132 New York Artists Receive $903,000 in Grants
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program awards each recipient $8,000 in unrestricted cash.
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has awarded $903,000 to 132 artists across New York State in its joint fellowship program with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The program gives unrestricted cash grants of $8,000 to artists working in five disciplines, which rotate every year.
This year's recognized disciplines included craft and sculpture; digital and electronic arts; nonfiction literature; poetry; and printmaking, drawing, and book arts. Selected from a pool of 3,985 applicants, the awarded artists are all based in New York and range in age from 25 to 90. The NYSCA/NYFA program also announced 16 finalists, who will receive NYFA services and unrestricted cash grants of $1,000.
