Press Releases & Publicity archives

12/11/09 2010 BRIO Application Deadline Moved to Jaunary 29th

12/10/09 Bronx Writers Center Announces 2009-10 Literary Fellowship & Residency Winners

12/10/09 NYC SBS: “Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin and Small Business Services
Commissioner Walsh Announce Art Handler Training Program”
12/10/09 Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin and Small Business Services Commissioner Walsh announce Art Handler Training Program

11/26/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: “Bronx Culture Trolley”
11/29/09 Daily News Your Borough Section: “Bronx Culture Trolley”
11/20/09 December 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
11/20/09 Anthem: an all-american dystopia opens at Longwood Art Gallery on Dec. 2nd
11/20/09 Film Screening of Year Zero: Media-Maker Dialogues at Longwood on Dec. 2nd
11/12/09 BxIndie Musician Maxim Pakhomov performs at Lincoln Center on Nov 19th
11/06/09 November 14th BX Indie Performance at Riverdale YM-YWHA
11/05/09 BCA Announces 2010 BRIO Deadline
11/05/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Borough Arts Group Eyes Vacated Bank Building"

10/26/09 Poetry & Jazz on November 7th at the Bronx Library Center
10/24/09 November 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
10/23/09 BCA’s 2009-2010 Arts-in-Education Grant Available for Bronx Schools
10/22/09 CrossBRONX Comes Home: A Celebration of Bronx Writers on November 4th

10-2009 Grantmakers in the Arts 2009 Recession Conference

10/11/09 Crain’s NY Business: “Owner gives Bronx artists brush-off”
10/04/09 New York Times: “Near Yankee Stadium: Where Baseball Isn’t Everything”

09/30/09 BCA to Award 10 Fellowships as part of the 2009 Latino Artist Initiative
09/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council Offers Art Grants”
09/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Trolley Rolls October 7th”
09/18/09 October 29, 2009 is the Next UAI/NYC Grants Deadline
09/18/09 October 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
09/17/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Arts BRIO Winner Featured"
09/17/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Just Nuts at Pelham Bay Park"
09/11/09 Reading by Playwright Camille Darby on September 26 at the Bronx Library Center
09/03/09 Pelham Bay Park Concert Re-Scheduled for Thursday, September 17th

08/25/09 DCA and Department for the Aging Partners with NYC Arts Councils
08/25/09 La Excelencia Performs at 52 Park Sept. 2nd for BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
08/21/09 Boogie Downer: “End-of-Summer Concert at Pelham Bay Park”
08/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “End-of-Summer Concert”
08/17/09 BCA and Councilman James Vacca present Aug 28 Concert at Pelham Bay Park
08/17/09 BCA and Assemblyman Dinowitz present Thursday Concerts in Riverdale
08/03/09 – 09/01/09: Senator Jeff Klein Summer Symphonies Concerts

07/27/09 Mott Haven Herald: “Artists fret as tourists beat a path to their studios”
07/23/09 BCA presents a Reading by Writer Joe Flood on Aug 15 at Bronx Library Center
07/23/09 La Excelencia Performs at 52 Park for BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
07/23/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Talented Writers are invited to apply for Literary Residency”
07/23/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BX Indie Offers Free Live Salsa”
07/23/09 Norwood News: BCA Events listed in the Out & About Section
07/23/09 Riverdale Press Stepping Out Section: “Hostos Exhibits”
07/16/09 Ray Viera Performs Trombao at 52 Park as part of BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
07/16/09 Riverdale Press: “Applying for Arts Fellowships”
07/14/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Got the Write Stuff?”
07/12/09 Daily News: “New BCA leader showcases creative side of boro”
07/10/09 American Towns: “BWC Announces 2009-10 Literary Arts Fellowship Opportunities”
07/10/09 New York Times: “Arts Leader Who Gave Bronx Culture Respect and Renaissance”
07/09/09 Bronx Writers’ Center Announces 2009-10 Literary Arts Fellowship Opportunities
07/09/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Community Arts Grants Available”
07/06/09 Funding Opportunity Offered by Bronx Council on the Arts
07/02/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BP Joins Walking Tour of Westchester Square”

06/25/09 Time Out Calendar Listing: "Bronx Culture Trolley"
06/25/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture Trolley to Roll through Arts Corridor on July 1”
06/19/09 Meet BCA’s New Managing Director Deirdre Scott on July 1st
06/12/09 July 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
06/12/09 Staged Reading by Playwright Camille Darby on June 20 at the Bronx Library Center
06/05/09 New York Times Around Town Section: "Saturday Culture Trolley"
06/04/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA Offers Free Culture Trolley"

