Heal Up! Arts & Wellness Admissions Roundtable
April 15 | 11am - 12:15pm
Virtual
This roundtable will examine the courses, training seminars, and volunteer opportunities accessible to artists, cultural practitioners, and other members of the creative community engaged in arts and wellness education. Speakers include: Michael Aryee, Artist at Flex Dance Program; Sobha Kavanakudiyil, Educational Theatre Program Director at the City College of New York; and Shola Thompson, Founder of Community Revitalization Partnership & Mental Health Trainer at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Dynamic Engagement Portal
"This is How We Remember" featuring Zoe Rabinowitz, Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee. Photo by Effy Grey.
Deadline: April 17 at 11:59pm EST
Want to win $1,000 in a UX/UI Design Competition? How about an opportunity to join our development team?
Help us imagine the Dynamic Engagement Portal (DEP), an interactive solution for artists and communities to leverage art assets, art networks, creative content, and creative services. We're looking for a three-page clickable prototype that demonstrates what you think the DEP should look like and feel like. Submissions are due April 17, 2023.
Learn more about the DEP, the competition, and more ways to get involved.
Trauma Informed Teaching for D75 Populations
April 27 | 10am - 12pm
Virtual
This workshop, co-facilitated by Allie Marotta, AIE Manager for Schools & Media of Brooklyn Arts Council, and Emily Miller, Founding Member of Mutual Aid Diabetes (MAD), will introduce the concept of trauma informed teaching and offer practical strategies to incorporate this method into D75 classrooms. Students in D75 cohorts (meaning students that have IEP's, are disabled, or are neurodiverse) experience trauma that is categorically different from those in general education settings, and a trauma informed approach will help educators create warm and enriching environments for students to feel safe while engaging with the arts.
Consider Culture:
Music Production with Manuel Garcia-Orozco
April 28 | 5pm
Virtual
Consider Culture is a virtual space designed to share professional experiences to inform and inspire other creatives to meaningful, generative, and viable career options in arts and culture.
April’s episode will feature discussion with Latin Grammy Award winner Manuel Garcia-Orozco. By understanding the unique dynamics in the business of music and culture, we can gain valuable insight into how to succeed in this ever-changing industry. From the challenges faced by independent labels to the strategies used to promote their artists, this founder's experience provides us with invaluable lessons on how to navigate a competitive market. With his inspiring story as our guide, let's explore the amazing world of independent music and culture!
BAC’s Spring Party Returns!
June 5 | 6pm - 10pm
Industry City, 5-2-A
33 35th St, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn
HONORING:
Derrick Adams | Visual Artist, Performance Artist, & Educator
Alireza Esmaeilzadeh | Senior Vice President of Development, Brookfield Properties
Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham | Co-founder & Executive Director, Museum Hue
Toni Yuille Williams | BAC Board Chair & Media Host, Brooklyn Savvy & ArtMovez
Join Brooklyn Arts Council for a festival-inspired night complete with a moveable feast, cocktails, silent auction, performances, and of course, a dance party!
Funds raised through BAC's 2023 Spring Party will provide crucial support to the independent artists and grassroots arts programs that fill our communities with joy and vibrancy. Your donation advances us towards a more equitable Brooklyn: where every corner of the borough has access to the arts.
Want to be a pop-up performer at BAC's Spring Party? Submit a proposal by April 7.
Grantee Events
Upcoming events hosted by our grantees, fiscal sponsees, and partner organizations.
Mookntaka’s Friends and Follies
Mookntaka is a Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
Exhibition Dates: April 4 - April 27 (by appointment)
Opening Reception: April 8 | 4pm - 7pm
TI Arts Studios Sweet Lorraine Gallery
183 Lorraine St, 3rd Fl, Brooklyn
Mookntaka is a Brooklyn-based artist duo by Mark Zlotsky and Karyn Lao. Mookntaka are known for their inflatable sculptures that wander around the city to create pop-up public art installations. Whether it be a moment crossing the street or catching waves at the beach, the Friends and Follies enjoy finding the perfect spot to rest, play, and offer a moment of respite from everyday routine. Friends and Follies will feature drawings and sculptures, including the debut of a new inflatable friend, Archie!
