Bowery Arts and Science is the fiscal sponsor for:

Cypher Books
Founded in 2005, Cypher Books, a New York City-based, indepedent publisher of poetry. Books include: Tarnish and Masquerade, Roger Bonair-Agard, ZaatarDiva, and Breaking Poems, Suheir Hammad.
http://www.cypherbooks.org/default.html

Deaf Jam Film
Deaf Jam is a documentary film where American Sign Language (ASL) meets Spoken Word. A group of New York City deaf teens reveal their passions, frustrations, and senses of humor as they discover and explore ASL poetry - eventually stepping into the world of the youth poetry slams with their hearing peers. With ties to rap and hip hop culture, National poetry slams for youth have been gaining momentum but few, if any, deaf teens have ever been included in these contests. DeAf Jam chronicles young deaf poets witnessing and attempting to participate in these contests for the first time. Performing in ASL, a dramatic visual language, the poets use rhythm, movement and body language to create a cinematic equivalent to oral poetry. In the film, the poets use sign language and poetry not only to express themselves, but also to raise issues about disability and the future of ASL.
http://deafjam.org/links.html

East Village History Project
The East Village History Project is in the process of developing a visitors kiosk to promote arts and culture in the East Village. They also operate the East Village/Lower East Side walking tours. Executive Director Eric Ferrara is a published author, and licensed NYC tour guide. Eric is a fourth generation, native New Yorker, a dedicated community activist and passionate historian who has made it his life mission to research and document his neighborhood’s great history and share it with the world.
http://avenuea.org/ev/tour/aboutus.shtml

Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
In 1997 Hayes Greenfield founded Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz: interactive assembly programs, residencies, and workshops for kids of all ages. Greenfield inspires participants to take risks, gain confidence, and experience a sense of personal achievement through his use of jazz and the art of improvisation. Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz is the flagship event for the Bowery Kids our weekly Sunday programming.
http://www.jazzamatazz.com/

Making Art Everywhere
From Sri Lanka, South Asia, to Afghanistan, Central Asia, to Mississippi, USA, Making Art Everywhere has brought art lessons to people in communities affected by disaster. Far from the luxury that some perceive art as occupying the seat of, it can be an essential tool for the most despondent and those who are suffering great losses.
www.makingarteverywhere.com

Mayhem Poets
Utilizing hip-hop rhythms and dynamic theatrical techniques, the Mayhem Poets have developed powerful performances and workshops to to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to craft and perform original poetry. Mayhem Poets were the winners of the $100,000 Microsoft “Ultimate Challenge” small business competition for their proposal of establishing a poetry café. In their search for the location the Mayhem Poets descided the perfect poetry café was already in exsistance and joined foreces with the BAS and the Bowery Poetry Club.
http://www.mayhempoets.com/

Robert Levi Films
Emmy Award-winning Robert Levi’s most recent film is Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, which in addition winning an Emmy, won 2008 George Foster Peabody Award, the Best Non-fiction Documentary from the Writer’s Guild of America and was also chosen by New York Magazine as one of the top 10 broadcasts of 2007.