The Affordable Art Fair New Futures curated by Arts Gowanus!

Returning this fall to the Affordable Art Fair NYC is the ever-popular Young Talent Exhibition, a dedicated platform supporting emerging contemporary artists and curators. This edition, we’re delighted to present bodies of work by two emerging artists curated by Arts Gowanus Executive Director, Johnny Thornton. The Affordable Art Fair will take place from September 22-25 at The Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea.

Scroll down to learn more about these exciting young artists, and click here for free tickets!

Kathryn Godoy (they/them) is a 23 year old artist working in Brooklyn, NY. They hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a concentration in painting. 

Artist Statement:
Kathryn has been creating a body of work that expands upon ideas of memory, psychoanalysis, and transformation that began in their thesis. Although Kathryn is a painter, the works themselves are more assemblages than paintings. Using color, texture and opacity Kathryn evokes the sense of lush, magnificent, gelatinous psychic landscapes they trudge through. Their experience with the triumphs and troughs of manic depression is woven into the narrative of their work. A previous focus on the body as architectural space and art-historical traditions still remain important in current work, however, the perspective has become more tender, emoting protection and healing. Rendering imagery of stars and celestial bodies Kathryn imbues a renewed spirituality and connection to the world around us here and now. 

Tiané Goines (they/them) is a young, Black, fat, Queer, non-binary artist born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Goines began to take art making seriously in high school while taking art classes with an inspiring art teacher. Goines graduated from LaGuardia Community College in 2021 and holds an Associate's degree in Fine Arts. Goines is an active participant of Gowanus Mutual Aid, a group that strives to create solidarity in the Gowanus, Brooklyn neighborhood by supporting each other’s needs. Goines recently became the Artist-in-Residence for Arts Gowanus, a not-for-profit organization that supports the local arts in Gowanus.

"My project, “Fatshion- ReImagining the Fashion World”  is my response to a lack of representation and visibility in the fashion world. As a fat person who enjoys mainly fashion of the late 90s/ early 2000s/2010s, I find it nearly impossible to locate clothing from that era in extended sizes in all diverse styles. It is also rare to see Plus Size Black folks under multiple intersections to be represented in all different types of fashion in the fashion industry and in general wearing clothes. We are often relegated to the periphery and given simple, boring clothing choices. Which I highly despise! 

The photographs in this series imagine a new reality in which none of these identities are barriers. In photographing myself in fun, creative streetwear and kawaii accessories, I am taking back the power that has been taken from me for so long and finally, fully expressing myself through fatshion."

This September, the Affordable Art Fair NYC will pilot a new Fellowship Program inviting emerging Tri-State Area arts organizations to submit curatorial proposals to participate as exhibitors in a dedicated Fellowship booth on Level 2 of the Metropolitan Pavilion.

The program is intended to grant an opportunity to up-start arts organizations in the Greater New York area to showcase their community’s work to a wider audience of collectors and enthusiasts. The program is conceived to encourage and amplify the reach and long-term commercial viability of Fellows by providing resources, underwriting, and a platform for commerce, marketing, and community-building.

For the Fall 2022 edition, Affordable Art Fair NYC is thrilled to welcome Brooklyn-based Established Gallery to participate as the inaugural Fellow! 

Established's booth will feature Gowanus Artists Liza Domingues, Traci Johnson, Rick Secen, and Sean Qualls!

Sunday, 4-6 PM at The Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St.

Let's go out with a bang. Drift art show is a celebration and a goodbye, an acknowledgement of the end of an era.  You can hang on to a piece of Gowanus. Stop by the reception and take home a brick or two from the South Brooklyn Casket Company that was on Union Street. Please share with those who would be interested. 

There may be a surprise or two, so check here for updates.

Click here to View the More information About Arts Gowanus : The Affordable Art Fair opens Thursday!