BRIC News

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to announce that its flagship community media program Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) has received a 2010 New York Emmy® Award nomination for Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn. This Emmy nomination is the first for BIT, BRIC’s Brooklyn-focused television programming initiative.

Brooklyn, NY—BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present Apologies and Further Concessions, a group exhibition curated by Erin Sickler, the spring 2010 recipient of the Lori Ledis Curatorial Fellowship, a program that fosters emerging curatorial talent in the field of contemporary art. Apologies and Further Concessions is on view from March 25 through May 1, 2010 with an opening reception on Wednesday March 24 from 7 to 9 pm.

Brooklyn, NY—BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, a group exhibition curated by Baseera Khan, BRIC’s Assistant Curator for Contemporary Art. The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) is a New York–based nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement, visibility, and development of emerging and established South Asian women artists.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present ACCENTED, a group exhibition curated by Murtaza Vali, the winter 2010 recipient of the Lori Ledis Curatorial Fellowship, a program that fosters emerging curatorial talent in the field of contemporary art. ACCENTED is on view from January 20 through March 6, 2010.

"Melvin Van Peebles, ever the Hollywood outsider, is staging a musical-theater adaptation of his 1971 film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.”

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn launches its newest Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) program: Intersect. Premiering January 4th 2010, Intersect will serve as a forum where Brooklyn’s “issues and ideas meet.” It will replace the bi-monthly public affairs show Reporter Roundtable.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn’s first exhibition of 2010 is 'the no place', a group exhibition featuring the work of six contemporary artists who conjure utopian and dystopian environments in distinct ways to explore such issues as geo-political conflict, human rights, urban development, the environment, and most broadly, how we comprehend and utilize physical space. Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art at BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, the no place opens on Wednesday, January 20, 2010. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, March 6.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, the public access TV provider for Brooklyn, has received a generous grant of $1.148M -- part of a total grant award of $4.4M -- from Verizon to support BRIC Community Media’s expansion and upgrade of its existing facilities and its creation of a glass-walled television studio that will be the centerpiece of BRIC Arts | Media House.

BRIC Arts|Media|Bklyn is pleased to announce that celebrated actor, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and music ensemble Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber will be in residence at BRICstudio to develop a musical theater adaptation of Peebles’ 1971 film 'Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song' (the Hood Opera).

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn has been awarded a grant of $200,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, which recognizes and supports cultural and artistic innovation and opportunities in New York City. With this grant, BRIC is able to further its mission of nurturing the arts, artists and audiences in Brooklyn and across New York City with the launch of a new initiative: Probable Fireworks | Crossing Borders, BRIC’s first cross-disciplinary commissioning and residency program for artists.