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 Bronx-based artists and arts orga­ni­za­tions in all dis­ci­plines, with spe­cial atten­tion paid to artists from his­tor­i­cal­ly mar­gin­al­ized communities. 

The Long­wood at Gov­er­nors Island Artist Res­i­den­cy Pro­gram serves a cohort of five Bronx artists, pro­vid­ing them with free stu­dio space, expo­sure through open stu­dios, and oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties. They will also present exhi­bi­tions, per­for­mances, and oth­er pub­lic pro­grams through­out the season.