
n overview of NYFA support programs for artists across disciplines available nationally, including: NYFA Source, the most extensive national online directory of awards, services and programs for artists and Fiscal Sponsorship, a way for individual artists, artists' collaborative projects and emerging arts organizations in all disciplines to apply for funding usually available only to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
Fundraising Tools for Artists is free and open to the public. Please email mdemott@durhamarts.org at the Durham Arts Council, if you plan to attend.
Friday, July 23, 4-6 PM and Thursday, July 29, 4-5:30 PM
These 20 minute consultations are one-on-one coaching sessions intended to leave participants with new ways of considering familiar problems, concerns, or blocks in studio practice or career. All sessions are for individuals and are confidential, however, creative collaborators are welcome.
NYFA charges a non-refundable $20 fee for each 20 minute session. To schedule your consultation and make payment, go to www.durhamarts.org.
Rory Golden brings strong experience in supporting artists and an active artist’s professional practice to his position at NFYA. As Executive Director at the Center for Book Arts (2000 - 2004) in New York, Rory established various new programs to support artists. These include a new exhibition series, a letterpress broadsides poetry reading series, a workspace artist-in-residence program for emerging artists, and a tuition-free class for emerging writers. He left the position in 2004 to pursue his own challenging creative projects. Before coming to NYFA Golden was part-time Studio Manager at theAtlanta Printmakers Studio.
Rory has exhibited his artwork widely in both solo and group shows at venues such asEyedrum and the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta, the Denver International Airport and both the San Francisco and New York Public Libraries. His work has been recognized with fellowships from Yaddo, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Blue Mountain Center and the National Academy of Fine Arts. Recent grants include an Idea Capital Grant, a Puffin Foundation Grant and a recent research grant from Duke University Libraries Special Collections. His work was recently featured in Art Papers magazine’s 11th annual art auction and will be seen in solo shows in two upcoming group shows in New York City.