) John Morton (Rockland) Margaret Anne Schedel (Suffolk) Elio Villafranca (New York)        

Photography Fellows

Manal Abu-Shaheen (Queens) Yasser Aggour (Kings) Aneta Bartos (New York) Lucas Blalock (Kings) Matthew Conradt (Kings) Debi Cornwall  (Kings) Robin Crookall (Kings) Tim Davis (Dutchess)****** Eli Durst (Queens) Nona Faustine (Kings) Jonathan Gardenhire  (Kings) Rachel Granofsky (Kings)***** Carlie Guevara (Queens) Gail Albert-Halaban (New York) Daesha Devón Harris (Saratoga)****** Gillian Laub (New York) Jiatong Lu (Kings)****** Diana Markosian (Kings) Rehan Miskci (New York) Rachelle Mozman Solano (Kings) Karina Aguilera Skvirsky (New York) Erin O'Keefe (New York) Paul Raphaelson (Kings) Victor Rivera (Onondaga)****** Jahi Lateef Sabater (Kings) Nadia Sablin (Kings) Derick Whitson (New York) Letha Wilson (Columbia)****** Alex Yudzon (Kings)        

Photography Finalists      

Mike Crane (Kings) Julianne Nash (Kings) Dana Stirling (Queens)

Photography Panelists    

Nydia Blas (Tompkins) Carmen Lizardo (Hudson) Lida Suchy (Onondaga) Sinan Tuncay (Kings) Penelope Umbrico (Kings)

Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellows

Rae Binstock (Kings) Benedict Campbell (Bronx) Sol Crespo (Bronx)**** Amy Evans (Kings) Stephanie Fleischmann (Columbia) Robin Fusco (Queens) Myla Goldberg (Kings) Ryan J. Haddad (New York) Susan Kathryn Hefti (New York) Holly Hepp-Galvan (Queens) Timothy Huang (New York) Fedna Jacquet (New York) Nicole Shawan Junior (Kings)** Serena Kuo (Kings) Kal Mansoor (Kings) Michael Mejias (Kings) Joey Merlo (New York) Rehana Lew Mirza (Kings) Joél Pérez (New York) Keil Troisi (Kings) Nabil Viñas (New York) Craig T. Williams (New York)    

Playwriting/Screenwriting Finalists      

Iquo B. Essien (Kings) Becca Roth (Kings) Sheri Wilner (New York)        

Playwriting/Screenwriting Panelists    

Sheila Curran Bernard (Albany) Clarence Coo (New York) Randall Dottin (New York) David Ebeltoft (Steuben) Julie Casper Roth (Albany) 

* Collaborative artists ** Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award *** Joanne Y. Chen Taiwanese American Artist Fellow **** Gregory Millard Fellows made with the support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Gregory Millard Fellowships are awarded annually to New York City residents chosen in several categories. The award was established by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in 1984 in memory of poet and playwright Gregory Millard, who served as Assistant Commissioner of Cultural Affairs from 1978 until his death in 1984 and championed the causes of individual artists. ***** Deutsche Bank Fellow ******Joy of Giving Something Fellow

Funding Support

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Major funding is also provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). Additional funding is provided by Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, ​Taiwanese American Arts Council​, The Joy of Giving Something Inc., and individual donors.

Find out more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more news and events from NYFA. To receive more artist news updates, sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News.

Images from Top: Lindsay Packer (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’19), False Fold, 2019, colored light and found objects, Photo Credit: Lindsay Packer; Donna Uchizono (Fellow in Choreography ’19), March Under an Empty Reign (Sextet), 2018, performers Natalie Green and Aja Carthon, Photo Credit: Ian Douglas; Eli Durst (Fellow in Photography ’19), Bread (Cross), 2017, archival pigment print; Veena Chandra (Fellow in Music/Sound ’19), Image Credit: MARS Fotographi

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Event | Artists as Innovators Exhibition at SUNY Plattsburgh

Exhibition runs through August 9, 2019 and includes public events with NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows.

