Press Room
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.
BRIC Announces Spring 2020 ArtFP Exhibitions
Jan 27, 2020 • 11:30 AMExhibitions Investigate Oppression Through Notions of Identity, Urban Decay, and the Burden of Domesticity.
BRIC Announces 2020 Season of BRIC House Sessions
Jan 14, 2020 • 10:30 AMBRIC announces the 2020 season of BRIC House Sessions (March 5–April 23, 2020). The exhilarating concert series, held annually, brings the spirit of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival into the organization’s Fort Greene headquarters through world-class performances on Thursday evenings. BRIC House Sessions draws its talent from a bold and eclectic array of musical genres, featuring both local treasures and internationally-renowned artists.
BRIC and The Green-Wood Cemetery Announce Death Becomes Her
Jan 8, 2020 • 12:00 PMCo-Curated contemporary art exhibition and joint programming to explore what remains after death.
BRIC Announces the 2020 BRIC Media Arts Fellows
Dec 17, 2019 • 11:00 AMNine Visual Artists Have Been Selected to Participate in the 2020 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship.
BRIC Announces Oasa Duverney: Black Power Wave
Nov 22, 2019 • 2:00 PM2018-19 BRIC ArtFP Artist Oasa Duverney Creates Large-Scale, Allegorical, Graphite Drawings to Explore Cultural Networks and Forms of Protest.
BRIC and Dieu Donné Announce Present Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu Donné
Oct 16, 2019 • 12:30 PMGroup Exhibition Harnesses Papermaking to Examine Underrepresented and Misrepresented Bodies.