Brooklyn Americana presents: Loretta Lynn Birthday Show
Jan Bell, Founder of Brooklyn Americana is a Local Arts Support & Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
April 14 | 8pm - 11pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn
Join Brooklyn Americana and host Jan Bell for a Flood Relief Fundraiser to help Appalshop recover from the devastating July 2022 flooding. Based in Whitesburg, Kentucky, Appalshop is a community media and arts center dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich cultural heritage of Central Appalachia. Since 1969, they have been committed to creating a more just and equitable society by empowering Appalachians to tell their own stories—through film, radio, theater, music, reproductive justice work, and community development.
Live music by Queen Esther, Christian & Cole, David Russell, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Squiretown, and special guests!
Aaron Asis’ Ulmer: Conveyance
Aaron Asis is a Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
April 15, 16, & 22 | 12pm - 4pm
William Ulmer Brewery
81 Beaver St, Brooklyn
Immersive art installation Ulmer: Conveyance will invite visitors to experience the seldom seen interior of the abandoned William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick. Created by artist Aaron Asis, this public art event will offer visitors free access to a series of temporary art installations and immersive performances, providing open access to the historic brewery and rare access to the sub-basement levels, deep beneath the streets of Bushwick.
CreativeStudy: Live Q&A - Healthcare
CreativeStudy is a Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
April 17 | 5pm - 6pm
Virtual
Join Renata Marinaro, National Director of Health Services at Entertainment Community Fund for this live Q&A on healthcare. The health insurance system in the US can seem impenetrable and overwhelming, especially when you’re freelance or self-employed. Renata explains what you need to know to approach this for-profit system as an educated, savvy consumer. In her module on CreativeStudy, she explains the basic vocabulary, outlines your rights as a consumer, and offers an unbiased, step-by-step overview of your insurance options right now. If you are uninsured or underinsured, she has guidance for that as well.
Reel Sisters & BRIC present: Scriptwriting Essentials & The Art of Writing Strong Female Characters
Carolyn A. Butts-Schmalenberger, founder of Reel Sisters, is a Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
April 25 | 6pm - 8pm
BRIC Arts
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn
Reel Sisters and BRIC present: Scriptwriting Essentials & The Art of Writing Strong Female Characters. Veteran author/producer Lorisa Bates , Vice President of Content Strategy, Co-Productions & Multiplatform at BET Networks, will lead a beginning scriptwriting workshop that will cover the essentials of writing scripts for TV, Film and Web Series. Scriptwriting Essentials will offer tips on pitching your script to such major content platforms as OWN, Netflix, BET and HBO. You will learn how to write strong and richly layered women characters as well as the nuts and bolts of writing scripts that sell.
Events, Workshops, & Professional Development
Additional happenings hosted by our grantees and other organizations, collectives, and institutions.
Dragging the Archive
On view through April 6
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus Library
3899 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn
Dragging the Archive is an online/onsite exhibition of materials from the early cyber years of Franklin Furnace Archive, 1996-2002, by Elly Clarke. The exhibition is taking place across three floors of this landmarked Library at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Face2Face: Arts Education is Community Care – How to Use Mutual Aid Practices in the Classroom
April 13 | 2:30pm - 4pm
The Riverside Cathedral
490 Riverside Dr, New York
Arts Education is Community Care – How to Use Mutual Aid Practices in the Classroom will feature discussion by Brooklyn Arts Council’s Allie Marotta, AIE Manager for Schools & Media, and M'Kina Tapscott, AIE Manager for Community & Equity. This workshop will engage with core principles of mutual aid practice and offer ideas on how to incorporate them into the classroom. Participants can expect to learn about the history and practice of mutual aid, collaborate on example activities, and brainstorm new ways of working in this session.
UrbanGlass:
The Wild West of Web3: Bridging Craft and Digital Art
April 14 | 6pm - 9pm
April 15 & 16 | 11am - 5pm
UrbanGlass
647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
In this workshop you will examine the ever changing landscape of the NFT space from the perspective of an IRL glass maker. The workshop will start with the basics of making and minting, encouraging the best practices we’ve found beneficial in our own experiences. Rob Panepinto (p0ng) and William Couig (Bil.Co) will use a new collaborative project they’ve conceived to walk students through both the glassmaking/sculpting process, the photographing/editing process and the variety of ways NFT technology can be applied to enhance your own body of work or project.
