A few things we're excited about this week: The Other Art Fair, happening June 2nd - 5th, at the Knock Down Center in Queens (free tickets below!) and an OPEN CALL for our Father's Day exhibition at Artwalk!

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Arts Gowanus has also joined the steering committee for The Gowanus Improvement District and an opportunity to make your voice heard for the future of our neighborhood!

The Other Art Fair

ABOUT THE SHOW

Arts Gowanus, Nice to Meet You

Arts Gowanus is a non-profit organization which supports a diverse community of Brooklyn-based artists, whose creativity contributes to the vibrant cultural life of New York City. The artists featured in this show are representative of that diversity, not only in who they are as people, but in the range of work they create. And like the Gowanus, their disparate styles work together to create a unique and wonderful medley, that will make you think, warm your heart, or maybe even make you look at the world a little differently.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Liza Domingues @liza.domingues

Liza Domingues was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. In 2004, she received a degree in Visual Communication from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado in São Paulo, Brazil. Best known for her colorful geometric acrylic paintings and tridimensional wood pieces, she also works in a variety of other mediums. Her work has been exhibited throughout New York and is part of several private collections.

K Haskell @haskelldraws

K Haskell is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in Brooklyn. Haskell’s work has been shown at venues such as Established Gallery, The Governors Island Art Fair, The Old Stone House, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, and Trestle Gallery. They completed their MFA in Visual Art at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2020, and their BA in Communications Design at Marymount Manhattan College in 2005.  Haskell was a resident at ChaShaMa North Artist Residency and an art handling apprentice in the Crozier Fine Arts Apprenticeship Program.  Haskell will be attending a residency at Vermont Studio Center in Spring of 2022.

Arielle Jennings @Arimjenn

Arielle Jennings is a native Brooklyn artist and arts educator. She is a 2014 RISD graduate and received her BFA in Illustration. As a freelance illustrator, Arielle has created social media graphics for The Tempest Co. and article illustrations for Ramona Magazine for Girls (now Ramona Mag.). She has shown work at Ground Floor Gallery, La Bodega Gallery, Arts Gowanus, sk.ArtSpace, Where Are The Black Designers, RISD, Barnard College, and various online exhibitions. Arielle utilizes bold color, patterned design, and melanin figures in her work to tell multifaceted narratives about the Black experience.

Jessica Weiss @jessicaweisspaint

Jessica Weiss graduated Oberlin College and studied at the NY Studio School. She has developed a playful collage-based practice using wallpaper, silkscreen, fabric and paint. Weiss received a National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowship in Painting in 1989. Solo exhibitions: Outlet Fine Art, Bushwick, A M Richard Fine Art (Williamsburg) Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery (NYC). Work reviewed in: NYT, Art in America, TimeOut NY, Baltimore Sun, and New York Observer. Group exhibitions: "Two Friends and So On", Andrew Kreps, "Seaworthy", Edward Thorpe, "Three Degrees of Separation", Sonnabend Gallery, and "The Stroke" at Exit Art. Recent work was purchased by the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College.

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Tracy Penn @TracyPennArt

Tracy Penn is an independent curator and artist, curator and board member for Arts Gowanus. Her curations for Arts Gowanus include UPCYCLING: Transforming the Discarded into Art, for ArtWalk, and Art for Environmental and Climate Justice, on Artsy. Tracy is  a visual artist who creates ecologically conscious artwork from post-consumer materials. She has shown nationally and internationally. Tracy studied at the Art Students League of NY, the International Center of Photography, and the NY School for Interior Design. She has a master’s in Visual Arts Administration from NYU, and worked in marketing at MoMA and  museum education at the Guggenheim.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!

Use the code ARTSGOWANUS to redeem free tickets for any of time slots over the weekend and including the Private Viewing on Thursday. 

Click here to view the Arts Gowanus News -  The Other Art Fair Is Coming and Open Call for Fathers Day Exhibition!