| August 2016 News & Opportunities |
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Free Grants Information Sessions
This August, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) will host 8 free grants information sessions across the borough. RSVP here to learn more about our 2017 BAC Community Arts Grants and how to prepare your applications. These seminars are great opportunities to introduce yourself to BAC staff and to meet your fellow artists and arts leaders. Learn more about grants info sessions and register for a session here
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News
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams’ Third Annual International Day of Friendship is August 7th! Join BAC for a full day of incredible folk and traditional arts performances at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
BAC Grantee Genspace is offering a Biotextiles course this August. Participants will work hands-on in the lab to grow individual textile samples, then learn how to print and dye them with bioengineered and naturally colored bacteria.
BAC Grantee Angelina Dreem, founder of Powrplnt, has been named one of five female curators to watch in New York City over at Amuse.
Check out this great interview with Mollie Flanagan, Program Coordinator at NARS Foundation (2013 and 2016 BAC Grantee) over at Kind Aesthetic.
Congratulations to BAC Grantee The Invisible Dog Art Center on officially becoming a fully incorporated 501c3 nonprofit organization! The center’s ground floor is used for exhibitions, performances and public events, featuring artists and curators from New York and around the world.
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Opportunities
Open Calls
Faena Art in Buenos Aires is open for submissions for the Faena Prize. Artists are invited to propose installations, performances, paintings, sculptures, photographs, design and architecture, and film or video pieces. The winning project will be presented at Faena Art Center Buenos Aires with the possibility of being adapted for Faena Forum Miami Beach.
Deadline: August 10, 2016
Rhizome will award net art microgrants ranging from $500 to $1500 to fund the creation of new artworks or online exhibitions. Special emphasis will be given to projects that fall in these categories of experimental narrative, work by New York-based artists, and new browser-based works or a series of curated works for front page exhibition on Rhizome.org.
Deadline: August 11, 2016
Trestle Gallery | Trestle Projects is accepting applications for a Curator-in-Residence (CIR) during the 2016-2017 exhibition season. The CIR program aims to facilitate events and exhibitions that activate the community while encouraging artists and curators to challenge themselves and viewers.
Deadline: August 12, 2016
The RISD Museum is pleased to offer an artist fellowship for 2017. One selected artist will receive a stipend of $10,000, professional development support, and the opportunity to work closely with the Museum’s collections and staff members to realize a proposed project.
Deadline: August 15, 2016
Printed Matter has announced an open call for submissions to their second Emerging Artists Publication Series. Four artists’ books will be selected by Printed Matter and guest jurors Brendan Dugan and Sara Greenberger Rafferty to be published under the organization’s imprint in 2017.
Deadline: August 21, 2016
Bushwick artists! #SAVEARTSPACE is holding an open call for visual art to be displayed in public spaces.
Deadline: August 26, 2016
The Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 is open for entries. Now in its 10th year, the Prize presents an opportunity for emerging and established artists to showcase their work to new international audiences and further their engagement in the art world.
Deadline: August 31, 2016
Smack Mellon is now accepting proposals from emerging curators for the Emerging Artists Summer Exhibition. Curators will be provided with a stipend and a budget for artists’ stipends as well as audio and visual equipment and technical support for installing complex projects.
Deadline: September 1, 2016
The ABOG Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art is a year-long relationship for socially engaged artists and artist collectives working nationwide. Fellows receive project support of $20,000 with strategic assistance, field research tools, video documentation, and other tailored resources.
Deadline: September 19, 2016
Brooklyn-based artists and arts organizations! Do you need a fiscal sponsor to accept tax-deductible donations or to apply for foundation or government grants? We can help! The next round of Brooklyn Arts Council Fiscal Sponsorship applications are due at the end of September.
Deadline: September 30, 2016
ARTs East New York is looking for performing artists for their programming. Apply to be featured in one of their community events.
Deadline: Rolling
Residencies
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is offering a Studio Practice Residency for non-student working artists to develop, refine, or challenge their artistic practice. The residency is a studio-intensive mentorship program held at the AICAD facility and led by visual artist and critic William Powhida.
Deadline: August 20, 2016
The MAD Artist Studios Program hosts artists and designers daily as they produce work in a live open studio environment. Museum visitors are invited to ask questions and discuss processes, materials and concepts. Artists and designers are assigned a studio for one day per week; they also benefit from professional development opportunities and are compensated for their time.
Deadline: August 28, 2016
The Lanesboro Residency Program provides an opportunity for emerging artists to create new work and explore new ideas while utilizing an entire rural community and its myriad of assets as a catalytic vehicle for engagement and artistic experimentation. Emerging artists interested in place-based work, or work that is created for the local community are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: September 1, 2016
Holes in the Wall Collective is accepting applications for creative residencies on 29 acres of woods, fields, and vegetable gardens in New Jerusalem, PA. Upcoming themed residency weeks invite creatives across disciplines to engage in conversations while creating new work. Upcoming themes: Democracy, Tomorrow, and Black & White.
Deadline: Rolling
Apply here
chaNorth is now accepting applications for a four-week subsidized collaborative residency program in upstate New York.
Dates: August 8-September 2, 2016
Deadline: Rolling
Space Available
The Actors Fund Arts Center in Downtown Brooklyn offers affordable rehearsal and performance rental rates through December 2016. Email The Actors Fund for rates and date requests. Spaceworks Gowanus has studios available. To schedule a studio tour, call (718) 408-8755 or email Space Gowanus.
Looking for a rehearsal space in the East New York area? Morning and mid-afternoon hours are available at $25/hr at ARTs East New York.
Youth
Applications are now open for the YoungArts 2017 program. Artists ages 15-18 (or in grades 10-12) across the literary, performing, visual and design fields are encouraged to apply to earn up to $10,000 in cash awards and have an opportunity to participate in National YoungArts Week and/or regional programs in Miami, New York or Los Angeles.
Deadline: October 14, 2016
Other
East New York artists! BRIC Arts Media will present free media classes at the New Lots Library throughout August and September. Courses will offer introductory training in video arts, oral history and archiving, digital photography, and recording your poetry.
Roots Artist Registry, a new online registry and directory of visual, performing, and literary artists, connects artists with opportunities to show their art, sell their work or service, and collaborate with other artists.
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Thanks to Amazon Smile, you can now shop with a purpose. When you shop with Amazon Smile, Amazon will remit a small percentage of your purchase to a charity of your choice, like BAC! It’s a simple way to support the arts every time you shop online.
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| Brooklyn Arts Council programs are made possible through public funds from: National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council; Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation; New York City Department for the Aging; New York City Department of Youth and Community Development; and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams.
Major foundation and corporate support is provided by: Altman Foundation; CME Group Community Foundation; Con Edison; The H.W. Wilson Foundation; Henry Nias Foundation; The Hyde and Watson Foundation; Lily Auchincloss Foundation; MetroPlus Health Plan; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; NYC & Company Foundation; The New York Community Trust; Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; The Scherman Foundation; Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation; TD Bank; and Tiger Baron Foundation.
Additional support comes from Materials for the Arts and Brownstoner. |
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