05/29/09 ¡VIVA Cultura! BCA and Hostos Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage on June 6th
05/28/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BRIO Winners to Headline Free Concert; Longwood Arts presents Linger”
05/22/09 June 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
05/22/09 Hostos Center Director Wally Edgecombe to be Honored on June 3rd
05/22/09 Lorraine Pizarro, BCA’s Business Manager, to be Honored on June 3rd
05/22/09 Linger Exhibition opens at the Longwood Art Gallery on June 3rd
05/22/09 Bangin’ Exhibition opens at Longwood Art Gallery on June 3rd
05/21/09 Twenty-Five Bronx Artists will Receive BCA’s 2009 Brio Award on June 3rd
05/21/09 BCA Celebrates Puerto Rican Heritage: ¡VIVA Cultura! on June 6th
05/20/09 Vocalist Velvet Ross Performs at Christ Church Riverdale on June 7th
05/14/09 Riverdale Press: “Free Concert”
05/14/09 Riverdale Press: “Aguado Departs Arts Council”
05/14/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture at Westchester Square”
05/13/09 American Towns: "Be There at the Square – Westchester Square, that is"
05/08/09 Be There at the Square on May 16th for a full day of family activities
05/08/09 Bill Aguado Steps Down as BCA’s Executive Director after 30 Years
05/07/09 BCA and the Legal Aid Society present Two Legal Workshops for Bronx Artists
05/07/09 Pianist Steven Lubin Performs May 17th Engagement at Christ Church Riverdale
05/07/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “An Afternoon of Readings at Bay Plaza Barnes & Noble”
05/01/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: "Open Artist Studio Tours"
05/01/09 New York Public Library Reader's Den: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
05/10/09 Bronx News Network: "Art at its Source"

04/30/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council on the Arts Adds New Director”
04/30/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA Roundtable Symposium, May 6”
04/29/09 Bronx WritersCorps Announces Publication by Young Poets
04/24/09 May 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
04/24/09 Youth Poetry Slam at Pregones Theater on May 6th
04/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Mott Haven Artist Tour”
04/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA to Showcase New Director”
04/17/09 NY1: “Immigrant Heritage Week begins with Bronx Art Exhibit”
04/16/09 3 Bronx Indie Artists Present Perform in Celebration of the BRIO’s 20th Anniversary
04/15/09 Bronx WritersCorps Sponsors Preliminary Youth Poetry Slam League on April 29th
04/15/09 BCA holds 3rd Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on May 2nd
04/11/09 2009 Chapter One Reading Series Scheduled for May 2nd and May 16th
04/10/09 BCA presents “Get it Together 2009” Arts-in-Education Round Table Symposium
04/09/09 Riverdale Press: “Art Born of Ailment”
04/09/09 Bronx Press Review: "BCA Provides Stimulus Aid to Local arts Organizations"
04/09/09 Vibrance, Sass, and A Touch of Class Art Gala
04/06/09 BCA's Bill Aguado to Receiove Skowhegan 2009 Governor's Award for Outstanding Service to Artists
04/03/09 Outsiders: Contemporary Works of Immigrant Artisans at Longwood on April 14th
04/02/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCC Provides Stimulus Aid to 19 Artists”

03/27/09 BCA Provides Stimulus Aid to Local Arts Organizations
03/27/09 New York Times: Big Read in the Bronx ad
03/26/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Artist Tax Day”
03/23/09 American Towns: "April 1st Bronx Culture Trolley"
03/20/09 April 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
03/19/09 April 3rd is "Artist Tax Day"
03/15/09 New York Times Ad: "The Big Read"
03/14/09 Free NYC: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 All Bronx News: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 Boogiedowner: "Bronx Culture Trolley Rolling Tomorrow"
03/12/09 Riverdale Press: "Saturday Culture Trolley"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA to Launch Saturday Bronx Cultural Trolley"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "En Foco: Mexico Exposed"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "ECO Recycling Art College workshop at Hunington Library"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter's Bronx scene: "Anna Tonna at Bronx Library Center"
03/12/09 Bronx News Network: "Culture Trolley to Run on Saturdays"
03/09/09 Comic Book Convention & Big Read highlight March 14 Culture Trolley Saturdays
03/06/09 BCA presents March 21st ECO Art Workshop
03/06/09 BCA presents Mezzo Soprano Anna Tonna in March 14th concert
03/05/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Survey Captures Artists"
03/05/09 Bronx News: "Photo Exhibit Explores Mexican Heritage Here"
03-2009 Bronx Family: "BCA to Host Big Read Events in March"

