BRIC Blog
Featured Artist: Janie B Samuels
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 1:00PMJanie B. Samuels is a Brooklyn artist whose work centers around politics, intimate relationships and nature setting based on her everyday life. Samuels received her BA from Bennington College, Vermont and later received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Samuels express her ideas through media/videos, drawings, paintings and most recently photographic gel transfer; all together her ideas are based on the aspects of humanity. She seeks to transform images and videos into personal and universal stories that would hold observers’ attention and form connections.
The Show About The Show Goes To Sundance
Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 3:45PMCongratulations Caveh! There’s never been a better time to get caught up with the first season of The Show About The Show.
BRIC TV Spring 2018 Programming
Thursday, January 4, 2018 - 11:45AMOur spring is already starting to heat up!
Brooklyn Free Speech Program Spotlight: New Year, New Premieres!
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 - 5:30PMStart your year off right and check out the NEW shows airing on Brooklyn Free Speech HD all month long!
Staff Highlights from the 2017 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Tuesday, December 26, 2017 - 11:45AMWe 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 - 10:15AMThis 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 - 11:00AMReminisce 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!
Brooklyn Free Speech Program Spotlight: A Nutcracker, A Keynote and an Undetected War
Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 4:30PMAnother premiere week is in full swing on Brooklyn Free Speech TV and this month, we've got not one...not two...but THREE very special highlights on Brooklyn Free Speech HD! That's Spectrum 1993, Optimum 951, Verizon 47 or BRICartsmedia.org/HD
Meet our Fall 2017 BRICworkspace Artists-in-Residence!
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 4:15PMBRIC 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 - 12:45PMGet 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.
