BCA is offering six “How to Apply” seminars for its 2006-2007 NYSCA/BCA Community Arts Grants.

• Please feel free to attend any one of them. BCA invites all eligible arts and community organizations to apply to the NYSCA/BCA Community Arts Grants program for the 2006-2007 funding year.
• All borough non-profit arts and community-based organizations are eligible to apply.
• July’s “How to Apply” seminars will be held on July 17, July 19, July 27, and July 31. Click on the appropriate date for information on that seminar.

• NYSCADEC / BCA 2007-2008 Community Arts Grant
  Application Deadline is September 21, 2007!
  Click here for more information.
  
• NYSCALCB / BCA 2007-2008 Arts-in-Education Grant
  Application Deadline Is October 11, 2007!
  Click here for more information.

Call for Submissions for En Foco's New Works 11 Photography Awards.

• Click here for details.
• All submissions must be postmarked by July 16, 2007.

The NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA) has successfully completed a two-year pilot and has begun its third year cycle in 2007. NALAC members who are Latino working artists, ensembles and small and mid-sized Latino arts and cultural organizations are eligible to apply.

• Grants range in size from $2,500 to $10,000. NFA grants provide organizational support to help build the internal capacity of Latino arts organizations, support the creation and presentation of works by Latino independent artists and ensembles, and strengthen communities by investing in the creative and cultural assets of Latinos in the U.S.
• Applications can be submitted in English or in Spanish.
• The NFA application and guidelines are available on the NALAC website.
• For more information contact: NALAC, Elisa Gonzalez, Grant Program Manager, 1208 Buena Vista, San Antonio, TX 78207. E-mail: grantmanager@nalac.org. Website: www.nalac.org.
• Application Deadline: 5:00pm on July 16, 2007.

The Bronx Council on the Arts wishes heartfelt congratulations to Barry Benepe and Omar Freilla, the first two recipients of the Jane Jacobs Medal inaugurated by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation in honor of the noted activist, author & urbanist. Click here to view The New York Times article.

Toni Roberts (BRIO winner for fiction) will be conducting three writing workshops at the Baychester Branch of the New York Public Library on July 11th, 18th, and 25th at 3:30pm. Click here for details.

"Ponder Far Places" and "Best Theatre," two works by 2007 BRIO winner Peter Cabot on view at BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial Exhibition (on view at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos through August 25th). The show features eighteen 2006 & 2007 BRIO winners who are visual and media artists. Click here for details on the show.

June 6th’s Bronx Culture Trolley was highlighted
by the musical talent of our BRIO winners

BRIO Winner and Jazz Clarinetist Neal Haiduck and his trio performed an evening of swing and Dixieland Jazz at the Bronx’s Yankee Tavern. Click the following links to view segments of their performances: Neal Haiduck 1 and Neal Haiduck 2.

BRIO Winner and Hip-Hop Artist PattyDukes and friends performed at the Bronx's Pregones Theater. Click the following links to view segments of their performances: PattyDukes 1, PattyDukes 2, and PattyDukes 3.

The trolley will roll again on August 1st.

Visit BCA's website in early July for information about August 1st's trolley attraction.

“Doughboys” stars and is directed by Louis Lombardi. Danny (of Morris Park Avenue's Scaglione Brothers Bakery & Deli) plays one of Louie’s three friends who play stickball and hang out in the bakery. “Doughboys” was the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2007 Staten Island Film Festival. Visit the “Douhgboys” website for information on the film.