2024 Open Calls: Grants, Creative Aging: SU-CASA, & Panelists
Ebb & Flow by Arantxa Araujo in collaboration with Sara Kostic, 2023 BAC Grantees. Photo by Wei Chao.
Deadlines: October 8, 2023
Applications for BAC Grants, SU-CASA Creative Aging, and Panelists are due THIS SUNDAY! Please review the guidelines for each opportunity thoroughly to make sure you are eligible.
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Learn More & Apply: Grant Panelists
Learn More & Apply: Creative Aging: SU-CASA (Artists & Panelists)
ON-DEMAND INFO SESSIONS
On-Demand Grants Info Session: Community Arts Grants
On-Demand Grants Info Session: Creative Equations Fund
On-Demand Grants Info Session: Q&A
On-Demand SU-CASA Info Session
Frequently asked questions
Creative Aging: SU-CASA F.A.Q.
Eligibility Self-Check
This 5-minute self-check questionnaire helps you understand eligibility requirements. BAC hopes that this short checklist will allow you to see if you can apply and what you will need to submit.
Tips for Winning a BAC Grant
In this mini-series, we give quick pointers on writing your grant application. We spoke with four Grantees who shared tips on how they scored really high with panelists on certain parts of the BAC grant application.
1) Work Samples, Non-duplication & Narrative with Benjamin Akio
2) Narrative & Community Support with JP Howard
3) Budget & Narrative with Marj Kleinman
4) Work Samples with Yasmin Mistry
Wellness Care Package
Wellness practitioners across Brooklyn present mini-motivational demos, workshops, and exercises that calm anxiety, promote courage, and interrupt procrastination and stagnation during the grant application process. Episodes feature Cheryl Walpole-Tiku, Maraliz Campos, Oluadare Bernard, Salomé Egas, and Olaronke Akinmowo.
BAC Grantee & Partner Events
The Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023:
“Undocumented Artists: The Politics of Visibility”
BAC is a proud supporter of the 2023 Immigrant Artist Biennial.
October 7 | 6pm | Brooklyn Museum, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium
The Immigrant Artist Biennial cohosts a conversation with sculptor Raul de Lara, choreographer Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, filmmaker Ana Armengod, and attorney Annie J. Wang about navigating U.S. immigration systems as undocumented and formerly undocumented artists and advocates. Co-presented with the American Immigration Council and Define American.
When They Have Their Own Historians: Wearable Books I & II":
Art, Poetry, and Culinary Traditions
Fei Li (Accented Projects) is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
October 7 | 6pm | FiveMyles Gallery
"Wearable Stories, Artists' Books I & II" invite you to inhabit a world at the crossroads of multi-disciplinary art, poetic exploration, and socio-political narratives. It is an ode, a lament, and a celebratory anthem all at once, encapsulating the complexities of human existence. Participating Artists and Readers include: Annette Covrigaru, Gloria Lau 劉君蕙 & Louise Yeung 楊浩怡, Sidian Liu, Pacyinz Lyfoung, Peggy Robles-Alvarado, Victoria Romulo, Dr. Yamuna Sangarasivam, Sagirah Shahid, Aurvi Sharma, Peach Tao, Milagros “Mica” Verendia, and April Z.
Foster Care Film and Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP) & City Living NY present: Absence/Presence
Illustrations by Sherry Xiao and Phillip Sun. Design by Yasmin Mistry, 2023 BAC Grantee.
October 10 | 6:30pm | Wythe Hotel
The Foster Care Film and Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP) and City Living NY invite you to a free screening to celebrate the PBS premiere of Absence/Presence, a documentary short film that highlights the stories of youth growing up in the foster care system. Tackling issues such as substance abuse, parental incarceration, grief, and loss, Absence/Presence provides an inside look into the impact of the foster care system through the eyes of those who have experienced it first-hand.
“Skinny Legend”
The Neurodivergent New Play Series is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
October 15 | 2pm | Vino Theater
The Neurodivergent New Play Series continues October 15th at the Vino Theater with a reading of "Skinny Legend" - written by Liv Shoup and directed by Jaye Hunt. Presented the 3rd Sunday of each month at 2pm, the Neurodivergent New Play Series is dedicated to promoting the work of rising neurodivergent writers who identify as having autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, Tourette syndrome, etc. 50% of proceeds go to the Autistic Self-Advocacy Fund for this performance.
Live Q&A Solidarity Economy: Cooperatives for Creatives
with Daniel Park of Obvious Agency
Creative Study is a BAC Grantee.
