Hello art lovers! We have the 4-1-1 on a couple of upcoming exhibit openings and one closing.  

Get your tickets now for our Patterns Gala & Fundraiser (Friday, May 12th) where we'll honor NYC Comptroller Brad Lander with this year's Tower Award!

And time's running out to submit artwork for Together We Will..., an outdoor exhibition celebrating Brooklyn's LGBTQIA+ community.

OPENING ON APRIL 20

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CLOSING RECEPTION ON SATURDAY!

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OPENING NEXT WEEK!

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Mother Nature/Human Nature

Curated by Katherine Gressel and Grace R. Freedman 

Opening Reception Thursday April 27, 6-8pm  

The Old Stone House  

336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215  

On view April 27- June 25

SEE DETAILS HERE

BUY TICKETS FOR OUR PATTERNS GALA!

Arts Gowanus is excited to present our second (now annual) Patterns Gala! This event will be held outdoors at The Old Stone House on Friday, May 12, 2023 from 6:00 - 9:30pm. All attendees are heavily encouraged to wear the craziest patterns they can! Come and enjoy art, food, drinks, live music, raffles, and more.

This event is limited capacity so we encourage you to get your tickets early! 

The Patterns Gala will also feature an auction, with over 50 amazing artworks from incredible local artists in our community. The auction will begin online 2 weeks before the event, link forthcoming. (BIDDING ENDS at the event on May 12, 2023 at 9:00pm)

*RAIN DATE MAY 18th 

A HUGE THANKS TO OUR AMAZING FRIENDS AT THE OLD STONE HOUSE FOR HOSTING US AGAIN!!!

This Gala is critical in supporting Arts Gowanus’ advocacy and programming expenses, as well as our year-long support of artists in the community. By purchasing a ticket to the gala or sponsoring the event, you will help us raise much needed funds to help continue the important community-building work we are doing in Gowanus. 

This fundraiser comes at a pivotal moment as over the next few years we need to dramatically grow our infrastructure before we take stewardship of 28,000 square feet of affordable studio space and a community center that we negotiated as part of the Gowanus Rezoning plan. Our organization is growing rapidly and we are not slowing down! We’ve made great strides in making our community more visible and our events more accessible to all the artists in the community, these funds help support the organization’s free and low-cost arts programming.There are several ticket tiers for sponsorships. All sponsorship levels include acknowledgements for this and other 2023 events.

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

Open Call for Public Outdoor Art Exhibition Celebrating Brooklyn’s LGBTQIA+ Community!

Meet the Jurors of "Together We Will..."

To celebrate Pride month Arts Gowanus is partnering with Brooklyn Pride and the Old Stone House & Washington Park to present an outdoor art exhibit featuring works by Brooklyn based LGBTQIA+ artists. We are currently accepting submissions for “Together We Will…” a public outdoor exhibition showcasing artwork by Brooklyn-based LGBTQIA+ artists that celebrates their community.

Artwork submitted for this exhibition can depict and celebrate any aspect of the LGBTQIA+ experience and community. Accepted artworks will be printed on vinyl and displayed on the fence surrounding the Old Stone House & Washington Park.

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2023

EXHIBITION DATES: JUNE 1 - AUGUST 31, 2023

FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE

Meet the 5 jurors who will be selecting the final artwork for "Together We Will..."

Mickey Heller, a Native New Yorker originally from the Bronx, has spent the last four decades in Brooklyn. A graduate of the HS of Music & Art, Hunter College and Brooklyn Law School, Mickey has been practicing law for 30 years.

A founding board member of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Mickey has volunteered for several non-profit organizations, and has been the Park Slope Santa for the 5th Avenue BID for 10 years. He is proudest of his work with Brooklyn Pride, Inc. becoming involved by driving former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s parade float in 2007 and 2008. That led to volunteering in 2009 on the parade and 5K Run, and in 2010 he became, and currently serves, as the Parade Director.  Mickey became Co-Chair of Brooklyn Pride in 2012, Chair from 2013 and Co-chair since 2016.

Kyle Naff, originally from the cornfields of the Midwest, landed in Brooklyn to see what it was like to live in the big city. While he thought that it would be just for a short stint, he has managed to find a sense of community here through fitness and running with Front Runners New York. His involvement with the team led him to take up an offer to oversee the Brooklyn Pride LGBTQIA+ 5K as a way to get even more involved and give back to the community that has been his home since 2015. He is honored to join the Board to continue to put together an amazing Brooklyn Pride Week and more.

Oluwakemi (Kemi) Oritsejafor is a Nigerian-Liberian-American, multi-hyphenate Black-bodied artist, professional, entrepreneur, and recovering chronic overachiever.

She seeks and stumbles across paths of creation and community with work that aims to unlock intimacy, radical honesty, personal agency, and moments of emotional reprieve. She works in various creative mediums, including unorthodox ones like community organizing and entrepreneurship. The core of her artistry reflects where she's been and has yet to go—whether physically, mentally, or emotionally. In its purest form, her work is an eager and open hand open to be held and to hold in return.

Black, queer, neurodivergent, fat, and often a woman—but sometimes very happily not—she was born to the West African parentage of political and economic refugees while raised in the backdrop of the Black American South (Raleigh, North Carolina). She graduated from DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois, 2017) with a business and German language degree and a community development minor. She has also completed coursework in fashion design, illustration, and technical design from the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York City, 2019).

Ariel Sanders is a Brooklyn native who is super honored to have been a part of Brooklyn Pride for a few years now. Being raised to always be warm, friendly, and helpful, coupled with strong community service values instilled by the Quaker High School education she received, Ariel could not be more excited to be volunteering for an organization that represents two of her biggest loves – Pride and Brooklyn!

Omari Scott is a nonprofit professional and educator with a passion for creating positive change in his community. He currently serves as the Director of Development and Communication at Brooklyn Community Pride Center, where he is responsible for leading fundraising, development, and communications efforts for the organization. Prior to joining the Pride Center, Omari was a consultant with CCS Fundraising and, before that, taught special education in Brooklyn.

Eric Sosa is the co-owner and event programming director for Good Judy, a queer bar and venue in Park Slope, as well as the two-time GLAM Award-winning queer bar and  venue C'mon Everybody in Bed Stuy. 

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