02/28/09 C2: La revista de CLAVE (page 2): “Artistas: Profeta S En Tierras Lejanas”
02/27/09 BCA Celebrates March 12th Kick-off of The Big Read
02/26/09 BCA Launches Culture Trolley Saturdays on March 14th
02/22/09 Daily News: “Point, click and promote: More businesses tap social networking sites”
              (Bronx Underground)
02020/09 March 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
02/20/09 Dream Sequence opens on March 4, 2009at BCA’s Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
02/20/09 Vidal Centeno: F119 opens on March 4th at BCA’s Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
02/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Writer, producer discusses projects”

              (BRIO winner James McSherry)
02/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA's Free Business Workshops"
02/19/09 2009 Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series Winners Announced
02/19/09 Riverdale Press: “Nostalgia can be good for you” (BRIO winner Rob Silverman)
02/13/09 New York Times Art Review: “Angry, Funny and Concerned About Identity”
02/06/09 BCA presents Flower-Making Crochet Workshop on February 21st
02/06/09 BCA presents Professional Development Workshops for Bronx Artists

01/30/09 Trolley listing in the New York Times "Spare Times" section
01/29/09 Riverdale Press: "Bronx Council on the Arts Distributes Annual Grants"
01/29/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture Trolley to Ride the S. Bronx Cultural Corridor”
01/28/09 City University Newsletter: 2008 BRIO winner Nancy Haiduck is highlighted
01/27/09 Daily News: "Puppet Masters"
01/26/09 New York Times: "Tributes to Hip-Hop Pioneers Help Cultivate New Messages"
01/23/09 February 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
01/20/08 BCA Announces 2008-09 Recipients of Municipal and State Funds
01/15/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Kwanzaa at Owen Dolen”
01/15/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Creating His Own Puppets”
01/08/09 Bronx Press Review: "Puppet-Making Workshop at Huntington LIbrary"
01/08/09 Bronx Press Review: "BCA Presents BRIO "How to Apply" Workshops"
01/01/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Free Puppet-Making Workshop, January 10th”

12/24/08 BCA and the Huntington Free Library present a Puppet-Making Workshop on Jan 10
12/23/08 OTHER, Other… High Visibility opens Jan 29 at NYC's Nathan Cummings Gallery
12/23/08 NYC Arts: “Evolving: Stories of Survival and Resistance”
12/22/08 BCA’s 2009 BRIO Awards Pre-Application Workshops Slated for Jan 7th & 8th
12/16/08 Daily News: “from subway cars to the gallery”
12/11/08 The Riverdale Press: “Deadline Nears for BRIO Awards”
12/05/08 BCA Announces 2008-09 Literary Fellowship and Residency Program Winners
12/03/08 Bronx Times Reporter: "Stories of Survival"
12/03/08 Bronx Latino: “Bomba Yo will Bring Holiday Cheer to Bronx Trolley Tonight”
12/03/08 Freedom Love Fest: “Art Opening & Reception: Graffiti: Spirit of an Age @ 40 × 10”
12/03/08 West Bronx Blog: “Tonight: The Bronx Culture Trolley”
12/03/08 Creative Economy News Brief / Fall 2008

11/28/08: Evolving: Stories of Survival and Resistance opens at Longwood on Dec 3
11/27/08 Bronx Times Reporter: "Owen-Dolen Reconstruction Slated"
11/27/08 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Culture Trolley to Visit Lower Bronx Art Community"
11/20/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Square, WSZIO have plans for Owen Dolen”
11/20/08 Rockefeller Foundation Helps Boost Creative Sector with its 2008 NYC Cultural
Innovation Fund Awards
11/20/08 December 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
11/20/08 BCA Announces Application Deadline for 2009 BRIO Individual Artist Awards
11/20/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Big Read: March 2009”
11/18/08 New York Times: “An Island of Industry”
11/14/08 Graffiti: Spirit of an Age @ 40 x 10 opens at Longwood on December 3rd
11/07/08 BCA and The Big Read

