Apply for a BAC Grant!
Treya Lam, 2024 BAC Grantee. Photo: Jess X Snow.
Brooklyn Arts Fund (BAF) & the Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund are supported by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYC Council, and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President.
Creative Equations Fund (CEF) is supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and NYSCA.
Local Arts Support (LAS) is supported by the Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) Program of NYSCA with the support of the Office of the New York State Governor, and the New York State Legislature.
Grants Deadline: November 8, 2024 at 11:59pm
Panelist Deadline: October 21, 2024 at 11:59pm
Apply now for awards through our Brooklyn Arts Fund, Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund, Creative Equations Fund, Local Arts Support, and Social Innovation Fellowship programs. Grants range from $2,500 - $10,000, depending on the program. Fellows receive a participation stipend of $1,500. Additional information, guidelines, and applications can be found here. Please review the guidelines for each opportunity thoroughly to ensure you are eligible.
Want to become involved with BAC's grantmaking efforts? BAC uses a panel selection process to review proposals and determine awards. We welcome you to apply to become a panelist for our 2025 grants cycle.
Please note: BAC will be hiring Teaching Artists for SU-CASA programming in Brooklyn Older Adult Centers starting in November 2024. Please look out for more details in the coming weeks.
Grants Info Sessions
U Street Music Fest presented by Urbano Street, 2024 BAC Grantee. Photo by Oscar from Uno Star.
Join us for an upcoming Grants Info Session where we’ll be giving tips on how to write a successful proposal and win a BAC Grant. Time will also be dedicated to Q&A. Don't miss this opportunity to clarify any questions before the November 8 deadline. We highly recommend that you attend.
September 18 | 10:30am - 12pm | Virtual
Co-hosted by Brooklyn Emerging Mural Artists Coalition (EMAC)
September 25 | 12:30am - 2pm | Virtual
Co-hosted by CPR — Center for Performance Research
October 2 | 5:30 - 7pm | Virtual
Co-hosted by Asian American Arts Alliance
October 8 | 5 - 6:30pm | Brownsville Location TBD
October 15 | 5 - 6:30pm | Brooklyn Public Library - Sunset Park Branch
October 23 | 5 - 6:30pm | Bklyn Combine
Co-hosted by Brooklyn FAM
*Can’t make it? We’ve also made recorded sessions available. — Watch On-Demand
BAC Grantee & Partner Events
The Six foot platform
The Six Foot Platform is presented by Art in Dumbo in partnership with BAC.
Now - October 12 | Saturdays, 12-6pm | Washington St. & Water St., Brooklyn
The Six Foot Platform, presented by Art in Dumbo in partnership with BAC, is an experimental art and performance program inviting Brooklyn-based artists to activate a 6’x6’ platform at the intersection of Washington and Water Streets.
September 14 - Eiko Nishida: Bark Tarot
September 21 - Fanny Allié: Lost/Found Characters
September 28 - What Will The Neighbors Say?: STORYTIME
October 12 - Sarah E. Brook: ReSounding
Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
Jan Bell, founder of the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 12-16 | Dumbo Archway
The 10th Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival returns to the Dumbo Archway this weekend. Ten bands over two nights - all free! Friday kicks off at 6pm and Saturday at 5pm. Bands from Brooklyn NY, Austin TX, Knoxville TN, Louisville KY, New Orleans, Switzerland, and the UK. Plus, music at six legendary pioneer venues: Jalopy Theatre, Dumbo Archway, 68 Jay St. Bar, Sunny's, Superfine, and new this year - Cafe Wha?
CAZORLA + SALEME: “Magical Encounters at Adams St. Library”
CAZORLA + SALEME is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 14 - October 26 | Saturdays, 11am - 1pm | Brooklyn Public Library - 9 Adams St., Brooklyn
Free bilingual (English/Spanish) art workshops for all ages led by the local artist duo CAZORLA + SALEME. Explore the enchanted colors of Brooklyn Bridge Park in autumn while learning about caring for the planet and ourselves. Let’s cultivate a love for nature together! All materials and snacks are included. Registration is highly recommended.
