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Arts Gowanus News And Flood Recovery Fund - October 6, 2023
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October 10, 2023
From: Arts GowanusHello art lovers!
Have you contributed to the Arts Gowanus Flood Recovery Fund yet? Hundreds of artists were impacted by last Friday's record-breaking rainfall, losing artwork, materials, and equipment after their studios were flooded.
Arts Gowanus launched a fundraiser to help our community with recovery. We're halfway to our goal! Please contribute if you can.
Sign Up for October Workshops!
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Modifying Your Acrylic Color
Wednesday, Oct. 11 | 6:00-8:30pm
Contribute To The Arts Gowanus Flood Recovery Fund
More than 7.25 inches of rain overwhelmed Gowanus streets last Friday, flooding over 100 artist studios and destroying thousands of dollars in artwork and equipment.
Hyperallergic's Maya Pontone came to 540 President Street last weekend to talk to artists and document the damages. Click here for her article.
Ximena Del Cerro also covered the story for Brooklyn Paper. See her article here.
Please contribute to our Go Fund Me campaign to help artists impacted by the storm recover some of their losses. Thank you.
For artists seeking assistance, please complete the Gowanus Artist Flood Relief Application.
*The National Coalition of Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER) has a survey designed to gauge impact. If you can take 15 minutes to fill it out, it will aid in relief advocacy.
Arts Organizations: Here
Artists: Here
Check Out The Gowanus Open Studios Artists Directory
Check out the Gowanus Open Studios 2023 (GOS) Artists Directory!
GOS is Arts Gowanus' annual event where 400+ artists in and around Gowanus welcome visitors into their studios or exhibit their artwork at venues across the neighborhood.
GOS weekend is happening October 21 & 22, 12-6pm!
Scroll the directory and plan your GOS itinerary today! Click here for the GOS Artists Directory.
Opening Friday, Oct. 6 at Established Gallery
Established Gallery is pleased to present Chimeras, a solo exhibition by Manju Shandler. The exhibition will be on view from October 6 – 29.
Shandler creates symbolic art that speaks to current events. Building upon established storylines from history, myth, and contemporary culture, her mixed media artworks create a richly layered narrative reflective of our dense and complicated times.
Opening reception: Friday, October 6, 6:30–9pm
Check Out Red Hook Open Studios, Oct. 7 & 8
Discover the studios of artists and makers in Red Hook, Brooklyn this weekend, October 7 and 8, from 1 to 6pm.
Opening Saturday, Oct. 14 at 440 Gallery
440 Gallery is pleased to present To Every Season, a solo show of lush watercolors by Susan Greenstein. Painted en plien air, her pieces explore her multi-sensory reactions to the constant changing of trees throughout the seasons. This is Greenstein’s seventh solo show at the gallery.
Greenstein’s work focuses on the natural gesturing and frequent surprises she finds within the trees that serve as her models. Within this series of small paintings, Greenstein takes you through her experience of a year, focusing on transformation of shape and form. Using the fluidity and transparency of watercolor, she portrays depth through energetic brushstrokes, areas of brilliant color offset by neutral tones, and a just-enough amount of detail. Her free but deliberate touches create a system of unique moments that tell the story of seasons. The result is a sensitive documentation of the natural world.
Opening Saturday, Oct. 14 at Kentler International Drawing Space
In 2004 a group of artists in Viareggio, Italy began a tradition that continues to the present. The BAU project invites artists to submit original works to be included in a box entitled The Container of Contemporary Culture. BAU 18 is in an edition of 120 boxes with original works, numbered and signed, by 63 artists from Italy and New York. BAU 18 was assembled in Viareggio between December 2021 and February 2022 and released in June 2022.
The box was exhibited at the Palazzo Reale in Milan and now is being shown for the first time in New York City!
Learn about the process, see the myriad works included, and meet some of the artists who participated in the project, including Gowanus artist Ellen Chuse!
Artist reception: Saturday 2 to 4pm
Exhibit on view Saturday & Sunday, 12 to 5pm
Seeking Participants for Durational Reading of the US Constitution
Remedy for a Constitutional Crisis will be performed at The Old Stone House (336 3rd Street) on Sunday, October 29, from 11am – 2pm as part of the exhibition Picturing the Constitution.
Rain date: November 4, 2023 (11am – 2pm)
The group exhibition invites artists to respond to an aspect of the U.S. Constitution, including its amendments and interpretations by the Supreme Court and various governing bodies throughout history. It asks: To what extent do these founding documents still serve us (equitably)? What could we add or amend?
Artist Maya Ciarrocci invites participants to read the U.S. Constitution in multiple languages, in rotating groups of three. Running concurrently with the reading will be a Long Table discussion on topics including: The Importance of a Written Constitution; Separation of Powers; Federalism; Individual Rights; and more.
Pocket constitutions will be available and participants, and the public, will be invited to reflect on existing amendments and write new ones.
For more information please contact Maya Ciarrocchi at [email protected].
Please consider donating and helping us to continue our work!
Help us with our mission! Arts Gowanus works to support, promote, and advocate for artists and a sustainable local arts community. Please consider being part of the driving force that keeps artists in this community and helps them thrive. Whether you are an artist or art lover, your support makes possible professional development workshops for artists, exhibitions showcasing Gowanus artwork, the annual Gowanus Open Studios weekend, and ongoing advocacy for Gowanus and Gowanus artists.
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