| News
For more information:
Michael Futter
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
(585) 473-4000
David C. Terry
NYFA
212.366.6900, ext. 240
For immediate release
A FREE WORKSHOP ON $7,000 CASH GRANTS FOR ARTISTS TO BE HELD BY NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA) AND arts & cultural council for greater rochester.
New York, NY - August 3, 2007 - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) will conduct an information seminar on NYFA Artists’ Fellowships at the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (277 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY) on Tuesday, August 7, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, and 6:00 to 8:00pm. The information seminar will address questions about NYFA’s on-line application process and inform artists about funding opportunities and other areas of career development. The seminar is free, and no reservations are required.
Each year, NYFA offers $7,000 cash grants to up to 150 artists in all disciplines selected via a peer panel process. Since the Fellowships were first established in 1985, NYFA has awarded more than $22 million to over 3,500 New York artists.
Artistic disciplines eligible in 2007 – 2008 include Architecture/Environmental Structures, Choreography, Fiction, Music Composition, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/Screenwriting, and Video. The 2008 – 2009 cycle will not offer Computer Arts, Crafts, Film, Nonfiction Literature, Cross-disciplinary/Performative Work, Poetry, Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books.
To be eligible for a NYFA Fellowship, applicants must be a resident of New York State for at least two years prior to the application deadline and cannot be enrolled in a degree program of any kind. The Artists’ Fellowships application calls for a small sample of work which is reviewed by panels of artists working in the category being reviewed. NYFA will begin accepting on-line submissions at www.nyfa.org/afp in late-July. Application deadline for the 2007-2008 round of NYFA Artists’ Fellowships is Wednesday, October 3, 2007.
For more information about NYFA Fellowship seminars, please call NYFA at 212.366.6900, ext. 240.
About the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) provides more support to artists and arts organizations in all disciplines than any other private organization in the country: nearly $10 million annually. NYFA’s Fellowships are awarded to New York State artists from a field of 16 disciplines, covering the visual, performing, and literary arts.
NYFA’s national information resources and fiscal sponsorship enable artists and emerging organizations to meet their artistic goals and see projects into fruition. Small and midsized organizations are further supported with services and training that encourages and sustains their growth.
NYFA's annual budget of nearly $11 million comes from individual, corporate, foundation, and public sources, as well as NYFA's fiscal sponsorship services for artists and emerging organizations.
For complete information about NYFA and its ongoing programs, activities, and services, please see www.nyfa.org or call 212-366-6900.
New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor | New York, 10013-1507
Phone: 212.366.6900 | Fax: 212.366.1778
Internet: www.nyfa.org
NYFA Artists’ Fellowships are made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency
The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is a nonprofit service organization for arts and culture in the 10-county greater Rochester region. Our mission is to strengthen and promote our region’s creative sector through our grant programs, constituent services, and special initiatives and to act as an advocate, planner, and funder to promote artistic vitality and cultural diversity throughout the region. For information about additional programs and services, visit us at www.artsrochester.org or call (585) 473-4000.
| 
