Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) Announces Second Round of Bronx Cultural Visions Fund (BCVF) Grantees.

Bronx, NY -  The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is thrilled to announce the second year grantees of the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund (BCVF). Supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation, BCVF aims to provide a meaningful level of support to emerging and mid-career performing artists and performing arts organizations for the express purpose of developing new ideas and producing new work. Representing a new level of support and investment in the field by BCA, applicants are able to apply for one of two types of support: concept development, awarding up to $10,000 for compelling ideas in need of seed funding; and production, awarding up to $20,000 for new works ready to be produced in front of a live audience.

We are excited to be able to support this cohort of talented Bronx-based practitioners in the performing arts. Final selection of BCVF grantees was especially difficult due to the large number of exceptionally talented applicants, reflecting the breadth of talent in our borough. However, an invited panel of seasoned professionals in the field of performing arts from throughout the city worked hard to determine the final BCVF recipients.

The 2023 Bronx Cultural Visions Fund grantees are:

Yurby Aquino – production of the musical “Letters to My sisters on VanCourtland Park”

Maya Ciarrocchi – production of the performance piece “Site: Yizkor”

Robert Dick – concept development of new music by the Robert Dick—Ursel Schlicht duo

Davalois Fearon – concept development of the dance piece “Up/right”

Kayla Hamilton – production of the dance piece “How to Bend Down/How to Pick it Up”

Rebeca Lucret – production of the performance piece “Live Big Girl”

Ricardo Nigaglioni – production of the music performance piece “Street Studio”

Armando Pacheco Matos – production of the opera piece “Antón: Una Ópera Boricua / Anton: A Boricua Opera" in Spanish

Glenn Potter-Takata – concept development of the dance piece “Yonsei f*ck f*ck”

Paula Ralph Birkett – concept development of the play “Black American Working Woman”

Angela Reynoso – concept development of the play “The Lambs of the Bronx ”

Peggy Robles-Alvarado - concept development of the performance piece “MUSTBE >THAN21GRAMS”

Mildred Tucker – production of the dance piece “Han Han Catu”

Juan Usera - concept development of the music concert “Caribbean Folk Songs for Kids of All Ages (CFSKAA)”

Lucille Vasquez - concept development of the play “Shift the Rain”