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Special Events
November 2008
The Halloween Monster Mash was a smash!
It was a dark and stormy night... BRAC celebrated the spookiest day of the year with its own Halloween Party on Friday, October 31st from 5:30-8pm! Both children and adults enjoyed themselves with games, movies and fun. While the big screen showed A Nightmare Before Christmas with popcorn and snacks for the viewers (provided by parents and staff), the guests moved about the "Haunted House", the "Alien Autopsy" room (which was dark, eerie and very creepy and was the favorite for many) and party rooms to partake in the loud laughter and fun. Games such as Musical Tombstones and Mummy Wrap got students of all ages working together. Two piñatas, one 24" and another at 16", filled with candy and prizes, was the biggest trick for these partygoers, as it took many tries by all almost all present to break through to the treats inside. Overall, everything was great, and everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!
View images from the party here.
October 2008
BRAC Education Department
Joins the National Lights on Afterschool! Celebration
On October 16, 2008,
BRAC invited the NY community to tour our galleries and education studios.
 The Bronx River Art Center and the Afterschool Alliance celebrated the importance of afterschool programs on October 16th, for our Lights On Afterschool! program.
In communities today, 14.3 million children take care of themselves after the school day ends. Afterschool programs keep kids safe, help working families and inspire learning.
As part of the celebration, BRAC planned a gallery tour of the current exhibition, gave tours of our resident artist studios and provided the unique opportunity to look in on some of our art classes in progress.
Travel Directions:
Train: IRT #2 or #5 to East Tremont Ave. Walk one block east.
Bus: Take #s 9, 21, 36, 40, 42 or Q44 to East Tremont and Boston Road.
Car: Bruckner Expressway to the Sheridan Expressway and exit at Tremont Ave., or Cross Bronx Expressway to Rosedale Avenue, North to Tremont Ave., then West to Bronx Street. Also: Bronx River Parkway South to Exit 5 (177th St.), two blocks to Devoe Ave. Right two blocks to East Tremont, Left one block to Bronx Street.
Credits:
BRAC's programs are made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development; the Department of Cultural Affairs and its Material for the Arts program; The Bronx Council on the Arts; Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr., Majority Leader Joel Rivera and the Bronx Delegation of the City Council. Corporate and foundation support includes: Con Edison; The Carnegie Corporation; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; The Helena Rubinstein Foundation; JP Morgan Chase Foundation; Time Warner Youth Media and Arts Fund; The 42nd Street Development Corporation, and the generosity of our patrons.
August 2008
BRAC's 2008 Sizzling Student Art Fair,
Benefit Sale & BBQ Was a Success!
Despite the threat of thunderstorms and the need to switch the location of the event, 135 people came out to celebrate the end of the Bronx River Art Center's summer semester. Students and their families, community partners and residents, volunteers from the corporate world and our growing student volunteer pool all came together with the BRAC staff to make this an enjoyable celebration.
Being a non-profit art center, one of our goals was to raise money to help cover some of our necessary costs, such as art supplies, electricity and teachers' salaries. Through our fundraising efforts, we put together an assortment of activities for our guests to enjoy: a bake sale, face painting, sketches by our students for "patrons", a basketball hoop shoot, the sale of our BRAC t-shirts, bags and lavender sachets, and even a hamster raffle. We are still tallying the results, but our other goal was to give everyone a great time.
We received incredible help from Goldman Sachs Community Team Works! 11 of their employees volunteered with us from 10am-6pm, in all areas of preparation: from setting up our art displays and preparing and cooking food, to taking pictures of the event and just being enthusiastic and willing to help. It was wonderful!
In addition, our Summer Youth Employment Workers - Andrew Estick, Lisbeth Rodriquez, Stephanie Rodriquez, Dominique Short and Diamond Wynn - are the best BRAC has had to date and were an enormous help to us. We wouldn't have been able to get through this summer session without you all.
Two events that were able to be held outdoors were a Raku Ceramic Fire along the Bronx River and a Mixed Media Collage that was installed along the fence that overlooks the river on Tremont Ave. Both of these activities drew the interest of passersby, letting all know that BRAC is here bringing creativity and strengthening the public square!
Another special thanks to Veronica and the people at the Earl Williams Agency branch of Allstate Insurance for donating $1000 to BRAC through their "Agent Hero" grant program. This will definitely be put to good use!
We had a great time with you all this summer, and we look forward to seeing you in the Fall!
Kimberly Beazer
Education Coordinator
P.S. Help us get the word out! Please post your comments about the BBQ and BRAC in general at one or all of the following sites. We appreciate the opinions of our students and parents. Thank you.
June 2008
Student Art Exhibition and BRAC Grant Award Presentation
Come celebrate the end of the spring session with a PARTY and art exhibition featuring work created by BRAC students. We will also be presented with a grant award from JP Morgan Chase for environmental programming. We are asking parents to donate baked goods, drinks or other light snacks.
During the last week of classes (June 23-27), we will have our field trips to the Bronx River Forest, and students can pick up their work from the gallery on their class day.
Please mark your calendars now and save the date.
WHAT: Student Exhibition and Celebration
WHEN: Friday, June 20, 4pm-7pm
WHERE: BRAC's 1st Floor Gallery
Please bring refreshments to the party on June 20th!
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