October 17 | 6pm | Virtual
To get creative projects done, many artists and creative workers instinctively pool resources and labor. They share risk, profits, recognition, and opportunities. During this Q&A, Daniel Park will discuss the founding and operation of Obvious Agency and answer questions from those involved in cooperative work or considering the formalization of their cooperative work.
“box/truck”
Adrienne Westwood Projects is a 2023 BAC Grantee. Rendering by Seth Easter.
October 20 | 6:30pm | The Old Stone House of Brooklyn
October 21 | 3pm & 6:30pm | The Old Stone House of Brooklyn
"box/truck" is a performance within and surrounding a 16-foot box truck that contemplates heritage, assimilation, and “home.” Using the stories of her maternal grandparents’ assimilation as the children of Jewish immigrants, writer and director Adrienne Westwood, together with a small, multi-talented ensemble creates a portal of exploration into the (un)told stories of inheritance.
The 27th Annual Gowanus Open Studios
Arts Gowanus is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
October 21 - 22 | 12 - 6pm
Hosted by Arts Gowanus, Gowanus Open Studios is Brooklyn’s biggest celebration of local art and artists. More than 350 artists and 70+ venues in the greater Gowanus neighborhood will open their doors, giving the public a rare glimpse inside the former factories, warehouses, and studio buildings of this vibrant neighborhood.
Brooklyn FAM 2023
October 22 | 10am | Prospect Park Boathouse
Brooklyn FAM is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
Brooklyn FAM’s 3rd annual flagship festival of arts and music, presented in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance. This year’s event embraces Brooklyn FAM’s 2023 theme of multi-sensory storytelling for transformative healing with a vibrant, truly unique celebration of West African, Jewish, and Arab cultures featuring 30 Brooklyn-based artists.
Ensemble Decipher: “Cat's Cradle”
Ensemble Decipher is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
October 23 | 8pm | Roulette Intermedium
For the opening of its 2023-24 season, Ensemble Decipher will continue its principal mission of highlighting incredible compositional voices working with new and vintage technologies by premiering a new work by Bora Yoon commissioned by the ensemble featuring a giant, electronically interactive version of the classic string-based game cat’s cradle.
Events, Workshops, & Professional Development
Active Aging Week
October 2 - 8
Age Friendly Central Brooklyn, Inc. (AFCBI), in collaboration with Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (MABP), is proud to host its 10th annual Active Aging Week. Celebrating the positivity of aging today, AFCBI has curated a weeklong campaign of virtual and outdoor events promoting the benefits of an active lifestyle and healthy aging strategies for older adults.
No Proscenium & CultureLabLIC present: NYC Immersive Meetup
October 9 | 7 - 9pm | CultureLab LIC
No Proscenium and CultureLabLIC are proud to present the NYC Immersive Meetup! This exclusive event is dedicated to fostering connections, nurturing communities, exchanging skills, and showcasing thought leadership within the immersive arts sphere. Experience an excerpt from Linked Dance Theatre's latest creation, gain insights into the venue and its artist residencies, and delve into the artist-in-residence perspective with Transforma. Our primary aim is to facilitate a meaningful synergy: introducing the immersive community to a versatile project-ready venue, while acquainting CultureLab LIC with the thriving immersive arts community.
Finding Footing as an Immigrant Within the Arts Sector
October 10 | 6 - 8pm | Virtual
Navigating the art world can be a daunting journey of searching for grants, researching best fits for your work, building an audience, and marketing yourself. In this workshop with Anabella Lenzu, we will discuss how immigrants can carve out space for their work here in the U.S, how to protect rights to said artwork, as well as navigating the challenges that being an immigrant can present in securing funding for artistic projects.
Immersive Playtest Night 10
October 11 | 7 - 9pm | The Lower Case
A monthly meetup at The Lower Case the second Wednesday of every month! This is an "unconference", where anyone can bring a new immersive idea they want to try out. At the beginning, anyone who has playtest in mind will briefly present it, including the number of people they need, and an estimated duration. Then, you’ll split up into our separate groups. Anyone who is an immersive creator or willing to provide feedback is welcome to come. Not everyone needs to bring a prepared playtest.
Using Sustainable Supplies to Teach the Arts
October 12 | 4 - 6pm | Materials for the Arts
Join the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable and Materials for the Arts (MFTA) for an in-person workshop on incorporating sustainability into your arts education practice. MFTA seeks to inspire imagination through creative reuse and is a valuable resource for the city’s arts education community. Join MFTA on site in Queens for a tour of their gallery and warehouse, followed by a hands-on workshop sharing best practices for making art with readily available materials from their ever-changing warehouse inventory.
