Bronx Council on the Arts

Found­ed by vision­ary com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers in 1962, the Bronx Coun­cil on the Arts (BCA) was one of the first orga­ni­za­tions to focus on advanc­ing cul­tur­al equi­ty through­out the bor­ough. Their mis­sion is to nur­ture the devel­op­ment of a diverse array of Bronx-based artists and arts orga­ni­za­tions in all dis­ci­plines, with spe­cial atten­tion paid to artists from local, his­tor­i­cal­ly mar­gin­al­ized com­mu­ni­ties. Their work touch­es every dis­trict in the bor­ough, from Mott Haven to Williams­bridge, and their pro­grams are free.

This sea­son, Bronx Coun­cil on the Arts will present Long­wood @ Gov­er­nors Island, an artist res­i­den­cy pro­gram that serves a cohort of five Bronx artists, pro­vid­ing them with free stu­dio space, expo­sure through open stu­dios, and oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties. They will also present work­shops by res­i­dent artists every THIRD Sat­ur­day, per­for­mances, exhi­bi­tions, and oth­er pro­grams through­out the season.