10/27/08 November 5th Bronx Culture Trolley
10/10/08 BCA presents 4 Bronx Indie Artists at Barnes and Noble on October 21st
10/07/08 Daily News: "New Bronx Arts Guide"
10/02/08 BCA Releases Updated Creative Bronx! Black Book as a PDF

09/18/08 October 1st Bronx Culture Trolley

08/27/08 AIE Grant from the Bronx Council on the Arts Available for Bronx Schools.
08/14/08 New York Times: “Set in Glass, Artist’s Ode to Bronx Life is Acclaimed”
08/13/08 gothamist: “Bronx Subway Station's Successful Public Art Work”
08/13/08 MTA Celebrate Public Art in the Bronx (BRIO winner Danny Hauben)
08/07/08 BCA presents Award-Winning Bronx Literary Artists at Barnes and Noble on Aug 15

07/20/08 Asbury Park Press “Visitors can see the Bronx in Bloom”
07/18/08 Augst 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
07/10/08 Funding Opportunity Offered by Bronx Council on the Arts
07/10/08 Harlem News Group: “Second Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour”
07/08/08 Bronx Bohemian: "Trolley Ride"
07/09/08 Daily News: "Now Bronx is Yearning for Respect"
07/06/08 Palm Beach Post: "Greenry and wildlie .. Are you sure this is the Bronx?"

06/27/08 New York Times: “Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tours”
06/26/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Writers’ Center Schedules Readings”
06/24/08 Daily News: "Prisoner's Last Words Haunt Writer" (BRIO winner James McSherry)
06/24/08 ARTCAL: “2nd Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour“
06/20/08 July 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
06/12/08 Chapter One Reading Series Scheduled for June and July at Bronx Library Center
06/11/08 Second Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on June 28
06/06/08 Bronx Writers’ Center Announces 2008-09 Literary Arts Fellowship Opportunities
06/06/08 Bronx Writers’ Center Announces 2008 “Chapter One” Fiction Competition Winners
06/05/08 Riverdale Press: “Artists Take Home 11 BRIO Awards”
06/05/08 ARTslant: OTHER, OTHER...

05/23/08 BCA Celebrates 45 Years at June 4th’s Bronx Culture Trolley
05/23/08 Community and Cultural Activist Al Quinones to be honored on June 4th
05/23/08 Jazz Artist and Music Educator Dr. Valerie Capers to be honored on June 4th
05/23/08 Sculptor/Installation Artist Pepón Osorio to be honored on June 4th
05/23/08 OTHER, OTHER... Panel Discussions
05/23/08 “OTHER, OTHER…” opens at Longwood Gallery on June 4th
05/21/08 Twenty-Five Bronx Artists will Receive BCA’s 2008 BRIO Award on June 4th
05/02/08 Three Bronx Indie Performers Kick Off BAAD!'s Boogie Down Dance Series

04/30/08 May 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
04/18/08 BCA Announces its 2007 Program Management Initiative Grant Recipients
04/16/08 BCA Announces DCA Community Arts Fund Awards
04/16/08 BCA Presents “Get It Together 2008,” An Arts-in-Education Round Table Symposium
04/14/08 50 NYC Artists of Color Receive Fellowships from the New UAI Initiative/NYC
04/09/08 Cultural Connections Showcases Bronx Immigrant Artists at Longwood Art Gallery
04/11/08 Bronx Latino: "Short Films by Bronx Filmmakers Screened by BCA"
04/10/08 Short Films by Bronx Filmmakers Screened by The Bronx Council on the Arts
04/05/08 Bronx Beat: “Bronx Artist's Gallery is Home Sweet Home”
04/04/08 Bronx Latino:  “Worth the Trolley Ride”
04/02/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA to Launch Literary Journal”

03/31/08 Bronx Latino: “Bronx Culture Trolley”
03/20/08 BCA Releases Bronx Black Book Creative Industry Directory
03/28/08 Bronx WritersCorps Sponsors Preliminary Youth Poetry Slam League on April 8th
03/23/08 April 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
03/21/08 BCA Officially Launches New Online Literary Publication CrossBRONX on April 2
03/14/08 March 22nd is "Artist Tax Day"
03/14/08 Bronx Beat: “Literary Journal to Celebrate Diversity”
03/06/08 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Winners Take to the Stage"
03/06/08 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Culture Trolley to Visit New Exhibits on March 5th"

