BAC Wellness Studio
BAC WELLNESS FESTIVAL in partnership with the billie holiday theatre
July 29, 2022 | 5:30 PM - 10 PM
On June 25th, Brooklyn Arts Council partners with The Billie Holiday Theatre from 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm for BAC Wellness Festival!
The festival will be held outside in the main plaza and will feature live music from renowned musicians and performers that represent the diverse creative community of Brooklyn. Join us for a day of healing pop-up activities, learn about healing traditions through BAC Sonic Clinic pop-up exhibition featuring digital art by David Gumbs, and engage in health-based conversations and health screenings with Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center.
Live music performances by Zane Rodulfo & Rhys Thompson as well as Samir Langus & Nizar Dahmani.
Accompanying each Sonic Clinic are digital artworks by artist David Gumbs, whose creations move you through these healing soundscapes. Musical compositions by Zane Rodulfo; Vong Pak and Junghee Oh; Samir Langus; Aeilushi Mistry; and Martin Vejarano.
BAC SONIC CLINIC POP-UP EXHIBITION at mocada
july 5, 2022 - July 17, 2022
BAC Sonic Clinic Pop-Up Exhibition at MoCADA will be on view from July 5 – July 27!
BAC Sonic Clinic is a cross-cultural musical healing experience for our online and on-site visitors. BAC Sonic Clinic explores the healing traditions of music and sounds from from immigrant populations throughout Brooklyn. Each musical composition is accompanied by David Gumbs to move you through each healing soundscape.
The exhibition features musical compositions by Samir Langus; Aeilushi Mistry; Vong Pak & Junghee Oh; Zane Rodulfo; and Martin Vejarano.
BAC WELLNESS INSTALLATION AT THE GREGORY JACKSON CENTER
July 30 | 1 PM - 5 PM
Brooklyn Arts Council celebrates wellness on July 30th from 1 pm – 5 pm at the Gregory Jackson Center in Brownsville. Interactive healing sculptures, live health talks, and a wellness workshop are all part of this free event. Come join us for a night of healing, and discover more about healing traditions at the BAC Sonic Clinic pop-up digital art exhibition, which will feature digital artwork by David Gumbs and music performed by musicians from all across New York City.
We are proud to share that this event was brought to you in partnership with Brownsville Community Justice Center and Youth Design Center.
THRIVE Mentorships
We are excited to share that THRIVE Mentorships have begun! These courses are a new opportunity for artists to cultivate their professional development alongside other Brooklyn Arts Council constituents.
Keep an eye out for more information and sneak peeks of the conversations and resources that will be presented at October’s Thrive Festival which will be open to the public.
Cey Adams & FAILE Prints for Purchase!
LOVE Prints by Cey Adams
LOVE Print (blue/pink) by Cey Adams
Cey Adams, a New York City native, emerged from the downtown graffiti movement to exhibit alongside fellow artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. As the Creative Director of Def Jam Recordings, he created visual identities, album covers, logos, and campaigns for Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., Maroon 5, and Jay-Z. Today Adams' work focuses on themes including Pop Culture, brand identity, cultural and community issues.
Couture Print by FAILE
Since 1999, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have collaborated under the name FAILE (an anagram of "a life") to create kinetic, image-saturated paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations. Their democratic street style features fragmented mash-ups of comic book and cartoon characters, advertising and propaganda slogans, bright patterns and colors, and historical and pop cultural references.
The last three of this limited edition print run are now available for purchase!
Couture Print by FAILE
Our Grantees' Events
Upcoming in-person & virtual events hosted by our board members, grantees, fiscal sponsees, and partner organizations. Keep scrolling for a full, comprehensive list of what's top-of-mind this July.
Book Party for At the Crossroads: The One Breath Rising Anthology of Poetry and Prose
July 10 | Reception: 3 PM | Performance: 4 PM
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn
Celebrate our upcoming publication of At the Crossroads: The One Breath Rising Anthology of Poetry and Prose! One Breath Rising has been presenting spoken word and music since 2015. We have compiled a collection of poetry and prose written by the literary artists who have performed for One Breath Rising, each of whom has been recognized for their contributions to the full American story. Live jazz by the Jay Rodriguez Trio, and readings by Brooklyn poets, Mervyn Taylor, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Angela Lockhart-Aronoff and Robert Gibbons.
*Proof of vaccination and masks required.
