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/ program spaces, an outdoor terrace, and
an entire fl oor dedicated to education programs
and classrooms.
Continuing its expansion efforts, the
Museum has plans underway to build a
second structure on the existing site along
with a moderate-income residential co-op
tower (approximately 189 units). It is the
Museum’s hope to serve as a cultural leader
in the South Bronx and as a catalyst for economic
development within the surrounding
communities.
The 40th Anniversary Plans: In celebration
of its 40-year milestone, the Bronx
Museum of the Arts has launched three key
initiatives that refl ect the pillars on which
the facility was founded - its commitment to
our community, to local youth and learning
through the arts, and to the scholarly appreciation
and interpretation of contemporary
art through an increased permanent
collection.
Commitment to the Community:
The economy has become a barrier to
those interested in the arts, but while
many museums are raising their prices,
the Bronx Museum is offering free admission
to everyone, any day, allowing anyone,
regardless of their economic standing
to embrace the arts.
Commitment to Local Youth and
Learning: With the belief that arts education
has the power to transform lives, the
Bronx Museum of the Arts is providing 40
local public schools that currently have no
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Museum tours combine thematic
discussions of artworks on view with
hands-on activities, which may include
sketching, writing and theatre exercises.
Group discussions led by experienced Museum
instructors introduce participants to
contemporary art while enhancing critical
thinking and communications skills.
In addition to a guided tour, the Museum
offers a studio component where
students work with instructors exploring
a variety of techniques including painting,
drawing, photography, and mixed media. By
emphasizing concept, artistic experimentation
and creative decision-making, these
studio sessions introduce participants to basic
elements of the artistic process through
engaging exhibition-related projects.
These programs do have a fee.
Please call the Bronx Museum of the Arts
for more information.
Teen Council:
Teen Council was created in 2005 to make
contemporary art and culture accessible
to urban youth. Teen Council is structured
around the production of MuseCasts, videos
available on www.youtube.com/bronxteencouncil,
and MuseZines, a graphic
publication of original work and commentary
by a small group of high school students
working closely with instructors in
the Media Lab. In addition, Teen Council
participates in the Museum’s ongoing DVD
series of interviews with contemporary
artists and curates a teen-focused exhibition.
Held in conjunction with the school
year, this program provides teens with an
open forum for the expression of ideas
and dialogue on issues affecting young
people, and the promotion of the Bronx as
access to the arts, with free art programming
at the Museum led by its seasoned
teaching artists. This initiative is expected
to impact 10,000 public school students.
Commitment to Scholarly Appreciation
and Interpretation of Contemporary
Arts: The Museum will enhance its permanent
collection holdings by adding 40
signifi cant works of art to its collection to
enhance the interpretation of these works
and share those with audiences Citywide.
Other Cultural Programs
The Bronx Museum of the Arts holds
a number of special events throughout the
year. One such series of events is First
Fridays, which allows visitors from the
community and beyond to enjoy a girm, art
performance, music and other programs
on the fi rst Friday of each month.
Education Initiatives
By providing an open forum for
discussion and experimentation, the Education
Department at the Bronx Museum
works as a catalyst for ideas and dialogue.
The museum promotes engaging and
transformational art experiences with the
goal of connecting the viewer’s personal
experience with relevant areas in contemporary
culture.
The Group Visits Program:
The Group Visits Program is the
Bronx Museum’s main service to schools
and community groups, providing both
inquiry-based and hands-on participatory
experiences with contemporary art. Sessions
are based on viewer participation
with the goal to foster visual literacy and
critical thinking.
an important cultural, political and artistic
force. Student must apply to the program
between April 1 and June 30.
Networking Opportunities
Artist in the Marketplace
Established in 1980, Artist in the
Marketplace aims to provide networking
opportunities for emerging artists residing
in the New York metropolitan area
and of introducing their work to a greater
audience. Every year a panel of fi ve arts
professionals is assembled by the Bronx
Museum to select 36 artists to participate
in the program. Comprised of a series of 13
weekly seminars, held in the winter (January
through March) and the spring (April
through June), the program addresses
areas of practical concern to artists including:
career management and gallery
representation; exhibition and public art
opportunities; grant writing, copyright law,
and marketing. Participating artists are
encouraged to build their networks through
the program’s collaborative structure. AIM
culminates with a biannual exhibition organized
by a team of guest curators, and an
accompanying catalogue.
The Museum Shop
The Museum Shop allows visitors
to purchase their favorite Museum-related
items. The store features the latest catalogues,
exhibition and program-related
items including CDs and DVDs. Some featured
items include the catalogue for the
Street Art, Street Life Exhibition, a Bronx
Museum Façade Tie and or scarf, a book
titled Graffi ti Women, a Street Art coloring
book and a DVD on Afrika Bambaataa,
among other items for sale.
