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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.
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.
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.
COMING UP AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL AT THE PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL
Jun 25, 2019 • 12:00 PMUpcoming shows at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
BRIC Announces 2019 Finalists for BRIC ArtFP
Jun 21, 2019 • 10:45 AMBRIC is pleased to announce the six artists selected to receive the 2019-20 ArtFP commission: Joey De Jesus, Oasa DuVerney, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Christie Neptune, Jamaal Peterman, and Padma Rajendran. With the award, BRIC will support the selected visual artists in creating and presenting exhibitions in spaces throughout BRIC House.
BRIC and Brooklyn Historical Society Announce Fall Exhibition
Jun 20, 2019 • 7:45 PMBRIC and Brooklyn Historical Society are pleased to announce Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience, a group exhibition that explores the dimensions of the contemporary Muslim experience with works by nine New York-based artists.
COMING UP THIS MONTH AT THE BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL AT THE PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL
Jun 10, 2019 • 12:00 PMUpcoming shows at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
Metro NY: A Conversation with BRIC's Kristina Newman-Scott
Jun 7, 2019 • 2:00 PMBRIC President Kristina Newman-Scott speaks with Metro NY about diversifying the arts.
ARTFORUM on BRICworkspace 2019 Residents
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ARTFORUM: BRIC selects artists for summer 2019 residency program
BRIC, the Brooklyn-based cultural nonprofit organization, has invited nine emerging and mid-career artists to participate in its summer 2019 BRICworkspace residency program. Participants include Zalika Azim, Shelly Bahl, Mimi Bai, Julian Chams, Dain DeltaDawn, Sareh Imani, Mei Kazama, Nsenga Knight, and Gustavo Prado.