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2011 Poetry Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts

NYFA Poetry Fellowship:
Desirée Alvarez (New York)

http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=497&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), the nation’s largest provider of funding, information and services to individual artists, awarded 115 NYFA Fellowships to 118 New York artists representing eight artistic disciplines.

This year’s 105 NYFA Fellows – who were chosen from among over 3,692 applicants in five categories – including Crafts/Sculpture; Digital/Electronic Work; Nonfiction Literature; Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts, and Poetry. The Fellows were selected by peer panels, which were assembled with representatives from each artistic discipline.

Of Weeds and Wildness: Nature in Black & White – January 13 – March 13, 2011

 

Reception Thursday, February 10, 5 – 7pm
Nott Memorial, Mandeville Gallery
Union College, Schenectady, NY
http://union.edu/gallery

Curated by Sally Apfelbaum and Rachel Seligman

Robert Adams, Desiree Alvarez, Arnold Bittleman, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Harold Edgerton, Robert Gober, William Kentridge, Hedya Klein, Danny Lyon, Abelardo Morell, Margaret Moulton, Michelle Segre, James Siena, Kiki Smith, Charles Steckler, Kate Temple

Some coverage of the show: Photo Set On Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bvcphoto/sets/72157626018783376/show/ The Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com All Over Albany: http://alloveralbany.com