New Installations in Media Art Panel Discussion

Preview Screening

Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Center Auditorium 61 St. James Place (corner of Lafayette Ave.) Brooklyn Don't miss BAC's special preview screening on April 1st of four of the award-winning films in... more

Profit vs. Nonprofit Arts Organizations: What’s Right for You?

This workshop will provide information about the basic differences between profit and nonprofit entities, with a main focus on the requirements for organizing LLCs and for profit corporations. The fed... more

Public Art: Getting Opportunities to Work and Perform in Public Spaces

Speakers from leading arts organizations will offer information on public commissions and on working & performing in public spaces. A panel of presenters will speak on topics ranging from city-wide pr... more

Schedule

The BAC 41st International Film and Video Festival, May 5 – 12, 2007 Schedule of Screenings Tuesday, April 3, 5:30pm – 8:30pm Preview Screening Pratt Institute, Higgins Hall Center Auditorium ... more

Schedule of Screenings

Friday, May 9, 2008 5 – 8:30pm Brooklyn Filmmakers Brooklyn Museum, Iris B. Cantor Auditorium 200 Eastern Parkway Documentary, narrative and experimental films by talented local filmmakers.... more

Screenwriting: Mastering Story Structure and Creative Freedom

This screenwriting workshop with Ela Their is presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival. How do you structure a story while enjoying the creative process and allowing for sur... more

SEMINARS FOR THE ARTS

As part of our technical assistance for artists and local arts groups, BAC offers free professional development seminars in the arts throughout the year. These programs are designed to help artists an... more

Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents

*LMCC's 2004 publication "Site Matters: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Artists Residency Program in the World Trade Center, 1997-2001 is a publication which examines Manhattan as a site of creativ... more

Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Film Screenings

Brooklyn Arts Council is pleased to present two evenings of short films in conjunction with the exhibition Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents. The films, primarily by Brooklyn based artists, expand on ... more

Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Filmmaker Bios

Danny Baxter Danny Baxter is a Brooklyn based Filmmaker/Videographer. He has worked on music videos recently for The Death Set, Parts and Labor, Malcolm Mclaren, and Tiny Masters of Today. His nar... more

Sony Wonder Selects Youth Videos

Sony Wonder Technology Lab 550 Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Space Matters: Real Estate Opportunities for Arts Organizations

At a time when real estate is extremely limited for arts organizations due to high costs and high demand, this seminar provides information to Brooklyn community-based arts organizations on how to obt... more

Special Opportunities for 2008

BROOKLYN-BASED FILMMAKER SCREENING The 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival will feature a special screening of films and videos by Brooklyn-based artists. If you qualify and you... more

Televised Seminars

PAST EPISODES Profit vs. Nonprofit Arts Organizations: What's Right for you? Seminar Speaker: Sergio Sarmiento, Esq., Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts This workshop provides information about ... more

The 2006 Cine Banneker Film Festival

2006 Thursday May 25, 2006, 5:30 – 7:30pm Kumble Theatre Long Island University 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn Sponsored by Councilperson Leticia James, Brooklyn Arts Council, Long Island Uni... more

The 2007 Festival

The BAC 41st International Film and Video Festival (May 5 – 12, 2007) featured 58 films screened over the course of six days at four venues across the city. Three feature-length narrative films had th... more

The Lack of Desire

The Lack of Desire January 17 - April 11, 2008 BAC Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 218, Brooklyn Curator: Scott Henstrand OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January 17th, 6-8 pm FIRST THURSDAY C... more

The Lack of Desire Film Screening

ABOUT THE CURATOR Scott Henstrand considers himself just another artist producing more artifacts, filling Place in an attempt to glance under the “defective matrix”. His most recent exhibition, The ... more

Trailers

Trailers: Manhattan, Kansas dir. Tara Wray *Voted Best Film (Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses screening, Target First Saturdays at Brooklyn Museum, May 5, 2007) ... more

Upcoming Seminars

Websites 101: Design Your Own

Learn how to make a website to publicize your artwork. Become aware of design options when hiring a contractor to create your website. This seminar provides the basics to get you started: commonly use... more

Women of African Descent

Sponsored by the Brooklyn Chapter of Links.