The New York Foundation for the Art’s (NYFA) Artists as Innovators exhibition commemorates three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships and is touring to SUNY campuses through Spring 2020. The landmark exhibition, which celebrates a program that has supported more than 4,000 artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts, is now on view at Plattsburgh State Art Museum at SUNY Plattsburgh through Friday, August 9, 2019.

Throughout the exhibition, there will be a series of artist talks and workshops with exhibiting artists Elia Alba (Fellow in Crafts ’01, Photography ’08) and The Guerrilla Girls (Fellows in Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’88) and Hogansburg, NY resident Carrie Hill (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts ’15). All artist talks and workshops are free to the public, though seating is limited. Please RSVP to Christina Elliott, Museum Educator, at [email protected].

Elia Alba — the multidisciplinary contemporary artist will discuss her artwork and host a fiber sculpture workshop. 

Title: Artist Talk with Elia Alba Date: Thursday, April 25, 7:00 PM Location: 202 Yokum Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 107 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Title: Fibre Sculpture Workshop with Elia Alba Date: Friday, April 26, 10:00 AM Location: 102 Myers Fine Arts, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

The Guerrilla Girls — this dynamic group of artists and activists will discuss their activist efforts and host a workshop. Please RSVP by May 6, 2019.

Title: Artist Talk with The Guerrilla Girls Date: Thursday, May 9, 7:00 PM Location: 202 Yokum Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 107 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Title: Workshop with The Guerrilla Girls Date: Friday, May 10, 10:00 AM Location: 102 Myers Fine Arts, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Carrie Hill — this traditional Mohawk basket-maker will discuss her artwork and host a weaving workshop. This event is part of Plattsburgh State Art Museum's New York State Path through History Days and ACCA Museum Days programming. Please RSVP by June 9, 2019.

Title: Artist Talk with Carrie Hill Date: Saturday, June 15, 10:30 AM Location: 224 Myers Fine Arts, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Title: Weaving Workshop with Carrie Hill Date: Saturday, June 15, 11:30 AM Location: 224 Myers Fine Arts, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Funding for Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with shipping support from Atelier 4.

Find out more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York. Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Image: Elia Alba, Busts (Caitlin), 2009, photo transfers on fabric, rope, grommets, acrylic, Courtesy of the Artist

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Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program Recipients and Finalists

NYFA has awarded a total of $644,000 to 95 New York State artists.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 31 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The organization has awarded a total of $644,000 to 95 artists (including three collaborations) whose ages range from 25-84 years throughout New York State in the following disciplines: Crafts/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. Fifteen finalists, who do not receive a cash award, but benefit from a range of other NYFA services, were also announced. A complete list of the Fellows and Finalists follows.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program makes unrestricted cash grants of $7,000 to artists working in 15 disciplines, awarding five per year on a triennial basis. The program is highly competitive and this year’s recipients and finalists were selected by discipline-specific peer panels from an applicant pool of 2,744. Since it was launched in 1985, the program has awarded over $31 million to more than 4,400 artists.

“Being an artist is hard work, and a struggle for many; a recent report by New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs found that 40% of the artists surveyed cannot afford art supplies and tools,” said Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA. “This sobering figure is one of the reasons why we are proud to support artists across New York State with unrestricted grants. For 31 years, artists of all disciplines have put the money towards anything that helps make their lives and practice easier, including buying the supplies and time they need to make their art and push their careers forward” he added.

New York State Council on the Arts Chair, Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, said: “The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program supports New York State’s creative communities, and NYSCA is proud of our leadership role in this nearly 32-year collaboration with NYFA. Since 1985, NYSCA has provided $31 million in funding for this critical program. Each individual grant helps the recipient more freely engage in imaginative work, and expand the boundaries of creative media. It is gratifying to know that this program has made a real difference in the daily lives of thousands of artists, throughout New York State."

Richard Barlow of Oneonta, New York, was awarded a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. He expressed that “the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is an incredible validation of my work as a visual artist. As a relative newcomer to New York State, it also feels like an acknowledgement that I have established a successful art practice and presence in my new home.” He added that the money will “offset many of the costs of maintaining an active artistic practice: travel, shipping, residencies, materials, promotion, fabrication, etc., and in doing so will alleviate financial pressures and open some mental breathing room to allow for more creative work.”

