BRIC 2017 Fall Gala honors City Point pioneer Paul Travis
Brooklyn’s Nonprofit Arts Colossus Celebrates a Banner Year While Preparing for the Next
Although this year’s BRIC Fall Gala took place some distance away from BRIC House, the portents were all quite good.
The recently completed City Point offered more space than BRIC House, and every extra square inch was needed because nearly twice the number of supporters filled the reception area on Nov. 8, drinking cocktails and champagne, admiring prodigious and conceptually dense works of art for sale by artists nurtured and inspired at BRIC.
“We had a kickass Celebrate Brooklyn this summer!” BRIC President Leslie Schultz declared just before guests sat down to a dinner that was preceded by an artwork auction. The pieces up for sale were donated by some of BRIC’s most successful artists. “Today,” Schultz continued, “as Brooklyn grows before our eyes, it’s important to maintain its heart and soul.”