Event Calendar
Parallel Play June
Parallel Play is a time for artists and creatives to come together and make things with a group! Bring a project, or start one here – we’ll have some basic supplies.
4square June
4SQUARE is BACK!
4 Performances, 4 Visual Artists, 4 Vendors, 4 Games, 4 Activities, Djs, Food, and MORE all 4 U! At BICA on May 10th.
Tickets Coming Soon
Open Essex 2024
The Essex Street Art Center comes alive each year for Open Essex! Galleries are open, food and beverages are served, and artists take over the parking lot with installations and work for sale. Mark your calendars for this fun and free event.
Movie Night
Join BICA School for a movie night hosted by Silas Rubeck! 🍿🎥
June 26th at 7pm
$5-$10 suggested donation.
SHOWING:
The Brothers Quay Shorts
Mom Debbies Last Day at Work
Figure Drawing June
Figure Drawing with BICA School is back! Presented in collaboration with WNY Man-made Men.
Some basic drawing supplies and snacks provided 🧑🎨 feel free to bring your own as well!
RSVP Required!
Figure Drawing July
Figure Drawing with BICA School is back! Presented in collaboration with WNY Man-made Men.
Some basic drawing supplies and snacks provided 🧑🎨 feel free to bring your own as well!
RSVP Required!
Parallel Play July
Parallel Play is a time for artists and creatives to come together and make things with a group! Bring a project, or start one here – we’ll have some basic supplies.
Parallel Play August
Parallel Play is a time for artists and creatives to come together and make things with a group! Bring a project, or start one here – we’ll have some basic supplies.
4square May
4SQUARE is BACK!
4 Performances, 4 Visual Artists, 4 Vendors, 4 Games, 4 Activities, Djs, Food, and MORE all 4 U! At BICA on May 10th.
Figure Drawing May
Figure Drawing with BICA School is back!
Some basic drawing supplies and snacks provided 🧑🎨 feel free to bring your own as well!
RSVP Required!
Figure Drawing April
Figure Drawing with BICA School is back!
Some basic drawing supplies and snacks provided 🧑🎨 feel free to bring your own as well!
RSVP Required!
Idoine & Stephanie Davidson Launch Event
Launch Event with Idoine & Stephanie Davidson
10 Minutes: Architects & Designers in Conversation
8 pm » Q&A moderated by Georg Rafailidis
Artist Led Walkthrough of Silent Terminalia
Alex Boeschenstein will lead a walkthrough and talk about his new exhibition, Silent Terminalia.
Alex Boeschenstein (b. 1988, Cleveland, OH), is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Austin, TX. He received a BA in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at the University of Washington in 2015 and an MFA in Transmedia and Print at the University of Texas in 2022. Recent solo exhibitions include Visionary Rumor at the Roswell Museum in Roswell, NM, and Too Many Cunning Passages at Glass Box Gallery in Seattle, WA. He has exhibited work nationally at the Visual Arts Center in Austin, Texas, and Gallery 4Culture in Seattle, WA, amongst others. Alex has received numerous accolades, including the Milnor Roberts Merit Scholarship through the University of Washington, the Centrum Emerging Artist Residency in Fort Worden, WA, and the M.K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts through the University of Texas, Austin. Public collections featuring his work include the University of Washington Print Collection and the University of Washington Life Sciences Building.
Alex Boeschenstein Opening Reception
Join us in celebration of our new exhibition, Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia.
Alex Boeschenstein (b. 1988, Cleveland, OH), is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Austin, TX. He received a BA in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at the University of Washington in 2015 and an MFA in Transmedia and Print at the University of Texas in 2022. Recent solo exhibitions include Visionary Rumor at the Roswell Museum in Roswell, NM, and Too Many Cunning Passages at Glass Box Gallery in Seattle, WA. He has exhibited work nationally at the Visual Arts Center in Austin, Texas, and Gallery 4Culture in Seattle, WA, amongst others. Alex has received numerous accolades, including the Milnor Roberts Merit Scholarship through the University of Washington, the Centrum Emerging Artist Residency in Fort Worden, WA, and the M.K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts through the University of Texas, Austin. Public collections featuring his work include the University of Washington Print Collection and the University of Washington Life Sciences Building.
Eclipse
Looking for a safe, fun, place to watch the total solar eclipse? Look no further! In the front courtyard and parking lot at BICA we’ll be watching the eclipse together. We’ll have a very limited number of eclipse glasses, some supplies to make an eclipse viewing box, or you can bring your own to experience this momentous occasion together.
BYO Chair, food, drinks, art supplies, etc. Traffic is supposed to be really bad, so we encourage walking or biking to this event if you can!
Community Crit
Join BICA School for a casual open community critique!
We’ll speed crit through as many artworks as we can get to – all will be welcome to share feedback as well as work.
Ground rules will be set at the beginning of the crit, but respect for all, mindfulness to sharing space (both on the walls, and in speech), and within the time limits you may ask for the kind of feedback that will best suit you.
Spring Equinox Party
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ritualize the coming of the spring equinox with the intertwining of your favorite party powerhouses!
⭐@groupwork.fyi will bring us into equlibrium with a steady stream of deep beats
⭐absorb raw life forces from the drag performances of @thee.carrot.queen @shutup.fawna @therubygeorge @ptrishuwish @damsel.n.disdress @fat.chance.716 with host @thatgoblinbitch
⭐summon your new beginnings by dancing late into the night under our warehouse altar!
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pre-sale tickets $20 /at the door $25
32a essex st
march 16
9pm – late
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DJing, lights, and sound by @groupwork
more detailed schedule coming soon.
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⭐bica school is committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for everyone. please be on your best behavior and respect your fellow partygoers.
as always, these parties are fundraisers to raise rent for bica schoolers to continue to gather in the space to create, critique, and gather for the sake of art. thank you for your continued support!
Lee Hunter Artist Talk
Join us for an artist talk with Hermetic Drift artist Lee Hunter.
Lee Hunter, 2019. Photo: Heather Chontos.
Lee Hunter is a multidisciplinary artist focused on how humans think about nature. Since 2015, they have been working on a durational worlding project called Cosmogenesis that includes photos, videos, sculptures, textiles, found objects, and writing. Hunter is a lifelong learner and enjoys reading across disciplines, their research is usually focused on nature, belief, and complex adaptive systems. Their work has been exhibited at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin; The Luminary, St. Louis, Missouri; Vox Populi, Pennsylvania; Berkeley Art Center, California; and Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Florida. They have been an artist in residence at Bemis Contemporary Art Center, Omaha, Ne; Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL; Palazzo Monti, Italy; ACRE, Wisconsin; and I-Park Foundation, Connecticut; and Vermont Studio Center, Vermont. Hunter earned a BS in arts & letters from Portland State University and an MFA in new genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. Hunter lives and works in Champaign, IL.
Opening Reception for Lee Hunter: Hermetic Drift
POSTPONED
New opening reception date is Friday, January 26, 2024, 7-10 PM
Join us to celebrate the opening of Lee Hunter’s exhibition Hermetic Drift in the main BICA gallery.
Nick Mass: Heartbreakers Opening Reception
Join us for the opening of Nick Mass: The Heartbreakers opening in the BICA School Project Space – including food cooked by the artist and the release of his new EP, Cigarette Vending Machine.
