BRIC Media Arts Bklyn - Contemporary Art Events Feed http://www.bricartsmedia.org/feeds/events BRIC Media | Arts | Bklyn Contemporary Art Events en-us <![CDATA[Idea Party: Help in Hard Times]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
April 28, 2010
7:00 PM
FREE
  Join Apologies and Further Concessions curator Erin Sickler for an Idea Party, a group brainstorming session where people gather to share contacts and resources. Have a project you want to do, but don’t know where to start? Want to travel around the world, start a business, or put on an exhibition? The Idea Party will allow attendees to find opportunities and resources where you thought none existed to help uncover inspired and creative ways to think about dreams, goals..]]>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/idea-party-help-in-hard-times<![CDATA[Look Left: Readings from the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
April 14, 2010
7:00 PM
FREE
Photo Shaun Keenan Writers from SAWCC will read works that explore what it means to them to “look left,” whether it be traveling opposite of expectation or casting a glance out at the periphery, taking a new and risky look at contemporary South Asian identity. Curated by SAWCC board member and writer Anjali Goyal.Presented in conjunction with A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, on view through May 1.]]>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/look-left-readings-from-the-south-asian-womens-creative-collective<![CDATA[Family Day - FANTASTIC FELT: Celebrate Summer. Make Your World Brighter]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
June 5, 2010
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
FREE
  Invent - Create – ImagineCome 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. Inspired by artwork in BRIC’s annual exhibition of student artwork made through our in-school contemporary art education program.Led by artist teacher Angela Earley. This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Family Days run throughout the 2009-10 season at..]]>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/family-day-fantastic-felt-celebrate-summer-make-your-world-brighter<![CDATA[Family Day - PUPPET TIME: Create and Play]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
April 17, 2010
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
FREE
  Invent - Create – ImagineParticipants will create puppets of themselves and imaginary characters!  Our puppet design is inspired by the South Asian tradition of "Wayang Kulit", decorative rod puppets that have magical silhouettes. Inspired by artwork in BRIC’s exhibition, A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective.Led by artist teacher Angela Earley. This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Family Days run at..]]>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/family-day-puppet-time-create-and-play<![CDATA[A Wild Gander & Apologies and Further Concessions Opening Reception]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
March 24, 2010
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
FREE
Chitra GaneshGhostwriter, 2009. Lenticular photograph, 20 x 30 in. A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women’s Creative CollectiveCurated by Baseera Khan, Assistant Curator/Gallery Manager  Hong-An TruongA Measure of Remorse, 2009. Video still. Apologies and Further ConcessionsGuest Curated by Erin Sickler, Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial FellowBoth exhibitions on view through May 1, 2010. ]]>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/a-wild-gander-apologies-and-further-concessions-opening-reception<![CDATA[Apologies and Further Concessions]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
March 25-May 1, 2010
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
FREE
Hong-An TruongA Measure of Remorse, 2009. Video still.Curated by Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellow Erin SicklerUsing a wide range of media from video and photography to performance, embroidered text, and mixed media sculpture, the artists in Apologies and Further Concessions each confront an unavoidable truth. The experience of hitting a wall is a universal one. The artists included in the exhibition remind us that no matter what our intentions, disappointments, hardships and setbacks are..]]>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/apologies-and-further-concessions<![CDATA[A Wild Gander: Artists from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
March 25-May 1, 2010
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
FREE
Jesal KapadiaTelegraph, 2005. Digital video. 3 minutes 30 seconds.Curated by Baseera KhanA Wild Gander features Chitra Ganesh, Mala Iqbal, Jesal Kapadia, Yamini Nayar, and Divya Mehra, five New York–based artists. The title of the exhibition is drawn from Joseph Campbell’s collection of essays, The Flight of the Wild Gander, which references the Sanskrit concept of the paramahamsa, an enlightened spiritual teacher who transcends the mundane, just as geese (hamsa) are able to the a..]]>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/a-wild-gander-artists-from-the-south-asian-women-s-creative-collective<![CDATA[Family Day - DREAMLAND: Build What You Can Imagine]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
February 13, 2010
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
FREE
  Invent - Create – ImagineJoin us for an imaginative adventure in art-making. Observe and be inspired by BRIC's current exhibition the no place, and create your own imaginative place using inspirational and fun materials. Led by artist teacher Angela Earley.This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Family Days run throughout the 2009-10 season at BRIC Rotunda Gallery in conjunction with each exhibition on view.Family Days funding provided by the Institute of Museum..]]>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/family-day-dreamland-build-what-you-can-imagine<![CDATA[Heterotopias: A Moving | Wall Pictures film and video program]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
February 3, 2010
7:00 PM
FREE
 Kenneth AngerMouse Heaven, 2004. Film still. Heterotopias is a Moving Wall | Pictures screening of short videos and films by Kenneth Anger, Liliana Porter, and James Schneider. Music pins this evening together with aural nostalgia confusing our senses with a gentle suggestions of both childhood and a time of new prosperity. These videos/films are at first humorous tapestries of fairgrounds, fantasy realms, and their artifacts, but quickly reveal the sardonic relationships occurring..]]>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/heterotopias-a-moving-wall-pictures-film-and-video-program<![CDATA[John & Jane: A Moving | Wall Pictures film and video program]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
February 17, 2010
7:00 PM
FREE
