Breaking News!
Artist Melinda McCarthy of Art of Melush Art of Melush is one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.
Art of Melush’s founder artist Melinda McCarthy was recognized for virtual gallery show Journey of the Stone, which thanks to this funding will now be an actual live show in Manhattan’s TriBeCa district. The show will go from the 22nd until the 24th of October at On the Fringe NYC 72 Warren St TriBeCa, New York N.Y. 10007.
Art work can still be viewed online here, however this will be an exciting show for New Yorkers to come and experience in person, so hope you can come along.
Over the course of three award cycles, more than 3,000 artists received $5,000 grants to
engage the public with artist activities across New York City’s five boroughs this summer and fall. Artists can use the grant to create new work or phase of a work, or restage preexisting creative activities across any discipline.
Members of the public can participate in City Artist Corps Grants programming by following the hashtag #CityArtistCorps on social media.
City Artist Corps Grants was launched in June 2021 by NYFA and DCLA with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The program is funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year. The grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
