Local Arts Support
Designed with nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships in mind, Local Arts Support helps develop high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement.
About this Grant
In 2023, Local Arts Support distributed $255,000 to 56 projects across the borough.
Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), this money is for nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships developing high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement. The best proposals identify their community, demonstrate engagement with that community, and thoughtfully describe anticipated outcomes.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS
Still of Charell in “Feeling Wanted.” Yasmin Mistry (Director/Producer) is the Director of The Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project.
Hivewild. Photo by Travis Emery Hackett.
Yasmin Mistry & Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project
Local Arts Support | Film | 2022
The Kings County Foster Care Film Tour was held in May 2022 during National Mental Health Month & National Foster Care Month. This tour was hosted by the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP) in conjunction with City Living NY (CLNY). The tour included live events, film screenings, and panels, as well as online content to elevate the conversation about mental health within the child welfare community.
Hivewild Dance Company
Local Arts Support | Dance | 2022
Written, directed, and choreographed by Katherine Maxwell, a sigh of origin is a dance movie featuring nine dancers representing a single individual and the various lives lost and found throughout a lifetime: processes of shedding and transforming. The performance conveys how change in a person over a lifetime affects how one relates to the world around them. The cast of dancers is made up of men, women, and non-binary individuals from a range of cultural backgrounds, representing how a person evolves as an effect of pivotal moments.
Parachute Literary Arts’ My New York City. Photo by Amanda Deutch.
Parachute Literary Arts
Local Arts Support | Literary Arts | 2022
Parachute Literary Arts presented “My New York City,” a six-session poetry workshop by poet SM Gray, in which participants explored, reflected, and wrote about their Brooklyn neighborhoods through memory, observation, and personal stories. Participants explored their Brooklyn neighborhoods and draw out hidden or lesser seen stories. What does it mean to really "know" a neighborhood, city, or street? What do you know that others don't?
2024 GUDIELINES
The guidelines below apply to Brooklyn Arts Fund and Local Arts Support programs. Refer to each specific grant opportunity for funding priorities and additional restrictions.
ELIGIBILITY SELF-CHECK FORM
This 5-minute self-check questionnaire helps you understand eligibility requirements. BAC hopes that this short checklist will allow you to see if you can apply and what you will need to submit.
2024 APPLICATION
BAC’s 2024 applications are now closed.
2024 INFO SESSIONS
Missed something during BAC’s live Info Sessions? Don’t worry! Info sessions are available on-demand.
TIPS FOR WINNING A BAC GRANT
In this mini-series, we spoke with four Grantees who shared tips on how they scored really high with panelists on certain parts of the BAC grant application.
1) Work Samples, Non-duplication & Narrative with Benjamin Akio
2) Narrative & Community Support with JP Howard
3) Budget & Narrative with Marj Kleinman
4) Work Samples with Yasmin Mistry
WELLNESS CARE PACKAGE
Wellness practitioners across Brooklyn present mini-motivational demos, workshops, and exercises that calm anxiety, promote courage, and interrupt procrastination and stagnation during the grant application process. Episodes feature Cheryl Walpole-Tiku, Maraliz Campos, Oluadare Bernard, Salomé Egas, and Olaronke Akinmowo.
BECOME A GRANT PANELIST
BAC’s 2024 applications are now closed.
Want to become involved with Brooklyn Arts Council's grantmaking efforts? We welcome you to become a panelist for our upcoming cycle of grant applications.
QUESTIONS?
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