Field Trips

Our learning community will take several field trips together. More information will be posted as the schedule is confirmed.

Dates

10/17- Brooklyn Historical Society at 2:15pm

Exhibit: An Opening, an installation of audio and visual artworks by Brooklyn-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed, engages with a multiplicity of Muslim experiences in Brooklyn. Eleven large-scale prints by Rasheed are placed in conversation with audio narratives from oral histories drawn from BHS’s recent Muslims in Brooklyn project. The result is an immersive encounter with art and sound that challenges narrow conceptions of Muslim identity and history.(Read More >>)

Location/Directions
128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201


11/12 – BRIC at 11:30am

Exhibit: Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience presents the work of eight New York-based artists who employ a range of visual strategies to manifest multiple dimensions of the contemporary Muslim experience. (Read More >>)

Location/Directions
647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217


12/12 – Brooklyn Museum


Forms

If you are under 18 years old, you will need to ask a parent or guardian to sign your form. Please speak with Prof. Spevack and Prof. Rosen to make sure you have completed the necessary paperwork to participate.


Past Fieldtrips

Exhibit:
Senses: Design Beyond Vision

Explore experimental works and practical solutions designed to inspire wonder and new ways of accessing our world. Wander through a scented snowstorm, play a furry instrument in a Tactile Orchestra, investigate the sonic properties of glass, and experience many more multisensory experiences from some of the world’s most creative thinkers, including Christopher Brosius, KunstLAB Arnhem, Studio Roos Meerman, Maya+Rouvelle, and more. With over 65 design projects and more than 40 objects and installations to touch, hear, and smell, The Senses is an inclusive celebration of the sensory richness of design. > MORE

Location:
Cooper Hewitt
2 East 91st Street
(between 5th and Madison Avenues)
New York, New York 10128

Directions:
4, 5, or 6 trains to 86th St. and Lexington Ave.
6 train to 96th St. and Lexington Ave.


Design Studio Visit:
New Lab is a workspace for designers, technologists, and entrepreneurs working in advanced technology—in disciplines including robotics, AI, connected devices, nanotechnology, urban tech, and more.

Location:
New Lab
19 Morris Avenue
(Entrance at Cumberland St & Flushing Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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Directions:
Walk from Jay Street or take the B57 or the B69 to Cumberland Street and Flushing Avenue. Continue to the Cumberland Gate.

With resident space, on-site Product Realization, specialized programming, and access to a network that includes city agencies, venture capitalists, domain experts, and leading corporations, New Lab makes innovation move faster. > MORE


Exhibit:
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 
shines light on a broad spectrum of Black artistic practice from 1963 to 1983, one of the most politically, socially, and aesthetically revolutionary periods in American history. Black artists across the country worked in communities, in collectives, and individually to create a range of art responsive to the moment—including figurative and abstract painting, prints, and photography; assemblage and sculpture; and performance. > MORE

Location:
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
(between Underhill and Washington Avenues)
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Directions:
2, 3 trains to Eastern Parkway.