BRIC News

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to announce that the BRIC Arts | Media House and UrbanGlass Projects in the former Strand Theater was awarded a NYC Design Commission Award for Excellence in Design. The Awards for Excellence in Design, presented last evening by Mayor Bloomberg, celebrate exceptional public projects that exemplify the highest design standards.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present Real Nonfiction: The Third Annual From the Registry Exhibition opening Wednesday, September 15 from 7 to 9 pm, 2010 at BRIC Rotunda Gallery. The guest-curated exhibition series highlights Brooklyn-affiliated artists included in the newly online BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry (registry.bricartsmedia.org). Curated by Baseera Fox Khan and Jon Lutz, the exhibition will be on view fro September 15 through October 23, 2010.

Brooklyn, NY, August 5, 2010 — BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present The Battle of Brooklyn Remembered on its BCAT TV Network, honoring the anniversary of the first and largest battle of the American Revolution fought on August 27th, 1776. Produced by BRIC’s Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) and hosted by Joseph McCarthy, this documentary special will feature The Brave Man, a dramatic short film written, produced and directed by McCarthy about the historical battle; an interview with Brooklyn-based Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Edwin Burrows; and “Brooklyn & The Revolutionary War: Building an American Identity,” part one of Reveal the Real: Kids Uncover the History of Brooklyn, a three-part historical documentary series created by students and produced by BIT that features middle school students from IS 318 on a search for historical clues and resources that eventually lead them to the notorious British prison ship Jersey.

Welcome to another preposterously well-attended Celebrate Brooklyn! fete, David Byrne-ian in its excess of humanity, thousands upon thousands packed within (and hundreds of bummed-out latecomers turned away without) the Bandshell to celebrate the end of the World Cup (great game, huh?) and the debut of Okayafrica.com.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn announces its 2010-2011 contemporary art exhibition season, opening Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at BRIC Rotunda Gallery. Committed to increasing the visibility and accessibility of contemporary art while bridging the gap between the art world and global culture in Brooklyn, the 2010-1011 season will present eight exhibitions.

It's hard to imagine many things nicer than an evening like last night in Prospect Park. After several sweltering days in the city, things had cooled down a few degrees, the night was clear and the F-train was running in both directions. And so, while Passion Pit's electro-pop is probably better suited for a much smaller venue with less grass and more dance floor, the pleasant evening more than made up for the lack of intimacy and excess of mosquitos at Prospect Park's Celebrate Brooklyn Bandshell.

Brooklyn, NY— BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn and partner school P.S. 119 the Magnet School of Global and Ethical Studies are pleased to be one of the final collection points in the Fundred Dollar Project’s nationwide initiative in support of a solution to the hidden lead problem in New Orleans. To collect student-made Fundred Dollar Bills, an armored truck powered by used vegetable oil from partner school cafeterias has been traveling 20,000 miles across the country since January, 2010. The truck will come to Brooklyn Tuesday, June 8 at 9am at Amersfort Park by P.S. 119. Fundred creator, renowned artist and activist Mel Chin, will be at the event. The collected Fundreds will be presented to the U.S. Congress with a request for real funding to make safe lead-polluted soils in New Orleans.

Students at 11 Brooklyn Public Schools Participate Students from Brooklyn’s P.S. 503, the School of Discovery and Exploration, packed into BRIC Rotunda Gallery’s little “Project Room” and gazed at walls hung with plastic birds, pink tickets, bones, paintings, boxes filled with objects, drawings and photos.

Brooklyn, NY— Furthering its mission to support Brooklyn artists and nurture contemporary art audiences, BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn launches the BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry as a fully web-based resource at http://registry.bricartsmedia.org.

Brooklyn, NY—BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present INvent/Onsite: The 22nd Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Education Exhibition of student artwork. The exhibition is curated by Hawley Hussey, BRIC’s Director of Contemporary Art Education. Artwork by students from 11 Brooklyn Public Schools is represented, featuring site-specific installations by student groups. The exhibition will be on view May 20 – June 12, 2010 with an opening reception on May 19 from 6-8 pm.