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Broome County Arts Council (BCAC)
The BCAC is an independent, 501(c)3 public service organization. Our mission is "to promote a thriving arts community, essential to the quality of life in Broome County. We strive to advance the awareness and value of the arts through advocacy, fundraising, grant making, services and programs". We are a primary local arts fundraiser, arts advocate and cultural information resource for the arts community and the general public. The BCAC collaborates on and encourages participation in projects and initiatives that promote the arts as an engine of cultural growth and economic development in Greater Binghamton and Broome County.
| Contact: | Sharon Ball, Executive Director |
| Address: | 81 State Street,
Suite 501 Binghamton, NY 13901 |
| Phone: | 607-723-4620 |
| Fax: | 607-723-2232 |
| E-mail: | information@bcartscouncil.com |
| For a listing of the BCAC Board of Directors, click here. | |
Fundraising and Grant Making
BCAC has administered the annual United Cultural Fund (UCF) Campaign since 1987, raising money from local government, foundations, corporate and individual donors and awarding grants to non-profit arts & cultural organizations and individual artists living and working in Broome County. For UCF Guidelines & Applications, click here.
Arts Information Clearinghouse
BCAC maintains a popular website, www.bcartscouncil.com, which features a continually updated Events Calendar, and News & Information. We publish and e-mail to more than 1,100 subscribers the BCAC Weekly Newsletter, which distributes the Events Calendar for the upcoming week along with other arts related news items, and lists artist, grant and training opportunities.
Our blog, the Broome Arts Mirror, is a primary local source for reviews and feature articles, comments and conversation about the local arts scene. We are also online with Facebook and Twitter.
BCAC provides reference and referral services to the arts community and to the general public.
BCAC sponsors free, seminars for artists and arts organizations regarding grants, re-grants and fellowships available from, for example, New York Foundation for the Arts, Chenango County Council of the Arts, The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, The Community Foundation of South Central New York and other local, regional and statewide funding organizations.
Annual Awards Celebration
BCAC created the annual Heart of the Arts Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2004, inviting the community to select and celebrate individuals who have made significant contributions to the arts in Broome County. The 2011 Celebration took place on Thursday, September 29 at the Forum Theatre Recital Hall in downtown Binghamton.
Membership
BCAC Arts Members enjoy a variety of benefits, including website directory listing and active links. Members also may post items on the BCAC Events Calendar, reserve free meeting space at BCAC and waive UCF application fees.