Et Alia Theater presents Stella, Come Home
July 22 & 23 | 7 PM
The Vino Theater
274 Morgan Avenue, #Suite 201, Brooklyn
Stella, Come Home is a dance-theater piece that translates A Streetcar Named Desire into movement through the bodies of international women. We feel urged to explore what it means to perform this pinnacle of white US theater as women immigrants in NYC, one of the world's most heterogeneous cities. Using traditional music from our countries (Romania, Brazil, Italy) and leaving dialogue aside, we'll explore the play’s narrative, themes and characters as a parallel to our personal experiences. Just as a reality-stricken Blanche longs for a return to her imagined Belle Reve, we are outsiders going through the painful struggle of letting go of our past, while the promised land of NYC forces us to face our truth: culturally diverse women still have to fight to be heard.
Performance by Et Alia Theater. Directors: SarAika (Sara Pizzi/Aika Takeshima). AD: Marina Zurita. Cast: Ana Moioli Giorgia Valenti Luísa Galatti Maria Müller Israel Harris.
Fire Ecologies
July 23 | 8 PM
2 19th Street, Brooklyn
Join Unheard-of Ensemble and the Gowanus Dredgers for the paddle-in New York premiere of full-length version of Fire Ecologies, a unique musical and visual experience that explores American landscapes through the lens of climate change. Composer Christopher Stark and multimedia artist Zlatko Ćosić embarked on a journey across the United States capturing audio and video for this multimedia experience.
QTPOC Sankofa Dreaming
Kickoff Performance: August 5
Workshops & Community Meal: August 6 & August 7 | 10 AM -5 PM
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
QTPOC Sankofa Dreaming is a weekend mini-festival of four workshops, a performance, and a community meal. The festival grew out of themes from MBDance’s Desire: A Sankofa Dream, a site-responsive performance ritual centering Black queer agency. This weekend aims to help build community within the cohort, celebrate participants own power through performance practice workshops, and invite them to see themselves centered through performance and in curricula that lifts up the histories of queer makers of color.
Events & Programs
Additional happenings hosted by our grantees and other organizations, collectives, and institutions.
THAI THEATRE SHOWCASE: โชว์เคส โชว์ของ
July 23 - 24 | 6 PM - 9 PM
TCG, Midtown NYC
The festival will spearhead Thai Theatre Foundation's effort to create a professional gathering that brings Thai artists living in the U.S. together and connects them with the U.S. theatre community. The opportunity will encourage the artists to create new authentic work and boost diversity in the New York theatre Community.
The three-hour event includes a panel talk with a different group of artists each night. The festival also brings together four performances by: Sai Somboon; Luke NaphatAnn Chunharakchote; and Heen Sasithorn Panichnok, Vin Kridakorn, and Pacharakamol Chantri, directed by Sanhawich Meateanuwat
Dance/NYC: Dance. Workforce. Resilience. Launch Event
July 20 | 7 PM - 9 PM
Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Dance/NYC is pleased to announce the launch of the Dance. Workforce. Resilience. (DWR) Initiative, which aims to address economic inequity in the metropolitan New York City dance industry and, in turn, act on its commitment to foster a just, equitable, and inclusive dance ecology.
To celebrate the launch of the Initiative, join Dance/NYC at the Mark Morris Dance Center for a party with community members, industry leaders, politicians, funders, and advocates in the field.
The Arts Center at Governors Island 2022 Public Season
Through October 30
The Arts Center at Governors Island
Building 110 at Soissons Landing
Featuring exhibitions by Amy Khoshbin and Jennifer Khoshbin, Elissa Blount-Moorhead and Bradford Young, and Simon Benjamin. This season's exhibitions center around ideas of healing, offering audiences a range of perspectives related to how we manage our experiences, individual and collective, and how we might find paths of recovery.
Artist Opportunities
Reliable workshops and funding opportunities from outside collectives and institutions. Keep scrolling for a list of what’s top-of-mind this July.
Workshops & Professional Development
The Mark Morris Dance Group’s Teaching Artist Summer Seminar
The Mark Morris Dance Group’s Teaching Artist Summer Seminar is a two-day workshop for teaching artists at any stage of their career to gain new skills and perspectives. This year’s workshop will have a specific focus on infusing culturally responsive educational practices into teaching practice through the lens of the following pedagogical values:
Incorporating music and rhythm, both live and recorded, in the classroom
Leveraging community resources and reference points in curriculum development
Creating an inclusive learning environment through differentiation practices
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Virtual Summer Program
July 20 - August 10 | 4 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
NYCAIER's Summer School is back by popular demand! Please join the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts for a four-session virtual series aimed at sharing vital legal information to support teaching artists and cultural workers in their careers.
