NEW YORK CITY: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of its Artists’ Fellowship Program. With support from the New York State Council on the Arts, (NYSCA), grants of $7000 are awarded to artists in disciplines including music, playwriting, and choreography. Additional funding is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Taiwanese American Arts Council,The Joy of Giving Something Inc., and individual donors.
This year a total of $661,000 was awarded to 98 artists.
“We are grateful to NYSCA for this annual opportunity to provide nearly 100 artists from New York state with unrestricted cash grants,” said NYFA executive director Michael L. Royce in a statement. “What’s most exciting is that the fellowship impacts artists of all disciplines and career stages and that these artists are being recognized by a jury of their peers. Beyond the financial aspect, it empowers them to keep creating and exploring new possibilities in their work.”
Veena Chandra, who was awarded a fellowship in music/sound, said in a statement that the grant allows her to “continue to create, promote, and preserve” her musical tradition. “I feel blessed to have been playing Indian sitar music for the last 63 years. I am so grateful to my father, who created an environment for me to learn this beautiful music and taught me from the very beginning of my life. To be recognized for my work in performing and preserving Indian Classical music means a lot to me, especially at this point in my career.”
Playwriting/screenwriting fellow Nabil Viñas said in a statement that he took up screenwriting “out of necessity, as it became clear that the voices and stories from my life would not appear in works by others. This fellowship tells me our stories matter, and that my voice is worth hearing.”
A complete list of fellows and finalists in choreography, music/sound, and playwriting/screenwriting is below.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Fellows
Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie (New York)
Justina Grayman (Queens)
GREYZONE (Kings)
Dan Hurlin (New York)
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (Kings)
Shamel Pitts (Kings)
Melinda Ring (New York)
Same As Sister (Queens)
Rebeca Tomas (Westchester)
Kelly Todd (Kings)
Donna Uchizono (New York)
Vangeline (Kings)
Adia Tamar Whitaker (Kings)
Finalists
Parijat Desai (New York)
DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks (Kings)
Netta Yerushalmy (New York)
Panelists
Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp (Monroe)
Robin Collen (St. Lawrence)
Trebien Pollard (Erie)
Marie Poncé (New York)
Kota Yamazaki (Kings)
Music/Sound
Fellows
ALMA (Kings)
Lora-Faye Åshuvud (Queens)
Bob Bellerue (Kings)
Leila Bordreuil (Kings)
Vienna Carroll (New York)
Veena Chandra (Albany)
David First (Kings)
Micah Frank (Kings)
Kate Gentile (Kings)
Michael Harrison (Westchester)
JSWISS (Kings)
Liz Phillips (Queens)
Kenneth Kirschner (Kings)
Elliott Sharp (New York)
Jen Shyu (Kings)
Ann Warde (Tompkins)
Washboard XT (New York)
Eric Wubbels (Queens)
Finalists
Lily Henley (Kings)
Earl Howard (Queens)
Tobaron Waxman (New York)
Panelists
Toni Blackman (Kings)
Sarah Hennies (Tompkins)
John Morton (Rockland)
Margaret Anne Schedel (Suffolk)
Elio Villafranca (New York)
Playwriting/Screenwriting
Fellows
Rae Binstock (Kings)
Benedict Campbell (Bronx)
Sol Crespo (Bronx)
Amy Evans (Kings)
Stephanie Fleischmann (Columbia)
Robin Fusco (Queens)
Myla Goldberg (Kings)
Ryan J. Haddad (New York)
Susan Kathryn Hefti (New York)
Holly Hepp-Galvan (Queens)
Timothy Huang (New York)
Fedna Jacquet (New York)
Nicole Shawan Junior (Kings)
Serena Kuo (Kings)
Kal Mansoor (Kings)
Michael Mejias (Kings)
Joey Merlo (New York)
Rehana Lew Mirza (Kings)
Joél Pérez (New York)
Keil Troisi (Kings)
Nabil Viñas (New York)
Craig T. Williams (New York)
Finalists
Iquo B. Essien (Kings)
Becca Roth (Kings)
Sheri Wilner (New York)
Panelists
Sheila Curran Bernard (Albany)
Clarence Coo (New York)
Randall Dottin (New York)
David Ebeltoft (Steuben)
Julie Casper Roth (Albany)
