| BCA is "Fordham Cares" Recipient |
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| Fordham Toyota announced Bronx Council on the Arts as the third ‘Fordham Cares’ recipient in December at check presentation during BCA's Holly Jolly Trolley at Hostos Community College. Click here for press release. |
| APPLAUSE awards 2011 Highlights |
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Did you miss our First Annual APPLAUSE awards 2011?
Did you attend and miss some great photo opportunities?
Don't worry, you can still join in the fun!
Visit our APPLAUSE awards
HIGHLIGHTS now! |
FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
AT HUTCH METRO CENTER |
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| Lunchtime munchers at the Hutch Metro Cafe enjoyed two free concerts of holiday music in December, by Sinfonietta of Riverdale (below) on December 15 and by the Celia Cruz High School Women's Choir (above) on Dec 22. |
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FREE CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT HUNTINGTON FREE LIBRARY |
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| Showing off their bling are two artists from our recent "Holiday Bling" workshop at Westchester Square's Huntigton Free Library. Learn to make your own greeting cards at our next craft workshop on Jan 21. Flyer. |
THE COLOR OF HEROES:
THE FINAL CALL |
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| Puppeteer Nilda Garces entertaining children while teaching them basic essentials in emergency preparation. |
PRACTICE!
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! |
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2010-11 BCA Arts-in-Education school grantee MS 223 shows off its students at work mastering guitar lessons. Arts-in-Education residency occurred during the Spring Semester 2011. more...
Read the article from The New York Times! |
IMPROV
AT BRONX WRITE BUS |
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Members
of BCA’s Bronx Write Bus Summer Program learn how
to improv at the People’s Improv Theater. |
BCA
& CHASE:
2011 ENCORE AWARD WINNERS
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BCA
was among the 2011 Encore Award winners for its Arts &
Business Partnership with JPMorgan Chase. more... |
| MAYOR
BLOOMBERG & CHASE
JOIN BCA TO ANNOUNCE ITS
NEW HOME
@ 2700 E. TREMONT |
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On
April 4th, Mayor Bloomberg and Chase Retail Financial Services
CEO Charlie Scharf joined BCA Executive Director Deirdre
Scott to announce a new home for the cultural organization. more...
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BCA Awards &
Fellowship Winners |
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BCA/NYSCA
Community Arts Grant
BCA/DCA
Arts Fund Grant
BRIO:
Bronx Recognizes Its Own 2011 Winners
BCA
Bronx Writers Center
Literary Arts Fellowship |
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| Resources
for Artists |
| Opportunities
for Artists: Jobs, workshops, and more. |
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| Join
the Discussion |
Bronx
Arts Group — post opportunities
and events, network and discuss - a special online place
for the Bronx Arts community
UAI
Forum — a
space for NYC artists of color use the forum to learn about
opportunities, call for collaborators, find workshops, exchange
arts goods and services, and more!
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2012 ART HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM |
2012 Art Handler Training Program online applications now available!
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The AHTP application is available now and open to all individuals looking to pursue a career in the art handling / fine arts industry. This is an extremely competitive process.
Apply now!
Click here for more info and to apply. |
Deadline for application: Friday, February 17, 2012. |
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POETRY WORKSHOP |
Saturday / January 28, 2012 / 11:00am - 2:00pm
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
 Free Poetry Workshop with Sarah Stern
Emerging and beginning poets are encouraged to
attend this writing workshop led by award-winning
poet Sarah Stern.
Seating is limited.
Reservations are required.
Click here for details.
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WRITING WORKSHOP |
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Bronx
Writers Center
Writing Workshops at
Barnes & Noble
Friday,
February 24, 6-8pm
Bronx
writers of all ages, register for "How to Write a Screenplay"
this is one of a series of free hands-on workshop
for writers of all levels and ages. Admission
is free and all are welcome. Click here for details. |
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Owen Dolen Recreation Center
Friday / February 24 / 6:00-8:00pm
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BCA, the Association of the Merchants & Business Professionals of Westchester Square, City of New York Parks & Recreation, and Council Member James Vacca invite you to the 2012 Black History Month Celebration at the Owen Dolen Recreation Center. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Featuring dancer/choreographer Milteri Tucker, Bronx Council on the Arts Artist Teacher, and Owen Dolen's after-school and the teen program performing an adaptation of "The Wiz."