Art IN DUMBO: Open Studios
April 22 & 23 | 1pm - 6pm
DUMBO, Brooklyn
DUMBO Open Studios is an annual event where artists in DUMBO and Vinegar Hill open their doors to the public. Discover over 100 artists and arts organizations, including artists in residence at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Triangle Arts, the New York Studio School, BRIClab, and Smack Mellon. A.I.R. Gallery, Klompching Gallery, MINUS SPACE, and Platform Project Space will also be holding gallery exhibitions.
BRIC presents: When I Am Empty Please Dispose of Me Properly
Exhibition curated by BRIC Curator Jenny Gerow with support from Artist Tahir Carl Karmali and Curatorial Intern Augusta Weiss.
Through April 30
Wednesdays - Sundays | 11am - 6pm
Gallery at BRIC House
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn
When I Am Empty is a group exhibition featuring the work of seven artists who explore the dominant myths of the American dream that govern and shape our personal narratives. Drawing on pop art and advertising aesthetics, the exhibition examines consumption through both its allure and contradiction, playing with ideas of mimicry, duplication, and violence.
Featured artists include: Ayanna Dozier; Ilana Harris-Babou; Meena Hasan; Lucia Hierro; Catherine Opie; Chuck Ramirez; and Pacifico Silano.
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BRIC presents: Buzz Slutzky: For Example
Through April 30
Wednesdays - Sundays | 11am - 6pm
Project Room at BRIC House
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn
Featuring new work by Buzz Slutzky, For Example presents the artist’s ongoing investigation into the relationship between mark- and meaning-making. Through drawing, painting, and film, Slutzky explores the aesthetics of authority, instruction, and knowledge production. Powered by the tension between what is buried and what is brought out by the passage of time, For Example challenges the enduring authoritative power of instructional images and inherited narratives. For Example is organized by Maria McCarthy, Curatorial Associate. It is Slutzky’s first solo exhibition.
Teaching Artist Project 2023 Summer Institute
Deadline: May 8
Summer Institute 2023 is a three-day intensive workshop series for teaching artists of all disciplines. Through artmaking and discussion, this workshop will explore the question, “How can artivism create a new world?” During this in-person three day intensive, teaching artists across the country will work with Teaching Artist Project (TAP) staff in NYC to develop skills to help support their students and bring artivism into learning spaces.
Museum of Failure NYC
On view through May 14
Industry City
900 Third Avenue, Brooklyn (between 33rd St & 34th St)
The world-renowned Museum of Failure exhibit has opened at Industry City in Brooklyn. Presented by SEE Attractions, JB Contemporary and Global Art Exhibitions NY, the Museum of Failure shines a light on some of history’s epic fails by some of the world’s best-known companies, like Colgate, Pepsi, and Google. The experience is geared towards visitors of all ages. Guests can look forward to classic catastrophes like the marketing disappointment that was New Coke or the over-hyped 1958 Ford Edsel, along with artifacts spanning from the 17th century right up to the present day.
national dance institute (ndi) collaborative:
teacher training workshops
Level Two Intensive Training | June 5 - 10 | In-person
NDI & The Art of Teaching Fundamentals | July 17 - 20 | Virtual
Level One Intensive Training | July 31 – August 11 | In-person
A professional development program for teaching artists, dance educators, musicians, and organizations worldwide. All trainings are experiential and include joyful dance classes, mentored teaching opportunities, stimulating group discussions, and live music. Teachers from all different dance backgrounds find the NDI Method enhances their practice and that our trainings equip them with new teaching strategies to motivate, engage, and inspire diverse learners.
Artist Opportunities
Reliable funding opportunities from outside collectives and institutions.
The Laundromat Project:
Now Hiring - Operations Coordinator
Salary: $65,000
Start Date: mid-May
The Laundromat Project is seeking an Operations Coordinator to support the organization’s administrative, technology, and facilities functions. This role will collaborate with staff across the organization to ensure The LP is consistently fully operational for work and programming, both on-site and virtual. The ideal candidate for this position should thrive on bringing energy, experience, and order to a fast-paced environment, be highly organized, detail-oriented, and a proactive multi-tasker and problem-solver.
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MTA Arts & Design: Call for Images
$1,500 Honorarium
Deadline: April 7
MTA Arts & Design seeks images of artists’ previous work to review in consideration for a new permanent Percent for Art project, in conjunction with construction of a new Jamaica Bus Depot in Jamaica, Queens. MTA Arts & Design encourages the use of public transportation through the administration of visual and performing arts programs. Through the Percent for Art program, MTA Arts & Design commissions artists to create dynamic contemporary artworks for transit locations, resulting in memorable and lively experiences for transit users and communities.
