Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO)

Photography-Visual Arts

Abigail Montes is a documentary photographer and educator from the South Bronx. Since 2013, Montes has worked with various initiatives empowering youth through… more

Film Animation-Media Arts

Alfonso M. Rodriguez is a NYC based filmmaker and photographer. In 2011, he graduated from the School of Visual Arts, earning a BFA in Film and Video. Since… more

Fiction-Literary Arts

Ana Ortiz was born in Mayaguez, P.R. and came to live in the South Bronx with her family at the age of 7. She attended the NYC Public Schools, received B.A. from John… more

Street Art-Visual Arts

Born and raised in the Bronx, André Trenier has spent the better part of the last two decades establishing himself as one of the premiere artists to emerge from… more

Fiction-Literary Arts

My fiction has appeared in The Amherst Review, Crimespree Magazine, Criminal Class Review (Vols. 3 & 6), Manslaughter Review (Vols. 1 & 2), Oyez Review, Phantasmagoria,… more

Fiction-Literary Arts

Anna Purves is a writer and artist.  She teaches writing in the Macaulay Honors and Lehman Scholars programs at Lehman College/CUNY.  Recent Poems Published "Then… more

Acting-Performing Arts

Arsenio De La Rosa is AKA "El Maestro" is the most diverse accordion player from Dominican Republic. He mastered many different styles of accordions and styles.… more

Drawing-Visual Arts

Bruce has been making lines with his pen since he was a wee boy. His life was always one of creative enterprise; whether it is art, music or writing. He studied fine… more

Music Composition Audio only!-Performing Arts

Carl Bettendorf is a New York-based composer/conductor.  Born in Hamburg, Germany, he studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm before receiving his doctorate from… more

Mixed Media (2D)-Visual Arts

Carlos W. Encarnación-Váquez is a visual artist and art educator born and raised in Puerto Rico. He received a BA in Social Sciences/Forensic Psychology… more

Narrative Film / Video-Media Arts

Carlos Hiciano is a filmmaker, musician, and writer who has worked in the media industry for 10+ years. Having graduated from CUNY - Lehman College with a BA in… more

Experimental Film / Video-Media Arts

Chris Gude (New York, 1985) studied anthropology and geography at Middlebury College. In 2006, he went to Medellín, Colombia to work at a refugee shelter for internally… more

Painting-Visual Arts

Christian Breed (1981) received a BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2004, an MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 2017, and an Advanced Curatorial Certificate… more

Printmaking-Visual Arts

Christian Hincapie was born in Colombia in 1989 and today lives and works in the Bronx. Hincapie's work relates to the specific circumstances and histories… more

Photography-Visual Arts

Mr. Dennis RedMoon Darkeem is Bronx born and raised. He is of Yamassee Creek-Seminole Native American and African American descent. Dennis has been an Artist and… more

Spoken Word-Performing Arts

Dilson is a performing artist from the Bronx. His talents include creative writing, playing various instruments, spoken-word poetry, singing, audio engineering,… more

Playwriting-Literary Arts

Dominic Colón is an award-winning actor, writer, and director from The Bronx.    Dominic has appeared and guest starred in over 60 movies and Television shows. … more

Sculpture-Visual Arts

I am a multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, video and sculpture.  I received my B.A. from Hunter College in 1994 and completed the Whitney Museum Independent… more

Poetry-Literary Arts

Elisabeth von Uhl has earned an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and scholarships to the Prague Summer Writer’s Conference, Greenwich Village Writer’s Workshop,… more

Printmaking-Visual Arts

Emily Henretta received her MFA from Columbia University in 2011. Emily has exhibited her work at The International Print Center New York, The Westside Gallery… more

Printmaking-Visual Arts

Emily Lombardo's work weaves cultural and historical references to bring focus to marginalized narratives. Her practice often uses classical methods of printmaking… more

Screenwriting-Literary Arts

Hannah Leshaw is a Bronx-based writer and director. Her first three short films, partially funded by the Bronx Council on the Arts, screened internationally at film… more

