"Captain Imagine! — Build Your Model Boat"
Saturday, April 9, 12–3pm
BRIC Rotunda Gallery
Join us for an inspired adventure in art-making! At Family Day on April 9, kids and their adults will cut, shape and build a model of any boat imaginable with balsa wood and use Japanese paper for the sails! Markers, colored tape and an astounding variety of fun and beautiful collage materials will be provided to enhance your boats.
Artist Educator Angela Earley will lead visitors on this art-making adventure inspired by work in the current exhibition Water Water Every Where (March 17 – April 30). Water Water Every Where includes the work of seven artists, six based in New York, and one in Mexico City – Marie Lorenz, Mary Mattingly, Anne Percoco, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Joni Sternbach, Aleksei Stevens, and Kurt Hollander. Their work encompasses photography, video, installation, sculpture, work on paper, and sound projects, varied means that examine water’s inextricable presence in our lives.
This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages!
Miniature Museums: Collage Your Comforts
Saturday, February 5, 12–3pm
Join us for an imaginative adventure in art-making! At BRIC'S upcoming Family Day on February 5, kids and their adults will collage their own miniature museum of objects! An astounding variety of fun and beautiful collage materials will greet you upon your visit including small cardboard mini-frames, metallic and other decorative papers, drawing materials, shaped beads, flowers, fabrics, magazines and more. Create a world of objects that inspire you, bring comfort, and just make you happy! Participants are welcome to bring photographs or images to include in their miniature museums.
Artist Educator Angela Earley will lead visitors on this art-making adventure inspired by work in the current exhibition, Neo-nomads: What travels with you? (Jan 20 – February 26). Neo-nomads features the work of seven contemporary artists who reflect on the nature of home, and the intangible objects, experiences, and memories that constitute our sense of home. The works in Neo-nomads posit home as a sense of space, a collage of all previously experienced homes combined with memories of objects, moments, and people.
This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages!
Participants will use a base of wood and air dry clay to create a relief or a sculpture of Brooklyn, an object that could become a Brooklyn artifact, a handprint or anything that they can imagine! We will use both natural and bright colored clays to give our objects an artifact appearance. "Today is Clay" will be an amazing day of tactile, relaxing, creative fun for everyone!
Artist educator Angela Earley will lead visitors on an art-making adventure inspired by work in the current exhibition, Artist & Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past (Nov 11 – Dec 17). This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Seating is limited. RSVP is strongly recommended to reserve seating for one of two time slots offered: 12pm – 1:30pm or 1:30pm – 3pm (Drop-ins will be admitted based on space availability). Please RVSP to ContemporaryArt@bricartsmedia.org with your name and the number of artists attending!
Artist & Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past explores the relationship between Brooklyn's contemporary cultural heritage with its historical roots. Seven artists, two writers, and one musician were invited to re-interpret Brooklyn's historical tradition through a contemporary lens. Through this exciting initiative,contributors explored the Society's collection for inspiration for original art work.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
12-3pm
Treasure It: Collage Your Summer Into A Treasure Chest
Take the afternoon to reflect on and make art about your summer memories! Each participant will be given a 9" x 9" x 2" brown box, a variety of drawing utensils and all of the collage materials that you can imagine. Create your summer memory collage inside of the box and transform the outside of the box into a summer treasure chest!
Artist educator Angela Earley will lead visitors on an art-making adventure inspired by work in the current exhibition, Real Nonfiction: The 3rdAnnual Artists from the Registry Exhibition (Sept 15 – Oct 23).
Real Nonfiction highlights ten Brooklyn-affiliated artists included in the newly online BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry (registry.bricartsmedia.org) and explores an age-old theme in the visual arts – the presentation of reality.
Check out photos from the event!
Participants will use a base of wood and air dry clay to create a relief or a sculpture of Brooklyn, an object that could become a Brooklyn artifact, a handprint or anything that they can imagine! We will use both natural and bright colored clays to give our objects an artifact appearance. "Today is Clay" will be an amazing day of tactile, relaxing, creative fun for everyone!
Artist educator Angela Earley will lead visitors on an art-making adventure inspired by work in the current exhibition, Artist & Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past (Nov 11 – Dec 17). This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Seating is limited. RSVP is strongly recommended to reserve seating for one of two time slots offered: 12pm – 1:30pm or 1:30pm – 3pm (Drop-ins will be admitted based on space availability). Please RVSP to ContemporaryArt@bricartsmedia.org with your name and the number of artists attending!
Artist & Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past explores the relationship between Brooklyn's contemporary cultural heritage with its historical roots. Seven artists, two writers, and one musician were invited to re-interpret Brooklyn's historical tradition through a contemporary lens. Through this exciting initiative,contributors explored the Society's collection for inspiration for original art work.
Superhero making, Family Day, September 2009
Family Days 2010-11
Saturday September 18, 12-3pm
Saturday November 20, 12-3pm
Saturday February 5, 12-3pm
Saturday April 9, 12-3pm
Saturday May 21, 12-3pm
Family Days funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library