MoMA'S Open Call to all
Contemporary & Visual Artists |
The Bronx Council on the Arts wants our Bronx artists to know: The MoMA Design Store announces an open call to
all contemporary & visual artists living and working in the city's five boroughs, to submit items for a product collection launching in 2013. Ongoing submission process begins
May 1, 2012.
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Want to promote your goods or services to our Bronx and New York City audiences? To purchase a web ad on bronxarts.org, please contact Ads@bronxarts.org. |
Bronx/Dance
Magazine
Arthur
Aviles Typical Thea
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Nueva
Luz
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Mosaic
Literary Magazine
Mosaic Books
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Young
Dancemakers
Young
Dancemakers.
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BCA Awards &
Fellowship Winners |
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BCA/NYSCA
Community Arts Grant
BCA/DCA
Arts Fund Grant
BRIO:
Bronx Recognizes Its Own 2011 Winners
BCA
Bronx Writers Center
Literary Arts Fellowship |
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| Resources
for Artists |
| Opportunities
for Artists: Jobs, workshops, and more. |
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| Join
the Discussion |
Bronx
Arts Group — post opportunities
and events, network and discuss - a special online place
for the Bronx Arts community
UAI
Forum — a
space for NYC artists of color use the forum to learn about
opportunities, call for collaborators, find workshops, exchange
arts goods and services, and more!
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| The New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA), NYS Education Department, is offering a very unique opportunity for high school age students of New York State. Click here for details. |
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NEA Challenge America
Fast-Track Program |
| NEA is accepting applications for its Challenge America Fast-Track program, supporting small and mid-sized organizations that extend the reach of the arts to under-served populations whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, economics or disability. Click here for more… |
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Bryant Park Corporation is currently accepting applications from artists for positions in the inaugural Bryant Park Painter-in-Residence Program.
Click here for more...
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Community Links:
More
than 50 Bronx arts organizations are
listed on our website! Theater companies, musical groups, visual arts organizations,
and much more are right here in the borough.
more... |
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BCA Access:Town Hall Meeting
May 16, 2012 | 6:00-8:00pm | Pregones Theater
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What’s Next? And Who’s Bringing It?
How are Young Artists Making It?
Cultural Strategies Initiative and the Bronx Council on the Arts invite you to a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 16th at Pregones Theatre, 571-575 Walton Avenue, off 149th Street. Click here for more info and to register. ccc
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BRONX WRITERS CENTER WORKSHOP |
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World Building for Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers
A Free Writing Workshop at Barnes & Noble Bay Plaza
Friday, May 18, 6:00-8:00pm
Bronx writers are invited to register for World Building for Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers, a free hands-on workshop for all writers (even the secret ones.) Bring a notebook and a pen and prepare to create a unique world. A brief Q&A will follow. This is one of a series of free hands-on workshops for writers. All are welcome. more...
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FIRST WEDNESDAYS BRONX CULTURE TROLLEY |
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The
Bronx Culture Trolley will roll again on
Wednesday, June 6, 2012.
Click links below for information on June 6th's trolley venues.
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LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS |
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| Home Is Where the Bronx Is, BCA’s third Bronx Artists' Biennial, presents recent work by twenty-one 2010 & 2011 BRIO award-winning artists in visual and media arts. more... |
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BRIO 2012 PANEL NOMINATION |
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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.Please review the guidelines before applying online.
Guidelines | Online Application
Responses must be received no later than Friday, March 30, 2012. |
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ARTS & CRAFTS FOR SENIORS |
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| Huntington Free Library
9
Westchester Square / Bronx, NY 10461
(next to the Apple Savings Bank)
718-822-4282 |
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Every
Wednesday through June 6, 2012
10:00am
to 12:00pm
Arts
& Crafts for Seniors
with
Fran Marino
Admission
is free. All are welcome. |
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| The Big Read in the Bronx |
Events continue in May...
Children & Adult Read-Alouds
Arts & Crafts
Writing Workshops
Book Discussion Groups
Panel & Artist Talks
Movie Screenings
Click here for more info.
Flyer.
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BCA's Next Big Read Events...
Thursday, May 17th
5:00-7:00pm
Bronx Teen Poet Open Mic showcasing the talents of teen poets from the Bronx WritersCorps
programs and partners.
Location: Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-518-6728
Saturday, May 19th
11:00am-12:30pm
BRIO Writing Series with Derek Lively: “Screenwriting: Film Adaptation.” Part two of a two-part hands-on writing workshop for all writers led by BRIO winner Derek Lively.
1:00-3:30pm
Film Screening and discussion of In the Time of the Butterflies.
Location: Westchester Square Library, 2521 Glebe Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-863-0436
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BRIO Cafe Saturdays
will continue with upcoming workshops at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos in late spring and in the summer. Check back at bronxarts.org for details
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Giving - Support BCA |
Arts forward
Help us match the challenge!
Our 2012 giving campaign builds on BCA's long record of providing direct financial support to artists, arts organizations, and our consistent development of collaborative artist ventures, and innovative programs. BCA was awarded a challenge grant of $250,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Please help make the Match.
Support
BCA now.
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE |
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This Side of Paradise, a group exhibition at No Longer Empty located in the Andrew Freedman Home at 1125 Grand Concourse, draws together the economic and social history of “the Home” with the present day realities of the Bronx and its residents. Phone: 718-293-8100.
Click here for details.
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The Food & Arts Festival, the grand finale of Bronx Week 2012, is Sunday, May 20th, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm. Bronx-based Artists & Arts Groups are invited to exhibit and sell their work to thousands of Bronxites and visitors.
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CALENDAR
- post your event |
Did
you know that you can promote your own events on BCA's Calendar
of Bronx events? Please visit calendar
page, click on red 'add event' button, and post your
own events. |
BRIO Panelists Sought
Calling All Past BRIO Winners!
BCA needs you to sign up for our new BRIO Alumni Program.
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Perks include professional development and networking. Impact change and help us utilize your voice to better serve you!
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Are you a NYC-based artist or arts worker without health insurance and in need of health care? BCA is proud to be a partner organization with Lincoln Hospital in the launching of the Lincoln Art Exchange, an artist-specific healthcare program at Lincoln Hospital offering a unique option for eligible NYC-based artists who do not have health insurance to exchange their creative services for comprehensive healthcare. more… |
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Creative Capital is delighted to announce a new ancillary program, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards, launched in fall 2011 in partnership with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. more... |
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