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Submit work samples from the last 5 years demonstrating proficiency, knowledge, and intense practice in your chosen artistic discipline for consideration for a $5,000 unrestricted grant.
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Get matched →For over 35 years, the Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) award has recognized artists from a wide range of creative disciplines who demonstrate proficiency, knowledge, and intense practice in their chosen art form. Each year, BRIO provides direct support to individual Bronx artists who create works in literary, media, visual, and performing arts. Artists who have received a BRIO award represent the vast diversity of Bronx residents, inclusive of all ethnicities, ages, and genders. Over three decades, BCA has distributed over $2 million in support to over 600 artists.
Submit only one application in one discipline. Work samples must be from work created in the last 5 years (between 2021–2025). Work samples must not contain any identifying information (name, email, etc.). Identifying information in any part of the application, including file names, will render the application ineligible. Submit only materials necessary for your discipline. Any incomplete application at the time of panel review will be ineligible.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
BRIO is reviewed on a blind submission process. New panels of arts professionals are convened each year to select grantees. All materials and information involved in the process are kept confidential and are viewed anonymously by panelists. Work samples are assigned a code number. Panelists evaluate submissions based only on the materials they are viewing, hearing, or reading, and select grantees whose work demonstrates innovative approach, boundary-pushing, technical expertise, ingenuity and rigor, awareness of the medium within historical context, and compelling vision and original voice.
Grantees are required to complete a one-time public service activity known as Artists for Community Enrichment (ACE) within one year of receiving the award. ACE events range from performances with Q&As to workshops and classes, provide artists with additional visibility, and demonstrate the wealth of artistic talent available in the borough.
Create an account on BCA's online grants portal Submittable.com. Application links are available online at www.bronxarts.org beginning November 7, 2025. Detailed guidelines for each category are available on the Submittable application forms.