Street Stories and Other Narratives @Shapeshifter
14 Brooklyn Artists and Their Sidewalks
Gallery Exhibition Dates: November 12 - January 11, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 14, 5-8 PM
Hours vary, usually during public events and when Shapeshifter’s Cafe is open:
Tues, 11:30am to 1pm
Wed, 12pm to 3pm
Thurs, 11:30am to 1pm
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 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.)
Assemblymember Carroll’s Window: Greenstein & Desantis
Take a walk down 7th Avenue in Park Slope just about any time of day to enjoy this art display by Susan Greenstein and Phil Desantis featured in one of the windows of the Assemblymember Carroll’s office.
Phil is showing a series of photographs mostly of Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Red Hook, Coney Island and Park Slope that Phil has explored throughout his life. Phil likes to think of his work as photographic paintings. Often he will zoom in on an object or place in order to create a moment in time. The elements of design such as shape, light, color, and texture, create a sense of balance and harmony.
Samples of Phil’s photos:
Susan is showing watercolors from a series of trees painted throughout the year. They were painted on-site, many of the them in Prospect Park, some on Park Slope Streets and one was a giant Japanese Maple that Greenstein painted in her backyard. Greenstein enjoys that “in the moment” connection between her and her subject. ”it feels very special knowing”, says Greenstein, “how different each tree will look at a different time of day or on another day. I love being able to capture the essence of that tree in that moment.”
Samples of Susan’s watercolors:
Winter Salon at BWAC
BWAC Gallery, 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7A, Brooklyn
Exhibition Dates: December 7- 22, 2024
Hours: Weekends, 1-6 pm
An opportunity to see works from several of our members that might give you holiday shopping ideas. This show will be open at the same time as the annual Red Hook Holiday Market and the ArtShare for HeartShare Exhibit.
Sample artworks:
Assemblymember Carroll’s Window: Cole & Rennis
Take a walk down 7th Avenue in Park Slope just about any time of day to enjoy this art exhibit by Lynn Cole and Paula Rennis featured in one of the windows of the Assemblymember Carroll’s office.
Lynn has included a sampling of watercolors/collages from her current body of work in response the climate emergency we are experiencing.
Paula is showing one of her signature high-key, colorful acrylic paintings which abstracts the figure into the elements of color, light, shadow and movement and some watercolors.
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
