Op Ed Editorial

BRONX UPCOMING EVENTS

Mondays Until August 3 7:30pm

Digital Sneak Peeks in at Works in In Progress by Latinx Artists

REMOJO, the company’s recurring sneak peek at works in progress goes digital, giving audiences a chance to get up close and personal with Latinx theater, music, dance, and film/media artists. Events will broadcast for free on website, Zoom, and social media platforms. Visit pregonesprtt. org for sneak peeks!

Now Until August 2 6:30pm

A Virtual Offering: Foot Reflexology

2020 is the year of focus, heart-centered projection and accomplishments. Let training in the science of foot reflexology make it onto your list of achievements! Visit inlightyogaandhealth.com for more info.

Monday-Thursday

Until August 13

Summer 2020 Virtual Visual Art & Digital Media Classes

Sign up for the Bronx River Art Center Summer Semester. BRAC is pleased to present five Visual Art, two Digital Media classes and their signature TPS+2.0 (teens plus young adults) Project Studio this Summer Semester. Their commitment to serve the needs of our community is especially heightened in these challenging times. The Summer 2020 semester is an optional donation to assure everyone who wants to engage in creative activities can, regardless of ability to pay. Please register and take classes for free if you need to, or, if you are able to make a donation, we will gratefully accept a suggested contribution of $35 for one series of classes from our summer semester offerings. Email dhebbert@ bronxriverart.org or register at eventbrite.com.

Now Until July 31 9:00-4:00pm

Woodlawn Summer Camp 2020

At Camp Woodlawn, your child will make music and art, learn about the natural world, and explore the history of our great neighborhood and city -- in a smallgroup setting and with experienced and caring instructors. Camp activities will include plenty of outdoor time, scavenger hunts, map reading activities, arts and crafts, reading workshops, tree identification walks, and more! For grades 1-7. Register online at thewoodlawncemetery.org $150 per camper.

July 25 6:30pm

Bringing Copper & Sunflowers

This event features an international and inter-nation gathering of performing artists from across Turtle Island (North America) offering recent performance works and conversation. Presentation features in-development reading of Caridad de La Luz’s From Poor to Rico. RSVP at pregonesprtt.org to join the Zoom.

July 25 10:00-1:00pm

Family Art Project: Rituals for New Earth Resiliency

Join artist Tattfoo Tan in creating portable alters and survival kits, and sit in sastang for a sacred gathering to bring ritual that will help bring attention to cultivating resilience in yourself and your environment. Visit wavehill.org to join.

July 26 9:30-10:30am

Zoom Yoga

Yoga returns to Wave Hill this spring...virtually! This live class is led by Yoga Haven instructor Susie Caramanica on the Zoom platform. Through guided imagery you’ll feel like you are in the gardens enjoying a gentle yoga class. All levels welcome. Visit wavehill. org to join. $15

July 28 12:00-1:00pm

Eco- Urgency: Alison Moritsgusu

Moritsugu discusses two of her paintings, We are the ash (Remnant) and We are the ash (Vestige), with Jesse Bandler Firestone, Wave Hill’s Curatorial Assistant. Both paintings were made in response to the presence of the invasive emerald ash borer, an insect destroying North America’s ash tree forests. They will also explore the linguistic and logistical parallels between the invasive ash borer and the current pandemic. Visit wavehill. org to join.

HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) Awards over $500,000 to Local Artists and Arts Organizations

In these challenging working in literary, media, and advocating for equitatimes, the Bronx Counperforming, and visual arts. ble practices. Then as now, cil on the Arts (BCA) The principles of equiwe focus on supporting the announces its recent distrity, diversity and inclusion work of underrepresented bution of over $500,000 to guide the grants and awards groups – especially artists local artists and arts organiselection process, which of color, women, and memzations through its annual is led by a diverse array of bers of the LGBTQ+ comgrantmaking programs. As panelists recruited through munity. Through this lens COVID-19 continues to an open process that takes we offer affordable prohave a devastating impact, into consideration panelists grams for seniors and youth, especially in The Bronx, expertise as well as geoand provide direct services and resistance to systemic graphic, gender, race and to over 1,000 artists and racism in our society conother diversity benchmarks. 250 community-based arts tinues, we hope that these BRIO winners are selected groups each year. funds make a difference through an anonymous seSign up for Bronx for individual artists, arts lection process. Council on the Arts news: collectives and arts organiBCA encourages artists bronxarts.org. Follow us zations, and advance the vito submit applications reon Twitter, Facebook, Inbrant arts and culture in the gardless of race, ethnicity, stagram and LinkedIn at borough. gender, gender identity, @bronxartsorg

Arts and culture are at age, socio-economic status, The Bronx Council on the heart of New York City, national origin, sexual orithe Arts is supported, in and Bronx-based art and entation, physical ability, or part, by public funds from artists have been a driver of religion. the New York City Departthe City’s culture for centuPlease see lists of 2020 ment of Cultural Affairs in ries. Supported by funding funded projects and 2020 partnership with the City from the New York State BRIO Award winners atCouncil; New York State Council on the Arts (NYtached. Applications for Council on the Arts with SCA) and the New York the 2021 grant cycle will the support of Governor City Department of Cultural be available from BCA this Andrew M. Cuomo and the Affairs (DCLA), BCA supsummer. More information New York State Legislaports community-centered on BCA and its grant proture; Arts Midwest and the arts and culture projects, grams are available on our National Endowment for and recognizes outstanding website (www.bronxarts. the Arts; The Coalition of local artists representing org). Theaters of Color and City the rich diversity of comAbout the Bronx Council members Andrew munities throughout The Council on the Arts Cohen and Vanessa GibBronx. This year, BCA’s Founded by visionary son. Also supported in part Community Engagement community leaders in 1962, by the Booth Ferris FounGrants (CEGs) awarded The Bronx Council on the dation, Ovation, the New 71 grants for projects that Arts (BCA) is a pioneer in Yankee Stadium Community contribute to the cultural advancing cultural equity in Benefits Fund, Con Edison, life of the borough. CEGs The Bronx. From our early the Hispanic Federation, focus on the work of combeginnings as a presenter the City of New York, and munity based organizations of affordable arts programthe Department of Youth and their high-quality arts ming in select Bronx neighand Community Develactivities within all disciborhoods, we have grown opment. Special thanks to plines, genres, and styles. into a cultural hub that Hostos Community College BCA’s Bronx Recognizes serves the entire creative and the Hostos Center for Its Own (BRIO) Awards, ecosystem of the borough. the Arts & Culture for their which serve to recognize Our programs serve artists, support. the wealth of Bronx artistic the public, and the field at talent, bestowed coveted large by building connecnotoriety to 44 local artists tions, providing resources,