BEAT Festival, Sneaker-Design & More Set for Brooklyn Museum in September

The Brooklyn Museum will present a variety of programs for adults, teens, and kids in September. Public programs include talks, performances, and hands-on workshops for children and adults that amplify the Museum's exhibitions and permanent collection, serve its diverse public, and support learning through the visual arts.

Highlights include the BEAT Festivalopening night celebration; a sneaker-design workshop led by Cey Adams; and a conversation with FAILE artists andBrooklyn Street Art founders. In addition theElizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art will present a conversation on art in prison lead by acclaimed author Wally Lamb in conjunction with the exhibition Women of York: "Shared Dining"; a photography and storytelling workshop with Sherley Olopherne; and a screening of Mothers of Bedford.

The full schedule follows:

Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m.

Performance: BEAT Festival Opening Night

Throughout the Museum

Free with Museum admission

On the opening day of the borough-wide BEAT Festival (Brooklyn Emerging Artists in Theater), the Brooklyn Museum will host the opening night celebration with live performances throughout the Museum. Featuring Robin Cloud, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Chinese Theatre Works, Dhira Rauch, and more. Visit www.beatbrooklyn.com for more information.

Sunday, September 13, 2 p.m.

Talk: "Touching Humanity: Creativity and Transformation"

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Free with Museum admission

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art presents a discussion of art in prison and the role of creativity in transforming lives, held in conjunction with the exhibition Women of York: "Shared Dining." Kelly Donnelly and Lisette Oblitas-Cruz, formerly incarcerated women who contributed work to the exhibition, converse with acclaimed author Wally Lamb. Joseph Lea, retired Library Media Specialist at York Correctional Institution, moderates. Part of the ongoing Sackler Center series "States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color."

Thursday, September 17, 7 p.m.

Fashion Show: dapperQ

Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor

Free with Museum admission

VERGE presents a queer New York Fashion Week runway show and panel discussion, produced by dapperQ and bklyn boihood. See the latest collections by independent designers whose work is rooted in gender nonconformity and its intersections with race, ethnicity, and culture.

Thursday, September 17, 7 p.m.

Panel Discussion: "Reflections on Ten Years of the Bard Prison Initiative"

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Free with Museum admission

Join a discussion lead by Max Kenner, founder and Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative, and alumni of BPI, an organization that has provided rigorous college education to incarcerated New Yorkers. Part of the ongoing Sackler Center series "States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color."

Saturday, September 19, 2-4 p.m.

Creative Art-Making: "Custom Kicks"

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

$16 materials fee (Museum admission not included); R.S.V.P. required

Join leading designers in the field of sneakers and participate in a workshop on the sneaker-design process from inspiration and concept development to prototyping and branding. Cey Adams, sneaker designer and Creative Director at Def Jam Recordings, will lead the workshop. Create your own design prototype inspired by The Rise of Sneaker Culture, our exhibition that includes work by Adams. Register online at www.brooklynmuseum.org or at the Museum's Admissions desk.

Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m.

In Conversation: "FAILE Forward"

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium

$16 including Museum admission. Free for Museum Members. R.S.V.P. required.

Join FAILE artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller for an in-depth conversation with Brooklyn Street Art founders Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo. The artists explore their evolution from stenciling and wheat-pasting collages made from found imagery to their most ambitious works, Temple and The FAILE & BÄST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade. Book launch, signing, and reception will follow. To R.S.V.P., email membership@brooklynmuseum.org or call (718) 501-6326.

Saturday & Sunday, September 26 & 27, 2 p.m.

Photography Workshop: "Politics, Portraiture, and Identity"

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor

Materials fee: $20 for non-Members, $10 for Museum Members. Limited to 20 participants. Admission cost includes Museum admission and lunch on Sunday.

Sherley Olopherne, photographer, archivist, and curator of the Black Lesbian DIY Fest, leads a two-part photography and storytelling workshop focusing on self-representation and personal narrative. Open to all; no experience necessary.

Sunday, September 27, 2 p.m.

Film and Discussion: Mothers of Bedford

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Free with Museum admission

Mothers of Bedford (Jenifer McShane, 2010, 93 min.) features the unique and progressive programs of the Children's Center at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. The film follows the lives of five women and their battles to care for their children and for self-improvement under the difficult condition of incarceration. The screening is followed by a talk between Jenifer McShane, the film's director, and Bobby Blanchard, social justice advocate and former Director of the Children's Center. Part of the ongoing Sackler Center series "States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color."