01/17/08 - 04/20/08
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BOOK ARTS Students assemble a book in a variety of formats, from traditionally-bound books to more experimental layouts, incorporating unconventional materials and/or designs. Students can compose t... more
2007: September 11th Remembered in Film
Each year BAC Folk Arts addresses New York’s September 11th anniversary with a special memorial project. For the sixth anniversary we presented September 11th Remembered in Film, a screening of indepe... more
BAC@The Archway is presented in partnership with the Dumbo Improvement District and is made possible, in part, by support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Brooklyn Experimental Media Cente... more
3rd Wave: The Planet of Brooklyn Transitions
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 13, 6 – 8pm OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, October 14, 1 – 5pm CURATORIAL TALK: Thursday, December 7, 6 - 8pm 3rd Wave: The Planet of Brooklyn Transitions, an exhibitio... more
A Glitch Music Event features performances by the electronic music duo Aerostatic, who will perform alongside vade (visuals) and the electronic collective Love Like Deloreans. This event will be held ... more
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, February 1, 6 – 8pm CURATORIAL TALK: Thursday, March 1, 6-8pm
DUMBO FIRST THURSDAY ARTIST TALK On Thursday, November 6 at 6pm, guest artist Caleb Smith gives a talk in conjunction with the exhibition Creative Cartographies, curated by Jeanne Gerrity, now on-vie... more
Artists in Residence Screening
Brooklyn's visual art scene is more vibrant than ever before. In this program, animated and experimental works screen alongside intimate profiles of artists who live right next door. This screening... more
BAC Arts in Education (AIE) provides a wide array of programming for students, teachers, parents, and community members in digital, literary, performing, and visual arts. Our collaborative process al... more
Ashes to Oil Series 2010: Ruth C. Jones Art Exhibit at Benefit Gala
Ruth C. Jones, extraordinaire, woman of color, poet, sculptor, writer, artist, and painter, will feature her works of art at Revelation Performing Arts Studio Benefit Gala with a well-known contempora... more
BAC's Arts in Education assemblies educate and entertain through performance, narration, and student participation. Study guides are available for many performances, and follow-up student workshops an... more
Best Film with recognition of Excellence in Directing, Producing, Editing, and Original Score Manhattan, Kansas dir. Tara Wray Best Film, Sixth Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival with r... more
BAC Gallery is located in the heart of the vibrant DUMBO arts district at 111 Front Street, Suite 218 and offers artists an opportunity to show their art in an environment frequented by a host of arts... more
BAC Gallery Film/Video Screening
Michelle Provenzano has exhibited her drawings, watercolors and interactive-event based works both nationally and internationally in the Netherlands, Japan, Belgium and Ireland. Recently, she has sho... more
BAC Gallery Presents 2008 NYFA Fellows
When: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 6:30pm Where: BAC Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 218 (alt. entrance at 55 Washington St.)
FEBRUARY Sunday, February 28, 2-5pm African Dance/ Brooklyn Style Presented by BAC... more
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Three documentary films explore some of the most important issues facing Brooklyn and its residents today. From gentrification to the subprime mortgage crisis, intimate accounts from those affected sh... more
Calling all Brooklyn Filmmakers! Scene: Brooklyn invites you to join us for our first filmmakers meet up of the new year. Enjoy drink specials, music videos and short films by Brooklyn-based filmm... more
Brooklyn Museum, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Transformations (Outdoor Film Screening)
An outdoor screening of shorts by Brooklyn filmmakers, with many that focus on issues affecting Black Brooklyn and African-Americans. Fiction and documentary films explore dying industries, gentrifica... more
Call For Proposals: City Walls
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), in partnership with the MetroTech BID seeks proposals for artwork to be installed on construction fences in downtown Brooklyn. Proposed works should have strong visual im... more
Carnival Masqueraders in Brooklyn
This exhibition featured a photographic essay by Anthony Bonair that chronicles Carnival in Brooklyn from 1974 to 1994, showcasing examples of costumes and Carnival music alongside Mr. Bonair’s images... more
Cultural after School Adventures (CASA), a citywide after-school arts enrichment program led by New York City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, just completed its fifth year. CASA offers a ric... more
FIRST THURSDAY EVENTS Thursday, November 3, 6:30–8:30pm Art/is/an/Eating tasting event featuring local, artist-made food items Thursday, December 1, 6:00 - 8:30pm Dispense/Re-Spool, a dual cha... more
Classroom Management Stories and Strategies from the Field
This seminar, presented by BAC's Arts in Education program, is aimed at teaching artists of all disciplines. Many teaching artists are faced with the challenge of maintaining an attentive and engag... more