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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.

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


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

A LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

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


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

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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


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

Superman, 2005 Dulce PinzónPhotograph from the series

“The Real Story of the Superheroes.”


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

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


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.

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

PERFORMANCES 2009


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

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.

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


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

Students from I.S./H.S. 265 with classroom teacher Jamal Ince during a class visit to BRIC Rotunda Gallery


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.

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


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

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


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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