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INSIDE A Letter from the Board Chair 2 / A Message from the Executive Director 4 /
BRIC Contemporary Art 6 / BRIC Performing Arts 10 / BRIC Community Media 14 /
BRIC Education Programs 18 / Our Donors 22 / BRIC Staff 24 / 2009/2010 Financials 25
/ 1 New York Emmy Award nomination / 23 free world-class music, dance, film and spoken word activities / 319 visual and performing artists presented / 100s of other free and low-cost / 1000s of media makers / 9,000 public school students / Over 1,000,000 Brooklynites served / 84¢ of each dollar donated directly supporting BRIC’s programming
In Fiscal Year 2010, BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn had much to celebrate.
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The renovation of the Strand Theatre to house the
expanded facilities of two cultural organizations, BRIC
Arts | Media | Bklyn and UrbanGlass, applies contemporary
design strategies to reestablish this early 20th-century
theatre as a major cultural center.
BRIC ARTS | MEDIA HOUSE DESIGN AWARD RECIPIENT 2009New York City Design Commission
A scale model of BRIC Arts | Media House
Model and diagram by Leeser Architecture
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Dear Friends, The 2009/2010 fis-
cal year has once
again proven to
be one of signifi-
cant accomplishment for BRIC Arts |
Media | Bklyn. I am pleased to present
our FY 2010 Annual Report, highlight-
ing the range of diverse and ambi-
tious programming made possible by
your support.
As you will see from the enclosed,
BRIC continues to deepen its offerings
and add new initiatives that enhance
our audience’s engagement with our
work. At the same time, the enclosed
financial figures again demonstrate
the fiscal health and responsibility
that is a hallmark of our institution.
During Spring of 2010, my Board
colleagues and I gathered together
with BRIC staff to assess our strategic
direction and reaffirm our commit-
ment to BRIC’s mission. By deepen-
ing our commitment to presenting
arts and media programs that reflect
Brooklyn’s diversity and providing
resources to support the creative pro-
cess, BRIC’s programming has thrived.
Over the past year, we have
advanced this mission in several key
ways: through the presentation of
outstanding music, dance, theater and
film events that are global in scope,
yet particularly resonate with our
local community; through exhibition
and professional development oppor-
tunities for emerging and mid-career
artists; and through an investment
in our media education offerings and
programming for families.
And, of course, we have remained
steadfast in our commitment to
ensuring that BRIC’s programming
is accessible to the broadest possible
audience. Despite the challenging
current economic climate, we have
maintained our free admission and
low-cost programming.
Simultaneously, BRIC’s momen-
tum continues to build as we prepare
to break ground on BRIC Arts | Media
House, an extraordinary new public
cultural facility for the borough of
Brooklyn, located on Fulton Street
in the heart of a growing cultural dis-
trict. This momentum is made pos-
sible thanks to the steadfast support
of many in the public sector. We are
very grateful for the commitment of
the Bloomberg administration, the
City Council and the Brooklyn
Borough President.
As we prepare to enter a year of
transition, BRIC’s staff is readying
the organization for the next phase
of our work. Our administrative and
performing arts staff has moved
temporarily to DUMBO, in preparation
for the construction of BRIC House.
This spring, our community media
operations, including the BCAT Media
Center, will also vacate the Fulton
Street location and relocate to the Old
American Can Factory in Gowanus for
the duration of the renovation. De-
spite the behind-the-scene transition,
public programming continues to be
offered at BRIC Rotunda Gallery, the
Prospect Park Bandshell and the BCAT
Media Center.
BRIC’s artistic staff is develop-
ing a detailed programmatic vision
for BRIC House’s inaugural years, to
ensure that our new home fulfills its
potential as a vibrant public gathering
space and center of creative activ-
ity. We have announced BRIC House
Fireworks, an unprecedented new
opportunity for artists to work collab-
oratively on large-scale projects that
traverse the disciplines of visual art,
performance and media.
I am proud that we have also
continued to build our Board of Direc-
tors, welcoming three new members
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Lizanne Fontaine Chair
Peter Aschkenasy Vice Chair
Louis V. Greco, Jr. Vice Chair
Gaston Silva Vice Chair
Hilary Ackermann Treasurer
Karla Olivier Secretary
Leslie Alexander
Denise Arbesu
Cyrus Beagley
Michael J. Burke
Mark S. Cheffo
Leslie Sweeney Cohen
Lenore Cooney
Andrew T. Hughes
Stephanie Ingrassia
Michael K. Liburd
David Lindsay-Abaire
Joseph Nacmias
Christina Norman
Lynn Nottage
Stephen Plumlee
Douglas C. Steiner
Kerry Le Blanc Strong
Antonia Yuille Williams
Jennifer L. Wong
Mary Anne Yancey
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Ex Officio
in FY 2010 who are inspired by BRIC’s
current momentum and bring fresh
perspectives to our work.
In closing, I would like to extend
my appreciation to everyone who is
part of BRIC—staff, volunteers, artists,
donors and trustees—whose commit-
ment and dedication makes all BRIC is
and does possible.
Thank you,
Lizanne Fontaine
Chair of the Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bruce. (For Sue.), 2009Divya Mehra27-channel color stereo video installation, 8:32Dimensions variablePart of the exhibition A Wild Gander at BRIC Rotunda Gallery
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As we prepareBRIC’s FY 2010
Annual Report,
I welcome the
opportunity to
reflect on BRIC’s artistic and finan-
cial success, and share our progress
toward realizing our vision to create
BRIC Arts | Media House.
Here at BRIC, we frequently talk
about the potential of our work to
enrich and engage our community.
Over BRIC’s 30-plus year history, our
mission to nurture Brooklyn’s creativ-
ity and diversity has guided us in all
that we do.
Today BRIC engages a growing au-
dience with world-class contemporary
art, performing arts and community
media programs that represent the
very best that Brooklyn has to offer.
Fiscal Year 2010 was truly a remark-
able year.
Over 12,000 visitors to BRIC
Rotunda Gallery encountered new
directions in contemporary art, and
thousands more Brooklyn artists and
art enthusiasts connected when the
BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry
went online in May.
Our beloved Celebrate Brooklyn!
