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 glass to this year’s incredible Grantees and Teaching Artists.
Whether you’re toasting your peers or dancing into the night, this is your chance to connect, unwind, and celebrate the talent shaping Brooklyn’s cultural landscape. Light bites and drink refreshments to be served during the event. This is the first time this event is being opened to the public, so don't miss out!
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
🕡 Doors: 8 PM | Event: 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Hana House, 345 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
🎟️ Tickets: $50
🔊 Music by: DJ ADAIR
Get your tickets here!
The Six Foot Platform
1) “Sundae Day Daze” by Hannah Lillevoy & m i c c a, 2022. Photo courtesy Art in Dumbo. 2) “Painted Poetry” by Vanessa Alvarez, 2022. Photo courtesy Art in Dumbo. 3) “Untitled” by Melissa Diaz, 2023. Photo courtesy Art in Dumbo. 4) “Storytime” by What Will The Neighbors Say?, 2024. Photo by Noemie Trusty. 5) “How I Disappeared” by Tianding He, 2023. Photo courtesy Art in Dumbo. 6) “Resounding” by Sarah E. Brook, 2024. Photo by Noemie Trusty. 7) “Black Gods, their Children and Fabulousness” by Oludare Bernard, 2022. Photo courtesy Art in Dumbo.
Deadline: June 16, 2025
Presented by Art in Dumbo in partnership with BAC, The Six Foot Platform is an experimental art and performance program inviting Brooklyn-based artists to activate a 6’x6’ platform at the intersection of Washington and Water Streets. Washington Street is Brooklyn’s most iconic street, photographed over 100 times per minute by visitors across New York City and the globe.
Six chosen artists will be afforded a single-day residency on the platform to show off their creations and will receive a $1,250 honorarium. Brooklyn-based artists, working in all mediums, are invited to submit proposals. Submitted work must invite continuous engagement and interaction, be appropriate for all ages, and be suitable for public space.
Support BAC and Keep Brooklyn Creating!
Sade jumping Double Dutch. Photo courtesy of Clara Ibarra, 2024 BAC Grantee. Photo: Rachael Bongiorno.
Brooklyn’s creative communities thrive when we show up for them, but right now, arts funding is shrinking and vital programs are at risk.
If you believe in the power of local art, culture, and connection, this is the moment to give. Every dollar fuels work led by Brooklyn’s artists, educators, and culture bearers, and helps ensure it continues.
Let’s not lose the momentum. Let’s ensure Brooklyn's creative spirit stays abundant and powerful. 🌟
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Spotlight: “Brooklyn Arts Council Leads Amidst Arts Funding Challenges”
2025 BAC Social Innovation Salon. Photo: Redens Desrosiers/Réx Services.
Brooklyn's vibrant arts scene is facing significant challenges due to budget cuts and shifting priorities. In a recent feature by BK Reader, BAC's Executive Director, Rasu Jilani, discussed the organization's response to these hurdles and its vision for the future.
"We are a sixty-year-old organization, and our operating model must change significantly," Jilani stated. He emphasized that the current reimbursable funding model—where BAC fronts costs and awaits government reimbursement—is unsustainable. "The arts aren’t a competing priority; they are interwoven into the very efficiency of our city," he added.
In response, BAC is collaborating with other borough arts councils to identify inefficiencies and develop collective advocacy strategies. Locally, the council has intensified efforts to support artists and increase visibility for underused free programming and grant opportunities. These initiatives underscore BAC's commitment to sustaining Brooklyn's creative community during these challenging times.
Read the full article on BK Reader here.
Art & Social Innovation Podcast Launch
Brooklyn Arts Awards 2024. Photo: Redens Desrosiers/Réx Camera
We're excited to launch the first episode of Brooklyn Arts Council’s Art & Social Innovation Podcast, spotlighting the transformative power of our Social Innovation Fellowship, a five-month pilot program supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
The debut episode features a compelling conversation between BAC Executive Director Rasu Jilani and Desiree Gordon, Executive Director of Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy. As the visionary strategists behind the Social Innovation Fellowship, Rasu and Desiree share the inspiration that sparked the program and their commitment to empowering Brooklyn’s cultural entrepreneurs with the tools to drive meaningful, lasting social change.