September 14 - Tote bags Painting & Designing “Let's introduce each other”
September 21 - Create an Autumn Palette (Color Theory)
September 28 - Leaves Design inspired by our Fall landscapes
October 5 - Clay Modeling & Painting (Part 1)
October 12 - Clay Modeling & Painting (Part 2)
October 19 - Create your own Pumpkin October 26 Workshop Exhibition & Celebration
Off the Chamber: “Music for Violin, Winds, and Piano Duo”
Off the Chamber is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 14 | 7:30pm | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music - Concert Hall
Off the Chamber is a concert series founded and directed by composers Ethan D'Ver and Zach Hicks celebrating chamber music written for nonstandard combinations of instruments. Each concert features classic works alongside world premieres for one or more of these oddball ensembles.
Program features: Alexander Rodin (Diary of Loneliness); Felix Jarrar (An idyllic beach in Naples); Zach Hicks (Meditation); Benjamin Britten (Gemini Variations); and Camille Saint-Saëns (Caprice sur des Airs Danois et Russes, op. 79).
Performers include: Sommer Altier (violin); Zach Hicks (flute); Shoshana Klein (oboe); Ethan Usoskin (clarinet); Ryan Jung (piano); and Maxwell Hinton (piano).
One Breath Rising: “Mala Waldron & Soulful Sound”
One Breath Rising is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 15 | 4:40pm | Soapbox Gallery
The Mala Waldron & Soulful Sound is a group of internationally acclaimed jazz virtuosos headed by jazz vocalist/pianist/composer Waldron, the daughter of renowned pianist/composer, Mal Waldron and goddaughter of Billie Holiday. The group has been performing together for 20 years locally and abroad in such places as China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Italy, among others. Their repertoire is a sophisticated blend of soulful jazz originals and arrangements of Mala's favorite composers. Their style is flavored with the influences of many genres including Latin/Jazz, Calypso, Gospel, R&B and Pop. The band features: Steve Salerno on guitar, Michael T.A. Thompson on drums, and Marcus Mclaurine on bass.
The Neurodivergent New Play Series: “Yahoo Boys”
The Neurodivergent New Play Series is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 15 | 2pm | A.R.T/New York South Oxford Space
The Neurodivergent New Play Series returns on September 15th with a reading of "Yahoo Boys" - written by Blessing Eze with cultural consultant J. Corey Buckner & directed by KM Jones. 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. Follow @neurodivergentplays on Instagram & Facebook for updates.
NOoSPHERE Arts:
“WE ARE NATURE: A Vibrant Tapestry - Echos at Sundown”
Hivewild performance during the Kingsland Wildflower Festival, July, 2024. Photo by Effy Grey.
NOoSPHERE Arts is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
September 21 | 5-8pm | 520 Kingsland Ave., Brooklyn
Part of Climate Week NYC 2024, the event weaves together live performances by musicians, dancers, and multimedia artists to create a tapestry of expression and reflection on our relationship with the Earth.
Climate Changes by Emmanuelle Zagoria (Voice, Harp, and Cello): A stirring song cycle performance that blends voice, harp, and cello to create an anthem for the planet.
Wildflower Suite by Lia Pikus (Cello Performance): Composed during her residency at Shenandoah National Park, this suite of pieces is inspired by the flora of the park, each movement a dialogue with the natural world.
Site-Specific Dance Performances by Hivewild: This work aims to underscore how human relationships reflect human treatment of the Earth and its resources, by integrating a multi-species and multidisciplinary perspective.
Site Specific Art Installation by Seema Lisa Pandy the recipient of the 2024 Broadway Stages’ Arts Residency Award. Pandya's installation, Resonant Nature, is a striking series of vertical sculptures designed using the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence.