Festival opened its season with a
historic free performance by David
Byrne (with historic attendance levels,
too) and followed this success with
22 more performances that raised the
bar artistically and shattered previous
attendance records. Those summer
nights in Prospect Park (and indeed so
many others since) serve as a power-
ful reminder of the tremendous value
the arts can bring to our community.
We continued to extend the reach
of our media work within and beyond
our local community, through the
online distribution of our critically-
acclaimed Brooklyn Independent
Television programming. Viewers
around the world can now keep up
with all things Brooklyn, thanks to our
ongoing efforts to take advantage of
Web 2.0 innovations and social media
platforms.
As always, this extraordinary
range of arts and media programming
was presented for free or at very low
cost, to ensure access by the broadest
possible audience.
As proud as we are of these ar-
tistic achievements, we are equally
proud of BRIC’s financial health.
During FY 2010, BRIC did not make
any significant cuts to programming,
despite the continued funding chal-
lenges faced by BRIC and so many
others in our field.
And as we look to the future, we
continue to envision new ways to
help make Brooklyn a culturally rich,
vibrant and diverse place to live. This
month we will launch a new Celebrate
Brooklyn! series of programming in
partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park,
bringing our programmatic track re-
cord and diverse audiences to Brook-
lyn’s newest world-class public space.
We are also engaged in a strategic
assessment of our educational offer-
ings, an effort which brings together
key stakeholders to help us imagine
new ways to connect with young
people and build the audiences of
the future.
And, of course, in the coming year
we will join a growing community of
residents, leading arts and cultural
institutions, and businesses in Down-
town Brooklyn as we break ground on
BRIC Arts | Media House. This beautiful
new facility will allow BRIC to more
deeply fulfill our mission to nurture
artists and welcome audiences into
the creative process, while providing
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us a permanent home in the heart of
the BAM Cultural District.
We are very proud that in FY 2010,
the project to renovate Brooklyn’s his-
toric Strand Theater, which includes
the construction of our new facility,
was recognized by the New York City
Public Design Commission for its
public-facing design that opens the
building to the community while hon-
oring its historic architectural details.
As we look toward the opening
of BRIC House, we are excited to be de-
veloping new programmatic initiatives
that activate this state-of-the-art facil-
ity and leverage our unique multidis-
ciplinary structure.
Our work would not be possible
without the dedication of our Board of
Directors, the commitment of our staff
and volunteers, and, finally, the vision
of the artists and media makers at the
heart of our work. Above all else, your
support makes our continued momen-
tum possible, and we are truly grateful.
On behalf of BRIC and the diverse
communities we serve, I thank you.
Leslie G. Schultz
Executive Director
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents contemporary art,
performing arts, and community media programs that
reflect Brooklyn’s creativity and diversity.
BRIC also provides resources to launch, nurture and
showcase artists and media makers.
We advance access to and understanding of arts and
media by presenting free and low-cost programming, and
by offering education and other public programs to people
of all ages.
MISSION STATEMENT
A quiet moment for two at Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell
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BRIC CONTEMPORARY ART
BRIC’s contemporary art programs highlight the work of emerging, mid-career
and established artists and support the creative process through a number of
core initiatives. Each season, BRIC presents seven exhibitions at our architectur-
ally significant space, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, and provides a forum for a rich cross
section of ideas, voices and artistic media that reflect Brooklyn’s diverse com-
munity of artists. Public programs, including our Moving Wall | Pictures film/video
screenings, artist talks, readings and performances, are organized in conjunction
with each exhibition to stimulate discussion and cultivate new audiences.
A key component of our mission is to provide professional opportunities
and platforms for Brooklyn’s artistic community. The BRIC Contemporary Artist
Registry, which transitioned to an online resource in FY 2010, provides our staff
of curators as well as outside arts professionals with access to an extensive
digital database of images from artists who live or work in Brooklyn. Supporting
up-and-coming curators and artists, the Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Program
and BRIC Media Arts Fellowship help young talent to develop new skills and
gain experience in the curatorial and multimedia arts.
Change is Now, 2007Jennifer Grimyser(Photographic documentation of performance)Part of the exhibition Apologies and Further Concessions at BRIC Rotunda Gallery
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Superman, 2005 Dulce PinzónPhotograph from the series
“The Real Story of the Superheroes.”
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Moving Wall | PicturesStriving to maintain an ongoing dis-
cussion with audience members about
art and culture, BRIC pairs a relevant
film or video with current exhibi-
tions. This season the series included
a screening and conversation about
the moving image portrayals of im-
migration, work and border issues and
Ashim Ahluwalia’s John & Jane, an ex-
perimental documentary on 24-hour
call center workers in Mumbai.
Free Public Program SeriesTo serve the diverse interests of the
Brooklyn community, BRIC provided a
wealth of programs to engage audi-
ence members—from a question-and-
answer session with author and artist,
Jackie Battenfield, to launching an
“Idea Party” designed to help people
find the resources and contacts to get
a jumpstart on their ideas.
September 3 – October 10, 2009Status ReportCurated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of
Contemporary Art
Mexican and Latino artists examined
the social and political tension trig-
gered by issues of the Mexican/U.S.
border, immigration and labor.
November 5 – December 18, 2009Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine FormGuest curated by Kalia Brooks
This guest-curated exhibition drawn
from our Artist Registry investigated
the influence of theology on contem-
porary art and looked at the unique
qualities that represent devotion.
2009–2010 EXHIBITIONS
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
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March 25 – May 1, 2010A Wild GanderCurated by Baseera Khan
Navigating through a myriad of cul-
tural representations in art history
and pop culture, artists from the
South Asian Women’s Creative Collec-
tive looked at the layered landscape
of identity.
January 21 – March 6, 2010the no placeCurated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of
Contemporary Art
Through a range of artistic media,
six artists explored the elusive
concept of “the no place” and
captured remote spaces shaped
by political conflict, urbanization
and the natural environment.
January 21 – March 6, 2010AccentedCurated by Murtaza Vali
Murtaza Vali, Lori Ledis Curatorial fel-
low, organized an exhibition that por-
trays the complexity and “accented”
experience of living in today’s acceler-
ated world of information, migration
and cultural exchange.
March 25 – May 1, 2010Apologies and Further ConcessionsCurated by Erin Sickler
Confronting the truth is never an
easy task. The participating artists
in this exhibition curated by Erin
Sickler, Lori Ledis Curatorial fellow,
reflected how we address these
uncomfortable realities.