WOODLAWN CEMETERY
4199 Webster Avenue
(718) 920-0500
www.thewoodlawncemetery.org
Serving over 3,000 families each year,
the 400 acre Woodlawn Cemetery is an
active cemetery with new developments
and provides a full line of products and
services including private & community
mausoleums, cremation service as well
as in ground burial options. Designated
a National Historic Landmark in 2011,
the historic site is known for the celebrated
fi gures at rest, signifi cant works
of architecture and the fi nest collection of
memorial art in the nation. Woodlawn was
established in 1863 as a non-sectarian
cemetery serving people of all cultures,
religions, races and economic groups.
In 2017 Woodlawn was designated as a
Level II Arboretum and features more than
140 unique species of trees, each tree
labeled and mapped for easy identifi cation.
Many of the “Builders of the Bronx”
are memorialized at Woodlawn including
Louis Haffen, the fi rst Borough President,
Louis Risse, designer of the Grand Concourse
and Robert Moses who developed
much of 20th century New York. Internationally
known entertainers Celia Cruz,
Duke Ellington and Miles Davis are in
Woodlawn’s care as well as author Herman
Melville, suffragist Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, publisher Joseph Pulitzer and
retailer JC Penney. Outstanding monuments
include the memorial to Isidor and
Ida Straus who lost their lives aboard
the Titanic, the elaborate mausoleum for
members of the Belmont family and the
Egyptian tomb of dime store magnate F.W.
Woolworth).
RIVERS
The Bronx River fl ows south
from Westchester County and
empties into the East River; it
is the largest freshwater river in
New York City. The Hutchinson
River passes through the east
Bronx and empties into Eastchester
Bay.
ROADS
The southernmost numbered
street in the Bronx is East 132nd
Street in Port Morris. The northernmost
numbered street is E.
263rd Street in Riverdale. Major
north-south roads include Third
Avenue, Park Avenue, Broadway,
the Grand Concourse, Jerome
Avenue, Sedgwick Avenue, Webster
Avenue and White Plains
Road. Major east-west roads include
Mosholu Parkway, Gun Hill
Road, Fordham Road, Pelham
Parkway and Tremont Avenue.
Boston Road runs east-west and
northeast-southwest.
Highways include the Bronx
River Parkway, the Bruckner
Expressway, the Cross-Bronx
Expressway, the New England
Thruway, the Henry Hudson
Parkway, the Hutchison River
Parkway and the Major Deegan
Expressway.
HIGHEST POINT
The highest point in the Bronx, at
280 feet above sea level, is west
of Van Cortlandt Park, in Riverdale,
near the Riverdale County
School.
LOWEST POINTS
Four low peninsulas are located
on the East River: Hunts Point,
Clason Point, Castle Hill Point
and Throggs Neck. Another low
peninsula, Rodman’s Neck, is
located between Pelham Bay
Park and City Island.
WATER
The Hudson River separates
the Bronx from New Jersey; the
Harlem River separates it from
Manhattan; the East River separates
it from Queens; the Long
Island Sound separates it from
Nassau County. Spuyten Duyvil
Creek used to separate the
Bronx from Marble Hill, a Manhattan
neighborhood. The creek
was later fi lled in. More than 25
percent of the Bronx is water. Its
shoreline extends 75 miles.
LONGEST ROAD
White Plains Road runs about eight
miles from the tip of Clason Point
north to Westchester County.
LAND AREA
42 square miles
CLIMATE
In summer, temperatures in the
Bronx range from 60 degrees to
105 degrees, with a July average
of 83 degrees. In the winter,
temperatures range from 0
degrees to 70 degrees, with a
January average of 27 degrees.
The Bronx averages 42 inches of
rainfall and 18 inches of snowfall
annually. It rains or snows, on
average, 118 day a year.
FAULTS
Cameron’s Line runs from Mott
Haven north between the Bronx
Zoo and the New York Botanical
Garden, then under the Bronx
River. First identifi ed by Eugene
F. Cameron in the 1950s, the
fault separates the prehistoric
North American continent from
the oceanic plate that smashed
against it 450 million years ago.
The collision forced the oceanic
plate underground, where heat
and pressure changed the material
into Manhattan schist, Fordham
gneiss and Inwood marble.
GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER
Bronx Park
GEOLOGY
The Grand Concourse north to
the Cross-Bronx Expressway is
Manhattan schist. Much of the
south Bronx is Inwood Marble.
The west and northwest Bronx
are Fordham Gneiss. Hunts Point,
Longwood, Morris Park, Castle
Hill, Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay
and the north Bronx are oceanic
crust. The complexity of Bronx
geology is the result of a series of
folds associated with Cameron’s
Line. The general shape of the
Bronx is related to the erosion of
river valleys before and between
periods of glaciation.
LOCATION
Northeast of Manhattan / South
of Westchester County / North of
Queens / West of Bergen County
(New Jersey)
POPULATION
1,392,002 (2011 Census
Estimate)
COORDINATES
40 degrees 50-14 N / 73
degrees 53-10 W
LAY OF THE LAND
The Bronx is divided by the Bronx
River into a hillier west Bronx and
a fl atter east Bronx. It is situated
almost entirely on the American
mainland; several small islands
in the East River and Long Island
Sound belong to the Bronx,
including City Island, Hart Island,
Hunter Island, Rat Island and Rikers
Island
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