Eleanor Whitney and the NYFA

Eleanor Whitney, Program Officer for External Affairs and Fiscal Sponsorship from Artspire, a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) will present on Artspire/NYFA’s resources, fundraising and support programs available nationwide for artists in all disciplines at every stage in their careers.

The presentation is geared to individual artists across disciplines and small/emerging arts organizations and will cover Artspire/NYFA’s extensive resources, fundraising and support programs. Visual, performing, literary artists and filmmakers are all encouraged to attend.

The presentation will be held on August 5th 2011 from 6pm at the IPRC. It will allow room for Q&A and follow up with participants.

For more information about NYFA’s programs please visit:

NYFA Source (www.nyfa.org/source) is the most extensive national online directory of awards, services, and programs for artists. Listings include over 8,000 arts organizations, award programs, service programs, and publications for individual artists across the country.

Fiscal Sponsorship (www.artspire.org) is a critical 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.