The dots between
Application Deadline: October 15
The Dots Between is a financial coaching program for artists who are motivated to address their financial practices, nurture their relationship with money, and establish the structures that will support their long term fiscal health. The program is administered virtually for six-months and offered at no cost for artists of any medium, career stage and location.
5th Annual Curatorial Workshop:
On curating difficult content: Reconciling an ethics of care with artistic freedom
Application Deadline: October 15
Workshop: November 15 | 10am - 5:30pm | Creative Capital
Through speaker presentations and group discussions examining specific case studies (which may include exhibitions that have come under pressure in relation to specific geopolitical histories and conflicts, the presentation of Indigenous objects, references to racial violence, etc.), The Arts & Culture Advocacy Program’s 5th Curatorial Workshop will propose strategies to address the specific challenges curators and institutions face when attempting to balance an ethics of care with artistic freedom in their programs.
nyfa presents A Series For Filmmakers: Adapting to a Time of Change
From Celmentina Ojie and Orire Nwani (NYC Women's Fund Fiction Feature '23)'s "Love in Seclusion" (working title); Tope Olowoniyan (lead actress), Efa Iwara (lead actor), and Adebowale Raji (DP
Adapting to a Time of Change is a three part series designed for independent filmmakers at a time of uncertainty in the marketplace for films.
October 19 | 6pm | RSVP
Beyond Streaming: Distribution, Social Impact, and the Power of Grassroots Audiences -- presented by Caitlin Boyle
October 26 | 6pm | RSVP
Every Screening Counts: Strategies for Showing Your Film at Festivals and Indie Venues -- presented by Ruth Somalo
BRIC Jazz Fest
October 19-21 | BRIC House
BRIC JazzFest brings together jazz world legends, rising stars, and emerging musical geniuses that are are pushing the boundaries of the jazz genre, some through the lens and influence of Hip-Hop and others through a musical style all their own. This year’s stellar lineup features Terrace Martin, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Amina Claudine Myers Trio, Melanie Charles / Orrin Evans Duo, BIGYUKI, B. Cool-Aid, Isaiah Collier, George Burton, Miki Yamanaka + many more to be announced soon!
Artist Opportunities
Circ Artist Grant
$1,000 | Deadline: October 15
The Circ Artist Grants are open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists in an international open call, several times throughout the year. The Circ Artist Grant provides unrestricted funding to artists with a demonstrated commitment to their art. For the Fall 2023 cycle, three artists will be awarded $1,000 each to enhance and further their creative practice.
Kirkland Art Center Call for artists
Deadline: October 15
The Kirkland Art Center, located in Clinton, NY, has opened its annual call for artists for the 2024 – 2025 season. Artists may submit proposals for solo exhibits, group exhibits, or curated exhibitions of original work in most traditional art media. Video or artwork in digital form unfortunately cannot be accepted at this time. The Kirkland Art Center, one of the oldest art centers in New York State, is located in Clinton, NY, serving the Mohawk Valley region and beyond. The KAC is dedicated to presenting richly diverse voices and experiences in all its programming and exhibitions.
KUNSTRAUM Open Call for Artist-in-Residence 2024-2025
Deadline: October 15
KUNSTRAUM is a community of artists by artists with the goal of redefining the collaboration between artists and curators. Through our program, we aim to explore the relationships between artists and curators by opening our gallery spaces to those interested in exploring unconventional, engaging ideas and taking risks. The Artist-in-Residency program offers three-month residencies for national and international artists on a quarterly cycle.
Next Jazz Legacy
$10,000 | Deadline: October 16
Next Jazz Legacy is a new national apprenticeship program for women and non-binary improvisers in jazz, with the intersection of gender and race as a guiding principle. Focused on increasing opportunities for musicians most underrepresented in the art form, the program combines learning opportunities with a support package designed to deliver career impact.
Rbhu Engineering: Rbhu Gives Back Grants
$12,000 | Deadline: October 16
Rbhu believes that art plays a key role in lifting the human spirit; it ignites the imagination with possibilities, helps process and express feelings, and brings people together for a collective cause. Rbhu believes that monumental sculptures have the power to inspire creativity and can positively impact the health and well-being of those around them. Engineering large-scale art sculptures is Rbhu’s mission, and the 2023 Rbhu Gives Back grants offer $12,000 worth of free engineering services to artists in need.
NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund
$2,000-$5,000 | October 17
The Creative Opportunity Fund grant aims to distribute flexible funding to support theatres throughout New York state with capacity building and stabilization and to increase funding opportunities for theatres who have been left out of mainstream funding opportunities because of barriers associated with racial, economic, disability, and sexual identity and/or geographic location.
MAP Fellowship
Deadline: October 20
The Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) Fellowship is a six-month program for early-to-mid-career changemakers who are passionate about social impact and looking to enhance their professional skills, widen their network, and collaborate with influential nonprofit executives, known as MAP Mentors. Each mentor presents a real-world challenge currently facing their nonprofit that a matched MAP Fellow commits to solving.
Queens Museum: QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists
$20,000 | Deadline: October 29
This fellowship will grant two visual artists $20,000 each, individual studio space, professional development consultations, and close mentorship from Museum staff members working toward the artists’ projects. Fellows will have individual studio space from January 2024 through January 2025, as well as a solo-exhibition in 2025.
Bronx Council on the Arts Community Engagement Grants
Deadline: October 31
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) offers funding to support community-centered arts and culture projects and to recognize outstanding local artists. Three funds are available to Bronx-based artists and art organizations:
New Work (NW) - supports individual Bronx-based artists.
Arts Fund (AF) - supports Bronx-based individual artists, artist collectives and 501c3 arts organizations with an organizational budget below $100,000.
Community Arts (CA) - local non-profit organizations may apply directly; individual artists or collectives must apply either through a Bronx-based fiscal sponsor or in partnership with a community-based non-profit organization based in the Bronx.
NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
Image Credit: Courtesy the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
$20,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: November 1
The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in partnership with the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), provides grants to encourage and support the creation of digital, film, music, and live or online theatre content that reflects the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.
A.I.R. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: November 1
The A.I.R. Fellowship Program was established in 1993 by former artist member Stephanie Bernheim in order to support underrepresented and emerging women and non-binary artists in New York City. Each year, six artists are awarded a year-long fellowship to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Gallery.
Velvetpark: LGBTQ+ Writers Residency 2024
November 3
Velvetpark welcomes LGBTQ+ writers to develop and share their stories through our 4th Writer’s Residency. A 6 month live-work studio in Brooklyn, New York will be awarded to the resident. For almost two decades Velvetpark has recognized queer people in the arts, academia and activism, by featuring stories on, by, or about these individuals in the pages of the print magazine and online. It is in the same spirit that our residency program has been launched and expanded to include imaginative and enterprising LGBT+ creators, who need space to support and cultivate their work.
Beam Center Open Call
Deadline: November 6
Each year, Beam Center seeks design proposals for ambitious public artworks that will be brought to life through collaborations between youth and creative big thinkers. Projects are realized by a community of more than 100 young people at each of our project sites: in New Hampshire, on Governors Island, and in a local NYC community.
Data Through Design 2024 Exhibition
Deadline: November 15
Projects in the annual DxD exhibition creatively analyze, interpret and interrogate data made available in NYC’s Open Data Portal. With art's capacity to capture the human experience, DxD surfaces hidden stories, disrupts widely accepted patterns, and questions claims to objectivity of data-driven narratives. DxD exhibits works in a wide range of media and formats such as digital, analog, physical, performance, sound works, walks, installations, creative coding, participatory mapping, drawings, etc.
Postcards from the Edge
Deadline: November 17
Postcards From the Edge is an annual exhibition and benefit sale to support artists living with HIV and those lost to AIDS. Submit an original 4"x6" artwork (of any medium and subject matter; artists from anywhere are welcome) to benefit 35 years of Visual AIDS for this beloved in-person exhibition in NYC and online sale.
NYSCA FY24 Capital Projects Fund
Deadline: January 11
Up to $37 million in capital funding is available to nonprofit arts and culture organizations through the New York State Council on the Arts' Capital Projects Fund. The Fund has two grant categories: Small and Midsized Capital Improvement Grants and Large Capital Improvement Grants.
What We're Reading
“The Brooklyn Museum Launches the Brooklyn Arts Leadership Collaborative”
by BK Reader Staff | BK Reader
“Seeking to ‘democratize history,’ renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with new exhibit”
by Ximena Del Cerro | Brooklyn Paper
“AI-Generated Artwork That Spurred Controversy Can’t Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”
by Alexander Greenberger | ArtNews
“How an Artist Can Embody Human Rights”
by Annabel Keenan | Hyperallergic
“National Theater Project Evaluation Report”
by The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) & McNeil Creative Enterprises | NEFA
Cover Image: Brooklyn Beats, organized by Phil Andrews, 2023 BAC Grantee. Photo by Zachary Schulman.
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