Bronx Council on the Arts

Found­ed by vision­ary com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers in 1962, the Bronx Coun­cil on the Arts (BCA) was one of the first orga­ni­za­tions to focus on advanc­ing cul­tur­al equi­ty through­out the bor­ough. Their mis­sion is to nur­ture the devel­op­ment of a diverse array of Bronx-based artists and arts orga­ni­za­tions in all dis­ci­plines, with spe­cial atten­tion paid to artists from local, his­tor­i­cal­ly mar­gin­al­ized com­mu­ni­ties. Their work touch­es every dis­trict in the bor­ough, from Mott Haven to Williams­bridge, and their pro­grams are free.

This sea­son, Bronx Coun­cil on the Arts will present Long­wood @ Gov­er­nors Island, a res­i­den­cy pro­gram that will serve a cohort of five Bronx artists, pro­vid­ing them with free stu­dio space, expo­sure through open stu­dios, and oth­er opportunities.

On View

August 17-Sep­tem­ber 7: Con­tem­po­rary with Con­tempt, a solo exhi­bi­tion by Rabab Elzwahry
Through bold acrylics, lay­ered mixed media, and pop art sym­bol­ism, Elzwahry con­fronts the polit­i­cal and human­i­tar­i­an strug­gles of Africa and the Mid­dle East, reveal­ing real­i­ties often obscured by rhetoric or media dis­tor­tion. Her work ampli­fies silenced voic­es, reflect­ing the human cost of insta­bil­i­ty, con­flict, and injus­tice, and urg­ing view­ers toward reflec­tion, dia­logue, and change.