BCA is "Fordham Cares" Recipient
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

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
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.
FREE CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT HUNTINGTON FREE LIBRARY
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

Puppeteer Nilda Garces entertaining children while teaching them basic essentials in emergency preparation.
 PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

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

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

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

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...

 

 BCA Awards &

 Fellowship Winners

 

BCA/NYSCA Community Arts Grant

BCA/DCA Arts Fund Grant

BRIO: Bronx Recognizes Its Own 2011 Winners


BCA Bronx Writers Center
Literary Arts Fellowship

 
 Resources for Artists
Opportunities for Artists: Jobs, workshops, and more.
 
 
Join the Discussion

Bronx Arts Grouppost opportunities and events, network and discuss - a special online place for the Bronx Arts community


UAI Foruma 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!


 



 

 



 

 

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.
 
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.

WRITING WORKSHOP
 

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.

 

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION

Owen Dolen Recreation Center

Friday / February 24 / 6:00-8:00pm

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.
Currently at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
 

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.

 
Bronx Culture Trolley
 

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..

 
 Craft Workshops
 

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.


 

Owen Dolen Recreation Center

2551 Westchester Square / 718-822-4282

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!


 

 

Apply for BRIO 2012
online NOW!

BRIO 2012 online applications available NOW!

Guidelines and information to apply.

Application Submission
Deadline
(online only):
Friday, January 27, 2012, 11:59pm


BCA needs BRIO panelists & judges.
Information.

 

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.

 
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...
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.

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

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.


Free Winter 2012 Photography Classes
November 30, 2011 - April 5, 2012
4:00pm - 7:00pm

more...

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...


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.

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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