R&D Group’s The Civilians
Deadline: July 21 at 11:59 PM
Are you an artist looking to develop an investigative project with the help of a supportive community? The Civilians' R&D Group is a lab for artists from various disciplines (writers, directors, composers, performers, etc.) who have an idea for a new play, musical or performance piece. The project can be at any stage of development.
KASHIF INCUBATOR: THE BROWNSVILLE INITIATIVE
Week 1: Tuesday, August 2 & Thursday, August 4 | 6 PM - 9 PM
Week 2: Tuesday, August 9 & Thursday, August 11 | 6 PM - 9 PM
Week 3:Tuesday, August 16 & Thursday, August 18 | 6 PM - 9 PM
Kashif Incubator invites you to participate in our inaugural storytelling workshop. The Brownsville Initiative, is a 3 week, place-based community filmmaking program for local, burgeoning artists. We believe everyone has a story to tell, especially you! BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming, and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. The Brownsville Initiative, a visual storytelling module engaging artists in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Funding & Open Calls
2023 Atelier Mondial
A six month residency in 2023 hosted by Atelier Mondial (formerly International Studio and Exchange Program of the Basel Region - iaab) in Basel, Switzerland. Open to visual artists of all disciplines and performance artists who reside in New York City with an active practice of at least two years, irrespective of age, gender, or nationality.
nyc department of cultural affairs’ Public Artists in Residence (PAIR)
Deadline: July 21 at 11:59 PM
Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in city government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges. PAIR is based on the premise that artists are creative problem-solvers.
The Neighborhood Stories Project
Iris and Bianca recording an oral history interview with the Neighborhood Stories project in August 2018.
The Neighborhood Stories Project is a storytelling initiative by the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS), which aims to gather and permanently preserve the stories of New York City community members - connecting local history with the records of City government maintained in the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library. The projects endeavors to "put the community in the archive" by empowering local residents to provide their own rich historical narrative, and to encourage them to reflect on how the past connects to their lives, their families and their future.
Regrowth and Capacity Enhancement GRANTS
Photo by Ron Thiele for Paul Taylor Dance Company. Pentimento by Laurent Lovette featuring Lee Duveneck and Company.
$5,000 or $10,000
Deadline: July 12 at 4 PM
Eligible non-profit arts and culture organizations may apply for up to three awards to support “building back” from the past two years. Awards will be $5,000 or $10,000 depending on your organization’s budget size. There is a broad range of eligible expenses including rent, utilities, and staffing.
NYSCA 2023 Funding Opportunities
Deadline for All Applications: July 12 at 4 PM
NYSCA will offer five opportunities this year: Support for Organizations, Support for Artists, Support for Special Opportunities, Support for Partnerships, and Regrowth and Capacity Enhancement. Please note that NYSCA will launch an additional Capital Projects Opportunity this fall.
Resources
Americans for the arts’ CULTURAL EQUITY RESOURCE CENTER
Americans for the Arts recognizes that many existing systems of power grant privilege and access unequally, and that equity is crucial to the long-term viability of both the arts and culture sector and communities-at-large. The Cultural Equity Resource Center is an initiative launched to ensure that everyone has equal access to a full, vibrant creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society.
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.
Kirstyn Brendlen. “Super Secret Arts Opens with ‘Groundbreaking’ Membership Model in Gowanus.” Brooklyn Paper, June 2022.
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A.A. Cristi. “Arts Leader Kendra J. Ross Heads 9th Annual STooPS BedStuy Art Crawl.” Broadway World, June 2022. Kendra J. Ross is a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
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Ted Loos. "With $440 Million, a New Arts Foundation Spreads the Wealth." New York Times, June 2022.
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Rosemary Misdary. “Audio Exhibit Debuts at 13 Community Gardens, Uncovering the Climate Shifts in Brooklyn Backyard.” Gothamist, June 2022. Rachel Garber Cole is a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee.
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Anna Rahmanan. “This Giant New Public Art Piece in Brooklyn Explores the Concept of Systemic Racism.” TimeOut, July 2022.
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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.