Watch the first episode here!
BAC Grantee & Partner Events
Sound Bridges: Harmony in the Heart
Sound Bridges is a BAC Grantee.
June 11 | 1pm | 630 Mother Gaston Blvd, BK
Harmony in the Heart is a free live performance initiative by Sound Bridges, designed for Older Adult Centers across Brooklyn. This concert series seeks to enrich the lives of seniors through the transformative power of music and dance. Founded in 2019, Sound Bridges is a Brooklyn-based multicultural collective that blends the rich traditions of West African music with the improvisational spirit of jazz and the expressive energy of tap dance. Our ensemble of six seasoned musicians—originating from South America, the U.S., Africa, and Europe—collaborates to create original compositions and choreographies centered around the balafon, a traditional wooden xylophone central to Mande culture.
Stand4 Gallery: Essential Shore & Permeable Future Film Night
June 11 | 7pm | Alpine Cinema, 6817 5th Avenue, BK
A night of short documentary films focused on the Brooklyn waterfront with an artist Q&A.
The circle Keepers: The 2025 Peace and Justice Youth Conference
The Circle Keepers are a BAC SU-CASA Teaching Artist.
June 14 | 10am | BK
The Circle Keepers will present the second annual Peace & Justice Conference on Saturday, June 14th, 2025 in Downtown Brooklyn, from 10am-5pm. The conference is an in-person, full day of learning and community building by youth, for youth, supported by adult allies who are committed to youth leadership, agency, and voice. It will showcase youth-led artistic and social justice performances, workshops at the intersections of restorative justice, transformative justice, arts-based practices, youth participatory action research, mental health, self-defense, healing practices, peer mentorship, social justice media making, youth organizing, and abolition.
Iviva Olenick: Brooklyn Embroidered Oral History Garden Tours
June 14 | 10am | Corner of Ocean Parkway & Church Avenue, BK 11218
Ever wonder which local trees are native and which were introduced? Which weeds are medicinal? How to identify local plants and their unique roles in our ecosystems? Join horticulturalist Paul Joseph and local artist Iviva Olenick for a guided tour of local trees and "weeds," followed by reflection and art-making. The tour will meet at the corner of Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue, on the wider pedestrian section of Ocean Parkway Malls. We will stay within a one-block radius between Church Avenue and Beverly Road, pausing to closely observe and discuss specific plants. Ocean Parkway is lined with benches for anyone wishing to sit during the tour. As we investigate local plants, we will pause for sketching and gentle tree trunk bark rubbings. All supplies provided (sketchbooks, colored pencils, crayons).
Volunteer with Divine Times Collective at POW Fest!
Divine Times Collective is a BAC Grantee.
Aug 14 & Ongoing | Multiple Times | BK
Join Divine Times Collective on Sunday, August 17th at POW Fest (Pan-Afro Wisdom Festival), a free, all-ages festival centered on inner-child healing, cultural exchange, and community connection. Rooted in diasporic joy, POW Fest brings together therapists, cultural practitioners, and artists to play and intergenerational connection through performance, workshops, and interactive installations. We’re seeking volunteers to support this powerful day of collective healing and celebration. Shifts run between *9am–8pm*, and internship opportunities are also available for those interested in ongoing involvement from June until August.
Events, Workshops, & Professional Development
Amos Eno Gallery: Elevate 2025
Multiple June Dates | Virtual
Amos Eno Gallery is pleased to present Elevate 2025, a free career development webinar series for emerging and mid-career artists. Through a series of three virtual panel discussions with art industry experts and an in-person networking event, this program will provide visual artists with essential tools, insights, and connections to help advance their careers.
This series aims to democratize access to critical industry knowledge and networks, fostering a more inclusive art community and helping underrepresented artists develop sustainable careers.
The Laundromat Project: The Art of Reparations
June 11 | Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave, BK
We are bringing together our current cohort, alumni, and the general public for the 2025 Create Change workshop, Art of Reparations. This session will explore the transformative role of reparations within creative communities across the African Diaspora.
