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Brooklyn College Art Lab (BCAL)

In 2005, BCCP created the Brooklyn College Art Lab, an interactive, educational, and recreational space on the college campus. Envisioned as the hub of our network of sites, staff, and students, BCAL is one of BCCP’s most successful and innovative programs.

Each day, youth from across our program sites come to BCAL to participate in its full-scale after-school programming, and to take advantage of BCAL’s youth-centered activities and resources.
On a visit to BCAL, you are likely to find youth recording an original song on the Baldwin piano in the music studio, designing clothing in the fashion design room, creating a website in the Mac lab, or playing a basketball game on the indoor court.
In BCAL’s College Access room, youth can take part in workshops on financial aid and applications led by Brooklyn College admissions counselors and PSAT/SAT workshops led by Brooklyn College faculty.

BCAL Saturdays- Creative Fun

Diana Gonzalez is the creative genius at BCAL-Saturdays. She is known for her innovative ideas such as recycling plastic bags to create amazing totes and wallets. This week at BCAL, everyone had a blast painting owls and recycling old wooden boxes. They used their imagination and creative ideas to make something appealing to them. A memory box was created with the old wooden boxes which can be used to keep unforgettable moments and pictures. Students designed their own ceramic owls with a splash of color, taking home an original Diana Gonzalez keepsake .

 

Happily Evah or if I was Sleeping Beauty what the Fairies gave me

Bad Fairy Good Fairy
by Emmanuel Ojo

Bad Fairy Bad Fairy
Gave me wickedness.
Bad Fairy Bad Fairy
Put me in a misery life.
Bad Fairy Bad Fairy
Gave me bad behaviour.
Here comes the Good Fairy.
Good Fairy Good Fairy.
The one I have been waiting for.
Good Fairy Good Fairy.
I have been waiting for my obedience and love.
Once upon a time I thought I’d never have it.
What a wonderful ending!
Good Fairy Good Fairy.

Brooklyn Youth Occupy …

Wall
by Sherace Calder
To be a wall of different length
it straight,no sides, nothing can define what it truly is.
My wall is imaginary.
I’d advise you not to cross my wall
Imaginary or not.
Like the walls of my room.
It my safe space.
My walls are whom I am.
My walls are a part of me.
My walls are my identity.

Street
by Kevaughn Nugent
When I think of Street
I think of rapping and beats
Music sheets
What people gotta do to eat
I preach
Only the fattest of the fattest will survive
If not you will be the only one impeached

VERSES FROM LOYALTY

LOYALTY'S HOT VERSE OF THE WEEK

Here is a sample of when Loyalty comes early and we create somtin speacial….this was done in 10 min

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BCAL Saturdays–In the Studio with Entrfied

The original songs coming out of the music studio on Saturday’s are nothing short of brilliant, or, as our students would say…waavy! The “Untouchables” performed their title song this past Saturday, check it out.

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Untouchable

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Growin’ Up