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Photography - VISUAL ARTS
Adeline Lulo was born in Washington Heights, New York and raised in the Bronx. She earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Lulo was the recipient of the En Foco… more
Painting - VISUAL ARTS
Agnes Murray’s lithographs, intaglio prints, monotypes, artist's books, drawings, photographs, watercolors, and oil paintings have been exhibited nationally and… more
Narrative Film & Video - MEDIA ARTS
Alba E. García, a BRONX artist is an international award-winning filmmaker. She is currently working on her 4th film Dangerously Ever After, a stop-motion film based… more
Choreography - PERFORMING ARTS
Alethea Pace is a Bronx-based dancer and choreographer whose work has been presented at New York Live Arts, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), Pregones/PRTT,… more
Dance - PERFORMING ARTS
Emerging as one of the most exciting talents in the New York flamenco community, Aliesha Bryan is turning heads as a performer both nationally and internationally.… more
Narrative Film & Video - MEDIA ARTS
Benedict Campbell is a writer and director focused on fictional dramas for short and feature films. His interest in filmmaking grew from photography and he studied… more
Mixed Media 2D - VISUAL ARTS
Carlos Wilfredo Encarnación is a visual and teaching artist born and raised in Puerto Rico. He received his BA from CUNY Lehman Herbert College and… more
Playwriting - LITERARY ARTS
After completing her BA in Theatre at Bucknell University and her MA in Directing at Antioch University-McGregor School, Carolyn freelanced nationally as a director… more
Mixed Media 3D - VISUAL ARTS
During her career, Corinne Grondahl's art has crossed over into different disciplines that utilized recycled and repurposed materials. One of her more prestigious… more
Painting - VISUAL ARTS
Born, raised, and still living in the Bronx, Daniel Hauben's lifelong artistic focus has been the landscape, especially the urban landscape. Hauben has had over… more
Choreography - PERFORMING ARTS
Davalois Fearon, Dance Magazine’s one of 7 Up-and -coming Black Artists to Have on Your Radar, is a Bessie award-winning, critically-acclaimed dancer, teacher,… more
Crafts - VISUAL ARTS
As a mixed-blood African American and Native American artist living in the south Bronx, Dennis has found a voice in his community. He enjoys using his art to bring… more
Illustrated Text - LITERARY ARTS
Born in 1985 in Bronx, Derrick Michael Charles is an African-American comic book writer currently living in the Coop City section of the Bronx. Graduating from… more
Non-Fiction - LITERARY ARTS
Elaine Musiwa is a Zimbabwean-born writer who currently lives in the Bronx. She writes about black identity and the lives of immigrant families. Her writing has appeared… more
Music Composition - PERFORMING ARTS
Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca is a Steinway Artist, winner of the 2018 Downbeat Critic’s Poll Rising Stars in the Keyboard Category, and a 2009 and 2018 Grammy… more
Music Composition - PERFORMING ARTS
Erik Lundborg found music and started composing at a young age, and at 15 performed his first piano concerto. His Hollywood work includes orchestration for The… more
Painting - VISUAL ARTS
Heidi was born in Providence, R.I. and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University, Medford, Ma. She was awarded a Traveling Scholarship… more
Poetry - LITERARY ARTS
Having spent most of her adult years as a nurse, in retirement, Helen has returned to writing, specifically: poetry. She earned her English Master’s--Creative Writing:… more
Photography - VISUAL ARTS
Being raised in New York City in the 60s spoke to his awareness of beauty within diverse cultures. Douglass Houses on Manhattan’s Upper West Side offered him the… more
Performance Poetry - PERFORMING ARTS
Lyrical Faith is a recent Master’s degree recipient in Higher Education from the Steinhardt School at New York University. Hailing from the Bronx, she is a New… more
Drawing - VISUAL ARTS
Born in Flushing, Queens, Jairo Serna is a first generation American citizen, and child to Colombian immigrants. Currently residing and working in Bronx, NY, his work… more
Mixed Media 2D - VISUAL ARTS
Jeannie is a mixed media artist with strong working-class roots, acutely aware of everyday and extraordinary violence inflicted on girls and women. For three decades,… more
Choreography - PERFORMING ARTS
Jeremy McQueen is an award-winning choreographer, dedicated to story-telling rooted in experience and social engagement. His work aims to create spaces of comfort,… more
Photography - VISUAL ARTS
Jessica Kirkham is a documentary and fine art photographer based in the Bronx. Her work explores themes of youth, queer identity, abuse, and healing. She received… more
Photography - VISUAL ARTS
Jon Santiago is a photographer based in New York City. He has developed a practice that combines the roles of an image-maker, an educator, and increasingly, a… more
Crafts - VISUAL ARTS
Jorge A. Valdes (JAVA), born in 1956, is a Cuban American self-taught artist living in New York since 1992. His use of found objects & broken china traces back… more
Playwriting - LITERARY ARTS
Juan Ramirez, Jr. is an internationally produced writer and a Dramatist Guild member with an MFA from NYU. His latest plays are Sailing Stones with 2018 DUAF, Stroke… more
Vocal Music Performance - 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
Music Composition - PERFORMING ARTS
Kamala Sankaram has been praised as “strikingly original” (NY Times) and “new voice from whom we will surely be hearing mBore” (LA Times). Recent commissions… more
Screenwriting - LITERARY ARTS
Kiara C Jones is a Writer, Director, Producer and the proprietor of Cultivated Films LLC. Her NewYork-based production company champions diverse storytelling and is… more
Music Composition - PERFORMING ARTS
Laura Kaminsky, “one of the top 35 female composers in classical music” (The Washington Post), frequently addresses issues including sustainability, war, and… more
Fiction - LITERARY ARTS
Marcia moved to New York in 2014 to attend the graduate writing program at Sarah Lawrence College. After earning her MFA, she felt she needed to stay in the Bronx… more
Mixed Media 2D - VISUAL ARTS
Self-taught artist Melissa Calderón creates bodies of conceptual work around themes exploring social and political landscapes, drawing upon historical and philosophical… more
Performance Art - VISUAL ARTS
Nicolas treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively or through experiences where the quotidian and art overlap. He has exhibited and performed extensively… more
Documentary Film & Video - MEDIA ARTS
Pam Sporn is a Bronx based documentary filmmaker, educator, and activist. She loves listening to people tell stories about standing up to injustice in their own unique,… more
Poetry - LITERARY ARTS
Renee uses an autobiographical approach to storytelling to discover topics close to home as a frame of reference to collide new subjects with the old. She has written… more
Fiction - LITERARY ARTS
Richard Frias was born and raised in the Bronx. Richard is currently an Employment Advisor for an adult education program where he helps students of vocational courses… more
Poetry - LITERARY ARTS
Sandra García Rivera has captured audiences throughout the U.S., U.K., and Caribbean as a spoken word poet, and vocalist alongside musical legends. With two… 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
Poetry - LITERARY ARTS
Sydney Valerio is a writer, mother, teacher, youth leadership coach, professor, poet, and performer. She wrote "Matters", a one-woman show, and performed it at… more
Non-Fiction - LITERARY ARTS
Vanessa Mártir is an NYC based writer, educator and writing coach. She is currently completing her memoir, A Dim Capacity for Wings, and chronicles the journey… more
Fiction - LITERARY ARTS
William Lung received his MFA in Creative Writing from The City College of New York, where he is also an academic advisor and adjunct lecturer. He’s been a fiction… more