Neda Toloui-Semnani, a Fellow in Nonfiction Literature from Brooklyn, New York, shared the following about her fellowship: “The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship has given me, a nonfiction writer, the luxury of resource. It has given me both peace of mind and a great deal of joy because I get to see through the final reporting and writing of my first book without compromising. It’s an extraordinary gift.”

Fellowship Recipients and Finalists by Discipline and County of Residence:

Crafts/Sculpture

Sharif Bey (Onondaga) Robert Bittenbender (Kings) Kathy Butterly (New York) Jack Elliott (Tompkins) Hiroyuki Hamada (Suffolk) Dave Hardy (Kings) Valerie Hegarty (Kings) Sophie Hirsch (Kings) Jerome Johnson (Kings) Robin Kang (Nassau) Zaq Landsberg (Kings) China Marks (Queens) Melanie McLain (Queens) Shari Mendelson (Schoharie) Toshiaki Noda (New York) Kambui Olujimi (Kings) Peter Opheim (Kings) Jim Osman (Kings) Lina Puerta (New York) Patrick Robideau (Niagara) Diana Shpungin (Kings) Elise Siegel (New York) Kurt Steger (Kings) Joanne Ungar (Kings)

Crafts/Sculpture Finalists

Jarrod Beck (Ulster) Oasa DuVerney (Kings) Panagiotis Mavridis (Kings) Susan Meyer (Columbia)

Crafts/Sculpture Panelists

Mikhail Gubin (Queens) Cal Lane (Putnam) Ryan Sarah Murphy (Kings) Armita Raafat (New York) Kako Ueda (Kings)

Digital/Electronic Arts

Merche Blasco (Kings) Jeremy Couillard (Queens) João Enxuto and Erica Love (New York)* LoVid (Suffolk)* Melinda Hunt (Westchester) Zohar Kfir (Kings) Jen Liu (Richmond) Amelia Marzec (Kings) Eva and Franco Mattes (New York)* Joseph Morris (Kings) Ziv Schneider (Queens) Pascual Sisto (Kings) Christopher Woebken (New York)

Digital/Electronic Arts Finalists

Anthony Graves and Carla Herrera-Prats - Camel Collective (Queens)* DeeDee Halleck (Ulster) Mattia Casalegno (Kings)

Digital/Electronic Arts Panelists

Peter Burr (Kings) Heather Bursch (Kings) Moo Kwon Han (New York) Gabriela Monroy (Kings/International) Boryana Rossa (Onondaga)

Nonfiction Literature

Humera Afridi (New York) Jennifer Baker (Queens) Ava Chin (New York) Mitchell Jackson (New York) T Kira Madden (New York) Alia Malek (Kings) Joseph Osmundson (New York) Brice Particelli (New York) Ross Perlin (Queens) Hugh Ryan (Kings) Aurvi Sharma (New York) Neda Toloui-Semnani (Kings) Kelly Tsai (Kings)** Alejandro Varela (Kings) Katherine Zoepf (New York)

Nonfiction Literature Finalists

Brian Castner (Erie) Lisa Chen (Kings) Rong Xiaoqing (Queens)

Nonfiction Literature Panelists

Shahnaz Habib (Kings) Abeer Hoque (Kings) Annie Lanzillotto (Westchester) Thaddeus Rutkowski (New York) Eben Wood (Kings)

Poetry

Desiree C. Bailey (Queens) Jennifer Bartlett (Kings) Wo Chan (Kings) Alan Davies (New York) Joey De Jesus (Queens) Betsy Fagin (Kings) Jameson Fitzpatrick (Kings) Harmony Holiday (New York)*** Jake Matkov (Kings) Uche Nduka (Kings) Allyson Paty (Kings) Tommy Pico (Kings) Jayson Smith (Kings) Ann Stephenson (New York) Bridget Talone (Queens) Michelle Whittaker (Suffolk) Samantha Zighelboim (New York)

