Invent/Onsite

Curated by Hawley Hussey

May 20 – June 12, 2010

Participating Brooklyn Public Schools: PS 119, The Magnet School for Global and Ethical Studies; MS 136; PS 48, Mapleton School; Green School; Middle School for Art and Philosophy; PS 503, The School of Discovery and Exploration; Juan Morel Campos Secondary School; PS 192, The School for Math and Science Inquiry; PS 8; and the Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School for the Arts.

Green School

INvent/ONsite features artwork made by students at 11 different Brooklyn public schools participating in BRIC’s in-school contemporary art residency program. Exhibition curator and Director of Contemporary Art Education Hawley Hussey describes school-based programs as “site-specific hybrid residencies,” an idea that has driven the curatorial vision for INvent/ONsite. This exhibition features several site-specific installations that visually reflect BRIC’s in-depth engagement at each school. For the installations, student groups are making regular visits to BRIC Rotunda Gallery to view the space, plan the project, and install their work.

Middle School for Art and Philosophy

Featured student created, site-specific projects have been created in residencies at Juan Morel Campos Secondary School in East Williamsburg and the Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School in Fort Greene. Students from Campos are collaborating with professional artists to create a multi-disciplinary installation  in BRIC Rotunda Gallery’s Project Room that dares to tell the non-linear, imagined, and actual story of an abandoned (and potentially haunted) building in East Williamsburg. Another student group from McKinney is creating a large-scale installation entitled Dear ______, What we talk about when we talk about ______that is a visual representation of students and artists as agents of change.

PS 119, The Magnet School for Global and Ethical Studies

BRIC Contemporary Art Education partners professional artist teachers with classroom teachers to design educational residencies in math, English Language Arts, social studies, science, and other academic areas that meet the individual needs of each group of students. Each residency furthers curricular goals and teaches contemporary art ideas by using professional art-making materials. Artwork made by students in 2009-10 academic year is included in INvent/ONsite.

Public Programs

This series is for artists, educators, administrators, parents, funders, or any stakeholder invested in New York's Arts in Education community. The Roundtables present a selection of free arts-based (designed to nurture your creative self) and administration-based (for feeding your inner activist) events. Each is guaranteed to stimulate the mind, and will without a doubt be the best investment in your professional development you can make.

All events will be held at BRIC Rotunda Gallery from 4 to 6 pm. Full schedule.

Come experience this bright and fantastic art material! Participants will be guided with examples of what can be made with felt and be encouraged to create anything they wish. Led by professional artist and educator Angela Earley, this workshop is inspired by artwork in Invent/Onsite.