Jerome Foundation:
Film, Video, and Digital Production Grants
Up to $30,000
Deadline: April 13 at 5pm EST
Offered every two years, Jerome Foundation’s NYC Film, Video and Digital Production grant provides New York City-based early career film directors, working in short and/or long form experimental, narrative, animation or documentary genres, or in any combination of these forms, a production grant of up to $30,000 for all stages of production. The grant supports early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with or re-imagining film, video and digital production.
DOT Art: Tunnel Beautification
Deadline: April 14 at 11:59pm EST
The Department of Transportation is seeking submissions of bold, colorful designs to beautify of the 191st Street Tunnel in Washington Heights, Manhattan that connects Broadway and St. Nicholas Avenue to the 1 train station at 191st Street. Proposed designs should reflect the local community and the rich cultural identity of Washington Heights. DOT will select up to four (4) artists to develop design treatments to be painted within the tunnel with community and volunteer support.
DOT art: 2023 Open Streets Application
Deadline: April 14
New York City's Open Streets program transforms streets into public space open to all. These transformations allow for a range of activities that promote economic development, support schools, and provide new ways for New Yorkers to enjoy cultural programming and build community.
Art in the Garden: Performing Artist in Residence
Deadline: April 15
Residency: June - September
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Performing Artist in Residence program allows artists and visitors to experience the Garden through a different lens. The theme for the 2023 residency is Power of Trees, drawing inspiration from trees in our collections, tree care and caretakers, and the symbolism of trees as a place of gathering, shelter, and culture. During the residency, the artist will spend time creating work in and inspired by the Garden.
LMCC Workspace residency
$1,500 Stipend
Deadline: April 18 at 5pm EST
LMCC’s longest running residency program, Workspace, is a nine-month studio-based program that focuses on the creative process and cohort development of emerging artists. Workspace nurtures experimentation, creative risk taking, collaboration, learning and skill sharing through regular opportunities for dialogue with peers and arts professionals.
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants
Image: Shanjana Mahmud and Luke Eddins (AWAW EAG ’22), Winter Species, drying harvested kelp, May 2022
Up to $20,000
Deadline: April 18
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding—up to $20,000 per project—to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. The AWAW EAG will support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale.
The Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant
$10,000 Grant for Research
$20,000 Grant for Development
Deadline: April 24 at 12pm EST
The Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant supports filmmakers from around the world who have directed at least two feature-length documentaries and are in the research and development stage of their next feature-length film. This new initiative supports directors with a track record while they ideate, think, plan, and write their next feature-length film. This grant provides financial support to experienced directors during a filmmaking stage that has too often gone unpaid and unsupported.
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants
Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 28 at 5pm EST
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. “Dire financial emergencies“ include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food. If you were displaced due to COVID-19, expenses to enable you to return to your working home base are eligible. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application.
Open Sound 2023
Deadline: April 30
Open Sound 2023 is the third year of our weekly music series taking place at Open Source Gallery on Wednesdays in the summer. Curated by Lily White, Open Sound features a variety of musicians and genres. For the summer of 2023 Open Source Gallery is seeking musicians/bands to play live performances for an audience. This program is funded by Open Source and will take place between June 14-September 20.
BRIClab Residency
$2,500 Stipend
Deadline: May 8
BRIClab is a multi-disciplinary residency program created to advance opportunities for visual artists, performers, and media makers. The residency aims to build a stronger and more diverse artistic community in Brooklyn. BRIClab offers emerging to mid-career artists essential support and opportunities to share their work. The program's four tracks are Contemporary Art, Film + TV, Performing Arts, and Video Art. Each track offers unique resources and opportunities designed to meet the needs of varied artistic practices.
DCLA: Cultural Development Fund (CDF)
Opens: Early April
Deadline: May 9 at 5pm EST
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is pleased to launch the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Cultural Development Fund (CDF) grant application for New York City nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. CDF is DCLA’s competitive, peer-evaluated grant process that supports a broad, multidisciplinary group of diverse NYC-based nonprofit organizations for their arts and cultural services.
