Classroom Management Stories and Strategies from the Field

Literary Arts

BOOK ARTS Students assemble a book in a variety of formats, from traditionally-bound books to more experimental layouts, incorporating unconventional materials and/or designs. Students can compose t... more

AIE Assembly Programs

BAC assemblies educate and entertain through performance, narration, and student participation. Study guides are available for many performances, and follow-up student workshops and/or professional de... more

AIE Community Programs

Arts learning and participation vitalize communities and the individuals within them. While working to instill understanding of and value for the arts in NYC students, we also strive to make learning ... more

AIE Workshops

BAC provides a full range of curriculum-based workshops that incorporate the New York City’s Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts and New York State Learning Standards for the Arts. Worksho... more

Alberto Gonzalez - Panamanian dances

Alberto Gonzalez is director of the Brooklyn-based Panamanian dance ensemble Conjunto Nuevo Milenio. Born in Colón, Panama, he started dancing at age five and later joined the Panamanian Ballet Folkló... more

ARTS IN EDUCATION

BAC Arts in Education (AIE) provides a wide array of programming for students, teachers, parents, and community members in digital, literary, performing, and visual arts. Our collaborative process al... more

BAC GALLERY

BAC Gallery is located in the heart of the vibrant DUMBO arts district at 111 Front Street, Suite 218 and offers artists an opportunity to show their art in an environment frequented by a host of arts... more

Become a Teaching Artist

BAC’s Arts in Education programs strive to enhance the study of all art forms in our schools while supporting artists in their contribution to the culture of our community. We seek teaching artists... more

Benefit Party and Auction 2008

Honoring: Audrey and Joseph Anastasi Agnes Murray Cocktail Reception Auction Dancing & Entertainment Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:30 - 9:30pm Dyker Beach Golf Club 86th Street and 7th... more

Call for Submissions

Clamoring to Become Visible February 5 – June 26, 2009 Curator: Christine Spangler

CASA

Cultural after School Adventures (CASA), which brings after school arts enrichment to young people across New York City, is now in its third year. We are delighted that this year BAC’s participation i... more

Chrisafo Madimenos - Greek line dance

Chrisafo Madimenos, an excellent teacher of Greek social dance, weaves lessons about the aesthetics and meaning of dances into her classes. The Brooklyn-raised Chrisafo spent summers in Greece with he... more

Contemporary and Historical Performances

A diverse selection of talented artists entertain through a wide range of classic and modern-day performances. 2 Punks Puppet Theatre 2 Punks Puppet Theatre specializes in intelligent, creative... more

Creative Cartographies: Exhibition Images

Creative Cartographies September 26, 2008 - January 9, 2009

Darrah Carr - Irish dance

Darrah Carr, artistic director of Darrah Carr Dance, has choreographed for and performed with Broadway productions and dance companies at home and abroad. She learned traditional Irish dance in her na... more

Deborah Strauss - Yiddish dance

Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is one of the finest of the contemporary klezmer instrumentalists and a well-known Yiddish dance instructor. She frequently appears as a featured dan... more

Digital Media

The design of our Digital Media and Technology workshops are strongly influenced by your site’s equipment resources. Please contact us to discuss further, as many programs can be adapted in a variety ... more

Don Coy - American square dance

Don Coy, who made his way to Brooklyn from his native Louisville, Kentucky, in 1990, has trained as a square dancer caller since 1974. Don is also an expert square dance teacher, and country guitar pl... more

Euston James - Trinidadian limbo and calypso

Euston James, a native of Trinidad, has lived in Brooklyn since 1972. In the U.S. he has participated in West Indian carnival traditions as a dancer of calypso and limbo and as a fire-eater. His speci... more

Folk Feet

Folk Feet is made possible, in part, by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The New York Community Trust.

Haitian dance

Sherley St. Fort - Haitian dance

Health Insurance for Artists Part II: Fractured Atlas

Fractured Atlas offers access to quality health care plans that meet a variety of budgets and circumstances to the arts community of New York State, and provides a foundation of support through advoca... more

Health Insurance: What Artists Need to Know

In this seminar, industry professionals will discuss the importance of health insurance for artists and freelancers and the various options available for finding affordable health care in New York Cit... more

How to Apply for a Regrant: Seminar for Individual Artists and Orgs. - September 12th

Wednesday, September 12th, 11am - 12:30pm Brooklyn Arts Council 55 Washington Street, Suite 218 (Alternate entrance at 111 Front St.) Note: This seminar will be followed by a UAI Grant Seminar f... more

How to apply for NYFA Artists Fellowships

Learn how to apply for awards of $7000 for unrestricted use, which are made to individual originating artists living and working in New York State. The 2008-2009 cycle includes the following catego... more

Information Session for BAC Artists

Learn how artists can develop workshops for youth in conjunction with the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) at Grand Army Plaza. Opportunities will be presented for Brooklyn Arts Council registered artist... more

Kaina Quenga - Polynesian dances

Kaina Quenga grew up in Hilo, HawaiI, where she studied and performed hula— “dance” in Hawaiian. She moved to Brooklyn in 2001, where she performs and also teaches Hawaiian cultural traditions and Tah... more

Lack of Desire: Exhibition Images

Leonardo Ivan Dominguez - Dominican merengue and folk dance

Leonardo Ivan Dominguez has been working for more than 35 years as an educator of Dominican folk traditions. Born on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ivan was learning to drum by ag... more

Melinda Gonzalez - Puerto Rican bomba

Melinda Gonzalez dances bomba, Puerto Rico’s oldest native art form. An Afro-Puerto Rican dance, bomba involves improvised steps and a live drummer. But in bomba, it is the dancer, not the percussioni... more