2009–2010 EXHIBITIONS
LORI LEDIS EMERGING CURATOR PROGRAM
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BRIC PERFORMING ARTS
For over three decades, BRIC’s performing arts programs have provided audi-
ences with a rich assortment of music, dance, theater and multidisciplinary
performances. BRIC has played an integral role in transforming Brooklyn into a
lively hub for up-and-coming and established artists through our summer-long
performing arts festival, Celebrate Brooklyn!, and ongoing commissioning, resi-
dency and presentation opportunities for artists.
Celebrate Brooklyn! kicked off its 2009 season with a now legendary per-
formance by David Byrne, drawing a record 27,000 fans to the Prospect Park
Bandshell. The line-up brought a diverse mix of local and international art-
ists to the stage, from Afrobeat torch-bearer Femi Kuti to indie rock favorites,
Blonde Redhead.
In January and February, we welcomed accomplished actor, novelist, play-
wright and filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles, and music ensemble Burnt Sugar the
Arkestra Chamber to BRICstudio as artists in residence to adapt Peebles’ 1971
film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song into a musical theater production for the
Sons d’hiver Festival in Paris.
Legendary artist and director Melvin Van Peebles and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Orchestra in a musical stage adapta-tion of his groundbreaking 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, presented as part of Onstage @ BRIC.
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A powerhouse performance by David Byrne opens the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn! season at the Prospect Park Bandshell.
MUSIC
June 8David ByrneIn this free concert, David Byrne per-formed music of David Byrne and Brian Eno, featuring material spanning their col-laborations.
June 11Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral OrchestraBregovic kicked off his first North American tour with his enor-mous band, marry-ing the dance music of a raucous gypsy wedding with Eastern European choral ar-rangements.
June 19David RudderCalypsonian David Rudder brought his innovative mix of classic calypso and soulful pop, preceded by Trinidadian-born, Brooklynite slam poet Samantha Thornhill.
June 25Femi Kuti & Positive ForceThe Afrobeat pioneer Femi Kuti, backed by his band The Positive
Force, returned to Celebrate Brooklyn! to turn the Bandshell into a giant Nigerian dance party, kicked off by Brooklyn-born bass-ist Melvin Gibbs.
June 26Blonde RedheadThe vaunted NYC underground sensual-ists Blonde Redhead brought their shape-shifting sound, from dissonant noise ex-plorations to ethereal, dreamy pop.
June 27Dr. DogPhiladelphia’s Dr. Dog brought its unique blend of folk, blues, in-die rock, soul and blue-grass to a bill rounded out by Brooklyn’s Matthew Houck, a.k.a. Phosphorescent, and These United States.
July 2Obie BermudezThe Latin Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pop star Obie Bermúdez, headlined this triple bill, joined by Yerba Buena singer Cucu Diamantes and activist hip-hop outfit Rebel Diaz.
July 10Los Amigos InvisiblesVenezuelan party band Los Amigos Invisibles combined its love of disco and funk with a reverence for old-fash-ioned Latin dances, while the Colombian national heroes Ater-ciopelados mix punk, electro-lounge and jangly Latin folk rock.
July 11They Might Be Giants for Kids!Brooklyn’s legendary alternative rockers They Might Be Giants, now recognized among the foremost creators of cool kids’ albums, headlined the annual Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert, which also featured readings of Keats’ classic stories by WFUV’s Claudia Marshall.
July 16Kronos QuartetFor more than 35 years, Kronos Quartet has, time and again, redefined “string quar-tet,” assembling in the process an unparal-leled body of work. They shared the Band-shell stage with the
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frenzied and slightly diabolical Luminescent Orchestrii.
July 17Robert CrayFive-time Grammy-winning Stratocaster legend Robert Cray remains a strong persuader, as potent as ever after three de-cades of recording and touring. Opening for him were The Sweet Divines, four young la-dies with a fierce band behind them.
July 18African Festival: King Sunny AdéCelebrate Brooklyn’s annual all-day festival of music, food and crafts featured a lineup of music selected to keep dancers moving into the night, head-lined by the great King Sunny Adé of Nigeria.
July 24Buckwheat ZydecoThe swamp boogie accordion master Buckwheat Zydeco and his band shared the bill with the Holmes Brothers, whose harmony-filled blend of American roots mu-
sic jumps from church to the juke joint.
July 25Kailash KherThe South Asian superstar, Bollywood icon, and judge of Indian Idol Kailash Kher was joined on this bill by Electro Morocco and its dance floor-friendly mix of retro rock, Middle Eastern folk and warped electro.
July 30Burning SpearRoots reggae legend Burning Spear returned for another epic perfor-mance, opened by the harmonies and church-inflected soul of Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens.
July 31Royal Family: John Scofield & SouliveThe exceptional jazz-funk trio Soulive celebrated ten years of simmering instrumen-tal funk by bringing out The Royal Family, a conglomeration of various side projects and special guests. The musically hard-nosed Ivan Neville’s Dump-staphunk opened.
August 7Grace Potter & the NocturnalsGrace Potter & The Nocturnals performed blues-based rock with glorious passion while Deer Tick plays some of the most soulful, inspired music around.
August 8Big Daddy KaneA momentous night of hip-hop featured Brooklyn legend Big Daddy Kane, who per-formed with his live band, preceded by a screening of the short documentary BDK: The Big Daddy Kane Story, directed by Lyricist Lounge’s own Anthony Marshall.
DANCE
July 9STREBSTREB, the seminal, Williamsburg-based acrobatic company, cel-ebrated 30 years with Invisible Forces, which combined the thrills of the circus and the velocity of the Indy 500 in one Action event.
July 23Stephen Petronio Co.Stephen Petronio cel-ebrated his company’s 25th Anniversary Sea-son with the dynamic and elemental I Drink the Air Before Me, an evening-length work inspired by the power of extreme weather and storms.
MUSIC & MOVIES
June 20Ethel/GutbucketLe Nave De Los MonstruosIn a special commis-sion, the nation’s premier rock-infused, post-classical string quartet, teamed up with the wild art-rock group Gutbucket to perform a new original score to the vintage Mexican science fic-tion classic La Nave De Los Monstruos (The Monsters’ Ship, 1959).
