The BRIC Foundation, dedicated to increasing representation in the entertainment industry, today announced its third annual BRIC Summit, to be held March 5-6, 2021. For the first time, BRIC will host a virtual Global Talent + Innovation Day on Saturday, March 6th, free to the public, and packed with live and on-demand keynotes, panel and salon sessions, case studies, skills training, and creator spotlights from the world’s most iconic entertainment brands. Additionally, BRIC is partnering with LA Promise Fund & Get Schooled to provide unique programming for educators and students. Click here for more information and to register for the event.

On February 12th , BRIC Creative Academy did a virtual event with BRC Imagination Arts. BRC Imagination Arts broke the students into small groups and ran a writer’s room workshop with them. They all worked off the prompt “With A Little Help From My Friends.” Together the students came up with stories and pitched their ideas with visuals to the group. Students from Franklin HS, San Fernando HS, Wheatland Union HS, USC Hybrid High College Prep, South East HS, USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet, Compton Early College HS & more attended.

On February 18, 2021, The BRIC Foundation will be partnering with Skydance Animation to host “BRIC by BRIC: Networking,” a two-hour long virtual event that will partner eleven neurologically-different “junior” artists with eleven “senior” artists and executives at Skydance Animation for the chance to have their portfolios reviewed, their resumes evaluated, and – most importantly – the chance to expand their professional networks.

On January 8th, BRIC Creative Academy did a virtual event with Terraform Studios. Terraform Studios did an art jam with the students and guided and mentored them on their projects. They collaborated on Magmastudios free collaborative drawing web-based software and were able to send in their final art for additional critique from the artists. Students from USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet, Compton Early College High School, Folsom High School, South East High School, VAPA, Manual Arts High School, Franklin HS & more attended.

On December 11th, BRIC Creative Academy did a virtual event with DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks Animation “coaches” split up in zoom breakout rooms to guide and mentor the teams on their projects about “Unlikely Heroes”. They collaborated on Magmastudios free collaborative drawing web-based software and were able to send in their final art for additional critique from the artists. Over 70 students from all over California attended the event.

Need help getting into college? BRIC partnered with GetSchooled to help High School students with their college applications. Watch the presentation here or click here for the full materials.

Founded in 2010, Get Schooled is a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people get to college, find first jobs, and succeed in both.

On September 11th, BRIC Creative Academy went digital with Walt Disney Animation Studios at LightBox Expo. We had a group of Walt Disney Animation Studios “coaches” split up in zoom breakout rooms to guide and mentor the teams on their projects and assist them with creating their projects

On Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th, students created short films about “How Documentaries Change Your Perspective” at NFMLA’s Docuslate Film Festival. We had a group of industry expert “coaches” split up to guide and mentor the teams on their projects and assist them with creating their projects.

On October 23rd & 24th, BRIC Foundation’s Nicole West, Melanie Augustyn Hoffman, Nicole Hendrix, and Jill Gilbert participated in the LA Promise Fund’s Hello Future Career Fair. Over two days, LA Promise Fund immersed 12,000 young people ranging from middle and high school girls to local college students of color in STEM, making Hello Future the largest STEM conference for young people of color in the nation.

Alison Mann and Nicole Hendrix journeyed to Malta, to represent BRIC at the 7th Annual Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn Art Conference. September 22-29, 2019. THU is for creators from all areas of the digital entertainment industry, including sound designers, game and VR developers, entrepreneurs, marketers and digital artists of all kinds.

BRIC Creative Academy partnered with Lightbox Expo for their inaugural event on September 7th & 8th. Students created a hero, villain, and compelling conflict or backstory and Wacom provided all participants with Intuous Pro tablets.

Co-Founder Nicole Hendrix Herman spoke last week to L.A. Promise Fund 's Girls Build USC MAE chapter alongside Crooked Media 's Mukta Mohan, LAFemTech's Murriel Grace Perez, and LATTC - Los Angeles Trade-Technical College's Hala Tweini about how to navigate gender in the workplace and how to stay motivated in your career. 

BRIC Creative Academy partnered with Framestore on May 4th-5th and created education experiences for high schoolers on VFX and Game Design with USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet and UX for VR with Compton Early College High School and West Adams Preparatory High School.

Saturday December 1, 2018 through Sunday December 2, 2018 at Luma Pictures in Santa Monica, with a follow-up screening and party Tuesday January 8th at their school. The focus was animation and the challenge was to create a 30-60 second animatic about the “Worst Lunchroom Ever.”