NYGOP Launches "Kickback Kathy" Petition to Investigate Hochul Corruption

 

NYGOP LAUNCHES "KICKBACK KATHY" PETITION DRIVE  Calls on New Yorkers to Stop Cuomo-Hochul Pay-to-Play Corruption Regime This November  Albany, NY--September 7th...The New York Republican Party today launched a "Kickback Kathy" petition drive calling on New Yorkers to join their cause to stop the Cuomo-Hochul pay-to-play corruption regime this November.  The petition--linked here--launched on KickbackKathy.com.  Hochul has been under fire after several exposes detailed the billions of taxpayer-funded, no-bid state contracts Hochul has been awarding to her top donors. Hochul has been extending her emergency powers in order to unilaterally award contracts without going through the normal bidding and review process.  "Kathy Hochul has taken Andrew Cuomo's corruption empire to a whole new level," said NYGOP Chairman Nick Langworthy. "It's the worst secret in Albany that she and her cronies put the word out that anyone who has business before the state better pay up to get access. She is selling billions of taxpayer dollars in exchange for her $50 million war chest. In other states, people would go to prison for this corruption, but in New York under one-Party Democrat rule, we are calling on voters to take their power and their money back with their vote."

SIGN OUR PETITION TODAY TO INVESTIGATE KICKBACK KATHY'S CORRUPTION!

 

SEPTEMBER 2022 at BRAC

Education

Fall 2022 Classes Painting / Drawing / Ceramics / Mixed Media / Print Making, Digital Illustration / Photography / Animation / Web Design  Registration is now open

Are you interested in the arts? Are you a creative person?  Would you like to expand your artistic skills, explore various media, and work with other creatives under the guidance of professional teaching artists? BRAC’s education program runs for 10 weeks (October 3rd to December 17th) and offers afternoon, evening and Saturday classes for children, teenagers, youth, and adults. Classes meet once a week for 2 hours in our state-of-the-art Fine Arts Studio, Ceramics Studio, and Digital Media Lab. Our education program in visual arts includes: painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, mixed media and cartooning. Our digital media arts program includes illustration, animation, photography, and web design. This semester, BRAC is also offering a movement-based class based on Afro-Brazilian dance practice Capoeira. For more information and details, visit our Education Page.

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Exhibitions

Convergence: Artists & Community BRAC's 35th Anniversary September 22nd to October 22nd

In celebration of BRAC’s 35th Anniversary, resident artists and teaching artists (educators at BRAC) will present their works in this survey exhibition that includes paintings, drawings, printmaking, ceramics, mixed media, and performance art. All works will be for sale to help keep BRAC’s programs affordable or free. Join us and discover the talent of BRAC's cohort of artists who dedicate their talents and work to the Bronx communities. Teaching Artists: Marta Blair, Tiffany Miller, Tammy Wofsey, Jennifer Tomaiolo, Hector Canonge, Gail Nathan, Anna Ruiz-Castillo, and Jessica Lagunas, among others. Resident Artists: Daniel Aros, Ruth Marshall, Aurelio Del Muro, Kraig Blue, David Cavaliero, Lili Chin, and Michele Brody.

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Public Programs

In Conversation Artist Talk & Presentation Sarah Cameron Sunde September 10th, 7pm

Bronx River Art Center presents the monthly Artist Talk & Presentation series In Conversation featuring guest artist Sarah Cameron Sunde, and moderated by Hector Canonge, founder of the performance art platform, PAUSA, and BRAC’s Managing Director of Education. In Conversation fosters dialogue, exchange and reflection about Contemporary Art issues by featuring local, national, and international guest artists working in various disciplines and creative practices. The monthly program consists of the presentation of selected works followed by an open forum with attending audience members. Guest artist, Sarah Cameron Sunde is an interdisciplinary artist and director working at the intersection of performance, video, and public art, investigating scale and duration in relationship to the human body, the environment, and deep time. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete her ongoing series, 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea (2013 - present). Other honors include two MAP Fund Grants, NYSCA, Watermill Center Residency, Baryshnikov Residency, Princess Grace Award, and ongoing support from Invoking the Pause. Solo exhibitions include The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; NYU Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY; Oude Kerk, Amsterdam; and Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Tamaki Makaurau-Auckland. She holds a B.A. in Theater from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice from The City College of New York, CUNY. Sarah Cameron Sunde’s performance 36.5 / New York Estuary will be livestreamed and screened at BRAC on Wednesday, September 14th. Details below.