Poetry Finalists

Ana Bozicevic (Kings) Krystal Languell (Kings) Asiya Wadud (Kings)

Poetry Panelists

Albert Abonado (Monroe) Rosebud Ben-Oni (Queens) Rachel McKibbens (Monroe) Stacy Szymaszek (Kings) Matvei Yankelevich (Kings)

Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts

Richard Barlow (Otsego) Alex Barry (New York) Natalie Beall (Dutchess) Thalia Chantziara (New York) Amanda Church (New York) Amy Cutler (Kings) Terry Conrad (Saratoga) Donna Diamond (Bronx) Mark Dion (New York) Mark Ferguson (Kings) Johanna Goodman (Rockland) Ellen Grossman (New York) Takuji Hamanaka (Kings) Amir Hariri (Queens) Carla Rae Johnson (Westchester) Cotter Luppi (Columbia) Kymia Nawabi (Kings) Susan Rostow (New York) Jennifer Schmidt (Kings)**** Charlotte Schulz (Westchester) Sean Sullivan (Ulster) Dannielle Tegeder (New York) Scott Teplin (Kings) 

Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts Finalists

Nicole Maloof (New York) Debra Priestly (Ulster)

Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts Panelists

Perry Angelora (Kings) Gil Avineri (New York) George Hrycun (Allegany) Svetlana Rabey (New York) Jen Ray (Queens)

* Collaborating Fellows **Joanne Chen Fellowship: Kelly Tsai (Nonfiction Literature); the Joanne Chen Fellowship is awarded annually to a Taiwanese American artist residing in New York State ***Shelley Pinz Fellow: Harmony Holiday (Poetry) ****Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Fellow: Jennifer Schmidt (Printmaking/ Drawing/Book Arts)

Click here for more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program.

Funding Support

Major funding is also provided by the New York State Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). Additional funding is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, and individual donors.

Images, from above: Terry Conrad (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ‘17), Photo Credit: PD Rearick; Kathy Butterly (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ‘17), Chaos Monkey, 2017, clay and glaze, Photo Credit: Alan Weiner; Amelia Marzec (Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts ‘17), Weather Center for the Apocalypse: Weather Tower, 2016, Wood, glass, acrylic, electronics

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Business of Art | Best Practices for Shipping and Handling Your Art

Jonathan Schwartz, President/CEO of Atelier 4, helps artists develop a framework for shipping and handling success.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is commemorating three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships with the landmark traveling exhibition Artists as Innovators. 

Atelier 4, one of the nation’s premier fine art logistics companies, is providing shipping support for the exhibition throughout the show’s run from Fall 2017 through Spring 2020. We spoke with President/CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the lead-up to the exhibition’s opening at SUNY Fredonia’s Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery on February 1, 2019 (details below), and gained insights from the President/CEO on shipping and handling best practices for artists. Read on for Schwartz’s insights.

What to Consider When Shipping and Handling Your Work

In the process of shipping artwork, there are many complex stages that come before the work’s arrival to its final destination. In terms of “best practices,” the process is composed of several steps that are integral yet often overlooked. 

My first recommendation is to ask yourself: When do I need these objects to reach their destination? Then, work backwards from there as you consider the following:

1. Loan agreements and insurance coverage. This should be sorted out as far in advance as possible of the date of pick-up.

2. The weight of your artwork. Weight can be a factor, and may necessitate specialized lifting equipment such as a gantry, forklift, block and tackle, etc., which require a higher level of expertise than simple art moving and handling.

3. Packaging and moving prep. What kind of preparation and packing does your object need in order to leave your studio? Does it require any specialized moving equipment? This will all depend on how you are transporting the object (i.e. truck, air, or sea) and how far away you are shipping your object. For example:

If it is riding with a qualified fine art-handling company (see ICEFAT.org for a list of reputable providers worldwide) via specialized fine art trucks, you might get away with a soft-pack solution.

