Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) - JUNE 2024 Newslette


BRONX RIVER ART CENTER 

Celebrating 36 Years of Bringing Arts & 

Cultural Programs to the Bronx


JUNE 2024 at BRAC

 

Education


Register for Summer Classes

Registration Now Open

Classes run from July 8th to August 9th

Registration is now open for BRAC's Summer 2024 art classes and workshops. Our 2-hour classes meet once a week for five weeks in our state-of-the-art studio art and ceramics spaces, as well as our digital media lab, and are taught by professional teaching artists with fine arts degrees and multiple years of teaching experience. Classes include painting, drawing, ceramics, cartooning, and photography. Classes run weekday mornings and afternoons.


Pricing for weekly classes starts at $50. Those who are interested in daily classes for their child or teenager are encouraged to register for the Bronx Summer Art Focus package, which covers all Monday-Thursday morning classes, as well as our three-hour Friday midday workshops.


For class descriptions and pricing, visit our Education Page.


Register for Summer Art Classes

"Finally, It's Friday!" Art Workshops

Fridays from 5:30pm - 8:30pm


You are invited to join us at the end of a busy work or school 

week in our three-hour art workshops, and learn a variety of 

art mediums and techniques in a relaxed environment. You 

will have the opportunity to sharpen your artistic skills in 

drawing, painting. Upcoming sessions include:



June 14th - Live Model Figure Drawing with Douglass Guy

June 21st - Paper Alfresco Paper Making with Michele Brody


Workshops are $15 per session and are open to everyone 

ages 7 and above; with the exception of our Figure Drawing 

sessions, which are $20 and limited to ages 18 and older.

Register for Friday Workshops


Teen Project Studio + 2.0

Spring Semester runs until June 25th

Summer Semester starts July 8th


Our Teen Project Studio + 2.0 program for the Spring 2024 semester is currently underway. Taught by Michele Brody, the theme of both this cycle and the upcoming Summer 2024 session, is "Trashion". The class explores how today's artists are tackling environmental justice in their practices. Students will use a variety of media, including natural fiber and found materials, to address fashion for the body and home. Activities include sun prints, paper making, and natural dye printing on natural fabrics, among other techniques. The program also includes field trips to eco-artist studios and natural urban spaces like the High Line, and will culminate in a fashion show runway at the “West Farms Rapids” Amphitheater with the Bronx River as its backdrop.


TPS +2.0 is an intensive, interdisciplinary project-based art and technology program that trains youth and young adults ages 14-25 to explore environmental and social concerns through creative and civic engagements. The program is a unique opportunity to experience and learn about visual arts & the creative industry in an interactive and challenging way. It promotes collaboration, team building and critical thinking while inspiring participants to seek career opportunities in the creative and environmental industries including, but not limited to fashion or graphic design, and architecture. Registration for the Summer 2024 session is now open; classes will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 to 5pm starting July 8th.

Apply for TPS+2.0


Monarch Migration

June 17th and 26th from 11am - 1pm

@ Hutchinson Metro Center


Join us at the Hutchinson Metro Center on Monday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 26 for two (2) workshops that will focus on the relationship between human migration and the Monarch Butterfly annual flight migrations to and from Mexico. Please join the Australian Bronx-based artist Ruth Marshall to create origami butterflies, share your migration story with artist Michele Brody, and learn about the Pollinator Pathway along the Hutchinson Parkway and its effect on the local habitat.


This event is brought to you by the Bronx River Art Center's Cultural Immigrant Initiative (CII) to provide programming based on the history and traditions of immigrant communities. Find out more about this initiative, and other CII programs by emailing Michele Brody at mbrody@bronxriverart.org.


Exhibitions


End of School Year Student Show 2024

June 17th to June 22nd

Closing Reception: June 22nd at 2:30pm

BRAC Community Arts Day

June 22nd starting at 2pm


Visit BRAC on June 22nd for a community arts day! View the 

work of our spring semester students in our student gallery 

show, check out the BRAC Resident Artists' studios, and 

stick around for a Bronx River Sounds musical performance.


2:30pm - 5pm: End of Year Student Exhibition

3pm - 7pm: Open Artist Studios

(Studio artists include Michele BrodyDavid CavalieroLili Chin

Maya CiarrocchiAurelio del Muro, and Mieyoshi Ragernoir)

7:30pm - 9pm: Bronx River Sounds - Zacchae'us Paul


Performances


BRONX RIVER SOUNDS 2024

21st Annual Bronx River Sounds Performing 

Arts Festival

Every Friday and Saturday in June at 7:30pm

Throughout the month of June, you’ll be able to enjoy an array 

of Latin and African American rhythms and sounds during the 

21st Annual Bronx River Sounds Performing Arts Festival. 

Every Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm, some of New 

York City’s most talented musicians and composers, 

internationally well known, will grace the Bronx River Art 

Center's event space with their brilliant sounds.


Doors open at 6:30pm for cocktail hour in our storefront art 

gallery and backyard terraced garden. Tickets are $20 for 

adults, $15 for Seniors, and $10 for students, with a special 

10% discount for BRAC members and registered students 

in our Education program, and 15% discounts for SNAP 

recipients and residents of zip codes 10460,10458,10462,

10459.

Featured musicians, vocalists, composers and 

producers include:

June 14th - Caracas Trio

June 15th - Edmar Castañeda

June 21st - Julieta Rada

June 22nd - Zacchae’us Paul

June 28th - Godwin Louis

June 29th - Jon Thomas and Firm Roots


Purchase Tickets Now!  Thank you to Yasser Tejeda and Mimi Jones for their lovely
performances last weekend.

Last Month...


Between the opening of a new gallery exhibition, a 
tango musical performance, community events, and 
our ever-present art classes, April and May were full 
of excitement at BRAC!

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