August 1Dean & Britta13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests Dean & Britta, beloved as one of the sexiest duo’s in rock, per-
formed original scores to Warhol’s rarely seen short silent film portrait.
August 6Purple Rain Screening & Sing-A-LongA celebration of the 25th anniversary of one of history’s great-est pop albums, and the over the top film it inspired.
THEATER
February 3–5 Melvin Van Peebles & Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (the Hood Opera)Legendary artist and director Melvin Van Peebles directed Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber and a large cast of actors and singers in a musical stage adaptation of his groundbreaking 1971 film.
PERFORMANCES 2009
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BRIC COMMUNITY MEDIA
BRIC is the community access television organization for the borough of
Brooklyn. We offer Brooklyn residents free access to media production equip-
ment and facilities, low-cost media education, as well as the opportunity to air
programming on community-produced Brooklyn Free Speech TV. In addition, we
present BRIC-produced and Brooklyn-focused Brooklyn Independent Television,
and the Brooklyn Bulletin Board, a 24/7 looping community announcement ser-
vice used by Brooklyn non-profits.
Two highlights from FY 2010 exemplify our work: In August 2009, we part-
nered with Community Newspaper Group (CNG) to host a series of debates
with Democratic primary candidates for local Council Districts, Comptroller
and Public Advocate. Candidates were met with hard-hitting questions from
CNG journalists and Brooklyn Independent Television’s public affairs team, and
shared their views on issues important to their constituents, including improve-
ments within NYC’s education system and the need for job creation, and avail-
ability of affordable housing and Brooklyn development projects. With five or
more candidates in each of the races, the forums featured spirited debate. Also
in 2010, we received our first New York Emmy nomination for a Caught in the Act:
Art in Brooklyn segment featuring Brooklyn’s own hip hop artist Big Daddy Kane.
At a time when in-depth local television coverage is harder to come by, BRIC re-
mains committed to providing original, professionally produced local coverage
to the borough. We are thrilled to receive growing recognition from our peers.
Michael Bellamy, host of In the Zone, addresses guests on the Brooklyn Independent Television sports program
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A field shoot for Neighborhood Beat, our professionally pro-duced Brooklyn Independent Television series
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Certified Community Producers are given free ac-cess to professional field production equipment
The BCAT Media Center is home to the BCAT TV Network, cablecasting on four channels in the borough
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THE BCAT TV NETWORKBCAT TV Network is available in every
Brooklyn cable subscriber’s home and
in FY 2010, programming was seen by
hundreds of thousands of the borough’s
residents. Currently, BRIC cablecasts
hundreds of unique programs each week
produced by Brooklynites on Cablevi-
sion, Time Warner, RCN and Verizon.
Programs are also streamed online.
THE BCAT MEDIA CENTERThe BCAT Media Center provides Brook-
lyn residents with free access to state-
of-the-art studio facilities, equipment
and training. It houses three studios to
meet the needs of various sized pro-
ductions, a dressing room, and eight
editing bays equipped with AVID editing
software. Professional field production
equipment was also provided to resi-
dents wishing to create content in their
neighborhoods. On an annual basis,
Brooklynites used our video editing
suites for more than 15,000 hours; ac-
cessed 3,000 hours of television studio
time; and borrowed free media equip-
ment for more than 10,000 hours.
THE BROOKLYN CENTER FOR MEDIA EDUCATIONThe Brooklyn Center for Media Educa-
tion (BCME) provides Brooklyn residents
with access to a variety of free or low-
cost, high-quality classes that enable
our community members to produce
content for television as well as learn
more about the ever-changing landscape
of media technology. BRIC’s course roster
for FY 2010 covered everything from
production-based training to essential
media skills including Basic Field Pro-
duction and Non-Linear Editing courses
to Emerging Web Technologies and
Videoblogging 101: Your Content on the
Web. In FY 2010, over 1,500 participants
took part in BCME offerings.
BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH TVBrooklyn Free Speech TV provides an
open forum for Brooklyn residents and
organizations to express their views,
raise concerns, debate issues and
entertain their community. In FY 2010,
over 650 hours of television program-
ming was provided by Brooklyn-based
media makers.
BROOKLYN BULLETIN BOARDIn FY 2010, over 2,000 messages were
cablecast by non-profit organizations
who listed workshops, events, programs
and services. All postings on the Brook-
lyn Bulletin Board are free of charge and
cablecast on the BCAT TV Network.
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BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT TELEVISION (BIT)Brooklyn Independent Television is the only programming found on our borough’s
cable channels solely focused on the events, people and issues affecting Brooklyn.
Composed of a dozen television programs, BIT explores every Brooklyn corner.
Programs presented in 2009–2010 included:
A Date at the LibraryA collaboration with Brooklyn Public Library, A Date at the Library goes beyond the book flaps with top contem-porary authors as they share their works, talk about their experi-ences and reveal their own influences and inspirations.
BK 4 Reel: Brooklyn | Teens | VideoBK 4 Reel is the only show on television that features and promotes the work of Brooklyn teenage videographers.
Brooklyn Elected OfficialsBrooklyn Elected Officials provides a platform for locally elected officials to address issues and concerns that pertain to the communities they represent.
Brooklyn On SiteBCAT TV Network’s longest-running com-munity events pro-gram, Brooklyn On Site provides audiences
with a front row seat for music concerts, education panels, street fairs and more.
Brooklyn ReviewBrooklyn Review is BIT’s news magazine show covering the people, the places, and events of Brooklyn.
Caught in the Act: Art in BrooklynFrom established institutions to the emerging artists and companies that have long made our borough’s arts scene so exciting, Caught in the Act catches them in the act of creating, displaying, interpret-ing—and enriching—the cultural life of Brooklyn.
HealthBeat BrooklynHealthBeat Brooklyn ex-plores different health care issues and how they touch the lives of people in Brooklyn.
In the ZoneFrom high school championships to
intramural matches, from professional athletes to first time
“fun-runners,” from studio interviews to out-in-the-field replays, In the Zone celebrates the sporting life of Brooklyn.
IntersectIntersect is a forum where Brooklyn’s issues and ideas meet. Guest panelists engage in lively dis-cussion representing all sides of an issue and provide viewers with firsthand insight about topics that have impact on the people of Brooklyn.
