Press Room
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.
BRIC JazzFest 2019 Press Coverage
Oct 8, 2019 • 10:15 AMCelebrating the fifth year, BRIC JazzFest welcomes people to enjoy live music and exciting performances by a wide range of great artists from October 19 to 26.
BRIC Announces First Recipients of $100,000 Colene Brown Art Prize
Oct 1, 2019 • 3:00 PMTen New York-based Artists To Receive $10,000 Unrestricted Grants Each and Celebrated at BRIC’s Annual Gala on November 7, 2019.
Colene Brown Art Prize Press Coverage
Sep 20, 2019 • 5:30 PMOn Wednesday, September 18, BRIC was pleased to announce the inaugural Colene Brown Art Prize, an unrestricted $100,000 grant that will be awarded in amounts of $10,000 each to ten under-recognized New York-based visual artists.
BRIC Announces $100,000 Colene Brown Art Prize for Ten Under-Recognized New York-Based Artists
Sep 20, 2019 • 4:15 PMBRIC is pleased to announce the inaugural Colene Brown Art Prize, an unrestricted $100,000 grant that will be awarded in amounts of $10,000 each to ten under-recognized New York-based visual artists. The recipients will be announced on October 1, 2019 and celebrated at BRIC’s annual gala on November 7, 2019. The Colene Brown Art Prize is underwritten by artist and BRIC Board Member Deborah Brown in memory of her late mother, Colene Brown, and is funded through the Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation.
BRIC Announces Free Outdoor Concert, Headlined by Soul Singer Bettye LaVette, to Kick Off BRIC JazzFest
Sep 3, 2019 • 2:45 PMBRIC announces a free outdoor concert, headlined by soul singer Bettye LaVette and co-presented by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, to kick off BRIC JazzFest. The acclaimed Festival continues BRIC’s 41st Season, bringing together globe-trotting jazz legends and groundbreaking emerging jazz artists from Brooklyn and beyond.
BRIC Announces The Feel of a Place
Aug 23, 2019 • 2:45 PMBRIC is pleased to announce The Feel of a Place, a solo presentation by 2018-19 ArtFP recipient artist Gail Biederman in BRIC’s hallway exhibition space, curated by Jenny Gerow. Through mapping and topographies of Brooklyn landscapes, Biederman examines our relationship with physical terrains. The Feel of a Place consists of materials ranging from yarn and felt to nails, each arranged to evoke different elements of Brooklyn’s waterfront.
BRIC ANNOUNCES FULL LINE-UP FOR FIFTH ANNUAL BRIC JAZZFEST MARATHON
Aug 7, 2019 • 1:00 PMBRIC is pleased to announce additional programming, marathon daily lineup, single day tickets, and other details for the 2019 BRIC JazzFest, the fifth annual edition of the celebrated Brooklyn jazz festival, which continues the 41st season for the pioneering NYC arts-and-media organization and leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn.
WHAT’S GOING ON FEATURING FELICIA COLLINS, TOSHI REAGON, SIEDAH GARRETT, KECIA LEWIS, AND OTHERS, AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL
Jul 18, 2019 • 12:00 PMBRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now in its 41st season, presents acclaimed guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader Felicia Collins, a host of friends, and an all-star band performing Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On in its entirety.
A PROGRAM OF RECENT WORK FROM AILEY II AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL
Jul 16, 2019 • 12:00 PMBRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now in its 41st season, presents a program of recent work from Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s exceptional second company of breathtakingly skilled young artists.
COMING UP AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL AT THE PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL
Jul 15, 2019 • 12:00 PMUpcoming shows at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
BRIC ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP FOR FIFTH ANNUAL BRIC JAZZFEST
Jul 11, 2019 • 12:00 PMThe three-night Marathon, with 21 groups performing overlapping sets in the BRIC House Ballroom, Gallery, and Artist Studio, features Ravi Coltrane, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Makaya McCraven, Kneebody, and more.
COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI’S WHAT THE DAY OWES TO THE NIGHT AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL
Jul 11, 2019 • 12:00 PMBRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now in its 41st season, presents Compagnie Hervé KOUBI’s astonishingly kinetic evening-length signature work, What the Day Owes to the Night, Saturday, July 27.