>You can find a list of Current & Past Mentoring Program Participants here.
The Mentoring Program's goals are to foster supportive relationships between artists at different career stages, and help emerging immigrant artists build some of the skills necessary to fairly compete and ultimately succeed as professional artists in New York. The program has been a tremendous success so far, with every participant to date citing advances in their careers and many forming lasting bonds with their mentors and other participants.
Each fall we post an open call for applications. After a panel review and matching process, we announce the selected mentees in the late fall. The program runs from January to June each year. We will post the 2011 application in early fall of 2010.
>Check out the New York Times article highlighting the Mentoring Program.
Eligibility
Artists of all disciplines who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply:
- Live in the New York tri-state metropolitan region
- Born outside of the US (artists born in Puerto Rico and other US territories are eligible to apply)
- Attended at least K-8 schooling outside of the US
- Actively pursuing a career in the arts
- Not currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program
Selection
The Mentoring Program is selective and free of charge to those accepted. Mentees are selected by a panel of NYFA Fellows based on the following criteria:
- Clarity and feasibility of goals
- Quality of work
- Potential to benefit from the program
In addition, mentees are paired with mentors, when appropriate, based on:
- Shared discipline and nature of work
- Shared culture and language
- Compatibility of goals
Apply
Check back here in early fall of 2010 for updated information and an application to the 2011 Mentoring Program.
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