Hivewild open studio visit: “with your sweet fragrance”
Hivewild is a 2022 BAC Grantee. Photography by Katherine Maxwell & Effy Grey.
September 26 | 6:30-8pm | The Joyce Theater’s New York Center for Creativity & Dance, Studio 1
Join Katherine and the Hivewild team as they share an intimate look into their creative process and developing choreographic work, with your sweet fragrance, a new live work that examines the forces of climate inequity: deforestation, habitat destruction, and rising sea levels. The project will utilize elements of dance, photography, film projection, set design, and sound design to create a full-length dance theater work. The goal of with your sweet fragrance is to facilitate a visceral and tender experience that leads to a deeper awareness of humanity’s role within the climate crisis and activation towards both individual and collective climate reparations.
Nicole von Arx | NVA & Guests: “Cry Wolf (Phase One)”
Nicole von Arx. Photo: Jim Lafferty.
NVA & Guests is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
Cry Wolf is created with the support of a 2024-25 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at Gerald W. Lynch Theater At John Jay College; Triskelion Arts; and Brooklyn Arts Council.
October 2 | 6:30pm & 8:30pm | Triskelion Arts
Get a first look at phase one of NVA & Guests' new project. These performances offer a sneak peek into a larger concept still in development. Experience the creative exploration that will shape the final, complete production.
Cry Wolf is a dance-theater production that interlaces the urgency of climate change awareness with the classic narrative of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Through a blend of highly physical choreography, text, and direct audience interaction, the show challenges spectators to discern truth from deception amidst a flood of information. Utilizing humor, Cry Wolf explores themes of responsibility, misinformation, and communal consequence, making it a poignant commentary on the state of our world's climate discourse and democratic engagement.
ESTIA Creative Home: “ESTIA Day Fest Fall 2024”
ESTIA Creative Home is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
October 5 | 6:30-10pm | Brooklyn Art Haus
ESTIA Day Fest is a Multidisciplinary, Living Museum Art Experience! ESTIA Day Fest brings together creatives of all mediums and calls them to explore their own understanding of home in a space of immersive collaboration. ESTIA draws inspiration from the Greek goddess of the home reflecting an energetic source of light, warmth and refuge and is based on a creative practice of examining how our bodies function as archives, synthesizing stories from our past and guiding us in the re-imagination and co-creation of our collective futures. Through our festival we are hoping to amplify various forms of storytelling exploring these concepts in literal and metaphorical ways through various mediums!
Rohan Bhargava | Rovaco Dance Company:
“Rovaco Dance Party 2024”
Rovaco Dance Party 2023 featuring performers Siddharth Dutta & Devika Chandnani. Photo: Steven Pisano Photography.
Rohan Bhargava | Rovaco Dance Company is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
October 5 | 5-8pm | CPR - Center for Performance Research
5pm - Social Hour + Complimentary Snacks & Drinks
6pm - Live Music + Dance-Theater Performances + DJ Party
Rovaco Dance Company presents their sixth annual Rovaco Dance Party on Saturday, October 5th! This evening of contemporary performance and cultural exchange begins with an informal social hour inspired by Indian hospitality traditions. Guests are served delectable Indian snacks prepared by Chef Ashmita Biswas alongside complimentary Lunar Hard Seltzers, an award-winning Asian American brand. After the social, transition into the theater for live music and dance-theater performances, curated and MC’ed by Rovaco's Artistic Director Rohan Bhargava. The evening ends with a DJ dance party for all!
One Breath Rising: “The Makanda Project”
The Makanda Project. Photo: Richard Termine
One Breath Rising is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
October 6 | 4:40pm | All Saints’ Church, 286 7th Ave., Brooklyn
One Breath Rising is thrilled to bring back the Makanda Project, a 13-piece ensemble that has become an important part of the Boston jazz scene. Led by pianist, bandleader and arranger, John Kordalewski, the Makanda Project explores and celebrates the richness of the unrecorded music of multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Dr. Makanda Ken McIntyre.
Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931-2001) was among the group of innovative jazz musicians who emerged during the early 1960s. He was well schooled in the jazz conventions of the 1940s and 1950s, but he created a path of his own, in which the improvisational language and compositional structures extended in some different directions.
The Nou Akoma Nou Sinèrji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival (NOU)
Clarivel Ruiz, founder of the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement, is a BAC Cultural Heritage Advisory Group member.
October 9-12 | St. Francis College, Brooklyn
Dominicans Love Haitians Movement hosts its second annual Nou Akoma Nou Sinèrji (We Heart We Synergy) Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival in downtown Brooklyn, October 9-12, on the campus of St. Francis College. Partnering for the second year with St. Francis College and its Haitian Studies Association, the festival continues to center Dominicans Love Haitians Movement’s enduring mission of promoting solidarity and awareness between the Haitian and Dominican communities, both at home and within the diaspora.
Program Highlights:
October 9 at 5:30pm - Opening Festival Art Exhibit: “The Right to Have Rights”
October 9 at 6:30pm - Screening of “Mountains”
October 11 at 6pm - Special screening of “Parsley,” with guest speaker Edwidge Danticat
Lena Bloch & Feathery: “A World Without Fear”
Lena Bloch & Feathery is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
October 23 | 7:30pm | Scholes Street Studio
The suite of original compositions, linked together by the theme of longing for peace for humanity, for living on this planet without fear of the Other, of aggression, of war, of loss of the loved ones. A "war" not only as a conventional war with weapons - but also as a state of war within us, state of fear which feeds prejudice, suspicion and hostility. Feathery Quartet is bringing together Eastern and Western impressions and cultural influences in this world, creating poems in sound where East and West embrace.
Events, Workshops, & Professional Development
Pedro Giraudo Tango QuarteT
September 15 | 6:30-7:30pm | Westbeth Artist Housing
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Westbeth Artist Housing with the sounds of the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet: Nick Danielson, (violin); Loic Cordeone Da Silva (bandoneón); Ahmed Alom (piano); Pedro Giraudo (bass). Featuring dancers Mariana Parma and Leonardo Sardella.
The Walt Whitman Initiative: “Song of Myself” Marathon
September 15 | 3-6:30pm | The Granite Prospect, Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Walt Whitman Initiative’s annual “Song of Myself” Marathon is an open public reading of Walt Whitman’s celebrated poem. Readers volunteer to recite the 52 sections of “Song of Myself”, often personalizing their reading with an interpretation through song, dance, translation into different languages, musical accompaniment, or other original means.
The Art of Sustainable Reef Restoration in the Age of the Anthropocene-Cuba and Beyond
September 19 | 6-8pm | New York Academy of Sciences
In anticipation of Climate Week NYC, the New York Academy of Sciences invites you to its latest event, which will focus on innovative coral restoration through the lens of both science and art with marine researchers and artists, with light refreshments to follow.
Discount code: REEF15
“to hold a we”
September 19 - December 22 | BRIC House Gallery & Project Room
Honoring the many interconnected relationships that facilitate making and being, to hold a we features newly commissioned and recent work by fourteen emerging and early-career disabled artists and collectives from the BRIClab residency program. Across drawing, text, sculpture, video, photography, installation, and performance, the artists continually turn to memory, intimacy, grief, and the archive as both a source of inspiration and a means of connection.
Nonprofit Co-Lab
Deadline: September 26
The Nonprofit Co-Lab is an innovative PSA accelerator program of creativity and collaboration, designed to slingshot grassroots campaigns with talented, focused energy. Teams of 2-3 industry experts and creatives work alongside nonprofits, leveraging their expertise in creative communications to maximize the impact on the organization's mission. With careful consideration to nonprofit needs and the skills and interests of the volunteers and artists, teams craft innovative awareness campaigns and present their collaborative PSA strategies to participants, media partners and potential funders.