Neighborhood BeatNeighborhood Beat in-troduces “Brooklyn to Brooklyn” by encourag-ing viewers to become tourists at home and highlights historical information, culture, food, small businesses, and an eclectic mix of local personalities and organizations in over 30 neighborhoods.
Sector B: The Business of BrooklynFocused on Brooklyn business, Sector B profiles models of best business practices, supplies viewers with local resources and networking opportu-nities, and explores innovative approaches to the entrepreneurial spirit in the borough.
BIT SpecialsOur special program-ming slot airs Brooklyn Cyclones home games, concerts from our Cel-ebrate Brooklyn! series, events at Borough Hall and much more. In FY 2010, BIT Specials included The 2009 Democratic Primary Debates (in collabora-tion with Community Newspaper Group), Reveal the Real: Kids Uncover the History of Brooklyn, and a two-part series featuring Brooklyn’s own Mark Morris Dance Group.
Students work with scholar Barnet Schecter, participating in the Reveal the Real project at the Fulton Ferry Landing
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BRIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
BRIC is a leader in providing arts and media education and ongoing professional
development for teachers and administrators. Our work takes place in a variety
of exciting settings, including classroom-based residencies, after school, and at
BRIC Rotunda Gallery and the BCAT Media Center. We partner with public schools
in the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Brooklyn with a focus on under-
served communities where there is little or no funding for enrichment activity.
During the 2009–2010 school year, we implemented new programming to
deepen the connection between our education and exhibition programs, bring-
ing Brooklyn public school students and families into BRIC Rotunda Gallery to
view exhibitions and create art, and making it possible for students to meet
with professional, exhibiting artists. We also expanded the presence of our me-
dia education program in partnership with area public schools.
The experiences afforded through these programs were transformative for
participants of all ages. Families visiting BRIC Rotunda Gallery made life-size
portraits of themselves as superheroes, in response to artist Dulce Pinzón’s
photo and text series based on the lives of Mexican immigrants in New York,
The Real Story of the Superheroes. Student filmmakers in Coney Island produced
a short film entitled Zombie, combining music video with social commentary. A
7th grade class, with a team of artists and educators, met with noted photogra-
pher Nathan Kensinger, who documents little-seen parts of Brooklyn. Together,
they created The Abandoned Building Project, an installation inspired by an aban-
doned (and potentially haunted) building in East Williamsburg.
Students from I.S. 318 document their visit to a battle marker in Prospect Park as part of the Reveal the Real project
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Students from I.S./H.S. 265 with classroom teacher Jamal Ince during a class visit to BRIC Rotunda Gallery
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VISUAL ART RESIDENCIESBRIC’s visual art residency program nurtures the lives of young
people, enriching the skills they need both in and outside
the classroom. Classroom-based residencies, in which a BRIC
Educator is embedded with the students to work with them in
their learning environment, serve a wide range of participants
from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Artist Teachers
tailor instruction to the needs of the classroom, exploring
areas such as painting, photography, site-specific installation,
collage, printmaking and other media; and are integrated into
math, ELA, science, social studies and other classes.
In FY 2010, we collaborated with 16 schools in 14 Brook-
lyn neighborhoods to complete 46 visual art residencies that
directly reached 2,200 Brooklyn public school students. We in-
corporated additional planning and evaluation time into each
residency, allowing us to more effectively serve students and
measure the impact of our work in the classroom. Residency
activities and goals are based on New York State Learning
Standards, and success is measured against outcomes appro-
priate to age and ability.
MEDIA RESIDENCIESIn an age of media convergence, BRIC’s media residency
program provides students an invaluable opportunity to work
closely with a professional video artist to build media literacy
and technical skills to create short films about topics relevant
to them and their peers. We work jointly with teachers to
integrate our residencies into the classroom curriculum, but
our approach is student driven: participants pick the topics
they would like to explore, identify the audience they want to
reach, and choose a genre that best serves their story. During
FY 2010, this growing initiative served hundreds of students,
from Coney Island to Bedford Stuyvesant.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BROOKLYN EDUCATION ROUNDTABLEBRIC extends learning and development opportunities to
people of all ages, through a range of professional development
opportunities geared to artist teachers, classroom teachers and
the broader New York City art education community. These
programs build the capacity of educators to implement visual
arts instruction at all grade levels and to integrate the visual
arts into core curricula. During FY 2010, we worked intensively
with 200 classroom teachers and administrators, reaching an
additional 400 teachers through region-wide presentations.
BRIC also presented a free six-part roundtable series open
to all teachers, artists and administrators in May and June of
2010. Roundtable topics included arts integration techniques;
strategies for artist teachers to create successful partnerships
with public schools; the relationship between classroom prac-
tice and studio practice; and partnership dissemination and
documentation. In total 125 artists, educators, and arts profes-
sionals attended these workshops.
CLASS VISITSDuring class visits to BRIC Rotunda Gallery, we employed
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a teaching method employed
for the first time in the residency model. Classes received a
tour of the exhibition, a docent-led conversation about its
themes and ideas and took part in an art-making project
inspired by the work on view. The VTS process then uses
contemporary art to develop critical thinking, communication
and visual literacy skills.
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INVENT/ONSITEInvent/Onsite: The 22nd Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Educa-
tion Exhibition was held from May 19 to June 12, 2010 at BRIC
Rotunda Gallery. This annual exhibition of student art-
work presented a culmination of our school residencies in
2009–2010—one that young people and their families look
forward to attending. Featuring art projects from 11 partici-
pating schools from across Brooklyn, the exhibition high-
lighted several site-specific installations that vividly reflect
BRIC’s deep engagement at each school.
Invent/Onsite was attended by over 1,000 students,
providing a unique self-esteem building opportunity for
students to see their artwork professionally installed in an
art gallery.
FAMILY DAY SERIESBRIC hosted a popular series of five Family Day Workshops
in conjunction with exhibitions during the 2009–2010 sea-
son. This series was designed to cultivate a larger, more di-
verse audience for contemporary art and featured art-mak-
ing activities geared to a younger audience that responded
to artwork on view. The free, drop-in workshops welcomed
hundreds of families throughout the year, and opened up
new audiences for BRIC’s exhibitions.
Images previous page Top Students pay a visit to the BCAT Media Center. Middle A P.S. 48 student hard at work on the school’s winter banner. Bottom Students from I.S./H.S. 265 examine an exhibition at BRIC Rotunda Gallery.
