Opportunities for Bronx Individual Artists, Arts Organizations, and Artist Collectives
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) offers grant funding and program opportunities to support community-centered arts and culture projects and to recognize outstanding local artists.
Applications are accepted from individual artists, artist collectives, and nonprofit arts or community organizations for projects in a wide variety of disciplines, including dance, visual arts & crafts, theater, music, film & video, opera, folk arts, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, multi-disciplinary art forms, and others.
Emerging and pre-professional artists, women artists, artists of color, artists with disabilities, artists who identify as LGBTQ, and artists from other historically excluded communities and demographics are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information, please visit www.bronxarts.org/grants, send an email to tracey@bronxarts.org.
Arts on the Block (ATB)
Deadline: May 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) Arts on the Block (ATB) grant program is a grassroots initiative designed to contribute to the cultural life of the borough through the support of small, local organizations and block associations. Arts on the Block is designed to fund artist activities that take place at local block parties or single-block festivals to increase attendance and contribute to the cultural life of a neighborhood.
Funded projects must take place in The Bronx between June 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 and be open and accessible to the public. Priority will be given to first-time applicant organizations that could become future grantees for other arts programs. The maximum grant award for Arts on the Block is $1,500.00.
For more information, see the complete guidelines available in English and Spanish.
Dear BRIO Recipients,
We are happy to have had you as part of BCA's 2024 Bronx Recognizes its Own Cohort. As part of your 2024 BRIO agreement, you agreed to submit a Final Report. This will complete your funding requirements.
Your report will help enrich our understanding of how BRIO has impacted your work and continue to support the performing arts ecosystem of the Bronx.
Key Details:
- Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
If you have any questions or need assistance completing your report, please don't hesitate to contact our Grantmaking Manager, Tracey O'Reilly, at tracey@bronxarts.org or our Grantmaking Associate Guadalupe Ambrosio, at guadalupe@bronxarts.org
Thank you for your participation and your contribution to the Bronx arts community.
Best regards,
BCA's Grant Team
Are you a performer, visual artist, arts critic, arts historian, musician, curator, other artist or arts professional, or arts engaged community leader?
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) seeks artists, arts professionals, and nonprofit and community leaders to serve as panelists for our 2024 and future grant cycles.
BCA offers several grantmaking programs and distributes more than $750,000 of grant funds every to Bronx artists, collectives, and nonprofit organizations. BCA Panelists review and score applications, provide invaluable panelist comments, and recommend recipients for funding. They play a key role in the grants process, and their knowledge and expertise are crucial in shaping the way public arts funds are distributed.
If this is you and you would like to help make a difference in the Bronx, please apply to serve on one of our grants panels!
Potential panelists from all boroughs are welcome to apply, as BCA’s different grant programs require panelists from in and outside of the Bronx. BCA supports panel diversity in all forms: age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, artistic discipline, location, etc.
Selected panelists will be contacted when needed. All panelists receive an honorarium.
For more info on BCA's grants, please visit this link.
Dear 2024 Community Engagement Recipients,
As part of your grant agreement for your 2024 Community Engagement Grant, you agreed to submit a Final Report on your grant activities for the year.
Please complete this Final Report as soon as possible.
Completing this Final Report will complete your funding requirements.
BCA has combined the four different Final Report forms into one Submittable form. If you received more than one Community Engagement Grant, please include data for all of them.
Community Engagement Grants:
- Arts Fund
- Community Arts
- New Work
- Arts on the Block
If you have any questions about your Final Report, please contact BCA Grants Making Manager Tracey O’Reilly at tracey@bronxarts.org