Brooklyn visual arts events

Conversations with People Who Create in Brooklyn – Urban Adventures

Wednesday, Jul 10 6:30p

Brooklyn Public library Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn

Photographer Randy Duchaine will chat with individuals featured in his photographic exhibition, "Created in Brooklyn"...

Rooftop Films: Short Term 12

Saturday, Jul 20 8:00p

Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn

8:00PM: Doors open 8:30PM: Live music 9:00PM: Film 11:00PM–12:30AM: Reception in courtyard FREE SCREENING Presented in partnership with: The Academy’s Oscars Outdoors series, Cinedigm, Red Stripe, ...

Spanish Film and Conversation 8-Week Course Starting July 2013

Monday, Jul 8 6:00p

Idlewild Books (Brooklyn), Brooklyn

H o l a ! Back by popular demand, thi s summer we're offering our fun and innovative conversation class in which students watch and discuss Spanish-language movies...

A View from the Yard: Plein Air Landscape Workshop

Saturday, Jun 22 11:00a

Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Navy Yard Visiting Artist, Enid Braun, invites experienced landscape painters or first timers (with some drawing or painting background) to take in Brooklyns working waterfront from the pe...

Film And Art-Making: Fold, Crumple, Crush: The Art Of El Anatsui

Saturday, Jun 22 2:00p

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

Iris and B...

Piper Film Intensive (Ages 12 to 15)

Monday, Jul 1 9:00a

Piper Theatre Productions at the Old Stone House, Brooklyn

To pay by check, close this window and mail your payment to Piper Theatre Productions, Inc., PO Box 150613, Brooklyn, NY 11215...

Documentary Screening: Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

Sunday, Jun 23 6:00p

Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn

Check out the FREE NYC Premiere of Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights! Reflections Unheard is a feature documentary which focuses on black women's marginalization between the Black P...

Dracula with the Philip Glass Ensemble / Kishi Bashi

Saturday, Jul 13 7:30p

Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn

Doors open at 6:30pm Music & Movies The last time we screened the 1931 Bela Lugosi classic, DRACULA with PHILIP GLASS’s equally classic original score performed live, thunder rolled, lightening s...

Rooftop Films: North of South, West of East

Friday, Aug 2 8:00p

Metrotech Commons, Brooklyn

8:00PM: Open8:30PM: Live Music9:00PM: FilmFREE SCREENINGPresented in partnership with: At&T, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Forest City Ratner, and the NYC Council Brooklyn DelegationThis fun and f...

BLDG 92 Presents: Women-made film screenings

Thursday, Jun 27 6:30p

Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn

BLDG 92 debuts its first-ever screening! In April, "Rafea: Solar Mama" follows the ground-breaking journey of a Bedouin mother who becomes Jordan's first solar engineer...

Rooftop Films: Towheads

Thursday, Jul 25 8:00p

The roof of Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts, Brooklyn

8:00PM: Doors open and reception 8:30PM: Live Music 9:00PM: Film Presented in partnership with: AT&T, Red Stripe, Tito’s, NYC Council Member Letitia James, and the NYC Council Brooklyn Delegation ...

Live score to Beasts of the Southern Wild by Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin, & The Wordless Music Orchestra / Slavic Soul Party

Thursday, Aug 8 8:00p

Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn

Doors open at 7:00pm Music & Movies Director and composer BENH ZEITLIN teams up with musical collaborators DAN ROMER and WORDLESS MUSIC ORCHESTRA to recreate his original score to the 2012 film B...

Coney Island Nostalgia Ride

Saturday, Jun 29 10:00a

New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn

Join us on the ever popular, boardwalk-bound Coney Island Nostalgia Train! Ride the 1930s R1/9 cars of the Independent Subway System above and below ground for a two-hour jaunt...

Gallery Tour: "In The Beginning: Origin Stories From Around The World"

Friday, Jun 28 2:00p

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of fascinating objects from around the world that connect art and storytelling.