Images this page Top Artwork on display at the 22nd Annual Student art exhibi-tion, INvent/ONsite. Bottom Artist Teacher Danny Coeyman leads a class visit at BRIC Rotunda Gallery.
BRIC SCHOOL PARTNERSP.S. 8 Brooklyn Heights
P.S. 48 Bensonhurst
I.S. 71 Williamsburg
P.S. 119 Midwood
P.S. 133 Park Slope
I.S. 136 Sunset Park
P.S. 147 Williamsburg
P.S. 192 Borough Park
P.S. 236 Mill Basin
I.S./H.S. 265 Fort Greene
P.S. 288 Coney Island
P.S. 503 Sunset Park
PS 506 Sunset Park
Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media Bedford Stuyvesant
Cobble Hill School of American Studies
Cobble Hill
Green School: An Academy for Environmental Careers
Williamsburg
Middle School for Art and Philosophy
East Flatbush
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BRIC DonorsBRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn warmly thanks the following generous contributors
THE CAMPAIGN FOR BRIC HOUSE
Anonymous
Hilary Ackermann
Leslie Alexander
Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
Denise Arbesu & Peter Meyer
Booth Ferris Foundation
Pamela Brier & Peter Aschkenasy
Mark & Beverly Cheffo
Leslie Sweeney Cohen & Cliff Cohen
Lenore & John Cooney
Laurie & Oskar Eustis
Lizanne Fontaine & Bob Buckholz
Goldman Sachs
Linda & Louis V. Greco, Jr.
Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia
David & Chris Lindsay-Abaire
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Joseph Nacmias
National Grid
Christina Norman & Charles Hunt
Stephen Plumlee & Holley Atkinson
Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin
Leslie & Andy Schultz
Gaston Silva & Karen Dauler
Douglas Steiner
Kerry Le Blanc Strong & Jeff Strong
Mary Anne & Richard Yancey
PUBLIC FUNDERS
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Department of Education
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
New York City Department of Youth & Community Development
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Brooklyn Delegation of the New York State Senate
State Senator Eric Adams
State Senator Martin J. Golden
State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
State Senator John Sampson
State Senator Daniel Squadron
Brooklyn Delegation of the New York State Assembly
Assemblymember Inez Barron
Assemblymember James Brennan
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny
Assemblymember Karim Camara
Assemblymember Janele Hyer-Spencer
Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs
Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries
Assemblymember Joseph R. Lentol
Assemblymember Joan Millman
Assemblymember Annette Robinson
Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council
Councilmember Bill de Blasio
Councilmember Simcha Felder
Councilmember Lewis Fidler
Councilmember Vincent Gentile
Councilmember Letitia James
Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.
Councilmember Kendall Stewart
Councilmember David Yassky
Councilmember Al Vann
$50,000 +
Anheuser Busch
Barclays/Nets Community Alliance
Goldman Sachs
Lambent Foundation
Mexico Tourism Board
$25,000 – 49,999
American Express
Bloomberg
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Lizanne Fontaine & Bob Buckholz
Trust for Mutual Understanding
Verizon
$10,000 – 24,999
Hilary Ackermann
Leslie Alexander
Betancourt Realty
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Con Edison / Antonia Yuille Williams
Educational Foundation of America
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia
Maimonides Medical Center
Penny Pilkington
Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Kerry Le Blanc Strong & Jeff Strong
TD Bank / Peter Meyer
Vornado Realty Trust
Mary Anne & Richard Yancey
$5,000 – 9,999
Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation
Pamela Brier & Peter Aschkenasy
Brooklyn Bowl
Concord Baptist Christ Fund of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ
Lenore & John Cooney
Lorraine & Gordon DiPaolo
EmblemHealth
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Katherine & Luke Fichthorn
Forest City Ratner Companies
Ellie Freudenheim & Daniel P. Wiener
GNYHA Ventures, Inc.
Linda & Louis V. Greco, Jr.
JCPenney Afterschool Fund
JetBlue Airways
LAMC/Mun2
Patty & Bob Lenartz
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
LimeWire
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
Christina Norman & Charles Hunt
Lynn Nottage & Tony Gerber
Robert Lehman Foundation
Scion
Tamer & Elif Seckin
Shubert Foundation
Warner Music Group
Warren Lewis Realty
Yoswein New York, Inc.
$2,500 – 4,999
Astoria Federal Savings
Hugo Barreca & Wendy Schlemm
Brooklyn Cyclones
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Marj & Bill Coleman
Gail Erickson & Christa Rice
Ettinger Foundation
Green-Wood Cemetery
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Hospitals Insurance Company, Inc
Gwen Libstag
David & Chris Lindsay-Abaire
W. Patrick McMullan & Rachel McPherson McMullan
Joseph Nacmias
Janet & Dave Offensend
Ryan & Kate Ogg
Karla Olivier & D. Reeves Carter
Stephen Plumlee & Holley Atkinson
Proskauer Rose LLP
Susan & William Rifkin
Carole Robinson
Jot Sandhu & Sanjay Valvani
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