If you’re using a consolidated shipment-sharing space with other works going to other places, a more robust wrap is needed. Keep in mind that you will pay a premium for anything you cannot stack or alter.

Any surface that cannot tolerate contact needs to float in a shadow box, collar, or travel frame.

Handling and transport via common carrier, air freight, or ocean vessel requires a sound crate or travel case.

4. Access at pick-up and drop-off. Consider the access you will have at both the pick-up and delivery locations (height and width of doorways, elevators, and stairwells; parking restrictions; and prohibited hours of entry).

5. Documentation. International travel requires documentation. If the forms and procedures seem daunting, entrust a reputable fine art logistics company with international experience. Here is a brief, and by no means exhaustive, list of some of the requirements:

Packing lists and invoices (commercial invoices are needed for definitive exports, like in the case of a sale; and pro forma invoices are for temporary exports, like in the case of an exhibition) are essential.

Personal or business information is required to arrange export or import entries.

The composition or medium of an object can require government agency permits such as a phytosanitary certificate (for plants and plant products), fish and wildlife (including feathers, shells, taxidermy, etc.), which is determined by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

There are also other laws in place, such as the Lacey Act (which helps prevent illegal trafficking of plant products), along with others you should research or speak to a fine arts logistics expert about.

Permits and internationally-recognized treaties such as ATA Carnet (an international customs document that permits the export and import of duty-free nonperishable goods for up to one year) have expiration dates. Keep this in mind when considering the length of exhibition tours.

See below for additional resources and further reading on import and export requirements:

CITES

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife International Affairs

Whether your art shipment is a single object or a mid-career survey, all of these steps are essential. Experienced artists are likely to do some combination of in-house arrangements paired with either commercial or fine art specialty transport assistance, and that can work just fine. If you are new at this, and your tolerance for mishaps and damages is minimal, you’d be well-advised to consult the experts.

Artists as Innovators at SUNY Fredonia

Title: Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships Opening Reception: February 1, 2019, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Visiting Artist Lecture with Jonathan Katz: Thursday, February 21, 8:30 PM Visiting Artist Lecture with Dread Scott: Thursday, February 28, 8:30 PM Exhibition Dates: January 22 - March 10, 2019 Location: Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY Fredonia, 280 Central Avenue, Fredonia, NY 14063

Exhibition Touring Schedule

Summer 2019: The Joseph C. and Joan T. Burke Gallery, SUNY Plattsburgh, May 24 - August 30, 2019, Opening TBD

Fall 2019: Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Dates and Opening TBD

Spring 2020: Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Dates and Opening TBD

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Funding for Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with shipping support from Atelier 4.

Find out more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

Images: Artists as Innovators installation at the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY Fredonia, Courtesy SUNY Fredonia.

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Save the Date | Artists as Innovators Exhibition to Open September 9

Landmark exhibition celebrates three decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships and will travel to seven SUNY campuses between Fall 2017 and Spring 2020.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is commemorating three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships with the landmark traveling exhibition Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. The fellowship program has supported more than 4,000 artists in various fields in the visual arts, literature, and performing arts at critical stages throughout their careers.

The artists in the exhibition are acclaimed and respected around the world, but what is less known is that they all received support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships at crucial points in their careers. Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry with the assistance of Madeline Scholl, Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships will feature work by more than 20 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have gone on to record significant achievements in their artistic careers. The works on display will show how the fellows have addressed pressing and often controversial issues through their art, including racism, gender equality, sexual orientation, immigration, and globalization.

Participating artists include: Elia Alba, Ida Applebroog, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, Wendell Castle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Chitra Ganesh, The Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Lori Nix, Tony Oursler, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Shinique Smith, Carmelita Tropicana, and Fred Wilson.

