At a time when we are all searching for glimpses of beauty and joy in the world, the Brooklyn Friends School community was met with an abundance of both last week at the Virtual Artists’ Reception for the International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Show. The work of 26 artists in the class of 2020 was […]
by Tian Yi, C.A.S. Coordinator On March 9th, Upper Schoolers spread out across the Lawrence Street Campus and the Pearl Street Meetinghouse to engage with the Creativity Activity Service (C.A.S.) projects of seven members from the Class of 2020. Each year, BFS organizes an Upper School-wide event called C.A.S.apalooza, where a group of 12th graders […]
Children and families all over the world have decorated their windows with rainbows as signs of hope and positivity and as a way to show support and love for nurses, doctors, delivery persons, and all essential workers. This week’s Lower School challenge was to join this chorus and create a rainbow at home made […]
Bridge Film Festival Turns 21 As Students Enjoy a Virtual Film Festival on a Virtual Platform Since the year 2000, Brooklyn Friends School colleague Andrew Cohen has organized and produced the Bridge Film Festival. It was created with the goal of encouraging creative – and socially conscious – middle and upper school students to produce […]
Scotch Tape dispensers as eyeballs? Sweet potato as a mouth? Somehow, they work! In their Virtual BFS art classes, Lower School students created found object portraits. Can you spot the Supreme Court Justice among them? We are in awe of their creativity!
Enjoy a moving and uplifting collaboration of BFS colleagues and our multi-talented middle and upper school orchestra and choir students, who present the traditional Shaker hymn, “Simple Gifts.” As you might imagine, virtual teaching, learning – and producing – this video episode was anything but simple, but the result is indeed simple, beautiful, and most […]
“What happens when we view the limitations that face people living with disabilities as social and political issues of access, not simply individual medical diagnoses?” This is the question Dance Teacher Jesse Phillips-Fein posed to her students last fall, when she announced the 2020 Dance Concert –– Exploring the Intersections of Dance and Disability. The […]
The Middle School Thespians present William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” on Friday Feb. 7 (4pm and 7:30pm) and Saturday, February 8 (3pm and 7pm) RESERVE TICKETS HERE
DOWNLOAD THE 2019-20 BFS STUDENT ART CALENDAR HERE. An illuminated tree, its red leaves lit by the sun. A complex collage, with images of eyes and fire. A face, peeking through massive, brightly-colored flowers. These are just some of the images of children’s art gracing the pages of the Brooklyn Friends School 2019-20 calendar. Accompanying each […]
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FALL 2019 PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS The Brooklyn Friends School Afterschool Program offers private instrumental music lessons for Kindergarten through Upper School students in Piano Violin Viola Cello Drums Guitar Saxophone Clarinet Flute Trumpet DATES: Sept. 23 – Dec 19, 2019 FEES: 30 minutes: $55 per lesson 45 minutes: $75 […]
On May 2nd, BFS 7th grade students Ana N. and Cal S., 8th grade student Breyten N. and a student from Poly Prep performed a thirty minute chamber concert for a homebound older neighbor in her Brooklyn Heights apartment. The neighbor lives alone but participates in the Heights and Hills Case Management Program through […]
Ahhh Springtime! Beauty is in bloom all around! Could there be a more perfect time for our annual All-School Art Show? During the week of May 20th, everyone is invited to discover artworks by our budding BFS artists from Preschool to 12th grade IB Visual Arts. Hundreds of pieces of art will be blossoming inside […]