$1,000 – 2,499
Anonymous
Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP
Matthew Ammirati
Robert Apfel & Jai Imbrey
Denise Arbesu & Peter Meyer
Lisa Barlow & Alan Towbin
Bird
Anthony & Nancy Bowe
Margaret & Matthew Boyer
Sally Brody
Brushmeisters of Brooklyn
Mark & Beverly Cheffo
Chipshop
Citibank / Denise Arbesu
Clay Pot
Cleaver Company
Casey & Ellen Cogut
James & Jane Cohan
David C. Collins & Maura Kehoe Collins
Corcoran Group
Cozen O’Connor
Marie DeRosa & Richard McNeil
Double Windsor
Fairway Supermarkets
Lisa Finstrom & Tim Sanford
Andrew Garson
Ginny Gliedman
Stanley & Patricia Grayson
Dominick & Lenae Guarna
Deann, Max & Gus Halper
Jessica & Douglas Healy
Keith Helmetag & Lauren Alexander
Ron Herczig
Eric & Martina Kenworthy
Jim & Leslie Kerby
Kathryn Kercher & Gunnar Sjursen
Nicole Kidman
Allan F. Kramer II
Peggi Einhorn & Michael Lasky
Leeser Architecture
Michael Leit & Linda Gerber Leit
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
M&T Bank
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Nell & Chris Muldoon
Museum For African Art
Music Together of Park Slope
National Grid
Nu Hotel
O’Connell Organization
Alexandra and Felix Partow
Leslie & David Puth
RetroFret
Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
Sage and Coombe Architects
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Jack Sanderson
Leslie & Andy Schultz
Katie Schwab
Sam & Karen Seymour
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Slope Cellars
Susan Sommer & Stephen A. Warnke
Small Planet Digital
Gail Stone & Matthew Fishbein
Nancy Talavera & Cristian Vergara
Catherine Teegarden & Rick Supple
Terrace Tower Associates
The Gate
Uncle Moe’s Burrito
Union Hall
Windsor Wine
Michael & Barbara Zimmerman
$500 – 999
Anonymous
Abigail Kirsch at Stage 6
Paul T. Addison
Charles & Cathy Alexander
Alex Alger & Dan Chung
Aliseo Osteria del Borgo
Carey & Tim Allan
Audrey & Joseph Anastasi
Robert & Catherine Appel
Arlene Greendlinger Real Estate
Rick & Danielle Arnstein
B.L. Howard Productions
K. Backus & Associates
Bar Business Magazine
James Bay
Elizabeth Beller
Jo A. Bennett
James & Margarita Bernard
Better Living Through Mathematics
Mark & Vanessa Bibby
Karen Binder & Victor Ney
Sheila Bock
Lorrie Bonaventura & Mark Shilen
Rebecca Boucher
Alexandra Bowie & Dan Richman
Box of Rain, LLC
Adam & Eileen Boxer
Bob Boyett
Sally Brazil & Donald Bendernagel
Richard Brittson
Brooklyn Based
Brooklyn Creative League
Brooklyn Crepe & Juice Bar
Brookvin
Brown Harris Stevens
Christopher & Karen Buckley
Michael J. Burke
Cafe Steinhof
Priscilla Vail Caldwell
Lea Cara
Jim and Pam Carden
Louanna O. Carlin
Citigroup Foundation
Juliet Collingwood
Hesu Coue-Wilson
Ben Crane
Cynthia King Dance Studio
Heather & Jeffrey Damon
Hope Dana & John Perkins
Peter & Katharine Darrow
Dauntless Auto Incorporated
Steven Davidson
Katharine & Rohit Desai
Design Bite
Maria Deutscher & Joel Siegel
Ethan & Alexis Devine
Jay & Lisa Dinowitz
Dizzy’s
Malcolm & Virginia Dorris
Jean Doumanian
Downtown Complete Constuction
Vicki Eastus & Ted Janger
Joan Emerson & Bob McBride
Ralph Favilla
Martin Feinman & Jean Callahan
Dori Fern
Michael & Robbi Fleisher
Floyd, New York
Fonda Restaurant
Susan Fox & James van Putten
Jane Freidson
Fromartz Law Offices
Thomas Gaito, Cheri Anderson, & Hank Gaito
Paul Gangsei & Susan Herman
Al Garner & Annie Paulsen
Michael & Sarah Gerstenzang
Marshall Gilchrist
Jane Glucksman
Cynthia Godsoe & Eric Pitt
Sarah Goltz Shelbaya
Randi Gordon & Joseph Rosenburg
Daniel Greenberg & Karen Nelson
Elissa Weinstein
Robert Guest & Gloria Caprio
Timothy & Leslie Hartzell
Orlando Bagwell & Lisa Heller
Timothy Helwick & Elaine Buckberg
Ray Henger
Michele Hirshman & Russell Pearce
Gina & Andrew Hughes
Ross Intelisano & Stacey Reiss
Jane B. Freidson, Family Law & Mediation
Roxanne John
Juice Box Wine & Spirits
Bill & Maryann Juska
Alice Kaltman & Daniel Wiener
Laurie Kamhi & Craig Schmitterer
Richard Kass
John Katinos
Steve & Laura Katz
Carol Kelly
Jessie McClintock Kelly
Kingsborough Community College/CUNY
Andrew Kolodny
David & Stacy Kramer
Kathleen Kramer & Ian Kinman
Law Office of Theodore M. Davis
Helena Lee
Susan & Joel Leitner
Marla & Nick Lembo
Allan Lenzner
Leonard Shiller Real Estate
Jane Lerner
Raymond H. Levin & Eileen F. Shapiro
Levy-Westhead Family
Lion in the Sun
Lawrence Littlefield & Jeanmarie Davis
David Lobel & Patricia Brooks
Charles Loxton & Alexandra Loxton
Carl Makower & Gail Yap
Ann Marcus Renzler & Frank Renzler
Ron & Christine Marino
Jill Markowitz & Barry Ensminger
Catie Marshall
Leslie Marshall & Mauro Premutico
Thomas & Jerri Mayer
Michael McTwigan & Maria Friedrich
Victoria Meakin & David Feldman
Richard & Ronay Menschel
Robert B. Menschel
Rich Micewicz
Miriam
Hilary Morgan & Robin Dublin
Abby Moskowitz
Joshua L. Muss
Peter Nardi & Lisa Hochberg
David & Kathy Nissenbaum
NYC Bikes
Reginald Ollen
Joey O’Loughlin
Wendy Olsoff
Ozzie’s Coffee
Lisa Paige
Marc Palmer & Beverly Leffers
Park Slope Civic Council
Sarah F. Parsons-Gow
Michael & Jamie Principe
Mark & Maria Prutsalis
Brett Redfearn
Resourceful Results, LLC
Susan Restler
Ethan Ries
Karen Rockey & Sam Collins
Thomas & Anna Roma
Root Stock Inc.