02/29/08 Multi-Media Exhibition Celebrating Afro-Dominican Culture at Longwood Art Gallery
02/28/08 Journey to the Stage presents Free Musical Performances by 2007 BRIO Winners
02/21/08 NuyoRican School Poetry Jazz Ensemble and Book Signing at the March 5 Trolley
02/21/08 March 5th Bronx Culture Trolley

01/31/08 Riverdale Press: “Arts Council Seeks Entries”
01/31/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Digital Artwork Explored”
01/29/08 Talk Bronx: “Cross Bronx Magazine Setting High Expectations”
01/29/08 Daily News: “Online Bronx magazine taking shape“
01/24/08 Riverdale Press: "Local Organizations Receive Bronx Council on Arts Funds"
01/24/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Longwood Gallery Promotes Talent”
01/24/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council Launches Digital Matrix”
01/24/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council on the Arts Announces NYS Awards”
01/17/08 Puerto Rico Sun: "Boricua Named as New Director of Longwood Art Gallery in Bronx"
01/17/08 Riverdale Press: "Alternative Art – Material Culture"
01/17/08 February 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
01/17/08 BCA Seeks Writing Submissions for New Online Literary Magazine, Cross Bronx
01/16/08 Call for Artists for Longwood Arts Project's Digital Matrix Commission
01/15/08 Juanita Lanzo Named Director/Curator of BCA's Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
01/10/08 BCA Announces 2007- 08 NYSCA Decentralization Awards at Feb 6 Ceremony
01/09/08 NY1: “Community Arts Organizations Call On City for More Funding”
01/03/08 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA to Offer Free BRIO Grants Workshop”
01/03/08 BCA’s 2008 BRIO Awards Two-Part BRIO Workshop on Jan 3

12/13/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx BRIO Winners to Showcase Performance Series"
12/13/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "BRIO Awards Available"
12/13/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Material Culture at Longwood"
12/13/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Arts Groups Win Funding"
12/07/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Toby Buonagurio Takes Times Square"
12-07/07 BRIO Pre-Application Workshops Slated for December and January
12/04/06 Material Culture at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos Dec 5, 2007 – Feb 7, 2008

11/30/07 BRIO Saturday Series Kicks Off with a Comic Performance by Rhina Valentin
11/29/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Material Culture at Longwood"
11/29/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Blues/Jazz at Yankee Tavern"
11/20/07 Material Culture at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos Dec 5th – Feb 7th
11/20/07 Blues & Jazz Artist Robert Silverman Performs at the Yankee Tavern on Dec 5th
11/16/07 December 5th Bronx Culture Trolley
11/16/07 BCA Announces Application Deadline for 2008 BRIO Individual Artist Awards

10/29/07 Crain’s NY Business ‘Visitors Seek Novelty Trips to the Boroughs Beyond“
10/25/07 November 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
10/25/07 November 7th Jazz Performance by Ray Vega & Sharon Spinetti
10/25/07 Meet NYSCA Executive Director Heather Hitchens on November 7th
10/25/07 Meet Photographer Enid Alvarez at Pregones Theater on November 7th
10/12/07 Bronx Writers’ Center 2007-08 Literary Fellowship & Residency Program Winners
10/11/07 InterTribal Voices: "Hostos Hosts Apache Contemporary Art in NYC"
10/10/07 Fordham Ram Online: Bronx Beat

09/24/07 BCA Board Chair Charles Rice-Gonzalez Receives Audre Lorde Scholarship Award
09/21/07 October 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
09/20/07 CultureFest 2007
09/20/07 Longwood Art Gallery presents Fort Apache Revisited: A Panel Discussion
09/14/07 New York Times Theater Review: "Till the Break of Dawn"
09/14/07 BCA Announces Additional Information Seminars for AIE Grant for Bronx Schools
09/11/07 Daily News: "By Golly, Our Trolley is the Best!"
09/06/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Trolley Lauded"
09/06/07 Bronx Press Review: "Praise is High for Cultural Trolleys in Report"

08/2007 CityLimits.org: "The Boroughs' Riches, A Trolley Ride Away"
08/2007 A Bumpy Ride – The Center for an Urban Future's Report on the City's Trolleys
08/23/07 Longwood Art Gallery presents The Fort Apache Connection
08/20/07 Arts-In-Education Grant from BCA Available for Bronx Schools
08/16/07 Deadline for BCA’s 2007-2008 Community Arts Grants is September 21, 2007
08/09/07 Bronx Writers’ Center 2007-08 Chapter One Applications Available Now
08/09/07 September 26, 2007 is the Next UAI/NYC Grants Deadline