As part of this workshop, we will screen the film, The Big Payback, which tells the story of how a rookie alderwoman from Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations for Black Americans. Following the screening, participants will engage in a guided activity then listen to a panel discussion designed to foster reflection, dialogue, and collective learning.
Creatives Thrive NYC: Office Hours with Pam and Dyalekt
June 12 | Virtual
Office hours can feel awkward—we get it. No pressure to come with perfect questions (or any questions at all). Show up with curiosity, confusion, or even just company. Private questions welcome. Vulnerability encouraged. This is a space to unload financial shame, talk things out, or simply be together.
Elevating the Sacred: Materiality in Spiritual Art
On view until June 13 | Arts and Architecture Conservancy at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Ave, NY
The Arts and Architecture Conservancy at Saint Peter’s presents Stations of the Cross by Audrey Anastasi, on view in the Narthex Gallery, in collaboration with Saint Peter’s Church, from Friday, March 14 to Friday, June 13, 2025.
The Passion, a story and artistic subject so central to the Christian tradition, is one countlessly retold and reimagined over millennia. In this Stations of the Cross series by Brooklyn-based artist Audrey Anastasi, the work invites new perspectives and rewards close-looking.
IndieSpace Together
June 17 | 68 Gansevoort Street, NY
Come to get some work done or to network and connect with other artists, producers, writers, and collectives.
You’re also invited to be part of the community conversation on the future of our new space in Hell’s Kitchen. We’re excited to host a public conversation with the community about this initiative. If you haven’t yet heard about it, this is a great chance to learn more about where we are in the development process and get to know our building alongside members of our artist committee, who will be there in conversation.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG COLLAGE ANIMATION WORKSHOP
June 19 | Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave, Queens
In partnership with the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM), we present a Collage Animation Workshop led by LAHM’s Director of Community Engagement Charanya Ramakrishnan and co-facilitated by Tiffany Joy Butler, Associate Curator of Public Programs at Museum of the Moving Image. Inspired by the collage art of Louis Armstrong, this free workshop invites you to dive into the vibrant world of collage-making and storytelling. Bring together images, textures, and text, and animate your story to create something uniquely your own.
This workshop is inspired by the artistic excellence of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, who was not only a musical icon but also a prolific collage artist. He used photographs, letters, promotional materials, newspaper articles, and more to create art on the walls of his home, in scrapbooks, and on more than 500 reel-to-reel tape boxes.
Free Playwriting Workshop
June 21 | The Laundromat Project, 1476 Fulton Street, BK
Playwrights Horizons is teaming up with The LP to offer a free playwriting workshop for our Bed-Stuy community!
Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater that produces world and regional premieres of new plays by living writers.
Join this workshop if you’re interested in learning the craft of a good monologue. Jump in and see where this essential theatrical skill could take you!
Free dinner will be provided!
Sankofa Film Club Presents: SAY MY NAME
June 21 | Macon Library, 361 Lewis Ave at Macon St, BK
In a hip-hop world dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of SAY MY NAME speak candidly about class, race and gender in pursuing their passions to be female MCs.
SAY MY NAME takes viewers on a vibrant tour of urban culture and musical movement, from hip-hop's birthplace in The Bronx, to grime on London's Eastside, to Philly, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, L.A. and anywhere in between. Featuring interviews and musical performances from a diverse cast of women that includes Remy Ma, Rah Digga, Jean Grae, Erykah Badu, Estelle as well as newcomers Chocolate Thai, Invincible and Miz Korona, this powerful documentary delves into the amazing of women balancing professional dreams with the stark realities of poor urban communities, race, sexism, and motherhood.
Brighton Ballet Theater: 38th Annual Children’s Festival - “The World of Dance”
June 22 | John Dewey High School Theater, 50 Avenue X, BK
On behalf of Brighton Ballet Theater, I warmly invite you to our 38th Annual Children’s Festival, “The World of Dance,” featuring a special performance of the ballet “Cinderella.”
This joyful event will be a celebration of cultural diversity and artistic excellence, showcasing the vibrant talent of South Brooklyn. We are also proud to honor 30 years of Edouard Kouchnarev’s choreography with a day full of dance and inspiration.
It’s a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together, celebrate our shared heritage, and recognize the vital role the arts play in enriching our city. We are deeply grateful for your continued support and would be honored by your presence.