Mary Sabbatino & David Wells
David & Cynthia Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Bradley & Karen Sacks
Joe Sacks
Joseph Sadove
Santa Fe Grill
Connie Sargent
Ari Sass
Schmook’s Pizza
Ira Schreck
Lisa & Michael Schultz
Judy Scofield Miller
Sharlene’s
Steven Shiffman & Hiromi Hirayama
Scott Short & Lauren Borducci
Gaston Silva & Karen Dauler
Dan Silver
Kate Rodgers Smith
Sommers Real Estate
Melanie & Alan Stein
William Stephen & Dona Smith
Tom & Wendy Stephenson
Jerome & Ellen Stern
Brian Sullivan
Susquehanna International Group LLP
Walter Swett & Rebecca Hall
Textile Arts Center of NY
The Chocolate Room
The Dram Shop Bar
The Law Office of Scott Lee Forschein
The Movable Feast
Henry Trevor & Elizabeth Werter
Urban Optical
Kate Vail & Dan Wolf
Amy Vennema & Brett Wettick
Eliot Wagner & Fran Shlesinger
Patricia Walsh
Jonathan Weld
Judith White
Anne Winters-Bishop
Melissa Wohlgemuth
Kathryn Wylde
Bettina Yang
Carol Zimmerman & David Abramson
Jeff Zoldan
A Nigerian dance party on stage, part of performance by Femi Kuti at Celebrate Brooklyn!
This list includes gifts made between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.
We are grateful to all of BRIC’s supporters. This list acknowledges gifts of $500 or more. Every effort was made to ensure its accuracy; if you should find an error or omission, please contact Ora Warmflash, Development Manager, at (718) 683-5637.
BRIC Staff BRIC ARTS | MEDIA | BKLYNLeslie G. Schultz Executive Director
Betsy Smulyan Director of Finance and Operations
Colleen J. Ross Director of Marketing and Communications
George Williams Manager of External Affairs
Ora Warmflash Development Manager, Major Gifts
Don Derrick Finance Manager
Linda Mboya Education Program Assistant
Kate Cantrill Receptionist/Office Assistant
Kerry Huang Operations Associate
Joanne Liou Building Project Coordinator
Adam Parks Design Director
Jenna Salvagin Executive Assistant
BRIC CONTEMPORARY ARTElizabeth Ferrer Director of Contemporary Art
Hawley Hussey Director of Contemporary Art Education
Christian Fuller Gallery Manager
Samantha Vernon Development and Marketing Manager
BRIC PERFORMING ARTSJack Walsh Director of Performing Arts & Executive Producer, Celebrate Brooklyn!
Rachel Chanoff Celebrate Brooklyn! Artistic Director
Angela Thurston Development and Membership Manager
Diane Haines Artist Services and Operations Manager
Brett McNamara Sponsorship Marketing Manager
Brendon D. Boyd Production Management/ Design
BRIC COMMUNITY MEDIAGreg Sutton Director of Community Media & Executive Producer, BCAT TV Network
Alease Annan Assistant to the Executive Producer
Lee Eddy Marketing and Communications Manager
Tyne Newman-Griffith Production Manager
Gen Ai Liu Website and Brooklyn Bulletin Board Coordinator
BCAT TV NetworkKareem Bland Traffic Coordinator
Linda Greco Master Control
Leon Taylor Program Coordinator
Jonathan Ortiz Master Control
BCAT Media CenterLeslie Hayes Operations Manager
Matthew Allen Operations Assistant
Dan Johnson Chief Engineer
Eric Haugesag Assistant Engineer
Alex Onica Computer Engineer
Tyrone Gorin Production and Facilities Assistant
Taurus Cousins Production and Facilities Assistant
Michael Carroll Production and Facilities Assistant
Brooklyn Center for Media EducationLisa Whitmer Manager
Nicholle LaVann Education Coordinator
Brooklyn Independent TelevisionJonathan Lief Associate Executive Producer for Programming
Brian Vines Senior Producer, Public Affairs
Djenny Passé-Rodriguez Associate Producer, Public Affairs
Kuye Harris Neighborhood Beat Senior Producer
Kecia Élan Cole Neighborhood Beat Producer
Micheal Bellamy Producer
Clinton Philson Jr. Associate Producer
Natasha Gaspard Producer
Justin Bryant Creative Production Coordinator
Irina Khokhlova Associate Producer
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Many thanks to Sharon Polli for her leadership in producing this annual report.
Thanks also to Nicole Anderson.
All photos from BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn or appear courtesy of the artist.
Celebrate Brooklyn! photos by Ryan Muir.
Photos on pages 4, 5, 17 and back cover by Alejandro IV Barragan.
Photo on page 2 by Sam Levitan.
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TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED TOTAL
INCOMEContributions $434,296 $434,296Government and Other Grants $896,172 $896,172Program Service Revenues $1,678,787 $2,784,652 $4,463,439 Interest and Dividends $306,203 $306,203Net Assets Released from Restriction $2,538,143 ($2,538,143) $0
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES & SUPPORT $5,853,601 $246,509 $6,100,110
EXPENSES
Program ExpensesMedia $2,485,380 $2,485,380Contemporary Arts $668,649 $668,649Performing Arts $1,421,117 $1,421,117
Support ServicesManagement and General $782,793 $782,793Fund Raising $159,600 $159,600
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $5,517,539 $5,517,539
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS $336,062 $246,509 $582,571
Non-operating Revenue (Expense)BRIC House Campaign Contributions $145,278 $145,278Other Grants $1,148,000 $1,148,000Unrealized Gain on Investments $330,147 $330,147Depreciation Expense ($369,475) ($369,475)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $442,012 $1,394,509 $1,836,521
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR $2,151,976 $8,183,170 $10,335,146
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $2,593,988 $9,577,679 $12,171,667
INCOME $6,100,110
EXPENSES $5,887,014
ASSETS
Cash & Cash Equivalents $203,902
Investments $8,158,204
Government an Other Receivables $893,239
Contributions Receivable $131,578
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets $601,792
Net Fixed Assets $2,942,102
Building Development Costs $320,847
TOTAL ASSETS $13,251,664
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $111,512
Deferred Revenue $839,015
Accrued Vacation $129,470
Total Liabilities $1,079,997
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted:
Operating $2,302,588
Board Designated Fund $291,400
Total Unrestricted $2,593,988
Temporarily Restricted $9,577,679
Total Net Assets $12,171,667
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $13,251,664
• 73% PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE1
• 15% GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION GRANTS
• 7% INDIVIDUAL/BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS
• 5% INTEREST & DIVIDENDS
1 Includes cable service revenue, corporate sponsorships, gala income and earned revenue
• 84% PROGRAM EXPENSES2
• 13% MANAGEMENT & GENERAL EXPENSES
• 3% FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
2 Includes depreciation expense
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