Triangle Residency
Deadline: May 11 at 11:59pm EST
Triangle offers spacious studios and a dynamic artistic community to support the development of new artwork. Triangle's founding concept and current programs de-emphasize professionalization and specific outcomes, instead allowing artists space and time to focus on their ideas and process. The Triangle residency focuses on building community. Residency gatherings and visits from curators occur several times a month as well as a seasonal open studio.
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
$10,000
Deadline: Rolling
Adobe is committed to enabling ‘Creativity for All,’ empowering people everywhere with access to the tools, inspiration and support they need. The Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund was established to provide support to creators during times of extraordinary hardship. Adobe will now be focusing Community Fund efforts on providing support to those creators who have been directly impacted by the unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
Resources
citywide participatory budgeting process:
The people’s money
In 2022, Mayor Adams and the Civic Engagement Commission announced the launch of “The People's Money” — New York City's first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process. All New Yorkers age 11 and up, regardless of immigration status, can decide how to spend $5 million of the city's budget on projects to address local community needs in their borough and/or neighborhood.
The voting phase of the process will begin in early May. Stay tuned for more information on how to vote, including online or in-person. Let's make sure Brooklyn creatives are involved!
NYSCA 2023 COVID Impact Survey Report
NYSCA’s 2023 COVID Impact Survey provides insight into the state of New York’s non-profit arts and culture recovery. While signs of improvement are indicated, the sector is still in active recovery mode and experiencing operational and programmatic paradigm shifts.
Americans for the Arts: Disability Justice Virtual Resources
The 2023 Disability Justice Virtual Resource series is part of an ongoing effort by Americans for the Arts (AFTA) and Mid Atlantic Arts to provide resources to support individuals and organizations in the mid-Atlantic region engaging in the essential work of accessibility and disability justice in their communities. The pre-recorded videos and live conversations focus on intersectionality, accountability, and budgeting through a disability justice lens.
Intersectionality & Disability Justice
Verywell Mind Therapy Center
A resource for reliable information on mental health including an article library of curated, comprehensive information on mental health and psychology topics. Verywell’s writers and editors are industry experts who keep you up to date on the latest studies, recommendations, and trending topics that matter to your well-being.
Fractured Atlas: Opportunity Scan
Fractured Atlas’ Opportunity Scan is a high level research scan on six areas of activity that have implications for artists' lives and livelihoods. These areas were chosen by Fractured Atlas staff leadership and board as sites of activity that are outside of the arts sector. The goal was to inform conversations among the Fractured Atlas team, and the sector more broadly, about how it might evolve its services for artists in light of these emerging opportunities.
Get Ready for the NYC Primaries in JUNE
A busy election season is about to start in NYC, with primaries this June. Find out what you need to know to make your voice heard! Every City Council seat is up for exlection due to redistricting. The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island will have elections for District Attorneys.
Key PRIMARY dates in 2023:
June 12: Deadline to request your absentee ballot (online or by mail)
June 17: Deadline to register to vote or to update your address, for the June primary
June 26: Deadline to request your absentee ballot in-person from a city Board of Elections office
June 27: Primary Day & deadline to return or postmark your absentee ballot
Learn more in this informative article from The City.
What We're Reading
Have you encountered an inspiring or engaging read related to the COVID-19 era lately? Tell us about it at webmaster@brooklynartscouncil.org.
Cayla Bamberger. “NYC Council to Invest $3 Million in Arts Programs at Selected Schools,” Daily News.
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Hannah Cole. “What Artists Need to Know About Taxes,” Hyperallergic Podcast.
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Travis Diehl. “Why Is a Day Job Seen as the Mark of an Artist’s Failure?” New York Times.
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Sylvie Douglis & Ruth Tam. “Financial Advice for Artists Who Think They're ‘Bad with Money’,” NPR.
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Margaret Fuhrer. “Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom,” New York Times.
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Alex Marshall. “Ireland Asks: What if Artists Could Ditch Their Day Jobs?” New York Times.
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Cover Image: Angel Glasby posing for QT Art Camp’s photography workshop. QT Art Camp is a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee. Photo by Carmen DeCristo.
Empowering Artists. Empowering Communities.
The arts are a lifeline to sustain wonder, inspiration, healing, and a sense of community in our lives. Please join Brooklyn Arts Council in our mission to empower Brooklyn artists and arts organizations that bring life and joy into our home borough.