2024 Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival
September 27-28 | The Plaza at 300 Ashland
On Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, The Plaza at 300 Ashland will come alive with the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival (DBAF), an annual celebration of Downtown Brooklyn’s cultural community and the artists who inspire the borough’s creative spirit. Highlights include dance parties with the highly renowned DJ Spinna, performances by Natie, Dawn Tallman, and St. James Joy, interactive activations with Theatre for a New Audience and UrbanGlass, and much, much more.
Thrive in Place Fall Workshop
October 17 | 6pm | Virtual
A guide to affordable housing options for NYC creatives, jointly presented three times per year by ArtBuilt and the Entertainment Community fund. Learn about rent stabilization, city housing lotteries, affordable home-ownership opportunities, and how to qualify for these programs. (Note: These workshops require an account registration with the Entertainment Community Fund.)
BRIC JazzFest 10th Anniversary
October 17-19 | BRIC House
Set across two stages and three nights at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of discovering new sounds, pushing boundaries, and redefining what jazz is. With performances from icons like Reggie Workman and Terri Lyne Carringon to the ever-expanding artistry of Brandee Younger and Makaya McCraven, and so many more, experience a world of jazz right here in Brooklyn.
DxD call for proposals: Corpus, Bodies of Data
Data Through Design (DxD) is a 2023 BAC Grantee.
Deadline: October 21 | Stipend: $900
DxD presents work in a wide range of media and formats such as digital, analog, physical, performance, sound works, walks, installations, creative coding, participatory mapping, drawings, etc. Artists are expected to reference or use at least one NYC Open Data dataset in their project. Other data, including data derived from novel and experimental collection systems, are welcome (in conjunction with the use of NYC Open Data data). We’re interested in participatory data collection; in radical and cognitive mapping; in data that is represented or experienced through time, sound, and other senses.
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program for Visual and Multidisciplinary Artists 2025
Image: 2024 IAP "In/Between" exhibition, Image Credit: Santiago Felipe
Deadline: October 21
Are you an immigrant artist working in the Visual or Multidisciplinary Arts? Do you live in NYC or within commuting distance to NYC? If yes, consider joining NYFA's growing immigrant artist community and apply to be part of the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. It's provided free of charge to accepted participants. Many of the mentors are immigrant artists themselves and understand the challenges of sustaining one’s art practice while navigating different cultural perspectives in the art world.
How to run your creative business like a machine
November 21 | 1pm | Virtual
Usually, most of us go into business to solve a problem or fill a need. We never anticipated we’d also have to be our own accountant, bookkeeper, human resources, insurance specialist, and personal assistant too! This workshop will help you set up your business to run like a machine. We’ll go deep on topics around taxes, business structure, bank accounts, etc. You know, the fun stuff!
APAP|NYC conference
January 10-14, 2025 | New York Hilton Midtown
APAP|NYC is the world's premier gathering of the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry and the annual members conference of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals—including many dance-focused sessions and showcases. Join their community of more than 3,000 professionals for five days of performance showcases, networking, learning, discovery, community building, and the largest EXPO hall in the performing arts.
Funding Opportunities
PerformVu Artist Submission
Deadline: September 15
PerformVu is creating the digital home for video & performance art; connecting global audiences to incredible video work, while driving a new funding route for artists. If you are an artist working across performance or video art, PerformVu would love to hear from you and consider your portfolio for their next round of curation. Artists on the PerformVu platform benefit from direct tips, a share of subscriptions, and many community opportunities!
NeON Arts Grant
Deadline: September 16 | $6,000-$8,000
NeON℠ Arts ia a free program of the NYC Department of Probation in partnership with Renaissance Youth Center. NeON Arts is open to the entire city, offering young people in seven New York City communities the chance to explore creative projects that help them establish positive peer and adult relationships, develop skills, and connect to a network of opportunities. Workshops are hosted at Neighborhood Opportunity Network sites (NeONs) and other community venues. Grants are available to nonprofit organizations and individuals to lead workshops and events October – December 2024.