Exhibition highlights include The Guerrilla Girls’ “How Women Get Maximum Exposure in Art Museum,” perhaps one of the most recognizable works of the feminist art canon. The feminist art perspective is further explored through the works of Ida Applebroog and Chitra Ganesh; both Applebroog’s “Winnie’s Pooh” and several works by Ganesh reference mainstream imagery in surprising, sometimes disturbing ways that highlight alternate articulations of femininity to the broader public. Other featured works include stills from Dread Scott’s “Money to Burn” performance on Wall Street, a transgressive act that questioned one of the foundations of the international economy. By burning one bill at a time and encouraging others to follow, Scott made physical what happens on stock markets around the globe every day. Dawoud Bey approaches social issues through a more intimate, anthropological perspective, displaying his photographs alongside the personal accounts from his sitters. Through these works and others, the exhibition makes clear that NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows are no strangers to confronting taboos and constructing alternate realities that question established systems.

Artists as Innovators will be celebrated with a public opening on Saturday, September 9, 2017 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. It will travel to Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland; Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University; Marion Art Gallery, SUNY Fredonia; Burke Gallery, SUNY Plattsburgh; Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University; and Center for the Arts, Westchester Community College, full schedule below. As part of the exhibition tour, regional SUNY partners will present complementary exhibitions and programming.

“The work in this exhibition shows how these influential artists interpret our times, questioning our values and prompting social awareness, but at the same time creating works of art that are innovative and full of visual power,” said Co-Curator, feminist visual arts advocate, and NYFA Board Chair Judith K. Brodsky.

“SUNY is proud to partner with The New York Foundation for the Arts and open its doors to all New Yorkers, so they can join us in being inspired by some of the most well-respected artists of our time,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “Thank you to NYFA for its ongoing support of New York’s artists and to the SUNY campuses serving as hosts to this outstanding exhibit,” she added.

Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts, said, “We are pleased to acknowledge our fruitful collaboration with NYFA during the past 31 years. NYSCA has invested over $30 million, to provide cash awards of $650,000 annually to artists, living and working in New York State. These fellowships provide unrestricted support, and have nurtured thousands of diverse, engaged members of New York State's creative communities. It is exciting to see this outstanding exhibition, which presents to the wider public the tangible results of what NYSCA, in concert with NYFA, has initiated and supported.”

“The Dorsky and its SUNY partners are thrilled to be participating in this collaboration with NYFA,” said Sara Pasti, the Neil C. Trager director of the Dorsky Museum, who also serves as chair of the SUNY Council of Museums and Galleries. “We’re particularly honored to have the opportunity to open ‘Artists as Innovators’ here in New Paltz, as the exhibition provides a unique opportunity for our students and regional audiences to see work by extraordinary contemporary artists who have played an influential role in art history. This is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Pasti said.

In addition to the visual artists in the exhibition, the roster of NYSCA/NYFA Fellows includes such significant figures as A.M. Homes, David Henry Hwang, Tony Kushner, Lynn Nottage, and Suzan-Lori Parks in theatre and literary arts; Todd Haynes, Spike Lee, and Mira Nair in film; Meredith Monk, Julie Taymor, and Yvonne Rainer in the performing arts; and Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio in architecture.

Exhibition Opening

Title: Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9, 2017, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Exhibition Dates: August 30, 2017 - November 12, 2017 Location: The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561 Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Closed Holidays and Intersessions

Exhibition Schedule

Fall 2017: Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, August 30 - November 12, 2017

Spring 2018: Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, March 5 - April 13, 2018

Fall 2018: Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, August 20 - December 10, 2018

Winter 2019: Cathy & Jesse Marion Art Gallery; SUNY Fredonia; January 22 - March 10, 2019; Opening Friday, February 1, 2019

Summer 2019: The Joseph C. and Joan T. Burke Gallery, SUNY Plattsburgh, May 24 - August 30, 2019, Opening TBD

Fall 2019: Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Dates TBD

Spring 2020: Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Dates TBD

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Funding for Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with shipping support from Atelier 4.

Find out more about NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations and the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program, a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to individual artists living and working in the state of New York.

