{"id":1302,"date":"2024-08-28T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newschoolmediastudies.org\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:42:13","slug":"wes-jackson-ma-media-studies-2013-alum-named-president-of-bric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/mediastudies\/2024\/08\/28\/wes-jackson-ma-media-studies-2013-alum-named-president-of-bric\/","title":{"rendered":"WES JACKSON, MA MEDIA STUDIES 2013 ALUM NAMED PRESIDENT OF BRIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"a-title o-hero-auto-1__title a-title--style-heading-01 a-title--bottom-none \">MA MEDIA STUDIES ALUM WES JACKSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF BRIC, THE PIONEERING BROOKLYN-BASED ARTS AND MEDIA INSTITUTION<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JWv0pfEWvW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bricartsmedia.org\/about\/news\/press-release\/wes-jackson-named-president-of-bric-the-pioneering-brooklyn-based-arts-and-media-institution\/\">WES JACKSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF BRIC,  THE PIONEERING BROOKLYN-BASED ARTS AND MEDIA INSTITUTION<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WES JACKSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF BRIC,  THE PIONEERING BROOKLYN-BASED ARTS AND MEDIA INSTITUTION&#8221; &#8212; BRIC\" src=\"https:\/\/bricartsmedia.org\/about\/news\/press-release\/wes-jackson-named-president-of-bric-the-pioneering-brooklyn-based-arts-and-media-institution\/embed\/#?secret=gYtedFvqTq#?secret=JWv0pfEWvW\" data-secret=\"JWv0pfEWvW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wes\u2019 career began with producing concerts for Nas, The Roots, The Dave Matthews Band, The Fugees, and A Tribe Called Quest. His first venture, <strong>Seven Heads Entertainment<\/strong>, was a vanguard for progressive and community based Hip-Hop.\u00a0 Seven Heads helped launch the careers of Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Talib Kweli, El-P (Run The Jewels), Common, and others. Music from Seven Heads Roster was included in HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Wire\u201d, \u201cThe Boondocks\u201d, and the film \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>Wes would later found and lead the <strong>Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival<\/strong>, an annual event that ran for 15 years with the mission to create a world class event to honor Hip-Hop music and culture and the borough of Brooklyn. The Festival hosted a range of talent including Jay-Z, Kanye West, NYS Attorney General Letitia James, Deray McKesson, Kendrick Lamar, Fab 5 Freddy, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Q-Tip, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>BRIC\u2019s programs include the free, summer-long BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, whose 44th season is currently underway; the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV, whose programming includes acclaimed original scripted series, a live daily show, and hyper-local news stories and documentaries; Brooklyn Free Speech TV, a leading public access TV network; a major contemporary art exhibition program; BRIC JazzFest, which brings global legends and emerging artists in jazz to Brooklyn each October; the weekly Stoop Series of free public conversations at BRIC House with artists, authors and filmmakers; family programs; and more. 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