07/26/07 Riverdale Press: "Bronx Culture Trolley Chugs Through the Bronx"
07/18/07 August 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
07/10/07 Funding Opportunity Offered by Bronx Council on the Arts

06/01/07 Island Current: “Islanders Win BRIO Awards”
06/01/07 Chapter One Reading Series Scheduled for June at Bronx Library Center

05/31/07 Nordstjernan: "A Nordic Tapestry with Soprano Elly Erickson"
05/31/07 Riverdale Press: “Three Riverdalians are given prestigious BRIO Awards”
05/31/07 Latin Week New York: Profile: Marisol Diaz / “Más allá de la imagen”
05/31/07 Bronx Press Review: “22 Bronx Artists will receive BCA’s 2007 BRIO Award”
05/31/07 Bronx Press Review: “Afternoon of Scandinavian Song at Bronx Library Center”
05/31/07 Bronx Press Review: “Jazz Clarinetist Neal Haiduck at Yankee Tavern on June 6th”
05/24/07 Bronx Times Reporter: “Library, BCA offer Scandinavian Song”
05/24/07 Bronx Times Reporter: “Longwood Arts Announces Bronx Artist Showcase”
05/24/07 Jazz Clarinetist Neal Haiduck performs at the Yankee Tavern on June 6th
05/22/07 Hip-Hop Artist PattyDukes in a Free Performance at Pregones Theater on June 6th
05/18/07 BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial Highlights June 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
05/18/07 BX 1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial Exhibition Opens June 6th
05/17/07 June 6th “First Wed at the Library” presents An Afternoon of Scandinavian Song
05/17/07 Twenty-Two Bronx Artists Will Receive BCA’s 2007 BRIO Award on June 6th
05/08/07 Newsday: "Her Subway Art's on Track"
05/07/07 Bronx Beat: “Sculpting the Borough's Cultural Corridor”

04/27/07 Celebrate BWC Literary Arts Fellows at Reception & Reading at Kingsbridge Library
04/27/07 Bronx Writers’ Center Announces Funding Opportunity for Bronx Literary Artists
04/23/07 May 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
04/18/07 BCA presents “Get it Together 2007” – An AIE Round Table Symposium
04/17/07 Winners of 2007's Chapter One Competition and Reading Series Announced
04/17/07 May 2nd “1st Wed. at the Bronx Library Center” presents Music of Latin America
04/16-22/07 4th Annual New York City Immigrant History Week Calendar

03/29/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Seven Award-Wining Plays at Pregones on April 4th"
03/23/07 April 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
03/23/07 Seven Short Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks at Pregones Theater on April 4th
03/22/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "Keeping the Bronx Alive"
03/21/07 Handle It! Career Program – Spring 2007: April 23 – June 30, 2007
03/19/07 Many Hands, Many Places Showcases Bronx Immigrant Artists April 16th – 22nd
03/15/07 April 4th “First Wednesdays at the Bronx Library Center” Offers a Free Concert
03/15/07 Free Writing Workshop Taught by Literary Arts Fellow Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
03/15/07 March 24th is “Artist Tax Day”
03/12/07 Bronx Beat: "Borough Folk Artists Get Down to Business"
03/08/07 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA Announces 2006 DEC Grant Recipients"

02/27/07 CUNY Newswire: Novelist Nelly Rosario Named CCNY Kaye Artist in Residence
02/26/07 March 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
02/23/07 Bronx Writers' Center Announces 2006-07 Literary Fellowship Winners
02/21/07 90 NYC Artists of Color Receive $125,000 in Awards from UAI/NYC Grant Program
02/16/07 Comedian Alba Sanchez Performs at the Downtown Bronx Cafe on March 7th
02/16/07 March 7th "1st Wednesdays at the Bronx Library Center" Offers Writing Workshop
02/12/07 Bronx Council on the Arts Welcomes Three New Board Members
02/12/07 BCA's Bronx Writers' Center Announces Free Writing Workshop
02/06/07 Daily News: "Teen getting the hang of an artful job"

