The New York Foundation for the Arts is accepting applications for NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant Program to support artists from every background, and at all stages in their creative careers.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts
State: New York
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/28/2022
Grant Size: $1,000
Details:
NYFA follows the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition of disability as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.” Applicants must identify as disabled to qualify for this program. Applicants are asked to identify as being or having one or more of the following when filling out the application:
- Physical/Mobility disability
- Cognitive/Intellectual/Developmental disability
- Mental Illness/Psychiatric disability
- Sensory disability (including D/deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted)
- Chronic Illness/Chronic Pain (including HIV/AIDS, cancer)
- Invisible/Non-apparent disability
- Not listed – self Identify
Funding Information
The program will distribute $1,000 to New York State artists with a disability who reside outside of the five boroughs of NYC and have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must identify as disabled.
- Applicants need to be actively creating in visual, media, music, performing, literary, or multidisciplinary arts.
- There should also be public engagement with the artist’s work such as exhibitions, shows, community-based programs, performance, or other public presentations of the artist’s work.
- Applicants need to provide documentation of a sustained commitment to their artistic practice from any time over the past 4 years (2018 to date).
- Applicants must be 21 years or older on or before Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
- Applicants must be current New York State residents who have lived outside of the five boroughs of NYC for at least the past twelve months. Only those who maintain residency outside the five boroughs of NYC will be considered.
- Applicants may not be recipients of any of NYFA’s grant programs.
- Applicants do not need to be US citizens but must be able to provide a W-9 with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) or EIN (after selection).
- NYFA employees, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above cannot apply.
For more information, visit New York Foundation for the Arts.
