Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation

NYFA SOURCE/VISUAL ARTIST INFORMATION HOTLINE

How to use NYFA Source:

NYFA Source is the nation's most extensive databank of awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines. Artists, funders, arts organizations, and the general public can access NYFA Source for free at www.nyfa.org/source . Artists may also receive personal assistance by calling the Visual Artist Information Hotline's toll-free number 1-800-232-2789 (3:00 - 5:00 p.m., EST, Mon - Fri.) or e-mail their requests to source@nyfa.org .

An easy-to-use search engine allows

NYFA Source includes: users to narrow queries by:

4,100 organizations

2,900 awards

4,200 services

900 publications

discipline

location

gender

ethnicity

career point

application deadline

and more!

About the Hotline and the New York Foundation for the Arts:

In October 1990, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation launched and funded the Visual Artist Information Hotline in cooperation with the American Council for the Arts (ACA). The Hotline was initiated by members of The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation's Artists Advisory Committee, including Cynthia Carlson, Chuck Close, Janet Fish, Philip Pearlstein, Harriet Shorr, Robert Storr and Irving Sandler. The Hotline was intended to empower artists by providing them with complete and accurate information about resources that will facilitate their artistic work. During its first five years of operation at ACA, the Hotline responded to over 20,000 calls from artists nationwide. In March 1996, operation of the Hotline was transferred to the New York Foundation for the Arts. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a not-for-profit arts service organization that provides grants and services to independent artists and arts-related organizations nationwide.

From March 1996 to November 2002, the popular NYFA Visual Artist Information Hotline was used by more than 38,000 visual artists each year. The Hotline was expanded in November 2002 in collaboration with the Washington D.C. based Urban Institute into a larger database to include artists of all disciplines.

Major support for NYFA Source is provided by The Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Basil H. Alkazzi, Arete Foundation/Abigail Rebecca Cohen Fund for Youth & the Arts, Artists' Legacy Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Fleishhacker Foundation, Flintridge Foundation, The Liman Foundation, Virginia Manheimer, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts a gift in honor of Eva J. Pape, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., The Judith Rothschild Foundation, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc..