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📺From the culture to the community, our very own Executive Director @rasupreme + Distinguished Artist Honoree, @fab5freddy sat down with @cbsnews to discuss the impact Brooklyn Arts Council has in shaping Brooklyn!

As part of our 60th anni celebration, Then.Now.Next reflects on the legacy, the present moment and what’s ahead for the next generation of creatives.

We may be 60 years old but, we’re just getting started 💙✨

Full interview can be found on CBSnews.com 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArtsCouncil #Brooklyn #NY #News

🎭Then. Now. Next.

From a gathering in a Flatbush apartment to a borough-wide movement, Brooklyn Arts Council has spent 60 years investing in the artists who shape Brooklyn’s culture.

Today, that impact continues through millions in funding and hundreds of creatives supported.

What’s next?
A new wave is already here.
🎨 280 creatives.
🎤 New voices.
🌍 Bold visions.

Join us at the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards to meet the future of Brooklyn. Event link in bio!

BAC60 Cover designed by Weiden and Kennedy
Last Photo by Redens Desrosiers/Réx Services

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC

💎 It’s official. You’re invited to the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards.

Celebrate 60 years of Brooklyn culture alongside the artists shaping what’s next. Meet the honorees, tap in with a powerful cohort of Brooklyn creatives, and enjoy live performances, an artist mixer, and light bites hosted at @powerhouse_arts 💫

This is where Brooklyn shows up for legacy and what’s next.

Visit BAA2026.eventbrite.com to secure your ticket today! 🎟️

#BAC60 #brooklynarts #nycevents #brooklyn #arts

What does it look like to play with the energies inside you?

Join us Sunday, 5/31, for Alignment, a dynamic experience exploring how masculine and feminine energy show up in all of us, in every aspect of life.

Not a lecture. Not a workshop. A space to explore, connect, and have some fun with it.
Our healing doesn’t have to be heavy. And this one is for everybody: men, women, and everyone in between.

Bring your whole crew.
It’s going down at 651 Arts at 2pm.
RSVP @ menawhealing.com or the link in bio.
Doors open 2:00 PM •
Program starts 2:15 PM Sharp

💙🏆Through the Safety Net Coalition, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry continue to bring together arts leadership, emergency response, advocacy, and care in support of cultural communities during times of crisis.

Together, their work has helped deliver critical resources, recovery support, and funding to artists, organizations, and creative spaces across various communities.

Join us in celebrating our Community Champions, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry at The Brooklyn Arts Awards! Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC #BrooklynArtsAwards

💙🏆Through the Safety Net Coalition, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry continue to bring together arts leadership, emergency response, advocacy, and care in support of cultural communities during times of crisis.

Together, their work has helped deliver critical resources, recovery support, and funding to artists, organizations, and creative spaces across various communities.

Join us in celebrating our Community Champions, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry at The Brooklyn Arts Awards! Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC #BrooklynArtsAwards

💙🏆Through the Safety Net Coalition, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry continue to bring together arts leadership, emergency response, advocacy, and care in support of cultural communities during times of crisis.

Together, their work has helped deliver critical resources, recovery support, and funding to artists, organizations, and creative spaces across various communities.

Join us in celebrating our Community Champions, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry at The Brooklyn Arts Awards! Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC #BrooklynArtsAwards

💙🏆Through the Safety Net Coalition, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry continue to bring together arts leadership, emergency response, advocacy, and care in support of cultural communities during times of crisis.

Together, their work has helped deliver critical resources, recovery support, and funding to artists, organizations, and creative spaces across various communities.

Join us in celebrating our Community Champions, Amy Schwartzman and Randi Berry at The Brooklyn Arts Awards! Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC #BrooklynArtsAwards

🏆💙“As a visual thinker, my photography and curatorial practice center on archival stewardship as an engine for empowerment… inspiring others to reclaim the histories that sustain us.”

Bridging the now and next, our multi-Brooklyn Arts Council grantee Laylah continues to preserve, elevate, and shape how stories are told and remembered.

Photography by: Tamara Fleming

Join us in celebrating our Distinguished Arts Honoree, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC

🏆💙“As a visual thinker, my photography and curatorial practice center on archival stewardship as an engine for empowerment… inspiring others to reclaim the histories that sustain us.”

Bridging the now and next, our multi-Brooklyn Arts Council grantee Laylah continues to preserve, elevate, and shape how stories are told and remembered.

Photography by: Tamara Fleming

Join us in celebrating our Distinguished Arts Honoree, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC

🏆💙“As a visual thinker, my photography and curatorial practice center on archival stewardship as an engine for empowerment… inspiring others to reclaim the histories that sustain us.”

Bridging the now and next, our multi-Brooklyn Arts Council grantee Laylah continues to preserve, elevate, and shape how stories are told and remembered.

Photography by: Tamara Fleming

Join us in celebrating our Distinguished Arts Honoree, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Link in bio. 🔗

#BAC60 #BrooklynArts #Brooklyn #NYC

🏆 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We’re excited to announce the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards honorees:

Fab 5 Freddy - @fab5freddy
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn - @laylahb
Safety Net Coalition, Randi Berry + Amy Schwartzman -
@randib1234

This year’s honorees include a pioneer, a storyteller, and a collective rooted in community- representing the core of this year’s theme then. now. next.

Join us for this celebration on May 19th! 🎉
BAA2026.eventbrite.com

#brooklyn #brooklynarts #BAC60 #nyc

🏆 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We’re excited to announce the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards honorees:

Fab 5 Freddy - @fab5freddy
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn - @laylahb
Safety Net Coalition, Randi Berry + Amy Schwartzman -
@randib1234

This year’s honorees include a pioneer, a storyteller, and a collective rooted in community- representing the core of this year’s theme then. now. next.

Join us for this celebration on May 19th! 🎉
BAA2026.eventbrite.com

#brooklyn #brooklynarts #BAC60 #nyc

🏆 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We’re excited to announce the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards honorees:

Fab 5 Freddy - @fab5freddy
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn - @laylahb
Safety Net Coalition, Randi Berry + Amy Schwartzman -
@randib1234

This year’s honorees include a pioneer, a storyteller, and a collective rooted in community- representing the core of this year’s theme then. now. next.

Join us for this celebration on May 19th! 🎉
BAA2026.eventbrite.com

#brooklyn #brooklynarts #BAC60 #nyc

🏆 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We’re excited to announce the 2026 Brooklyn Arts Awards honorees:

Fab 5 Freddy - @fab5freddy
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn - @laylahb
Safety Net Coalition, Randi Berry + Amy Schwartzman -
@randib1234

This year’s honorees include a pioneer, a storyteller, and a collective rooted in community- representing the core of this year’s theme then. now. next.

Join us for this celebration on May 19th! 🎉
BAA2026.eventbrite.com

#brooklyn #brooklynarts #BAC60 #nyc

Healing As A Daily Practice

We are still reflecting on what it means to approach our healing journey daily. To see our healing as sacred and requiring constant attention.Do your daily practices honor your healing or hinder it?

Whether you haven’t spent much time with this month’s topic or have been really sitting with it, we hope to see you at The Medicine, where you’ll get a chance to dig in further.

Peace

#Menatworkhealing
#healingcommunity
#daoudsun
#selfawareness
#themedicineMAWH

We loved welcoming Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest(@pharaforassembly), representing District 57, to tour our new home at 651 ARTS!

Our ED, Toya Lillard(@toyaane), and Rasu Jilani(@rasupreme), Executive Director of Brooklyn Arts Council(@bkartscouncil), enjoyed sharing space, stories, and vision for the future of arts and culture in Brooklyn.

So grateful for leaders who show up for our communities and the creative spaces that bring us together.

Ode to Asene: 1/12/2012
14 years went by quickly
#fatherson #boydad #birthday #capricorn #brooklyn

Earlier this month, our Executive Director @rasupreme joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 @somos_inc Conference in Puerto Rico - organized by SOMOS, Inc. in collaboration with @prhtf_nys and Assembly Member @karinesreyes87. The annual conference brings together organizers, policymakers, artists, and advocates committed to building systems rooted in justice, creativity, and community care.

Throughout the convening, conversations focused on how arts and culture can drive structural change, strengthen collective power, and connect communities across generations and geographies. Brooklyn Arts Council was honored to be a part of these exchanges , alongside @651arts @bricbrooklyn @bcmkids @prospect_park @recessart @ifetayoculture @drivechangenyc, on behalf of Brooklyn Arts and Culture Kollective (BACK), contributing to dialogues on cultural equity, creative economies, and the role of artists in shaping a more just future.

Highlights included BACK’s reception and Culture as Power panel, sponsored by @senatormyrie and @amemeritatorres, both of which affirmed the importance of shared cultural leadership.

Deep gratitude to the @somos_inc organizers and to our partners who believe in culture as a central force for transformation and progress 💐 We’re energized to carry these insights forward as we strengthen our support for artists and cultural workers across Brooklyn.

Earlier this month, our Executive Director @rasupreme joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 @somos_inc Conference in Puerto Rico - organized by SOMOS, Inc. in collaboration with @prhtf_nys and Assembly Member @karinesreyes87. The annual conference brings together organizers, policymakers, artists, and advocates committed to building systems rooted in justice, creativity, and community care.

Throughout the convening, conversations focused on how arts and culture can drive structural change, strengthen collective power, and connect communities across generations and geographies. Brooklyn Arts Council was honored to be a part of these exchanges , alongside @651arts @bricbrooklyn @bcmkids @prospect_park @recessart @ifetayoculture @drivechangenyc, on behalf of Brooklyn Arts and Culture Kollective (BACK), contributing to dialogues on cultural equity, creative economies, and the role of artists in shaping a more just future.

Highlights included BACK’s reception and Culture as Power panel, sponsored by @senatormyrie and @amemeritatorres, both of which affirmed the importance of shared cultural leadership.

Deep gratitude to the @somos_inc organizers and to our partners who believe in culture as a central force for transformation and progress 💐 We’re energized to carry these insights forward as we strengthen our support for artists and cultural workers across Brooklyn.

Earlier this month, our Executive Director @rasupreme joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 @somos_inc Conference in Puerto Rico - organized by SOMOS, Inc. in collaboration with @prhtf_nys and Assembly Member @karinesreyes87. The annual conference brings together organizers, policymakers, artists, and advocates committed to building systems rooted in justice, creativity, and community care.

Throughout the convening, conversations focused on how arts and culture can drive structural change, strengthen collective power, and connect communities across generations and geographies. Brooklyn Arts Council was honored to be a part of these exchanges , alongside @651arts @bricbrooklyn @bcmkids @prospect_park @recessart @ifetayoculture @drivechangenyc, on behalf of Brooklyn Arts and Culture Kollective (BACK), contributing to dialogues on cultural equity, creative economies, and the role of artists in shaping a more just future.

Highlights included BACK’s reception and Culture as Power panel, sponsored by @senatormyrie and @amemeritatorres, both of which affirmed the importance of shared cultural leadership.

Deep gratitude to the @somos_inc organizers and to our partners who believe in culture as a central force for transformation and progress 💐 We’re energized to carry these insights forward as we strengthen our support for artists and cultural workers across Brooklyn.

Earlier this month, our Executive Director @rasupreme joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 @somos_inc Conference in Puerto Rico - organized by SOMOS, Inc. in collaboration with @prhtf_nys and Assembly Member @karinesreyes87. The annual conference brings together organizers, policymakers, artists, and advocates committed to building systems rooted in justice, creativity, and community care.

Throughout the convening, conversations focused on how arts and culture can drive structural change, strengthen collective power, and connect communities across generations and geographies. Brooklyn Arts Council was honored to be a part of these exchanges , alongside @651arts @bricbrooklyn @bcmkids @prospect_park @recessart @ifetayoculture @drivechangenyc, on behalf of Brooklyn Arts and Culture Kollective (BACK), contributing to dialogues on cultural equity, creative economies, and the role of artists in shaping a more just future.

Highlights included BACK’s reception and Culture as Power panel, sponsored by @senatormyrie and @amemeritatorres, both of which affirmed the importance of shared cultural leadership.

Deep gratitude to the @somos_inc organizers and to our partners who believe in culture as a central force for transformation and progress 💐 We’re energized to carry these insights forward as we strengthen our support for artists and cultural workers across Brooklyn.

Earlier this month, our Executive Director @rasupreme joined partners, cultural leaders, and public officials at the 2025 @somos_inc Conference in Puerto Rico - organized by SOMOS, Inc. in collaboration with @prhtf_nys and Assembly Member @karinesreyes87. The annual conference brings together organizers, policymakers, artists, and advocates committed to building systems rooted in justice, creativity, and community care.

Throughout the convening, conversations focused on how arts and culture can drive structural change, strengthen collective power, and connect communities across generations and geographies. Brooklyn Arts Council was honored to be a part of these exchanges , alongside @651arts @bricbrooklyn @bcmkids @prospect_park @recessart @ifetayoculture @drivechangenyc, on behalf of Brooklyn Arts and Culture Kollective (BACK), contributing to dialogues on cultural equity, creative economies, and the role of artists in shaping a more just future.

Highlights included BACK’s reception and Culture as Power panel, sponsored by @senatormyrie and @amemeritatorres, both of which affirmed the importance of shared cultural leadership.

Deep gratitude to the @somos_inc organizers and to our partners who believe in culture as a central force for transformation and progress 💐 We’re energized to carry these insights forward as we strengthen our support for artists and cultural workers across Brooklyn.

The most BEAUTIFULIST thing in this world; is black people.Doing anything.