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Read about Beam Center in our recent press coverage. For press inquiries, please email our Director of Communications at communications@beamcenter.org.

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Shop Class for Kids

School shop class may be a thing of the past, but learning to use tools for DIY projects is still a valuable life skill. Check out how Beam Center was featured as a resource.

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Can NYC become more equitable? Universal basic income, mobile health units among ideas in new report.

As New York City slowly emerges from the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic that brought to light vast inequities in the five boroughs, former City Hall officials, heads of nonprofit organizations, and business and labor leaders are pitching their ideas on policy changes they say will build a more equitable city. Check out what Beam’s Executive Director, Brian Cohen, had to say as a contributor to the report.

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What to Do in New York City in August: Inventgenuity Festival 2022

Art doesn’t have to serve a practical purpose, and if your objective is fun, neither does science. Engineering and physics can offer entertainment and enlightenment as well as utility. You’ll find all of the above at the annual Inventgenuity Festival, a free outdoor creative celebration… Read the full coverage here.

Piece from the CONSTELLATION Lights sculpture by Ye Qin Zhu installation

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"Remaking the Stars: CONSTELLATION Lights," May 21 – June 18, 2022

"Remaking the Stars: CONSTELLATION Lights" Sculpture installation and works on view by interdisciplinary artist, Ye Qin Zhu In Collaboration with Beam Center and Bronx International High School at Andrew Freedman Home. Read the exhibition overview here.

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Beam Center, Andrew Freedman Home Announce “Remaking the Stars: CONSTELLATION Lights,” sculpture installation and works on view by interdisciplinary artist, Ye Qin Zhu

We are pleased to announce the opening of the two-part exhibition featuring a survey of past works by interdisciplinary artist Ye Qin Zhu and the grand opening of Zhu's sculpture series "CONSTELLATION Lights," created in collaboration with Beam Center and students from Bronx International High School. Read the full Press Release.

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DBP, Beam Center, and Lewis Latimer House Museum Illuminate Lewis H. Latimer’s Brooklyn Story

Artist Shervone Neckles, Brooklyn historian and scholar, Prathibha Kanakamedala, Lewis Latimer House Museum Executive Director, Ran Yan, Beam Center’s Zélie Lewis and Brian Cohen, and DBP President, Regina Myer, convened for a virtual discussion exploring Latimer’s life, work, and activism in 19th-century Brooklyn. Read the full article here.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Announces Record 100,000 Summer Youth Employment Opportunities

The 90,000 opportunities through SYEP is the largest number of jobs ever made available in the program’s 60-year history. Beam Center Executive Director, Brian Cohen, shares insight on the impact for NYC youth. Read the full article here.

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Trust for Governors Island Announces 24 Arts, Cultural and Educational Organizations to Present Free Programming Starting This Spring

Beam Center has been selected as one of 24 organizations offered space on Governors Island for arts and cultural programming. Read the full press release here.

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Governors Island 2021 Year in Review

Beam Center is proud to be part of the Governors Island community. Check out our feature in the Trust’s “2021 Year in Review.” Read more.

Artist Shervone Neckles speaking at a microphone in front of the BEACON sculpture

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Illuminating African American History

BEACON, by artist Shervone Neckles, has a role in highlighting largely untold stories. Read more.

Artist Schervone Neckles standing in front of the BEACON sculpture with Beam Center crew

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New art in Downtown Brooklyn reimagines public spaces

Artist Shervone Neckles’ work, BEACON, is celebrated as part of the ongoing art development in Downtown Brooklyn. Read more about BEACON and the other works on view.

CONSTELLATION sculpture on Governors Island

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A Quirky Design Fair Finds a New Home: Governors Island

In Beam’s first feature article in The New York Times, Inventgenuity Festival 2021 gets the spotlight. “The Inventgenuity Festival, which runs this weekend, invites young participants to complete a public-art project, among other creative activities.” Read more .

BEACON sculpture outside the Lewis Latimer House Museum

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Lewis Latimer House Museum hosts new large-scale art installation

Beam Center announces “BEACON,” a new public art installation, created in partnership with interdisciplinary artist and educator Shervone Neckles, is currently on view at the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing. Read more.