01/2007  NYFA Interactive: "A Cheer for the Bronx"
01/2007  Americans for the Arts Monograph: "Bill Aguado/Bronx Council on the Arts"
01/20/07 Bridging The Digital Divide In The Bronx Digital Matrix Commissions 2007
01/19/07 February 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
01/16/07 Dance Performance at Feb 7th “First Wednesdays at the Bronx Library Center”
01/14/07 New York Times Art Review: "Four Shows in One Celebrate Ethnic Diversity"
01/12/07 New York Sun Art Review: “A Bronx Gallery Celebrates a Birthday”
01/05/07 BCA BRIO Submissions are Due on January 26th
01/04/07 New York Times Art Review: "Longwood Arts Project's 25th Anniversary"

12/27/06  BCA Announces 2006-07 NYSCA Decentralization Awards at Feb 7th Ceremony
12/21/06  BCA’s 2007 BRIO Awards Final Pre-Application Workshop Slated for January 3rd
12/18/06  "First Wednesday at the Bronx Library" Continues on January 3rd

11/27/06  BCA Announces Application Deadline for 2007 BRIO Individual Artist Awards
11/24/06  Antonio Martorell Gives Studio Tour and Lecture at Hostos on December 6th
11/20/06  BCA's Bill Aguado Named to Governor-Elect Spitzer's Policy Transition Team
11/17/06  December 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
11/16/06  "First Wednesday at the Bronx Library" Continues on December 6th
11/13/06  Life is Short, Art is Longwood
11/07/06  BCA Receives "Mayor's Award for Arts & Culture" at Oct 30th Awards Celebration

10/30/06  Mayor Celebrates 30th Anniversary of DCA at "Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture"
10/20/06  November 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
10/17/06  BCA Announces Awardees and Reception for 2006 Arts-In-Education Grants
10/13/06   "First Wednesdays at the Bronx Library Center " Continues November 1st
10/13/06   Bronx Jazz Vocalist Mary Pearson Sings at Yankee Tavern on November 1st
10/10/06  Life is Short, Art is Longwood

09/25/06  Pirates of the Cultural Corridor Hijack the Bronx Culture Trolley on October 4th
09/15/06  October 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
09/15/06  "First Wednesdays at the Bronx Library Center " Begins October 4th
09/01/06  En Foco Relocates to Morris Park Avenue

07/20/06  August 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
07/20/06  Book Release Party by Bronx Author Black Artemis at Hostos on August 2nd
07/20/06  Poet George Edward Tait Gives Free Reading at Downtown Bronx Cafe on Aug 2nd
07/13/06  Funding Opportunity Offered by Bronx Council on The Arts

06/23/06  July 5th Bronx Culture Trolley
06/23/06  TV/Movie Actor Lou Torres in a Free Performance at Pregones Theater on July 5th
06/23/06  Free Screening of Documentary by Bronx Filmmaker at Hostos on July 5th
06/23/06  Poet/Author DuEwa Frazier Gives Free Reading at Downtown Bronx on July 5th

05/29/06  BCA "Word Up!" Literary Event Showcases Bronx- and City-based Artists
05/25/06  BCA's "Word Up!" Literary Event Features NuyoRican School Poetry Jazz Ensemble
05/25/06  Isaac Goldemberg to be Honored at BCA's June 7th "Word Up!" Literary Festival
05/25/06  BCA Announces "Word Up" Literary Event
05/22/06  BCA Sponsors June 7th Youth Poetry Slam at Hostos Community College
05/18/06  June 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
05/17/06  Twenty-Two Bronx Artists Will Receive BCA's 2006 Brio Award on June 7th

04/21/06   May 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
04/21/06   BCA Sponsors Two Youth Poetry Slams
04/14/06   Two Chapter One Winners Featured at BWC April 26th Uptown Local Reading
04/12/06   BWC's Literary Arts Fellowship & Residency Nurtures Bronx Poets & Writers

03/24/06   April 5th Bronx Culture Trolley
03/09/06   Free Tax Preparation Workshop
03/08/06   BCA Hosts Arts-In-Ed Grant Meet-and-Greet Mixer on March 23rd

02/17/06   March 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
02/17/06   Bronx Writers' Center Kicks off 2006 Season
02/06/06   Handle It! Open House to be held on February 15th
02/03/06   Town Hall Meeting for Aging Visual Artists Set for March 1st

01/14/06   Come Experience the Art of Disco
01/12/06   February 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
01/06/06   BCA Announces NYSCA Decentralization Awards Ceremony
01/03/06   BWC Announces 2005/2006 Literary Fellowship and Residency Program Winners

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