Bric arts media brooklyn will offer thirty-five to forty, twelve-session residencies per year partnering with new york city public schools

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MA256056OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The $400,000 award will fund BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn to offer 35-40 twelve-session arts and media education residencies per year in partnership with New York City public schools. The residency programs will focus on strengthening students' arts and media mastery, critical thinking skills, and social-emotional well-being, while also enhancing subject-area learning in social studies, language arts, and STEM. The programs will engage students in hands-on art-making activities and supplement the residencies with gallery exhibition visits, family programs, and an annual exhibition to showcase student artwork. This grant award aims to enhance the cultural landscape of Brooklyn through multidisciplinary arts and educational initiatives.

Bric education staff will work collaboratively with teaching artists, teachers, administrators, and social service providers to design program curricula to strengthen arts and media mastery, develop critical thinking skills, and promote social-emotional well-being. The programs will engage in and enhance subject-area learning in social studies, language arts, and stem to support meeting common core learning standards and the new york city blueprint for teaching and learning the arts. During each two-hour session, bric teaching artists and classroom teachers will deliver a custom curriculum that explores historical and contemporary works of art and engages students in hands-on, art-making activities. Bric will supplement the residencies with bric house gallery exhibition visits, family programs, and an annual exhibition to showcase student artwork.