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Make a Contribution to our Programming

As we head toward our 10-year anniversary (eek!), we wanted to provide an option for contributions to be made without a class ticket needing to be purchased.

Running a small businesses is always tough, and especially so when you're based in NYC and your whole goal is to keep things affordable. (What were we thinking?!) Our costs go up each year, often more than we're able to make up by increasing class prices, and as we head into our second...

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Try This: Cyanotype Prints

Making cyanotypes (or "blueprints") is one of the most pleasurable fair-weather activities around. You get to make beautiful, indigo-colored photograms while hanging out in the sunshine, making it the perfect summer activity. 

Cyanotypes are a form of cameraless photography invented in 1842 but John Herschel. A sheet of paper (or fabric, or wood) is coated with light-sensitive chemicals. Objects are placed onto the surface and it's then...

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Summer Gift Certificate Bonus Days: June 11-18

It's time for a little summer gift certificate bonus! We'll add on 10% extra in value for all Brainery gift certificates purchased from Tuesday, June 11 - Tuesday, June 18th! Gift certificates never expire and can be purchased in just about any denomination you desire. Grab one for your friends or yourself and make your dollars go a bit further! 

 

PS - since we have to add the value on manually, please give us a day or so to...

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Now Available: Brainery T-Shirts!

It only took us about 10 years to realize we should probably offer up some Brainery t-shirts! You can order one (or a notebook, tote, or sticker) from Teepublic here in just about any color and size under the sun, and we'll keep an eye out for you all rocking them throughout the borough! They're even on sale for the next couple of days, so don't delay.

Keep an eye out for some other gear down the line too, and thank you for your support!

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