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Staff Highlights from the 2017 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 - 11:45AM

We know that you love coming to the Prospect Park Bandshell each summer to experience the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, and our staff gets pretty jazzed about the shows, too! Check out some of our favorite shows and memories from this year!

OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 10:15AM

This year’s OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH exhibition featured the work of over 125 artists from BRIC’s Contemporary Artist Registry, each responding to the question “What is real and true for you?” From the exhibition, two awardees emerged - a "Viewer's Choice" winner, determined through votes by the public; and a "Best in Show" winner, determined by members of BRIC's Contemporary Art staff and select past exhibition artists. Roughly 350 individuals cast the “Viewer’s Choice” award.

Our Top Shows at the 2017 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival

Monday, December 18, 2017 - 11:00AM

Reminisce with us and warm up thinking back to the summer #AtTheBandshell! We had some amazing artists hit the stage in 2017, but here were our top shows based on how many of YOU came out to enjoy them. Thanks for making it a great year—we can’t wait for 2018!

Meet our Fall 2017 BRICworkspace Artists-in-Residence!

Friday, November 17, 2017 - 4:15PM

BRIC is pleased to highlight the four recipients of our BRICworkspace visual artist residency program for Fall 2017. BRICworkspace provides professional, practicing artists with free studio space, a stipend for materials, and visits with curatorial staff from BRIC and other local institutions, and an open studio event. The residency program is now in its fourth year and is open to artists who live, work, or were born in Brooklyn. This fall's residents include Jonathan Allen, Tusia Dabrowska, Maria Hupfield and Josephine Messer. These artists all share studio space at 505 State Street, a satelitte residency location generously donated by Alloy.

Artist-in-Residence: Nicole Awai

Friday, November 17, 2017 - 12:45PM

Get to know more about Nicole Awai, one of BRIC's artists-in-residence this past summer 2017, participating in the BRICworkspace Residency program at 505 State Street. Awai is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates multi-media installations that explore the negotiation of multiracial identities and labeling. To create her work, Awai blends traditional and non-conventional materials including nail polish, glitter and found objects, focusing on the the connection between us and the material reality of the world. 

Featured Artist: Sara Jean-Baptiste

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 11:15AM

Sara Jean-Baptiste is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who creates illustrative work inspired by strong and confident Black women that uses vibrant images and bold colors to produce a dramatic yet calm feel. Her work sends a message about strong, ambitious Women of Color who are often overlooked in our society. Jean-Baptiste studied illustration at the Fashion Institution of Technology. After graduation with an AAS in Illustration, Jean sought out to continue her career in art. She works at live events in which you can find her creating images based on the flow of the audience and in her studio where she is often creating work based on current events.

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