 John and Jane, 2005. Film still. Murtaza Vali curates a screening of JOHN & JANE (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia), an experimental documentary portrait of call center workers in Mumbai, India who remotely provide round the clock service to customers across the United States. This outsourced labor forces these ambitious young Indians to enact virtual migrations, experiencing the processes of alienation, assimilation and enculturation that all immigrants endure without ever really leaving a..]]>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/john-jane-a-moving-wall-pictures-film-and-video-program<![CDATA[Family Day]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
September 26, 2009
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
FREE
Invent - Create - ImagineJoin artist Angela Earley for an imaginative adventure in art-making inspired by Dulce Pinzon's series The True Story of the Superheroes that is a part of the current exhibition Status Report. Using inspirational and fun materials, visitors will make life-size silhouettes of themselves as superheros.This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Angela Earley is a professional artist and educator who works with BRIC Contemporary Art Education in Brooklyn is..]]>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/family-day<![CDATA[Family Day]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
November 21, 2009
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
FREE
  Invent - Create – ImagineJoin us for an imaginative adventure in art-making. Observe and be inspired by the  current exhibition, Revelatory Tension, and create your own artwork using inspirational and fun materials. Led by artist teacher Angela Earley.This free, drop-in event is appropriate for all ages. Family Days run throughout the 2009-10 season at BRIC Rotunda Gallery in conjunction with each exhibition on view.Family Days funding provided by the Institute of Museum..]]>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/family-day-2<![CDATA[the no place]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
January 21-March 6, 2010
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
FREE
Blane de St. Croix, Landscape Sections: Borders: North Korea and South Korea  the no placeconjuring the unseen, the inaccessible, and politically charged spacesCurated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art, BRIC Arts | Media | Bklynthe no place features 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..]]>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/the-no-place<![CDATA[ACCENTED]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
January 21-March 6, 2010
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
FREE
 Angel Nevarez & Valerie TevereTouching From A Distance, 2008. Video still. ACCENTEDCurated by Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellow Murtaza ValiWith people, culture and information circulating globally at accelerating rates, it might be said, that our day-to-day interactions are increasingly accented. As the aural component of language, the accent embellishes script sonically and yet it can also be visual. Accent marks indicate how text is to be enunciated. An accent is also as..]]>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/accented<![CDATA[the no place & Accented Opening Reception]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
January 20-January 20, 2010
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
FREE
Blane de St. Croix, Landscape Sections: Borders: North Korea and South Korea  the no placeconjuring the unseen, the inaccessible, and politically charged spacesCurated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art, BRIC Arts | Media | BklynBefore the opening at 6pm: Featuring a pre-opening dialogue with exhibition artist and social activist Paula Luttringer about art and the depiction of trauma by enforced political disappearance atACCENTEDGuest curated by Murtaza Vali, Lori Ledis be..]]>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/the-no-place-accented-opening-reception<![CDATA[Pre-Opening Dialogue with Paula Luttringer]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
January 20, 2010
6:00 PM
FREE
 Paula Luttringer# 1 from the series, Lamento de los Muros (The Wailing of the Walls), 2000-05 Black-and-white photograph, 33 x 33 in. Exhibition artist and social activist Paula Luttringer will talk about art and the depiction of trauma by enforced political disappearance.The opening reception for the no place will follow the talk from 7 to 9 pm.the no place is a group exhibition featuring the work of six contemporary artists who conjure utopian and dystopian environments in ways to..]]>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/pre-opening-dialogue-with-paula-luttringer<![CDATA[Education Regrant Application Seminar]]>Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch
November 18, 2009
3:30 PM-5:30 PM
FREE
Local Capacity Building Regrant Program for Arts in EducationNew application seminar added: Wednesday, November 18 from 3:30 to 5:30pm.Location Brooklyn Public Library, downtown branch, Second Floor AuditoriumRSVP to hawley@bricartsmedia.org or 718-875-4047 x12Administered by BRIC and the Brooklyn Arts Council, this initiative supports arts in education partnerships between schools and cultural organizations or individual artists that collaboratively plan, teach and implement programs that the..]]>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/education-regrant-application-seminar<![CDATA[smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
November 22, 2009
1:00 PM-6:00 PM
FREE
BRIC is particiapting in the smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop on Saturday, November 22 from 1 to 6 pm.Stop by BRIC Rotunda Gallery to see Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form and meet Gallery staff.    ]]>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/smart-brooklyn-gallery-hop<![CDATA[Q&A with Jackie Battenfield]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
November 18, 2009
7:00 PM
FREE
  Q&A with Jackie Battenfield, author of the recently published The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What you Love.  Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form the second edition of BRIC Contemporary Art’s annual guest-curated exhibition drawn from our Artist Registry, one of the city’s most comprehensive resources on Brooklyn-affiliated visual artists. Increasingly recognized as an is to..]]>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/q-a-with-jackie-battenfield<![CDATA[Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form]]>BRIC Rotunda Gallery
November 5-December 18, 2009
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
FREE
Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine FormShane Aslan SelzerHorizon Line (Drawing for Financial Stability), 2009, stained glass on mdf shelf. Curated by Kalia Brooks, Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form is a proposition for the theological aesthetic in contemporary art. The exhibition highlights the work of six artists who incorporate a variety of media to abstract the ideology of devotion that often accompanies religious practice. Exhibiting artists – all based..]]>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/revelatory-tension-new-assertions-on-divine-form