Street Stories and Other Narratives
14 Brooklyn Artists and Their Sidewalks
by Janet Pedersen
Gallery Exhibition Dates: November 12 - January 11, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 14, 5-8 PM
Hours vary, usually Thurs - Sun, 10 am - 4 pm (call 646-820-9452 to confirm)
Artists have always been highly aware of their surroundings. Often entire environments are noted: objects and architecture, sights and sounds, people and their stories. Monet and Manet painted Paris at all times of day and night. Later, the Ashcan painters depicted New Yorkers negotiating harsh city streets. Here, 14 Brooklyn artists use bold color, painterly surfaces, cropping, and often extreme attention to detail in depicting nuance on our sidewalks. These Park Slope and Winslow Terrace artists are part of our community, and it shows.
List of artists:
Mieko Asada
Paola Corso
Chris Doogan
Francesca Furian
Rich Garr
Bob Hagan
Tom Keough
Diane Miller
Janet Pedersen
Joyce Riley
Janie Samuels
Mary Cuddihee Skrill
Linda Schneider
Ella Yang
Info on venue: visit ShapeshifterLab.com; or call 646-820-9452 (Hours vary.) Usually Thursday thru Sunday, 10 am - 4 pm, when their cafe is open.
Gowanus Open Studios 2024
Several members will be participating in the 28th Annual Gowanus Open Studios, October 19th-20th, please join us! Hosted by Arts Gowanus, Gowanus Open Studios is Brooklyn’s biggest celebration of local art and artists; hundreds of artists across dozens of venues in the greater Gowanus neighborhood will open their doors giving the public a rare glimpse inside the former factories, warehouses, and studio buildings of this vibrant neighborhood, PLUS artists will also display artwork at local businesses and organizations who are generously hosting.
Here is where you can find our members:
King Killer Studios, 69 Second Ave.
Alice Garik
Judi Aronson
Francesca Furian
Amaia Marzabal
Bob Hagan
Joyce Riley
Darcy Lynn
LLoyd Campbell
Ossam Gallery, 302 Seventh St.
Mary Elmer Dewitt
Janie Sumuels
Robert Lurz
Shoshana Cooper
Tom Keough
Kathleen Jean-Jaques
Robert Pepper
Other Sites
Janet Pedersen 280 Nevins St.
Susan Greenstein. 280 Neveins St
Robin Roi. 280 Nevins St
Steve Ettlinger. Makeville 125 8th St.
Richard Kessler Trestle62 18th St.
Sandra Giunta TI Studios
Ella Yang 543 Union St.
There will be printed maps of the event available across the neighborhood, but to start planning in advance, you can find a directory of all the participating artists here.
See you there!
Exploring Abstraction Group Exhibit
Exhibition dates: June 29- Oct 6, 2024
Artists Reception: Sunday, September 22, 2-4 PM
The exhibition celebrates the long legacy of abstraction in visual art. Art's lyrical connection to music- and of course the dynamic talent of our area artists- will be on full display.
The artists in this exhibit work in a variety of abstract approaches to express their ideas, concerns and feelings through color, shape, line and texture. Many are painters using oil, acrylic, ink and watercolor, some are printmakers and photographers. Others use collage techniques, and combine media in unique ways. Some are inspired by geometry. Others have painterly, layered or delicate approaches to their surface. Some pieces comment on the visible world and its many problems. Abstraction is used to tap into the imagination, the spirituality and the philosophical. What began with artists like Hilma af Kilnt, Picasso and Matisse at the turn of the 19th century continues today in Brooklyn. Echoing many of the pioneers- these eleven local artists are happily in dialogue with music here along the stage at Shapeshifter.
Participating Artists:
Shoshana Cooper
Phil DeSantis
Rich Garr
Tom Nau
Toby Needler
Susan Newmark
Chris Doogen
Diane Miller
Paula Rennis
Robin Roi
Heidi Yockey
