Contact

New York State Council on the Arts

411 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10016

(212) 459-8800

 

Please contact the Help Desk for application, grant and contract assistance: [email protected]


Prequalification Questions:  [email protected]


Press Inquiries and Council Member Inquiries: [email protected]
 

Contact NYSCA Staff

Executive Director
Erika Mallin,

Deputy Director of Programs
Megan White, (212) 459-8806, [email protected]

Deputy Director of Operations
Karen Welch, (212) 459-8812,  [email protected]

Director of Communications
Ann Marie Sekeres, (212) 459-8859, [email protected]

Executive Office Manager
Abby Adler, (212) 459-8808, [email protected]

Arts Program Directors

Arian Blanco, (212) 459-8815, [email protected]
Individual Artists | Multidisciplinary 


Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, (212) 459-8828, [email protected]
Electronic Media & Film | Folk Arts


Kristin Herron, (212) 459-8825, [email protected]
Architecture + Design | Museum


David Huff, (212) 459-8831, [email protected]
Program Director | Theatre and Visual Arts 


Christine Leahy, (212) 459-8818, [email protected]
Arts Education | Literature 


Zatara McIntyre, (212) 459-8836, [email protected]

Program Director | Music and Presenting


Katie Steger, (212) 459-8851, [email protected]
Capital Projects 


Leanne Tintori, (212) 459-8816, [email protected]
Dance | State & Local Partnerships/Statewide Community Regrants

Arts Program Officers

Kavie Barnes, (212) 459-8858, [email protected]
Arts Education | Multidisciplinary


Orin Chait, (212) 459-8835, [email protected]
Individual Artists | Theatre


Deborah Lim, (212) 459-8820, [email protected]
Dance | Theatre


Rita Putnam, (212) 459-8830, [email protected]
Visual Arts | Music

 

Lindsay Turley, (212) 459-8854, [email protected]

Capital Projects

 

Agency Operations


Brenda Brown, Director of Agency Operations/HR Liaison, (212) 459-8827, [email protected]


Lenn Ditman, Director of Grants Management and Information Technology, (212) 459-8810, [email protected]


Will McDermott, Director of Financial and Grant Systems, (212) 459-8855, [email protected]

 

Ian Byrne, Team Associate, (212) 459-8821, [email protected]
 

Omar Estrada, Team Associate, (212) 459-8852, [email protected]


Marnee Geller, Team Associate, (212) 459-8819, [email protected]

 

Claudine Lee, Program Associate, (212) 459-8829, [email protected]
 

Gabi Nail, Team Associate, (212) 459-8811, [email protected]

 

Totlyn Lewis, Auditor, (212) 459-8822,   [email protected]


Jerry Pecchia, Facilities Manager, (212) 459-8814, [email protected]

 

 

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FOIL Public Notice

As an agency of the State of New York, NYSCA is subject to New York State's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). Applicants are advised that, in compliance with this law, all correspondence with and applications made to the Council (with the exception of certain exempted supplemental materials), and resulting contracts and reports, are subject to public inspection.

A request for records within the possession of NYSCA must be in writing. Such written request can be to submitted using the Open FOIL NY portal. A request can also be mailed to the Records Access Officer, New York State Council on the Arts, 411 Fifth Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016 or submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. The business telephone number of the Records Access Officer is (212)459-8800.

FOIL REQUEST PORTAL