Deadline: 10-Jan-22
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is seeking nominations for its Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Award to provide direct support to individual Bronx artists who create works in the literary, media, visual, and performing arts.
The Bronx Council on the Arts now highlights BRIOs core emphasis: having distributed over $1,725,000 in support to 526 artists over more than three decades. Adjudication panels are comprised of seasoned artists and arts professionals from outside the borough who, guided by discipline specific criteria and experience, review submissions anonymously and select awardees for distinction, whose work demonstrates the following:
- An innovative approach to the discipline
- Probing and pushing of boundaries
- Technical expertise and high level of skill
- Ingenuity and rigor in its production
- An awareness of the medium within a historical context
- Compelling vision and original voice
In addition, winners are required to complete a one-time public service activity known as Artists for Community Enrichment (ACE) within a year of receiving the award. ACE events (ranging from performances with Q&As to workshops and classes) provide artists with additional visibility and demonstrate to the community the wealth of artistic talent available in their borough.
Award Categories
- Literary Arts: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Illustrated Text
- Media Arts: Digital Arts, Film or Video (Narrative/Documentary/Experimental), Film Animation
- Performing Arts: Acting, Choreography, Dance, Instrumental and Vocal Music Performance (Audio only!), Music Composition, Performance Poetry, Spoken Word, Storytelling
- Visual Arts:
- 2-D: Artist book, Drawing, Illustration Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Street Art
- 3-D: Installation Art, Mixed Media, Performance Art, Sculpture, Architecture, Crafts, Graphic Design, Environmental and Interior Design
Award Details
BCA awards grants up to $5,000 to Bronx artists each year, based solely on artistic excellence. Winners complete a one-time public service activity known as Artists for Community Enrichment (ACE), an essential component required of all BRIO recipients to be completed within a year of receiving the award. ACE provides artists with additional visibility and demonstrates to the community the wealth of artistic talent available in their borough.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be 18 years old or older.
- You must be a resident of the Bronx. Applicants must provide 2 proofs of Bronx residency.
- You must have an e-mail address
- You must have a Social Security number
Ineligible
- Full time graduate or undergraduate students enrolled in any degree program.
- Recipients of 2021 BRIO awards.
- Individuals who work for Bronx Council on the Arts.
Selection of Awards
BRIO is adjudicated on a blind submission process. New panels of arts professionals are convened each year to select awardees. All materials and information involved in the process are kept confidential and are viewed anonymously by the panelists. When the application is received, a code number is assigned to each application and its corresponding material. The applicant’s coded work sample is the only identifying information available to the panelists for review. Materials not meeting the submission guidelines will render an application ineligible.
For more information, visit https://www.bronxarts.org/grants/bronx-recognizes-its-own/