What Will the Neighbors Say?
New to the Neighborhood residency program
What Will the Neighbors Say? is a 2024 BAC Grantee.
Deadline: September 18
What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce the inaugural cycle of their New to the Neighborhood New Works Residency Program. Specifically serving female-identifying, trans and non-binary artists of the global majority working and living in Brooklyn, this program will launch in the Autumn of 2024. Two emerging artists will be awarded a $1.5k cash grant, in addition to a further $2.5k in funding for space, personnel, marketing, and development, culminating in a staged reading of a new work produced by the Neighbors.
Adolf Busch Award
Deadline: September 20 | $10,000
The mission of the Adolf Busch Award is to recognize and honor organizations that use music to address social injustice, inequity and lack of opportunity. The Award grants $10,000 to one organization each year. Smaller awards are often given to additional compelling applicants.
Call for Artists: CICA Experimental Film and Video 2025
Deadline: September 23
CICA Museum invites experimental film makers and artists worldwide to participate in the CICA Experimental Film and Video Exhibition 2025. We accept single-channel experimental films, video art, and animations.
2025–2026 CULLMAN CENTER FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: September 27 at 5pm ET
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers Fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world’s preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, sports, and urban studies.
Alterwork Residency
Bethany Fancher, Exhibition of Early Wool Sculptures, January 2018.
Deadline: September 30
This residency allows emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice. The residency culminates in a solo closing reception that is promoted across an extensive network. Proposals should have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. The program is especially interested in projects that involve conceptual art, practice or theory, or involve the public in their creative process.
Craft Research Fund Grant
Shaker brooms and brushes at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA; Photo courtesy of Cate O'Connell-Richards.
Deadline: October 4 | Up to $15,000
The Craft Research Fund is the Center's first and longest-running grant program dedicated to supporting new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. Since 2005, the program has supported 244 projects in 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia by distributing over $1,900,000.
The Bennett Prize
Deadline: October 4
The Bennett Prize is a stipend/grant-in-aid program established by American art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt to support the fine art practice of a woman painter working in figurative realism. Administered by The Pittsburgh Foundation, the award provides $25,000 annually over two consecutive years to the winning artist ($50,000 total). Ten (10) finalists will be selected to participate in a traveling exhibition organized by the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) and the winner will be showcased in a solo exhibition at the close of her grant. A runner up award of $10,000 will be given to one additional finalist.
Art Omni Residencies
Deadline: October 15
Art Omi has five distinct residency programs (Architecture, Artists, Dance, Music, and Writers). Through a competitive jury process, residents are chosen, invited to attend at no cost to themselves, except travel. Abundant, catered meals and comfortable, beautiful lodgings are provided in a scenic location in Columbia County, New York.
2025–2026 A.I.R. FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: November 3 at 11:59pm ET
The A.I.R. Fellowship Program has awarded more than 120 artists the opportunity to have their first solo exhibition in New York City with the support of the A.I.R. community. The program encourages artistic experimentation and rigor by providing a space where feminist historical legacy and intergenerational dialogue are at the forefront. Essential to this process are a series of professional development workshops, close collaboration with an A.I.R. artist-mentor, and scheduled studio visits throughout the year, including one with a selection panelist.
What We're Reading
“The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal’ explores love, history and waste in floating production”
by Kirstyn Brendlen | Brooklyn Paper
“The Brooklyn Museum Will Showcase the Borough’s Talent in ‘The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition’”
by Elisa Carollo | Observer
“Are Art and Science Forever Divided? Or Are They One and the Same?”
by Jason Farago | New York Times
“The Dizzying Contradictions in Contemporary Classical Ballet”
by Eileen G’Sell | Hyperallergic
“Brownsville community unveils vibrant mural celebrating local voices and culture”
by Gabriele Holtermann | Brooklyn Paper
Cover Image: Sian and Tracy of Freelance Nun, 2024 BAC Grantee. Photo by Anja Schütz, 2023.
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