New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is seeking applications for its NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
State: New York
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/26/2022
Size of the Grant: $7,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period (five categories a year) and the application is free to complete. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.
Funding Information
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.
Categories
The following categories will be reviewed:
- Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design
- Choreography
- Music/Sound
- Photography
- Playwriting/Screenwriting
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following 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 (2020 & 2021).
- 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: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- 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 2021-2022 panelist.
- Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award.
For more information, visit NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.
