BCA's Website Gets a New Look
The Bronx Council on the Arts has long demonstrated its dedication to the cultural development of the community and to our borough’s independent artists by offering diverse and exciting programs as well as mentoring, guidance, financial and promotional support.
With BCA's newly-designed website, made possible by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, we can now give our past accomplishments and ongoing commitment to our artists an online presence that will serve as both a showcase and an archive for their work while making it more accessible to arts consumers, presenters, curators, and critics.
Artists Get New Forum Through the Artist Venture Initiative
The Artist Venture Initiative on our newly-designed website is a forum for artists of all disciplines who receive BCA’s support.
This forum provides our artists with an online showcase and an archive of their work, while making it accessible to art critics, consumers, presenters, and curators. Click the appropriate link above to view work from our award-winning artists.
BCA Seeks Its Past Award Winners
If you are one of BCA's past award winners and you would like to be showcased on our website, please e-mail the following to phil@bronxarts.org:
- Name and year of award;
- Brief bio (not a resume);
- jpg headshot of yourself;
- jpg of your visual art,
or
jpg of the cover of a published piece, or
jpg of your performance art;
- please identify all jpgs as you would like them to read;
- Your website address. If you do not have a website, please submit contact information.
If you are one of BCA's past award winners who are already listed on our website, please e-mail phil@bronxarts.org with:
- changes you would like made to the existing copy
- jpgs you would like me to use as a replacement for the ones currently online
Note: if an image does not appear (e.g., a photo without an art jpg or vice versa), I did not have one in our archives. Please feel free to supply one.
- If you would like your information to be removed, please let us know and it will be done promptly.
BCA Welcomes 3 New Members to Its Board of Directors
Sheila McDaniel, Deputy Director of Finance and Administration at NYC’s Studio Museum in Harlem.
George L. Torres II, Chief of Staff for State Senator Jose M. Serrano, 28th District in the Bronx
Daniel Voloch, Director of the College Now Program at Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
"We are proud to add three qualified, dedicated professionals to our board of directors,” said Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Chair of the Bronx Council on the Arts’ Board of Directors. “As BCA continues to grow and expand with new initiatives to serve the arts and artists in the Bronx, we are pleased to be joined by fresh, vibrant talented individuals. The Bronx wins again with the addition of Ms. McDaniel, Mr. Torres and Mr. Voloch to the BCA Board of Directors."
BCA Announces 2006-07 NYSCA Decentralization Awards at February 7th Ceremony
BCA will announce the recipients of The New York State Council on the Arts' (NYSCA) 2006 Decentralization Program (DEC) at a reception on Wednesday, February 7th at 5:00pm at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. The event will be attended by representatives of recipient organizations, local legislators, the NYS Council on the Arts, as well as the BCA Board of Directors. Hostos Community College is located at 450 Grand Concourse and 149th Street in the Bronx. Click here to read full press release for more information.
BRIO Panelists Sought by BCA
The Bronx Council on the Arts is currently seeking nominations of individual artists in all media to serve on the Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Awards panels. Cash honorarium and breakfast or lunch will be provided. Click here for Panel Nomination Form.
Funds Available to Arts Groups
The NYC Investment Fund has begun to promote its new Arts Entrepreneur Loan Fund to cultural organizations across the city. Their web page about the program features an asterisked description of the additional benefits available to successful borrowers based in the Bronx EZ---the NYCIF 3% interest loan becomes interest-free.
Click here for information.
