Brick Aux Gallery and Studio present
Staff Picks 1 Year Anniversary Party
AND
Closing Party for The Million Underscores__ A photographic Odyssey by Jose Miranda
June 30, 2024
7pm-LATE
at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave

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Come join us in the cool vibes of Brick Aux after you roast yourself at Pride.
OR!
Come straight from your bed and don’t change outta your pajamas.
OR!
Come from work or come after work.

Just come.

And celebrate one full year of Staff Picks
!!!

And enjoy the brilliant Brick Aux gallery show by Jose Miranda – The Million Underscores__ A photographic Odyssey!

We will have snacks, drinks and good friends, hanging out and gabbing.

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WHAT IS STAFF PICKS?
Live performances are inherently ephemeral, but some shows are more fleeting than others. Staff Picks aims to spotlight New York (and surrounding areas’) works at smaller houses with shorter runs so that more people can experience them. This effort prioritizes the unconventional but nifty, though a range of shows, venues, and styles will be represented on this site to uplift our entire artistic environment. Offering a curated guide of theater, dance, music, performance, multimedia, and other (live!) pieces, Staff Picks helps you map out your cultural diet through mini reviews, features, and video content to uplift the scrappy and diversify the arts criticism landscape. Staff Picks is made by and for artists and audiences, nourishing the roots of our ecosystem so more new works get seen and supported. Trickle up, honey!

WHO IS STAFF PICKS?
Theresa Buchheister, the one who has a diet coke and a cigarette for lunch.
Laia Comas, the lesbian photocopying articles from Performance Research on break.
Billy McEntee, the one who comes to the meeting after a five-mile jog but smells mostly decent.
Travis Amiel, the one who seeks fake blood, florescent lights, jolty dance, and loud rock music.
kanishk pandey, just a lil guy, just a lil dude.
Marissa Joyce Stamps, Afrosurrealist + future cacao farm owner.
Lena Engelstein, the dancer but really just doing stuff with gusto.
Hillary Gao, the one who gets nauseous in ubers.
Joshua Dumas, interim manager of the Frequently Weeping In Public At Art department.
Rishita Chowdary, the one with the messed up sleep schedule.
Eric Shethar, the one who got home at 7am this morning.

WHAT IS THE MILLION UNDERSCORES__A PHOTOGRAPHIC ODYSSEY?
The Million Underscores__ A photographic Odyssey takes the gallery participant through the past 4 years of photographer Jose Miranda’s journey with the performance group, The Million Underscores_ _. Beginning with LAPA, the March 2020 production that tenderly haunts The Brick to this day, Jose began a beautiful collaboration with The Million Underscores_ _, a company that is continually inside the act of creation. Come see Jose’s collection to remember, to learn, to delve, to be surprised. You will not leave empty-minded.

WHO IS JOSE MIRANDA?
Jose Miranda is a New Yorker with over 10 years of experience photographing performances, weddings, parties, events and headshots. He has developed a keen eye for capturing the essence of each moment and telling a story through his images. Growing up in the Bronx, Jose was surrounded by vibrant culture and artistic expression. This environment inspired him to pursue photography as a way to capture and share the beauty he saw in his surroundings.

Find him – @pelenguino and pelenguino.com