Images, from top: (detail) Ross Bleckner, Dome, 2015, Courtesy of the artist, Photo Credit: Jeffrey Sturges; Ida Applebroog, Winnie’s Pooh, 1993, Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth; Dread Scott, Money to Burn, 2010, performance still, Courtesy of the artist

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Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program Recipients and Finalists

NYFA has awarded $623,000 to 89 New York State artists.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 32 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The organization has awarded a total of $623,000 to 89 artists throughout New York State in the following disciplines: Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, and Video/Film. This year’s recipients range in age between 26 and 77. Fifteen finalists, who do not receive a cash award, but benefit from a range of other NYFA services, were also announced. A complete list of the Fellows and Finalists follows.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program makes unrestricted cash grants of $7,000 to artists working in 15 disciplines, awarding five per year on a triennial basis. The program is highly competitive and this year’s recipients and finalists were selected by discipline-specific peer panels from an applicant pool of 3,071. Since it was launched in 1985, the program has awarded over $31 million to more than 4,500 artists.

“Artists deepen humanity and help us to understand the world and each other through their work,” said Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA. “We’re proud to collaborate with NYSCA to offer unrestricted grants to artists of all disciplines across New York State to support their artistic visions,” he added.

“We recognize that at the heart of the arts is the individual artist,” said Mara Manus, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts. “These grants provide artists in a multitude of disciplines with financial support so they can take risks and flourish in their work, fueling the creative capital of New York.”

Sejal Shah, a Fellow in Fiction from Rochester, NY, reflected on the award saying: “Receiving the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship means it is possible for me to teach less, worry (a little) less, and write more. It is allowing me to focus on the big picture and helps me to believe that what I am doing has value to someone other than me. As an artist, I feel freer to take risks with my work, to experiment, and to continue to write about gender, race, silence, and speech.”

Kim Brandt, a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work from Queens, NY, shared the following about her fellowship: “Receiving a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a real gift—both a vote of confidence and a sigh of relief. On a practical level, it supports a continued commitment to my work by easing the financial burdens of its costs. For a contained stretch of time, I can pay for studio space and materials, take time away from my jobs, and travel for a residency with less worry and reduced stress. Yet to have my work recognized and acknowledged by NYFA and their panelist of arts professionals, peers, and colleagues, to be included in a roster of previous awardees whose work I’ve long admired and respected—this is the deeply meaningful support that doesn't run out once the last penny is spent. This kind of support feeds and fuels long past the fellowship period, and its value is immeasurable and unlimited.”

Fellowship Recipients and Finalists by Discipline and County of Residence:

Fiction Fellows

Caitlin Cass (Erie) Diane Chang (Queens) Martin Cloutier (Kings) Dana Czapnik (New York) Nicole Dennis-Benn (Kings) Eric Gansworth (Niagara) Susanna Horng (New York) Naomi Jackson (Kings) Swati Khurana (New York) Lisa Ko (Kings) Marie Myung-Ok Lee (New York) Haifa Lakshmi Koleilat (Rockland) Lissette J. Norman (Richmond)** Bino A. Realuyo (Queens) Mike Scalise (Kings) Jennifer Sears (Kings) Sejal Shah (Monroe) Kelli Trapnell (Kings)

Fiction Finalists    

YZ Chin (New York) Adalena Kavanagh (Kings) Yahaira Lawrence (Westchester)       

Fiction Panelists  

Roohi Choudhry (Kings) Janet McNally (Erie) Anne Panning (Monroe) Edward Schwarzschild (Albany) Cathie Wright-Lewis (Kings)       

Folk/Traditional Arts Fellows

Douglas Barr (Richmond) Danielle Brown (Kings) Moris J Cañate (Queens) Helen Taylor Condon (St. Lawrence) William Crouse Sr. (Cattaraugus) Wafa Ghnaim (Kings) Zhong-hua Lu (Rensselaer) Potri Ranka Manis (Queens) Tashi D Sharzur (Techung) (Essex) Jake Shulman-Ment (Kings) Salieu Suso (Bronx)**

Folk/Traditional Finalists

Martin Macica (Saratoga) Halyna Shepko (Ulster) Alicia Svigals (New York)  

