Brooklyn Arts Council

BAC is hiring 🔊 We’re excited to open two roles supporting artists, creative learning, and cultural equity across Brooklyn!Associate Program Administrator (Temporary, Part-Time)A detail-loving, creative administrator to support our creative learning and public programs through scheduling…

Happy New Year FROM BAC!This year, and every year, we celebrate the artists, neighbors, and cultural workers who fill Brooklyn with creativity, care, and resilience. In complex times that call for connection and imagination, artists help us make meaning and move forward together.The past year…

At SOMOS: Centering Culture and Collective PowerLast month, our Executive Director Rasu Jilani joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 SOMOS, Inc. Conference in Puerto Rico, organized by SOMOS, Inc. together with the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force of the New York State…

2026 Grants: Last Chance to Apply! Kind of Things. Sara Kostic, 2025 BAC Grantee. Photo by Neda Mojsilović At BAC, we believe in the power of local artists to energize the interconnectedness of our communities. BAC Grants support artists and small arts organizations whose work strengthens…

2026 Grants Applications Are Open - Apply today! Performance with Maiha Dang, 2025 BAC Grantee. Photo courtesy the artist. Teaching Artist Applications are now closed - thank you to everyone who applied! We’re thrilled to learn more about your work and can’t wait to see the creativity you bring to…

2026 Grants & Teaching Artist Applications Now Open Stella Magloire, 2025 BAC Grantee. Photo by Dante Crichlow. BAC Grants and Teaching Artist applications as well as Grant Panelist nominations are NOW OPEN! This year, all applications are hosted on Submittable. If you haven’t used this platform in…

Standing With the Arts: Navigating Federal Cuts to Cultural Funding In recent months, the cultural sector has experienced a series of devastating blows. Through a series of executive orders and agency directives, the current administration has led efforts to dismantle key federal arts programs and…

Read Our Latest Consider Culture Blog: The Legacy of Zexor Tribute to Zexor and Acne by #spotkms @kms_crew for @booneavenuewalls. Photo by Ana Candelaria. This powerful blog by art writer Vittoria Benzine explores the life and legacy of Zexor, a Bushwick-born graffiti artist whose bold tags and…

Written by Vittoria Benzine | Cover Photo by Rasmus LuckmannBushwick is synonymous with street art. Murals, wheatpastes, and graffiti bloom across its every inch. From Miami to Paris, every city is said to have its own “Bushwick,” a trendy neighborhood where culture thrives. If you’re paying…

Written by Néstor David PastorI had no desire this year to cross the East River and stand along an opulent stretch of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP). Instead, I spent the day in Brooklyn, spending the afternoon on Knickerbocker before moving to Fifth…

You’re Invited! 2025 Brooklyn Arts Awards: After Party Persephone DaCosta, 2025 BAC Grantee. Photographer: Chocolate, July 2022. Join Brooklyn Arts Council for the Brooklyn Arts Awards: After Party on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 from 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM (doors open at 8 PM) at Hana House and raise a…

Brooklyn Arts Council Distributes $1.82 Million to 378 Brooklyn-based Artists & Cultural Organizations Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) is thrilled to announce our 2025 Creative Cohort. This year, $1.82 million will be given to 378 Brooklyn-based artists, creatives, and cultural organizations. Of this…

The Six Foot Platform Painted Poetry by Vanessa Alvarez, 2022; Non-Duality 2 by Kevin Kelly, 2022; Sundae Day Daze by Hannah Lillevoy & micca, 2022; Untitled by Melissa Diaz, 2023; How I Disappeared by Tianding He, 2023. Images courtesy the Dumbo Improvement District. Deadline: June 16…

Written by BAC StaffGrantee Spotlight: Seema Lisa Pandya and Veronica Simas de Sousa On March 14, 2025, choreographer and Kathak artist Veronica Simas de Souza Rosas and visual artist Seema Lisa Pandya presented a works-in-progress multidisciplinary performance of Mothers of Tabla at JACK NY…

Written by Vittoria BenzineEveryone’s an artist, but the competition is fierce. Gowanus is an outlier, a community-oriented enclave home to 300 or 400 artists at any given moment, where creativity’s a way of life for painters and postal workers alike. Art’s even entering public policy there lately…

BAC Unlocked: An Open House for Creative Minds Bedford Dance Ensemble perform as part of JKing Dance Company (JKDC) mini tech workshop. Choreographed by JKDC, 2024 BAC Grantee. Photo: Eric Bandiero.This program is presented as a part of Art in Dumbo Open Studios event. April 26 | 1-6pm | BAC…

Written by BAC Staff Brooklyn’s arts scene owes its vibrancy and resilience to the women who relentlessly fought to shape it. Charlene Victor, founder of Brooklyn Arts Council, believed artists needed more than recognition—they needed real, tangible support. In 1982, she made her case to Congress…