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BCA GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
FUNDING FOR BRONX ARTISTS AND ART ORGANIZATIONS
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANTS (CEGs)
ARTS FUND | COMMUNITY ARTS | NEW WORK
DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 31st, 11:59 PM
The 2024 Community Engagement Grants (CEG) application cycle is open! Bronx-based artists, collectives, and arts organizations have the opportunity to apply for Arts Fund, Community Arts, and New Work for a total of up to $10,000 in grants.
RSVP for Info Session
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BRONX DANCE FUND (BDF)
OPENS: Tuesday, October 10th
DEADLINE: Monday, November 20th, 11:59 PM
The Bronx Dance Fund (BDF) supports Bronx-based dancers, choreographers, and dance organizations with budgets under $250,000 through grants of up to $7,500 for general operating or project-based support.
RSVP for Info Session
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BRONX RECOGNIZES ITS OWN (BRIO)
OPENS: Monday, October 16th
DEADLINE: Monday, December 18th, 11:59 PM
Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) provides awards of up to $5,000 to individual Bronx artists who create works in literary, media, visual, or performing arts.
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SEPTEMBER 30TH - CREATING A NARRATIVE ARC
BRONX MEMOIR PROJECT (BMP)
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Join us for the final 90 Pages and Beyond workshop on Saturday, September 30th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Creating a Narrative Arc explores shaping one’s life story into a coherent timeline, marking the highs and lows into a compelling story of growth and self-discovery that will relate to or resonate with readers.
And SAVE THE DATE! The next BMP workshop series, Memoir in Verse led by Advocate of Wordz, begins Tuesday, October 17th.
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OCTOBER 4TH - CAMINO A MICTLÁN
DÍA DE MUERTOS ART INSTALLATION & OFRENDA
LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS
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Artwork Credit: Daniel Valle | |
The Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, in partnership with BCA, presents Camino a Mictlán (Road to Mictlán), an exhibition celebrating one of the most important traditions in Mexican culture.
Join us next week for the free Opening Reception of this vibrant show on Wednesday, October 4th from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. Through authentic altars, grand sculptures, and mesmerizing masks, the exhibition provides an opportunity to celebrate the art of remembering those who have gone before us.
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OCTOBER 11TH - THE CRAFT OF GRANTWRITING FOR ARTISTS
ARTIST SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP SERIES (ASWS)
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The Artist Sustainability Workshop Series (ASWS) is back with the first out of three workshops starting on Wednesday, October 11th from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM.
There are more ways than ever to raise funds today. From local to national, private to public, and individual to crowdsourced,The Philanthropic Universe will be a brief overview of how funding sources differ, where to find them, and best ways to cultivate and approach them. Plus some tips on telling your story and communicating your value, no matter which source you approach.
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OCTOBER 27TH: FOREIGN PUZZLE FILM SCREENING AND Q&A
LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS
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During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, BCA, in partnership with Real Talkies, presents a FREE screening of Foreign Puzzle at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos on Friday, October 27th from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Foreign Puzzle is an award-winning documentary about an inspiring Mexican-American dancer who communicates the impermanence of life through dance while juggling the roles of a recently divorced parent of a 6-year-old, a choreographer, and a primary school teacher amidst intensive treatments for breast cancer. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's protagonist Sharon Marroquín and director Chithra Jeyaram.
Foreign Puzzle is not rated by the MPA and is not suitable for young children.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS... | |
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OCTOBER 6TH - IMMIGRANT ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAM
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA)
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“In/Between 2023: Lush Friction,” Photo Credit: Maria Baranova, Courtesy of New York Live Arts | |
Are you an immigrant artist working in the Visual or Multidisciplinary Arts? Do you live in New York City or within commuting distance of the New York City Metropolitan area?
Consider joining a growing immigrant artist community by applying to be part of the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. The deadline to apply is Friday, October 6th at 11:59 PM.
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BECOME A GRANTS PANELIST
BCA 2024 GRANT CYCLE
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BCA is seeking artists, arts professionals, and nonprofit and community leaders to serve as panelists for our 2024 and future grant cycles.
Grants panelists review and score applications, provide invaluable panelist comments, and recommend recipients for funding. They play a key role in the grants process, and their knowledge and expertise are crucial in shaping the way funds are distributed. Potential panelists from all boroughs are welcome to apply, as BCA’s different grant programs require panelists from in and outside of the Bronx. BCA supports panel diversity in all forms: age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, artistic discipline, location, etc.
Selected panelists will be contacted during grant season (fall/winter). All panelists will receive a modest fee.
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BCA IS HIRING
JOIN THE BRONX COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
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Check our website for more information on available employment opportunities and apply now! | |
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In response to the social, political, and civil unrest and energy crisis in Puerto Rico, the "Celebrating Puerto Rican Culture, Heritage, and History Cycle" provides space for the Puerto Rican community to come together and celebrate its heritage and traditions. Through activities that showcase Puerto Rican traditional dance, music, and more, the goal is to empower the community to adapt and cope with the challenges of living in exile. Learn more about this cycle.
"1.5 Million" is a feature-length documentary that explores the political and economic forces that led to a literary crisis in The Bronx. Filmed over four years, the film features The Bronx from 1997 when the borough had only two bookstores, to 2019 when there were none, and further examines the changes in the borough since then. Learn more about 1.5 Million.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS: Post opportunities and stay informed about recent ones such as residencies, call for artists, studio space, grant opportunities, and more.
EVENTS CALENDAR: Post your events and find out what's happening around the borough on BCA's Events Calendar, the one-stop destination for community arts events.
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The Bronx Council on the Arts is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Arts Midwest and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Coalition of Theaters of Color; the Cultural Immigrant Initiative; City Council Members Eric Dinowitz and Marjorie Velázquez; Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson; NYS Assemblymember Michael Benedetto and the NYS Division of Criminal Justice; and the Hispanic Federation, the City of New York, and the Department of Youth and Community Development. Also supported in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Altman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Amazon, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund, the Tiger Baron Foundation, and Con Edison. Special thanks to Hostos Community College and the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture for their support. | |
BCA and Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos locations are ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant. | | | | |
