Beam Center Events + Public Programs

Throughout the year, we host an assortment of public programs, workshops, and special events to which you’re invited.

Check back regularly to see our upcoming events. If you have questions about any listings, please email us at contact@beamcenter.org.


Beam Camp Try It Day at Brooklyn Museum
Jan
26

Beam Camp Try It Day at Brooklyn Museum

Join Beam Camp at the Brooklyn Museum on Sunday, January 26th 2025! We will be partnering with the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate their Brooklyn Artists Exhibition and give participants a chance to make their own Brooklyn-born masterpieces inspired by the 200+ works of art on display in the museum, all created by local artists. Participants will be invited to learn stained glass, mosaic, and contribute to a collaborative crochet project.

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Beam Camp Try It Day! at Beam Center
Jan
12

Beam Camp Try It Day! at Beam Center

Join Beam Camp in Brooklyn to get a taste of Beam Camp in New Hampshire! During our Try it Day events, we step into role as Beam Campers and have the opportunity to meet camp staff, learn about daily life at camp, and learn new skills! This time around, we will be learning about stained glass making and cyanotypes!

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S(T)EAM WITH BEAM
Jan
4

S(T)EAM WITH BEAM

Beam Camp is coming to Cranford, NJ! On Saturday, January 4th, join us at the Cranford Public Library for a stained glass making workshop. Together we will design and create beautiful stained glass creations using multicolored geometric glass pieces, soldering irons and copper wire. Can’t wait to see what you create!

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OtherWorlds Fair 2024
Aug
17

OtherWorlds Fair 2024

Beam Center’s OtherWorlds Fair is a brand-new free festival on Governors Island designed and run by NYC public high school students. Produced in collaboration with Beam Center, OtherWorlds Fair offers people of all ages hands-on workshops, exhibits and performances in Fashion, Food, Storytelling, Design and Music that showcase the joyous fusion of cultures, identities and creative visions of today's New York City teenagers.

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Beam Camp Try It Day
Apr
27

Beam Camp Try It Day

You’re invited to join us for a free workshop and info session to get a sneak peek into Beam Camp. Come participate in stained glass and stop motion animation workshops led by Beam Camp staff and former campers.

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Beam Camp Try It Day
Apr
6

Beam Camp Try It Day

You’re invited to join us for a free workshop and info session to get a sneak peek into Beam Camp. Come participate in stained glass and stop motion animation workshops led by Beam Camp staff and former campers.

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Branching Out with Beam
May
14

Branching Out with Beam

Please Join Us For

BRANCHING OUT WITH BEAM:

A celebratory brunch to help support our continued work with the young people of NYC.

Saturday May 14, 2022 at 11:30 am

As Beam branches out, we extend our practice of collaborative project-making to a multitude of communities in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan, reaching over 6,000 youth (ages 13-21) and their families each year. Our programs are tailored to serve NYC youth and their educators and take place in public school classrooms in all five boroughs, at the Beam Center in Red Hook, at Beam Camp City in Governors Island and at Beam Camp in Strafford, New Hampshire.

This May, we’re inviting you to support this work through our “Branching Out with Beam” celebratory brunch. Learn more about our honorees and sponsors!

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Illuminating Lewis Latimer’s Brooklyn Story:  A Conversation on Latimer's Life and Work in 19th-Century Brooklyn
Mar
6

Illuminating Lewis Latimer’s Brooklyn Story: A Conversation on Latimer's Life and Work in 19th-Century Brooklyn

Join us as we continue to celebrate public art sculpture BEACON and pay tribute to pioneer electrical engineer and Brooklyn resident, Lewis Howard Latimer.

BEACON artist, Shervone Neckles; Brooklyn historian and scholar, Prathibha Kanakamedala; Lewis Latimer House Museum Director, Ran Yan; Beam Center Director, Brian Cohen; and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership President, Regina Myer together explore Latimer's life, work, and activism in Brooklyn during the turn of the 19th century.

Event will be virtual, taking place on Zoom.

Register today!

Learn more about the panelists and watch the recording via the Beam Center YouTube channel.

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Beam Center Town Hall: Big Beam Projects
Jun
30

Beam Center Town Hall: Big Beam Projects

Join us Wednesday, June 30 for a Town Hall conversation about big projects at Beam. Moderated by a Beam staff member, Project Designers Shervone Neckles and Ye Qin Zhu will explore the process of designing, fabricating, and collaborating with Beam. Following the conversation with Neckles and Zhu, Beam staff will announce this year’s Open Call for three project sites: in New Hampshire, on Governors Island, and in the Bronx.

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Beam Camp Open House
Apr
15

Beam Camp Open House

Interested in learning more about Beam Day Camp in Brooklyn or Beam Sleepaway Camp in New Hampshire?

Drop in to participate in Beam activities, ask questions and meet with Beam Camp Directors and campers.

Limited Availability! Please RSVP.

Questions? cassie@beamcenter.org

Brooklyn Day Camps are full-day (9am-4:30pm), July 9 - Aug 31

Sleepaway Camp Sessions in NH are held in July and August

 

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Beam Block Party 2017
Jun
3

Beam Block Party 2017

Join our inaugural Beam Block Party, where students and teachers from all over NYC and the Beam staff will showcase projects, experiments and thingamajigs. We will eat, celebrate and boogie-down, maybe learn something from one another.

See what Beam Center does all year when we are not in the woods.

Free Admission
All Ages Welcome
All Ages Activities

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Saturday, June 3
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Beam Center, 60 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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Register Now for Inventgenuity Festival 2017
Jan
21
to Jan 22

Register Now for Inventgenuity Festival 2017

REGISTER NOW

Our two-day annual Inventgenuity Festival will feature hands-on learning, technology-integrated crafts, and a site specific, community built, collaborative project. Also, the first ever Beam Team Brooklyn project will be on display for all to see!

Free admission to the event; pre-registration is strongly suggested. Workshops require registration and have a small materials fee associated.

Location: MS 442/PS 32, 317 Hoyt Street at the corner of Union St.

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