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Livestream Screening 36.5 / New York Estuary September 14th, 10am to 8pm

Bronx River Art Center, BRAC, in collaboration with PAUSA -PERFORMANCE ART USA- host the livestream presentation of 36.5 / New York Estuary, the ninth and final work of 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea, by interdisciplinary artist and Guggenheim fellow Sarah Cameron Sunde. The performance will be screened live-streamed at BRAC on September 14th from 10 am until 8 pm.  In this site-specific, iterative series of participatory artworks, the artist invites community members to join her as she stands in ocean water for a full tidal cycle of 12 hours and 39 minutes, as water engulfs her body and then recedes. 36.5 / New York Estuary will include participation from around the world, with simultaneous performances from previous international locations, live streaming, and filming in real time to create the durational video works that will be shown as multi-channel installations.

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Upcoming

Fall 2022 Classes Visual Arts, Digital Media Arts, Dance Movement October 3rd to December 17th

BRAC is happy to announce that its Fall 2022 Education Program has expanded to include the classes: Dance Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian creative art form (Wednesdays 4:30-6:30 pm), Ceramics Handbuilding (Thursdays 4:30- 6:30 pm), Ceramics Wheel Throwing (Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm), Web Design (Saturdays 11:00 am - 1:00 pm), and Advanced Painting (Saturdays 2:00-4:00 pm).

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Opportunities

For Artists / Curators / Educators

As part of our commitment to further nurture, support, and encourage the development of artists from the Bronx and New York City at large, and beginning with this issue of our newsletter, BRAC will compile a list of opportunities in the arts and related fields. Artists and organizations are welcome to send us and share their listings and future opportunities.

TRI-STATE AREA Laundromat Project – 2023 Create Change Program Social Engagement / Social Practice Up to 16 applicants will be selected for one of three stipend-supported programs for NYC artists/activists/healers/storytellers who want to explore social practices through a community engagement lens. Apply  PAUSA -PERFORMANCE ART USA: IMPROMPTUS Festival, October 2022 Performance Art PAUSA invites artists to submit proposals for consideration in its upcoming live performance program IMPROMPTUS to be presented four Sundays in October in New York City. The program has as a guiding principle the notion of improvisation where unrehearsed, not studied, and never-before presented performances in public spaces -assigned to each selected artist- will trigger instantaneous somatic relations.  Apply  Art Students League of New York – Works in Public Sculpture, Installation Applications are open for Works in Public, a professional development program that offers opportunities for artists to create site-specific, large-scale public sculptures in New York City Parks. Apply  apexart – NYC Group Exhibition Curators, artists, academics, art professionals apexart accepting curatorial ideas for exhibition. Anyone with a compelling idea can submit a 500-word proposal for a group exhibition in apexart’s NYC space and online in 2023–2024. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart’s programming.  Apply  Print Center New York – New Voices Print Making, Mixed Media This pilot program will provide six to eight emerging artists with a group exhibition in summer 2023. Artists receive a $2,500 honorarium, additional financial support for exhibition costs, and more. Apply  BEYOND NYC Joyce Foundation – 2023 Joyce Awards Six grants of $75,000 will support the creation of new community-focused works developed by artists of color working in any discipline and in collaboration with organizations based in the Great Lakes. Apply  Smithsonian American Art Museum 2023–2024 Research Fellowships Available at graduate, doctoral, postdoctoral, and senior levels, residential fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery support full-time independent research and study on US art, craft, and visual culture. Apply  VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting The VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize, launched in Summer 2022, aims to benefit emerging and re-emerging artists. This will be achieved by increasing artists’ international exposure, whilst raising funds for VAA artist education programs. Apply  Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) Two-Dimensional Temporary Public Art Installations RoCo invites artists to propose three images for a temporary public art installation at our main facility. Through this call for art we aim to offer a simple submission process for incisive, surprising, and unique imagery that will enliven the East Avenue neighborhood.  Apply Vermont Studio Center - Open Call for Applications Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting Vermont Studio Center is pleased to invite applications for its residency program for artists and writers. Apply now through October 1st for a residency in 2023. Fellowships offer full funding and will be awarded to artists and writers with exceptional work. For this application period VSC will award 17 fellowships and invite residents to join us in 2023.  Apply

BRAC COVID-19 Protocols

Proof of vaccination will be required upon entering building for all persons over age 6. Use of masks during classes is required. For general questions about classes, please email education@bronxriverart.org.

Team AOC - Hey Starbucks! Meet Team AOC 😈

 

Starbucks has just fired over 10 union leaders in Buffalo, NY.

In response, workers hosted a city-wide informational picket yesterday at every store to remind Starbucks executives that Buffalo is a UNION town and that corporate retaliation is unacceptable.

While Starbucks has billions to spend on union-busting, we have each other. As Alexandria said: “It’s the solidarity of our actions that are going to get us through. It is sticking together.”

Thank you for showing up today for your fellow workers.

Team AOC

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