Performance Poetry-Performing Arts

A Bronx native born and raised, Imani Wallace, poetically known as Lyrical Faith, is a Black American educator, activist and award-winning international spoken word… more

Photography-Visual Arts

Ira is a life-long Bronx resident who has been photographing the world around him as well as inner worlds that haunt him since 1976. This is a story about a man and… more

Photography-Visual Arts

J.C Rice was born in Seattle, WA.  He played baseball at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA and graduated with a degree in Literature.  He received a Masters… more

Poetry-Literary Arts

Jean Carlos Soto is a poet from the Bronx, NY. A graduate of Lehman College (’16) with a degree in English and Latin, he has worked the last five years as a… more

Crafts-Visual Arts

Jessica Lagunas is a Latinx New York-based artist. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Museo Amparo, Mexico; Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín,… more

Poetry-Literary Arts

Judith Baumel is a poet, critic and translator. She is Professor of English and Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Adelphi University.  She is… more

Vocal Music Performance Audio only!-Performing Arts

Justin Hicks is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, and vocalist who uses music to investigate themes of identity, labor, American dream aesthetics, and instinctual… more

Fiction-Literary Arts

Kate Broad has a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center and a BA in English and Political Science from Wellesley College. She has published poetry and essays… more

Mixed Media (3D)-Visual Arts

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, politicized in Washington, DC, liberated in Los Angeles, CA; I am a visual artist, educator, musician, surfer, and photographer.… more

Painting-Visual Arts

Linda Cunningham is a Bronx based artist, exhibiting extensively both in New York and Germany. completing most recently installations with ODETTA Gallery, Bushwick,… more

Instrumental Music Performance Audio only!-Performing Arts

ABOUT LUIS PERDOMO Originally from Venezuela, Grammy® nominated pianist, composer, arranger and educator Luis Perdomo moved to NYC in the early 90s and has since… more

Instrumental Music Performance Audio only!-Performing Arts

Majid Khaliq is a violinist and composer cut from a different cloth. He has been described by legendary musician Wynton Marsalis as having “a unique blend of improvisation,… more

Photography-Visual Arts

Manuel Acevedo is a West Bronx-based multidisciplinary artist. Over time, he broadened his media to develop a distinctive style that combines photography, graphic… more

Poetry-Literary Arts

Michael Rotenberg-Schwartz is an Associate Professor of English at New Jersey City University, where he teaches a variety of courses on British and… more

Documentary Film / Video-Media Arts

For more than two decades she’s been on the scene, bassist/vocalist/producer/label owner and now filmmaker Mimi Jones has reigned supreme. She was raised in the Bronx,… more

Painting-Visual Arts

Odalys or O (She/He/They) is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and photography. They are gender fluid, a Gemini and Storyteller from the… more

Fiction-Literary Arts

Born and raised in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents (from Corozal and Ponce), Richie Narvaez has embraced the Bronx as his home. He is the author of the award-winning… more

Screenwriting-Literary Arts

Ruth Hernandez received an MFA from Florida State University. Through her writing she explores the question “Where are you from?” and its repercussions on our… more

Experimental Film / Video-Media Arts

Shaunese is a visual artist and content creator with over 9 years of experience working in the film industry and as an educator. They are an expert in their… more

Photography-Visual Arts

Sofie Vasquez (b. 1998) is an Ecuadorian documentary photographer born and raised in The Bronx, New York. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and has… more

Music Composition-Performing Arts

Stephanie Griffin is an innovative composer and violist with an eclectic musical vision. Born in Canada and based in New York City, her musical adventures have… more

Installation Art-Visual Arts

Ghanaian-born artist Tijay Mohammed’s practice is moved by his personal and community stories informed by the complex view of the African and African American… more

Music Composition Audio only!-Performing Arts

Tyrone Birkett is a saxophonist, composer, and speaker partnering art and social action. As the musical director of the band Tyrone Birkett Emancipation, he has… more