Press Releases

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 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.

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.

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.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to announce the 2010 Brooklyn Arts in Education Roundtable Series. The Roundtable events are open to artists, educators, administrators, parents, funders, and anyone else invested in New York's Arts in Education community. The series is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts as a part of the regional roundtable program. Roundtables will be led by BRIC’s Director of Contemporary Art Education Hawley Hussey and BRIC Contemporary Art Educator Angela Earley. All programs take place at BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, the contemporary art space of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn.

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.