Black Artist Collective

04/30/2026

Serve New York State arts and culture as a NYSCA Panelist! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gUZbGsfw

01/05/2026

CNY ARTS REGRANTS announces applications will launches 2026 Statewide Community Regrants Program (SCR)! 💙

This grant will be available to individual artists and arts and culture organisations in all 6 of the counties we serve. Find the guidelines at cnyarts.org/grants

CNY Arts is also offering free, public grant seminars, networking events, and professional development opportunities across our service area, and online, in January and February.

RSVP today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/cnyarts/event/2026wintergrantstour/

• January 14 | Little Falls (Herkimer County) + Utica (Oneida County)
• January 21 | Hamilton (Madison County)
• February 4 | Syracuse (Onondaga County)
• February 6 | Homer (Cortland County)
• February 11 | Richland + Oswego (Oswego County)

This program is made possible by the with support of the Office of the Governor and New York State Legislature.

10/28/2025

Members of Black Artist Collective CNY look back on the last five years of the organization’s arts and advocacy work in Syracuse and the Central New York Region.

As we prepare for our upcoming Black Brilliance Gala & Awards in partnership with Dominique’s Dance Creations, we want to emphasize the importance of arts & culture and the advocacy work it takes to keep this industry thriving in our local economy. We invite all community members to come out and support us at the gala & awards. Tickets are in sale now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-brilliance-gala-tickets-1767005654479?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZnRzaANs7r5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp-IQE_PVPvsk-rTL8qVw7L9FdIynpHmgulCXdQuJG18PgkVtGO4_WYsKaIdn_aem_PWz1C_Pb8lc3Uk801A8_GQ

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This documentary was made possible with grant funds from Marketing for Economic Development 2025, generously provided by the County of Onondaga and administered by CNY Arts.

A special note of appreciation to Black Cub Productions for their incredible work in creating this documentary.

07/17/2025

BROWN SUGA DAY PARTY is back!! Saturday, July 26th from 4:00pm-8:00pm! Project Out Loud CNY + Black Artist Collective are teaming up for year two of the livest summer link-up in the city.

We’re bringing good food, fine folks, strong drinks, and vibes on vibes. DJ Shakey on the 1’s and 2’s all day long-so come ready to dance, mix and mingle, and feel fine. Drinks? We got a bartender on deck.Energy? Immaculate.You? Better be there.

TICKETS 🎟️ $30 gets you in!
DIRECT LINK: https://shorturl.at/gOJEx
Don’t play yourself—this ain’t the one to miss.

THE HOSTS FYI:
Project Outloud CNY was developed in response to a growing need for inclusive spaces that amplify the voices of marginalized LGBTQ+ communities.

Black Artist Collective (BAC) is a safe space for creatives of color. BAC is dedicated to supporting, documenting and showcasing the artistic and cultural contributions of Black artists and cultural workers in Syracuse, New York.

07/10/2025

Black Artist Collective formed in the summer of 2020 in Syracuse, NY. BAC champions equity in the arts, advocating for more equitable resource distribution, and draws attention to the policies that shape creative labor and access. Whether it’s through public programs, performance, education, peer mentorship, resource sharing, or speaking directly to decision-makers, we remain committed to building sustainable infrastructure that support artists. For the past five years, we’ve engaged this work intentionally, and with deep love for our communities. Now, it’s time to share our story.
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This video was made possible through the generous support of CNY Arts and the brilliant visual storytelling of Black Cub Productions.

Featured in order of appearance: Martikah Williams, Qiana Williams, Cjala Surratt and Jaleel Campbell.

07/10/2025

APPLICATION OPEN — Black Artist Collective (BAC) launches About Ya Art Business! The course for artists, creatives and culture workers includes business plan best practices, funding, marketing, self-promotion, public presentation and more. Each bi-weekly workshop features a guest instructor sharing real-world insight and expertise, with time built in for peer discussion, feedback, and one-on-one mentorship. An evolution of the course offered in 2021, About Ya Art Business reflects BAC's continued commitment to supporting the long-term sustainability of arts-based careers in Syracuse, NY.

NOTE: With the support of the Central New York Community Foundation and Key Bank, we're offering 10 full-tuition scholarships (a $2,500 value) to Black Artist Collective Members.

• APPLY HERE: https://www.baccny.org/ayab
• DEADLINE: July 31, 2025 / 11:59p.m.
• Fee: $35 (credited toward tuition if accepted)
• Notification: Mid-August

07/04/2025

Brown Suga Day Party is back!Project Outloud + The Black Artist Collective are teaming up for year two of the livest summer link-up in the city.
We’re bringing good food, fine folks, strong drinks, and vibes on vibes. DJ Shakey’s on the 1's and 2's playing that heat all day long-so come ready to dance, flirt, and feel fine.

Drinks? We got a bartender on deck.Energy? Immaculate.You? Better be there.

🎟️ $30 gets you in. Don’t play yourself—this ain’t the one to miss.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brown-suga-the-ultimate-rb-day-party-tickets-1445012895469?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/14/2025

HEY ARTISTS. GO VOTE!! — EARLY VOTING polls are OPEN. Visit your county board of elections for hours and locations!

Don't miss this opportunity to help shape policies that directly affect our creative ecosystem, from equitably funding the arts and education to creating workforce development opportunities, guaranteed income, and mobile healthcare benefits for artists, as well as protecting culturally rich spaces from defunding, gentrification, and erasure.

Voting means calling for a holistic policy framework that guarantees equitable funding, education, healthcare, protective measures, and incentives that leverage the arts to create jobs, strengthen small businesses, and revitalize neighborhoods. In a time of defunding and growing precarity, we need policies that treat the arts not as a luxury but as a necessity, an industry, a workforce, and a civic asset worth investing in and protecting.

06/09/2025

MUSEUM HUE CONGRATS + APPRECIATION — Black Artist Collective co-founders Jaleel Campbell, Cjala Surratt and Martikah Williams joined a dynamic circle of artists, cultural strategists, and institution-builders for the 10th Anniversary Museum Hue Symposium!!

Held at BRIC Arts Media in Brooklyn, NY, the convening brought together changemakers, including Sonya Childress, Co-Founder of Color Congress; Chelsea Goding-Doty, Senior Program Officer of Leadership Initiatives at the New York Foundation for the Arts; Rasu Jilani, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Arts Council; and Omar Eaton-Martínez, Senior Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and many, many more!!

Museum Hue has carried an uncompromising vision for cultural equity for over a decade, pushing for systemic change through policy, institutional accountability, research, and coalition building. It has been a declaration of value, and a blueprint for how we collectively reimagine and rebuild a cultural ecosystem that affirms and sustains BIPOC practitioners, organizations, and communities.

SHOUT OUT to Museum Hue founder and executive director Stephanie Johnson Cunningham, whose leadership has shifted narratives and shaped a lasting framework for cultural justice in action. Here’s to the next decade of stewardship, transformation, and radical legacy-making in the arts sector.
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Video 1: Brian A. Cunningham, NYS Assembly District

04/17/2025