Thrive in Place! Affordable Housing Workshop
June 26 | Virtual
Thrive in Place! by Creatives Thrive NYC
A guide to affordable housing options for NYC creatives, jointly presented three times per year by ArtBuilt and the Entertainment Community Fund. Learn about rent stabilization, city housing lotteries, affordable home-ownership opportunities, and how to qualify for these programs.
Creatives Thrive NYC: Managing your finances when the world is on fire
June 26 | Virtual
We’re writing this description in April and for the first time in a long time, we don’t know what June is going to look like. What we do know is we will still be here, our nervous systems may be going haywire, and we will need artists and creatives more than ever to get through this. So let’s make sure you’re taken care of too.
In this workshop, (we think) we’ll discuss:
- A deeper dive into your money personalities and how you may be reacting in times of stress
- How to spend money in alignment with your values and how your dollars can make a difference
- How technofeudalism has taken over capitalism
- How to view and wield your savings as an act of resistance
- What the current stock market volatility might mean for you, whether you have investments or not
BAX 2025 Drag Summer Arts Program
July 21 - 25 & July 28 - Aug 1 | BAX Annex, 80 Hanson Place, BK
In this week-long summer arts program at BAX, teens will explore the colorful and transformative art form of Drag through the principles of drama and creative movement.
Monday, July 21 – Friday, July 25: Ages 11 - 14
Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 1: Ages 14 - 18
Taught by Kelindah bee Schuster at the new BAX Annex, located in Downtown Brooklyn's Cultural Arts District. With a focus on self-discovery, community connection, and the power of Drag as a tool for social change, this program offers a joyful and affirming space for all.
Participants will dive into dramatic play, character work, authentic expression, and community connection as they create unique drag personas. Using tools like facial expressions, body language, costume choices, and the art of lip syncing, students will build skills to bring their personas to life.
*This program centers queer and trans wisdom and is open to all teens ages 11–18 who identify as queer, trans, gender-expansive, fluid, curious, questioning, or in allyship with the LGBTQ+ community. No prior experience is necessary—just a willingness to express yourself, connect with others, and embrace the magic of Drag!
Opportunities
NeON Arts Teaching Artists Open Call
Deadline: June 8
NeON℠ Arts— is a free NYC Department of Probation program in partnership with Renaissance Youth Center. NeON Arts is open to the entire city—offering young people in seven New York City communities the chance to explore creative projects that help them establish positive peer and adult relationships, develop skills, and connect to a network of opportunities. Workshops are hosted at Neighborhood Opportunity Network sites (NeONs) and other community venues.
NeON℠ Arts grants of $6,000 are available to nonprofit organizations and individuals to lead workshops and events July – August 2025. You can apply with or without a 501C3 or fiscal sponsor. Grantees are selected by NeON stakeholders who are vested leaders in the community.
The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award
Deadline: June 17
The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is an annual $8,000 cash grant awarded to one (1) New York State-based playwright or screenwriter who self-identifies as LGBTQ+. The Award honors the life and work of Ryan Hudak. Ryan was a gay playwright, theater maker, filmmaker, and a valued member of NYFA’s staff who served on the executive and development teams. Tragically, Ryan passed away in May 2022 after a long battle with Leukemia at the age of 32. The Award is open to playwrights and screenwriters who live in New York State, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.
Applicants will need to be practicing playwrights or screenwriters and be able to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to their creative practice and career. Applicants will be required to share a statement on how this Award will impact and catalyze their artistic work and practice. Applicants must self-identify as LGBTQ+. Only those who are at least 25 years of age and current New York State residents and have maintained residency for a minimum of 12 months by the application deadline will be considered.
AMPED: The Art of Rock & Roll Open Call
Deadline: June 25
Amped: The Art of Rock & Roll is an exhibition at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition celebrating the cultural and historical impact of rock and roll, showcasing the exhilarating synergy between visual art and music while exploring the music’s transformative influence on art.
We are looking for work that captures the rebellious spirit of rock and roll.
Amped is a visual expression of the energy you experience when this music moves through you and ignites a fire in your soul. We challenge you as an artist to capture and amplify that energy. The exhibition is open to all visual media.
NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants
Deadline: June 17
The NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants (RFG) will provide grants to NYSCA-funded organizations to establish a reserve fund or build on an existing reserve fund.
Given the volatility of the industry, including increased costs, decreased philanthropy, and unpredictable income, we recognize that each organization has varying needs for annual stabilization support.
This program is open to nonprofit arts organizations based in New York State who have received direct funding from NYSCA in the last three years, and have an operating budget of less than $3 million. Individual grant amounts will range from $10,000 to $75,000 in accordance with the applying organization’s operating budget. Rural, BIPOC-led, and community-based organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
DCLA: Public Artists in Residence (PAIR)
Deadline: June 30
Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in city government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges.PAIR is based on the premise that artists are creative problem-solvers. They are able to create long-term and lasting impact by working collaboratively and in open-ended processes to build community bonds, open channels for two-way dialogue, and reimagine realities to create new possibilities for those who experience and participate in the work.
Through a series of conversations, DCLA and a partner City Agency decide on a broad population, challenge, and/or goal the partner agency wishes to focus on. With Commissioner-level support, DCLA issues an open call for artists or recommends artists based on artistic excellence and demonstrated knowledge of the particular social issues addressed in the residency. The final artist selection is made in partnership with both agencies. Each PAIR is a minimum of one year.
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn OPEN CALL: New Futures
Deadline: June 30
The New Futures program is for first time exhibiting artists and is one of the elements of our continued mission to break down traditional barriers of the contemporary art world.
Each recipient is awarded a free exhibition space at The Other Art Fair along with access to opportunities designed to jump-start their career.
Recipients are selected in collaboration with art world experts and local creative partners to bring their respective talents and differing perspectives.
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn OPEN CALL
Deadline: June 30
"The Other Art Fair is a fantastic way to gain exposure as an emerging artist of any age. Feedback and friendships fuel my inspiration to create. The doors that open continue to surprise and lead to other opportunities you never could have imagined by staying at home." Todd Koelmel, Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 Participating Artist.
The Numbers from our Spring 2025 fair speak for themselves:
95% of Artists made sales,
New Record for total value of artwork sold at our Brooklyn Fair,
2,200+ artworks found new homes
9,000 attendees welcomed over 4 days.
NYC Jewelry Week Open Call
Deadline: June 30
We invite designers, artists, makers, and organizations to be part of this curated program, celebrating the creativity and craftsmanship that define jewelry today. While we always welcome traditional and contemporary jewelry practitioners, we also encourage visual artists—including sculptors, mixed media artists, and photographers—as well as historians, researchers, and performers to apply with their ideas. We embrace art in all its forms as it relates to jewelry—through context, concept, representation, materials, or techniques.
DCLA CDF Panelist Submission
Deadline: Rolling
DCLA is currently inviting submissions for panelists who can bring a wide range of perspectives, expertise, and professional backgrounds to advise the agency on public funds awarded to support New York City cultural public services.
Eligible FY26 CDF applications will go through a competitive panel review during summer and fall of 2025. Peer panelists with current and relevant expertise in New York City’s nonprofit arts and culture ecosystem will independently review and score approximately 20 designated CDF applications per panel. Independent evaluation will then be followed by a one-day virtual panel meeting where panelists will discuss and confirm scores for each application assigned.
Panelists are paid an honorarium of $480 in recognition of their time and participation.
A4 Arts Fund
Deadline: July 11
The Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is proud to launch the A4 Arts Fund, a new national grant initiative supported by The Wallace Foundation and in partnership with the National Arts Regranting Partners. This program aims to explore and advance equitable grantmaking practices in the creative sector, with a focus on supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) arts and culture.
The A4 Arts Fund offers general operating support and cohort-based engagement to under-resourced arts and culture organizations that support and uphold AAPI communities. Eligible organizations must have annual operating budgets of under $500,000. Through an open application process, A4 will award $500,000 in total funding, granting $25,000 each to 20 organizations across the country for a one-year period.
