Press Room
BRIC Announces Seneca Mudd As Chief Operating Officer And Executive Vice President
Dec 9, 2020 • 10:00 AMBRIC is pleased to announce the appointment of Seneca Mudd as their Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Mudd will build upon his vast experience in business development, operational strategy, and digital media, as well as his passion for the arts, to oversee BRIC's strategic growth and daily operations.
BRIC Announces New Contemporary Art Exhibition: Latinx Abstract
Nov 18, 2020 • 10:30 AMBRIC, a leading arts and media institution anchored in Brooklyn, is pleased to announce Latinx Abstract, a groundbreaking exhibition that asserts the enduring legacy of abstraction among Latinx artists.
BRIC Announces the 2020 Colene Brown Art Prize Recipients, To Award $100,000 to Ten New York-Based Artists
Nov 11, 2020 • 12:00 PMBRIC, a leading educator, incubator, and presenter of arts and cultural programming in Brooklyn, is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Colene Brown Art Prize, an unrestricted $100,000 grant awarded in amounts of $10,000 each to ten New York-based visual artists.
BRIC Announces Cohort for 2020 BRIClab: Film + TV Residency
Oct 22, 2020 • 10:00 AMBRIC is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of its new BRIClab: Film + TV residency track. The track offers unique resources designed to meet the needs of film, tv, and media practices including financial support, mentorship, skills-based learning opportunities and resources, and documentation of their work. A public presentation of their work will take place at the conclusion of the six-month residency, details to be announced.
BRIC and the american vicarious Present A Live Staging of DEBATE: Baldwin vs Buckley
Oct 14, 2020 • 10:00 AMIn the run-up to the 2020 Presidential Election, BRIC and the american vicarious restage the historic 1965 debate between intellectual heavyweights, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. Live on YouTube and Cable October 22-24, 2020, 7:30PM EST
BRIC’s Fifth-Annual Media Maker Weekend Focuses on How to Create and Succeed in This New Reality
Oct 12, 2020 • 10:00 AMBRIC, the Leading Arts and Media Institution Presents Media Maker Weekend x Home: Creating in a New Reality. A Free, Three-Day Event of Workshops, Panels, and Lectures.
BRIC and Prospect Park Alliance, in Partnership with NYC Parks, Announce New Commission by Brooklyn Artist Collective Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine at Prospect Park Bandshell
Oct 5, 2020 • 10:00 AMBRIC and Prospect Park Alliance, in partnership with NYC Parks, have commissioned the collaborative duo Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine to create a public art project at the Prospect Park Bandshell, on view from October 3, 2020 through May 2021.
Jack Walsh Steps Down as BRIC SVP of Performing Arts and Executive Producer of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Aug 27, 2020 • 1:45 PMAnnouncing that Jack Walsh has departed as Senior Vice President of Performing Arts and Executive Producer of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
BRIC Expands and Reimagines Annual Artist Residency Programs
Aug 26, 2020 • 1:00 PMAnnouncing the 2020 Cohort for three of the four BRIClab Residency Tracks and the Launch of the New BRIClab: Film + TV Residency Track.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival: Live Everywhere Press
Jul 27, 2020 • 1:30 PMWe had the opportunity to re-imagine our beloved festival this year and share a new, immersive, visual experience with everyone. Read more through these press articles.
Variety: Common, Questlove, Lila Downs, More to Perform at Celebrate Brooklyn Virtual Event
Jun 30, 2020 • 12:30 PMRead Variety's announcement of the 2020 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
BRIC Launches Educational Programming in Partnership with NYC DOE
Jun 30, 2020 • 10:00 AMBRIC, in partnership with the NYC Department of Education (DOE), is proud to announce a new three-hour weekday broadcast of educational content created by Brooklyn teachers, principals, and educators.
BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL OPENS WITH FREE BRITTANY HOWARD CONCERT, JUNE 9, 2020
Feb 18, 2020 • 2:00 PMBRIC is pleased to announce that Brittany Howard , frontwoman and guitarist for the chart-topping, GRAMMY Award-winning band Alabama Shakes, will open the 42nd annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival with a free concert on June 9 at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Preceding the concert, BRIC will hold its beloved annual opening night REVEL fundraiser, an immersive artist driven experience from day to dusk to dark.
BRIC and The Green-Wood Cemetery Announce Public Programming for Death Becomes Her
Feb 13, 2020 • 3:45 PMThe Programming Will Explore the Politics of Death and Dying Through a Series of Immersive Performances, Artist Talks, and Family Workshops.