NYFA’s online application will be posted in early September, please go to nyfa.org/afp to apply after September 9th.

The following categories will be reviewed during the 2009 – 2010 cycle:

Architecture/Environmental Structures
Choreography
Fiction
Music/Sound
Painting
Photography
Playwriting/Screenwriting
Video

This year NYFA will be conducting four enhanced applications seminars in addition to the general informational seminars we typically conduct. These enhanced seminars will be in Lake Placid, Ithaca, Buffalo, and Woodstock, please see schedule below for details.

All seminars are free!

Capital Region
Thursday, September 24, 5:30-7:30pm
Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street
Troy, NY
(518) 273-0553

Genesee Valley/Finger Lakes
Wednesday, September 16, 3:00-5:00pm
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
277 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY
Jennie Watson (585) 473-4000

Long Island
Tuesday, October 6, 5:30-7:30pm
East End Arts Council
133 East Main Street
Riverhead, NY
Patricia Snyder (631) 727-0900

Mid-Hudson
Thursday, September 24, 12:00-2:00pm
Orange County Arts Council
23 White Oak Drive, P.O. Box 574
Sugar Loaf, NY 10981
Susan Linn (845) 469-9168

Thursday, October 15, 6:00-8:00pm
Garrison Art Center
23 Garrison Landing, P.O. Box 4
Garrison, NY
Carinda Swann (845) 424-3960

Monday, September 21, 12:00-4:00pm
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Theater at Byrdcliffe Colony
3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way
Woodstock, NY
Carla Smith (845) 679-2079
rsvp to http://woodstockbyrdcliffe.eventbrite.com

North Country/Adirondack Region
Tuesday, September 15, 10:00am-3:00pm
Lake Placid Center for the Arts
17 Algonquin Dr
Lake Placid, NY
Sage Bissell (518) 523-2512
rsvp to http://lakeplacid.eventbrite.com

New York City
Bronx
TBA
Bronx River Arts
2000 Bronx Street
Bronx, NY
(718) 589-5819

Brooklyn
Tuesday, October 20, 5:30-7:30 pm
Crown Heights Public Library
560 New York Ave. at Maple St.
Brooklyn, NY
RSVP (718) 625-0080
Co-Sponsor: Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)

Thursday, September 10, 3:00-4:30pm
Tuesday, October 13, 5:30-7:00pm
New York Foundation for the Arts 20 Jay Street, Suite 740
DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
(212) 366-6900

Queens
Tuesday, October 8th, 5:00-6:30pm
Holiday Inn Long Island City
39-05 29TH Street
Long Island City, NY
(917) 843-3836
Sponsored by Long Island City Artists, Inc.

Staten Island
Monday, September, 21, 5:30-7:00pm
St. George Library Center
5 Central Avenue
Staten Island, NY
Ginger Shulick (718) 447-3329
Co-Sponsor: Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island

Southern Tier
Friday, September 18, 10:30am – 2:30pm
Tompkins County Public Library
Borg Warner Room
Corner of Green and Cayuga Streets, Ithaca, NY 14850
For directions, www.tcpl.org
Robin Schwartz (607) 273-5072
Sponsor: Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County
rsvp to http://ithacatompkins.eventbrite.com

Western Region
Thursday, September 17, 12:00-4:00pm
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
341 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Ed Cardoni (716) 854-1694
rsvp to http://buffalohallwalls.eventbrite.com

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Enhanced seminars in Lake Placid, Ithaca, Buffalo, and Woodstock will give applicants rare insight into the panel and application process, as well as an opportunity to talk with local arts professionals and NYFA staff.

Artists will be able to:

-See first-hand how NYFA’s panel process works through a mock panel session.

-Consult individually with an arts professional about their application presentation.

-Participate in a dialogue with NYFA about how the Fellowships program can better serve artists throughout the state.

-Learn about funding opportunities and other areas of career development.

For questions and more information please call 212.366.6900 or email fellowships@nyfa.org