Folk/Traditional Panelists  

Mary Tooley Parker (Westchester) Blanka Amezkua (Bronx) Naomi Sturm (Richmond) Elinor Levy (Dutchess) Carrie Hill (Franklin)

Interdisciplinary Work Fellows

Noel W Anderson (Queens) Kim Brandt (Queens) A.K. Burns (Kings) Tyler Coburn (Kings) Ayana Evans (New York) Allison Janae Hamilton (New York) Kathy High (Rensselaer) Sue Jeong Ka (New York) Baseera Khan (New York) Mary Mattingly (Kings) Christie Neptune (Kings) Ernesto Pujol (Columbia) Elise Rasmussen (Kings) Aki Sasamoto (Kings) Kuldeep Singh (Kings) Tiffany Smith (Kings) Tattfoo Tan (Richmond)

Interdisciplinary Work Finalists  

Keren Benbenisty (New York) Kameelah Janan Rasheed (Kings) Aida Šehović (New York)    

Interdisciplinary Work Panelists

Matt Bua (Greene) David Court (Ulster) Glendalys Medina (New York) Rachel Fein-Smolinski (Onondaga) Jaimie Warren (Kings)       

Painting Fellows

Samira Abbassy (New York) Maria Berrio (Kings) Gabe Brown (Ulster) Tom Burckhardt (New York) Ginny Casey (Kings) Elizabeth Colomba (New York) Lisa Corinne Davis (Kings) Lydia Dona (New York) Donise English (Dutchess) Derek Fordjour (New York)* Clarity Haynes (Kings) Vera Iliatova (Kings) Julian Kreimer (Kings) Joel Longenecker (Dutchess) Kathryn Lynch (Kings) Sangram Majumdar (Kings) Tracy Miller (Kings) Patrick Neal (New York) David Opdyke (Queens) Paul Pagk (New York) Luisa Rabbia (Kings) Gretchen Scherer (Kings) Emily Mae Smith (Kings) Michael Stamm (Kings) Amy Talluto (Ulster) Leslie Wayne (New York) Deborah Zlotsky (Albany)

Painting Finalists

Jordan Casteel (New York) Clayton Schiff (Queens) Don Voisine (Kings)

Painting Panelists

Julia Whitney Barnes (Dutchess) Franklin Evans (New York) Elliot Green (Columbia) Sarah McCoubrey (Onondaga) Mie Yim (Kings)    

Video/Film Fellows

Abbesi Akhamie (Kings) Jessica Beshir (New York) Ira Eduardovna (Kings) Fernando Frias de la Parra (Kings) Brent Green (Ulster) Devin Horan (Kings) Haisi Hu (Kings) Hannah Jayanti (Kings) Steffani Jemison (Kings) Ekwa Msangi (Kings) Shayok Mukhopadhyay (Westchester) Iva Radivojevic (Kings) Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli (Kings) Lynne Sachs (Kings) Fern Silva (Kings) Sasha Wortzel (Kings)      

Video/Film Finalists

Melanie Crean (Kings) Case Jernigan (Kings) Nikyatu Jusu (Kings)   

Video/Film Panelists

Justin Ambrosino (Richmond) Zia Anger (Columbia) Shirley Bruno (Kings) Megan Roberts (Tompkins) Bhawin Suchak (Albany)

*Deutsche Bank Fellow **Gregory Millard Fellows made with the support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Click here for more information about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program.

Funding Support

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships are administered with leadership support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding is also provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), Deutsche Bank, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and individual donors.

Images, from above: Maria Berrio (Fellow in Painting ‘18); In a Time of Drought, 2016, collage with Japanese papers and watercolor paint, 60”x72”; Haisi Hu (Fellow in Video/Film ‘18), New York After Rain, 2017, claymation and cel animation (still); Kim Brandt (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ‘18), Untitled, 2014, Performance, Presented at The Kitchen, NYC, Photo Credit: Paula Court; Tashi D Sharzur (Techung) (Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts ‘18), Semshae, Heart Songs, Performance for Tibetan children, Tibet House, NYC, 2013, Photo Credit: Kurt Smith

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