Special Guest: Dr. George W. Faison, Tony Award winner for the Broadway Musical The WIZ
The evening will include:
- A video of Dr. Faison’s choreographic work,
- A motivational talk by Dr. Faison,
- A performance by Faison’s youth group, R.E.S.P.E.C.T., and the young dancers from Ms. Tucker’s dance class at Owen Dolen.
- Click here for flyer.
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Currently at Longwood
Art Gallery @ Hostos |
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|  Toys
& Games with a Twist
Toys
& Games with a Twist is a multi-media
exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture,
video, and board and video games that investigates
and comments on issues of construction of gender
roles and stereotypes, consumerism, hierarchies
of power, globalization, migration, memory and
loss, fantasy, the environment, love, war, violence,
urban and popular culture. For this exhibition, the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos is in partnership with Curate NYC as its Bronx exhibition site. Curators: Juanita Lanzo
and Vanessa Gonzalez. Adult
Content.
View and Play in our Interactive Game Room!
An additional component to Toys & Games with a Twist is an online interactive game room where you can play a half dozen games. Enjoy!
Stations
of the Lost
Stations
of the Lost, inspired by the biblical Stations
of the Cross, is a mixed-media installation by
Sean Paul Gallegos that explores the growing disconnect
from traditional religious iconography and belief
systems in modern culture. |
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Bronx Culture Trolley |
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The
Bronx Culture Trolley will not run
in January 2012. The trolley will return on February 1, 2012. Click here for venue activities for February 1st's trolley.. |
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Craft
Workshops |
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Huntington
Free LIbrary
9 Westchester
Square (next to Apple Savings Bank) / 718-829-7770 |
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Saturday,
February 18, 12:30-3:00pm Puppet Making with Lucrecia Novoa
Have a fun-filled afternoon with puppet maker Lucrecia Novoa who will help you create a small puppet that you will be proud to display.
Flyer. |
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| Owen
Dolen Recreation Center
2551
Westchester Square / 718-822-4282
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Every
Wednesday through June 6, 2012
10:00am
to 12:00pm
Arts
& Crafts for Seniors
with
Fran Marino
Admission
is free and all are welcome!
Every
Friday through June 8, 2012
4:00
to 6:00pm
Dance/Fitness
After-School Program
with Milteri
Tucker
Admission
is free and all are welcome! |
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Apply
for BRIO 2012
online NOW! |
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The Department of Cultural Affairs Fiscal 2013 Cultural Development Fund Application for arts and cultural programs is online and application seminars are available. This year’s deadline is Monday, February 13, 2012. Click here for details.
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Creative Capital is delighted to announce a new ancillary program, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards, launched in fall 2011 in partnership with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. more... |
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Giving - Support BCA |
Arts forward
Help us match the challenge!
Our 2012 giving campaign builds on BCA's long record of providing direct financial support to artists, arts organizations, and our consistent development of collaborative artist ventures, and innovative programs. BCA was awarded a challenge grant of $250,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Please help make the Match.
Support
BCA now.
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CALENDAR
- post your event |
Did
you know that you can promote your own events on BCA's Calendar
of Bronx events? Please visit calendar
page, click on red 'add event' button, and post your
own events. |
Community
Events |
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The Asian American Arts Alliance seeks New York-based artists in all disciplines to apply for their “Locating the Sacred Festival” slated for September 12-23, 2012. You can apply as an artist or as a space host. Application Deadline: February 20, 2012. Click here for details. |
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Free Winter 2012 Photography Classes
November 30, 2011 - April 5, 2012
4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Do you know baseball in the Bronx?
Do you know someone who plays baseball in the park or as part of a school team? Do you have elder relatives or neighbors in your building who played baseball in the Bronx when they were growing up?
This is an OPEN CALL for historical and contemporary photographs of baseball in the Bronx from the 1940's or earlier to the present day.
more... |
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The New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA), NYS Education Department, is offering a very unique opportunity for high school age students of New York State. Click here for details. |
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Community Links:
More
than 50
Bronx arts organizations are
listed on our website!
Theater companies, musical groups, visual arts organizations,
and much more are right here in the borough.
more...
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