Founded and opened to the public in 2010 as a space for art exhibits and performances, BronxArtSpace (BAS), a 501C3 organization, is a community-based organization committed to supporting local and often under-resourced artists, fostering projects that engage vital social, educational, and political concerns.

Through curating group exhibitions, offering a residency program for Bronx artists, and providing meeting space for artist-led workshops and community-based interest groups, we combine forces with similar non-profit organizations to enhance the cultural vitality of our immediate and extended neighborhood. 
Located in the densest concentration of public housing in the US, BAS creates programs that represent and inspire its community. BAS works to ensure that Bronx-based artists comprise at least 45% percent of exhibiting artists, and that both women and artists of color are the majority of those presented through our programming.

Click here to learn more about our Summer Artist Residency program on Governor’s Island

Board + Staff

Linda Cunningham

Cofounder & Board Member

Linda Cunningham is a New York City based artist who exhibits extensively both in New York and Germany. She is represented by Art Capsule and Odetta Gallery in Brooklyn. As a former professor, Linda Cunningham founded and administered the exhibition program at Franklin and Marshall College for a number of years. She was involved in organizing the first open artist studios in the South Bronx in 2005, and in early 2009 began working with Mitsu Hadeishi to put on a series of events in the space now known as BronxArtSpace.

Aristides Logothetis

Board Member

Born in Athens, Aristides is a visual artist who has attended several residencies and exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bronx Museum, and Duke University among others. In addition, he has curated several landmark exhibitions; founded and directed Gallery Schmallery in Boston; worked as consultant and instructor in university programs; and founded the Young Artists Placement Program in New York City public schools. Aristides is the Founder and .Executive Director of ARCAthens.

Sharon Vatsky

Temporary Chair

Sharon Vatsky supervises school, teacher, and family programs at the Guggenheim Museum and oversees the development of curriculum materials for Guggenheim exhibitions in New York and Bilbao. In her previous position as curator of education at the Queens Museum of Art, she formulated programming for dozens of exhibitions of modern and contemporary art for audiences of all ages. Vatsky also teaches graduate courses in museum education at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Teachers College, Columbia University, and has taught college level courses in drawing, painting, art history, and arts education. She holds graduate degrees from the State University of New York at Albany, Hartford Art School, and an undergraduate degree from New York University. She is the 2008 recipient of the Charles Marshall Robertson Award, which is presented annually to an educator “who has made a significant contribution to art education.”

Mitsu Hadeishi

Cofounder & Board Member

Mitsu Hadeishi has been organizing and curating multi-media art/video/performance events in the Bronx and New York City since 2003, exhibiting experimental video, performance art, 2D and 3D visual art, net art, installations, music, and site-specific interactive work, and he’s also collaborated with artists on internet projects for many years prior to that. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University and has lived in the Bronx for over a decade.

Melissa Guzman

Board Member

Melissa Guzman is a second-generation Bronx resident and a dedicated Realtor serving both The Bronx and Westchester County. With a background in hospitality and food and beverage, Melissa brings a unique perspective to the real estate industry. Passionate about her community, she embraces new experiences and continually seeks knowledge.

Traci Molloy

Board Member

Traci Molloy is a Brooklyn-based artist, collaborator, and educator.

Molloy’s exhibited her art in over 175 venues, including solo shows in New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Nashville, and participation in the Atlanta Biennial. Molloy also creates large scale, multi-media collaborations with young adults across the nation who have experienced trauma. Five of her collaborations are in the Permanent Collection at the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. Her projects have been exhibited at the United Nations, Pentagon, Bronx Museum of the Arts, CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum, Norman Rockwell Museum, International Summit on Racism in Johannesburg, and Tokyo’s Children’s Museum.

Maria Scarpini

Board Member

Maria graduated from the Universitá Internazionale dell'Arte in Florence in 1982 and began her restoration career in Milan in 1983 with frescoes and large-scale altar paintings on canvas at Studio Parma. She further expanded her work experience in Rome with Coop CBC in a variety of media: from monuments and frescoes to paintings on canvas and panel. In 1993 she established a private conservation practice in Milan. She worked for several institutions including PAC in Milan (Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea) and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.

Carol A. Zakaluk

Board Member

Carol spent two years as a grant and shop assistant for sculptor, Timothy Blum, then went on to be one of three co-directors for the Haven Arts Gallery in the Bronx. A graduate of Binghamton University with a degree in English Literature, she's a third-generation Bronxite who has been living in the Mott Haven neighborhood for over 49 years.

Beverly Emers

Community Liaison

Beverly Emers started taking classes at Bronx Community College for her associate’s before coming to Hunter to major in sociology.

On May 29, 2019 she received her bachelor’s degree as well as a standing ovation from the audience at a packed Madison Square Garden during Hunter’s graduation ceremony. She now plans to get a master’s degree in labor studies to help educate impoverished children in the South Bronx.

Beverly Emers is currently working for Children’s Aid and is a Board member of the Soul Box Project. Listen to her speak about the Soul Box Project here and here.

BronxArtSpace has received vital support from:
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Yankees Stadium Community Benefit Fund, Bronx Council on the Arts.