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Hell's Kitchen Flea Market Supports Local Artists

The Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market is one of the city’s greatest shopping adventures, complete with 170 vendors selling antiques, collectibles, fine crafts, handmade jewelry, decorative arts, and vintage clothing. In addition to inspiring artists, the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market is also supporting them, currently accepting applications for a new round of grants. The Hell’s Kitchen Foundation, established by Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market founder Alan Boss, will be awarding $2,000-$5,000 annual grants to provide financial assistance to Hell’s Kitchen’s resident visual artists. New and under-recognized neighborhood artists are encouraged to apply, with applications due by November 20, 2016.

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Hell’s Kitchen Foundation Grant Winner (Spring 2016) Jessica Maffia at work in Hell’s Kitchen

“These awards are a natural extension of our mission in this neighborhood to recognize and preserve the historical significance of the Hell’s Kitchen arts community,” said Foundation Chair Inge Ivchenko. “We want to help members of our creative community in Hell’s Kitchen thrive. The Foundation grants cash awards to help artists pursue their art, explore new ideas and projects, and complete projects already underway.”

To qualify for consideration, artists must be actively engaged in creating visual art as defined in the application form and have their sole residence be within an area bounded by West 57th Street to the north, West 34th Street to the south, Twelfth Avenue to the west, and Eighth Avenue to the east. Specific guidelines and applications are available on Hell’s Kitchen Foundation’s website. The application can be submitted by mail or electronically. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to afford the board an opportunity to review them on or before its next board meeting on  November 20, 2016.

The Hell's Kitchen Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, awards grants to visual artists living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. The Foundation is the designated community sponsor of Hell's Kitchen Flea Market and is rooted in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood and New York City's art and civic-minded communities. Its board is all volunteer and the foundation has no paid staff.

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Celestial Sea 1, 2016, ink and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 44"
Original work by Hell’s Kitchen Foundation Winner (Spring 2016) Jessica Maffia

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