Rowan Renee named 2020 NYFA Artist Fellowship Finalist in Craft/Sculpture

Rowan Renee (MFA ​‘19) was named a finalist for the NYFA Artist Fellowship in Craft/​Sculpture for their installation, No Spirit For Me.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the 2020 recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 35 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). For the 2020 Fellowship year, the organization has awarded a total of $588,000 to 85 artists (including one collaboration) whose ages range from 28 – 73 years throughout New York State in the following disciplines: Craft/​Sculpture, Digital/​Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/​Drawing/​Book Arts. Fifteen finalists, who do not receive a cash award, but benefit from a range of other NYFA services, were also announced. A complete list of the Fellows and Finalists follows. Since it was launched in 1985, the program has awarded over $32.5 million to more than 5,000 artists.

The program is highly competitive and this year’s recipients and finalists were selected by discipline-specific peer panels from an applicant pool of 3,536 artists.

Introducing | 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows, Finalists, and Panelists | nyfa​.org