BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn

BRIC will expand its Art and Media In-School Residency Program into two underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods, Red Hook and East New York, providing six schools with hands-on in-school arts education, teacher professional development, and access to Family Day workshops at BRIC House. BRIC's in-school residencies integrate art with subject areas such as social studies, global studies, and language arts, and incorporates a range of high-quality professional art materials not typically found in a public school classroom. Results of the program will include providing in-school and community based opportunities for improving students' visual literacy and 21st-century skills through an integrated approach to arts education student interest in looking at, discussing, and creating art to enhance learning of other academic subjects; providing support to help teachers become comfortable integrating art into their teaching practice; and providing increased access to cultural offerings for these traditionally underserved communities.