BCA is presenting two “How to Apply” BRIO workshops this week, on Wednesday, January 7th at the Huntington Free Library and on Thursday, January 8th at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. Click appropriate dates for details.

2008-09 Bronx Writers' Center Literary Fellowship and Residency Program Winners are Sam J. Miller and Silva Morales. Click here for more...

The 2009 BRIO Application & Guidelines are now available online (click appropriate links to download). As in the previous year, the distribution of BRIO applications will be primarily online. Hard copies can be picked up in person at BCA’s main office and can be mailed (call 718-931-9500 x35). They will also be available at Bronx public libraries, BCA’s Writers’ Center and BCA’s Longwood Arts Gallery at Hostos Community College.

Panelists Sought for 2009 BRIO Awards: 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. Click here for detailed information and a printable copy of the panelist nomination form.

Bronx River Art Center Seeks Teaching Artist in ecoMedia (part-time appointment). Click here for details.

Creative Economy News Brief
This new publication of the Creative Economy in the South Bronx highlights the arts and economic initiative programs organized by the BCA Development Corporation and the Bronx Council on the Arts.
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BCA and The Big Read: BCA will hold its first-ever Big Read this coming March with Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture and to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Click here for more information.

New Professional Development Workshops at the Center for Book Arts in NYC Designed for Artists of All Backgrounds. Click here for details.

BCA Seeks Bronx Writers and Recording Artists. Click here for information.

Painter and Eight-Time BRIO Winner Daniel Hauben was Honored on this past summer at the Freeman Avenue subway station where his stained glass installation, The El, is on permanent display. His work was among those chosen from more than 200 entries across the country. Click here for more information.

The Bronx Culture Trolley is Considered the "Most Successful of the City's Trolley Routes" according to a recent Report by the Center for an Urban Future. Click here for details.