New York Foundation for the Arts

Today's #MondayMotivation tip of the week encourages vulnerability in the job hunting process and features new job and opportunity listings from #NYFAClassifieds at organizations including Kinetic Light, Studio Gang, The Clark, New Museum, Pall Mall Art Advisors, & more. Read the full post here: https://bit.ly/3fDN9AD Image Detail: Paul DeMuro (Fellow in Painting '15), "Nailz," 2013, oil on canvas

Free online event (with RSVP!) on Wednesday, May 26: "Parenting and Artmaking during the Pandemic." In a panel moderated by Syrus Marcus Ware, dancers Merey Ismailova and Angel Kaba will reflect on creating and performing from home while caring for family, and how they've adapted--recognizing the invisible labour of artists and parents during the pandemic. Presented by Toronto Arts Foundation's Neighbourhood Arts Network in partnership with NYFA's Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. Details here: https://bit.ly/2RnkEic This event is part of Newcomer Week, a week long of free online activations presented by Toronto Arts Foundation's Neighbourhood Arts Network.

ICYMI: The City of New York has created a new WPA-inspired program called City Artist Corps that is expected to create jobs for 1,500 artists in New York City. Full details on the $25 million program here via Hyperallergic:

Interested in expanding your art collection while supporting a great cause? There is still time check out NYFA's online benefit auction and bid on works from members of our Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program community including Nava Gidanian-Kagan, Eleen Lin, Zahra Nazari, Kuldeep Singh, and many more. Proceeds will directly support NYFA's mission of empowering artists from all backgrounds and across all disciplines. The auction is open now through 6:00 PM EDT tomorrow, May 16. https://bit.ly/3vscvHM Image Detail: Kuldeep Singh (Interdisciplinary Work ’18, NYFA IAP Mentor ’19), Celadonus-rosa hybridata in Raag Tilang, 2020, oil on linen #NYFAat50 #NYFAIAP

Writers Ariana Brown, Francisco Gutierrez, and Marwa Helal have done critical work throughout the pandemic to engage and bring together other writers. Here, they define what it means to do the work & why it’s especially important now: http://bit.ly/3oQcGcp PEN America Image: Jim Osman (Fellow in Craft/Sculpture '17); "Curtain;" 2016; wood, paper, paint, Photo Credit: Jeffrey Sturges

NYFA has named five new members to its Board of Trustees: Grace Angela Henry, President, Grace Angela Henry, Inc.; Eunbi Kim, Concert Pianist, and Cofounder, bespoken; Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Poet, Translator, and Managing Director, Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y; Anna Deavere Smith, Actress, Playwright, New York University Professor; and Luis Valderas, Artist, Bishop & Valderas LLC Large Scale Print Makers, Arts Consultants. Please join us in welcoming them to the NYFA Board! https://www.nyfa.org/about/leadership/

The weather outside is frightful! Spend a few minutes with our latest #MondayMotivation post to see new jobs and opportunities from Visual AIDS, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Mana Fine Arts, Derfner Judaica Museum, and others. Plus, our job hunting tip of the week: http://bit.ly/2MIVqrY Image: Kevin Frances (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’20), "The Meteorite," 2020, woodblock print

Did you know? Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York is looking for a diverse roster of theatre artists and administrators to serve as grant panelists for the 2021 Creative Opportunity Fund. Find out first about opportunities like these! Sign up now for the IAP Newsletter: http://bit.ly/IAPNews Image: Ephrat Asherie (Fellow in Choreography '19), "Odeon," 2018, Live Performance, Photo credit: Matthew Murphy