Asian American Writers' Workshop: Call for Submissions
Deadline: Rolling
The Margins seeks pitches and submissions to Open City, its journalism section devoted to chronicling the pulse of Asian America. Through articles, features, interviews, and profiles, Open City covers Asian immigrant and Muslim communities with an emphasis on social, racial, and gender justice issues.
Since its inception in 2010, Open City has told the lived stories of Asian communities in the boroughs of New York City. Starting in 2025, we are expanding our coverages to cities and towns all over the United States.
We welcome shoeleather reporting, hybrid essays, personality and place profiles, features, narrative storytelling, and … you get the drift.
We pay all writers and translators.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts: Emergency Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who:
Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates
Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 15-20 grants in the range of $500 to $3,000 each. Applicants may request any amount in that range and, if granted, may receive full or partial funding. The average grant is currently $1,900.
The Creative Center: Hospital Artist-in-Residence Program
Hospital Artist-In-Residence Carmen Rios at BronxCare Health System, Family Medicine, and her art cart.
Deadline: Rolling
The Creative Center's Hospital Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Program serves patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare staff in the New York City Area and beyond. The 10 current Hospital AIRs serve over 3,000 patients each year at multiple hospital sites and develop supportive relationships with countless staff and caregivers. AIRs are professional artists trained by The Creative Center to work in a multitude of healthcare settings.
JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture
Deadline: Rolling
This program provides support to non-profit organizations in the U.S. that organize projects that will further the understanding of Japanese arts and culture within the 37 states east of the Rocky Mountains, plus Washington D.C.
Successful projects generally take the form of performances, exhibitions, film screenings, and workshops. This grant also supports online projects related to Arts & Cultural Exchange that incorporate issues pertaining to the COVID-19 global pandemic such as virtual exhibitions, virtual performances, film streaming, online conference as well as webinar. Priority will be given to those projects that have secured additional funding from sources other than the Japan Foundation, as well as projects that take place in areas where access to Japanese cultural events are relatively limited.
Art On Loop & New York Open Art: CALL FOR ARTISTS
Deadline: October 28
This is a unique and extraordinary chance for artists from every corner of the globe to showcase their work to an international audience. Whether you're an emerging artist or an established one, this exhibition is a platform for all forms of artistic expression—from painting and photography to video art, sculpture, mixed media, poetry, and beyond!
The Theme: OPEN!
There are no limits to what you can submit—this is your opportunity to express your artistic vision in the way that feels most authentic to you. Submit your work that reflects your creativity, passion, and style!
Resources
REGISTER TO VOTE! GET YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT!
Deadline for new registrations: June 14
Deadline to apply online for an absentee ballot: June 14
Absentee application
Early voting: June 14-22
Sunday is included in early voting!
Fine early voting locations and hours here.
Creative Capital Artist Lab
Creative Capital Artist Lab online courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to help grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through online lectures and discussions, videos, and text-based learning formats—and include exercises, best practices, and case studies that can be explored at your own pace.
NYC Votes: 2025 Candidate Debate REsources
The New York City debates happen every four years alongside elections for citywide offices – Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate.
What We're Reading
“‘That’s really low’: Brooklyn arts orgs scramble for funding after NEA abruptly cancels grants”
by Kirstyn Brendlen | Brooklyn Paper
“Amid Budget Cuts and Shifting Priorities, Brooklyn’s Arts Scene Faces Strain ... But is Fighting Back” by Kimberlean Donis | BK Reader
“‘Mother Pigeon,’ the Artist Fighting to Save NYC’s Urban Birds”
by Isa Farfan | Hyperallergic
“New COVID-19 memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery celebrates lives and legacy”
by Gabriele Holtermann | Brooklyn Paper
“Protest Targets Whitney Museum Board Ties After Canceled Performance”
by Rhea Nayyar | Hyperallergic
“On Art History in Times of War”
by Nasser Rabbat | ARTnews
Cover Image: Megumi Saruhashi, 2025 BAC Grantee. Photo: Hirofumi Tanaka.
Empowering Artists. Empowering Communities.
The arts are a lifeline to sustain wonder, inspiration, healing, and a sense of community in our lives. Please join Brooklyn Arts Council in our mission to empower Brooklyn artists and arts organizations that bring life and joy into our home borough.