BRIC Biennial: Volume I, Downtown Edition

VOLUME 1 DOWNTOWN EDITION September 20 – December 14, 2014

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ABOUT BRICIn the 35 years since its founding as a not-for-profit organization in 1979, BRIC has been the driving force behind a number of Brooklyn’s most widely renowned and beloved arts and media programs. In the borough that is now this country’s foremost creative hotbed, BRIC is unparalleled in its combination of artistic excellence, programmatic breadth and genuine accessibility.

BRIC presents live music and performing arts, con-temporary art, and community media programs. The organization places special emphasis upon providing opportunities and platforms for Brooklyn artists and media makers to create and present new works.

In 2013, BRIC inaugurated a new era of service to the borough when it opened BRIC House, a 40,000 square-foot arts and media facility located in the cultural hub of Downtown Brooklyn. BRIC House includes a flexible state-of-the-art performance space, a major contemporary art gallery, artist workspace, and multiple television and media production studios. Designed by Brooklyn-based architect Thomas Lees-er, BRIC House aims to be a true home for artists and audiences—a place where emerging and established artists create work that deepens their practice and engage with the diverse communities of Brooklyn. BRIC House opened in October 2013.

STAFFVice President, Contemporary ArtElizabeth Ferrer

Assistant Curator Jennifer Gerow Gallery ManagerEric Araujo Marketing ManagerAbigail Clark

InternsKristina Kolanovic Phoebe Herland

Director of DevelopmentJilian Gersten

Director of Marketing & CommunicationsBinta Vann-Joseph

Graphic DesignerMatthew de Leon

President Leslie G. Schultz

Executive Vice President Betsy Smulyan

Senior Artistic AdvisorRachel Chanoff

SUPPORTERSBRIC’s contemporary art programs benefit from generous public funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York State Senator Martin J. Golden; New York State Assembly Members James F. Brennan, Karim Camara, Joan L. Millman, Walter Mosley, Félix Ortiz, and Annette Robinson; Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and New York City Council Members Inez D. Barron, Robert Cornegy, Laurie Cumbo, Mathieu Eugene, Vincent J. Gentile, Brad Lander, Stephen Levin, Darlene Mealy, Mark Treyger, Jimmy Van Bramer, and Jumaane Williams.

Additional private support is provided by Astoria Federal Savings; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; Bay and Paul Foundations; Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation; Con Edison; The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; The Ford Foundation; Forest City Ratner Companies; The Hearst Foundations; Laurence W. Levine Foundation; New York Community Trust; Oppenheim Family Foundation; and the Verizon Foundation; as well as numerous individual supporters including Leslie Alexander and Norris Manser, Jennie and Jake Blair, Mark and Beverly Cheffo, Katherine and Luke Fichthorn, Leslie Marshall and Mauro Premutico, and Jeff Strong and Kerry Le Blanc Strong.

BRIC647 Fulton StreetBrooklyn, NY 11217 BRICartsmedia.org

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