Ken Butler’s artwork is playful. Often, literally. He designs, builds and plays unconventional musical instruments, crafting them out of everyday household objects or discarded junk on Brooklyn sidewalks. Through his eyes, […]
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Greenpoint Open Studios — Artists to Watch! (Vol. 5)
Greenpoint Open Studios is June 3 & 4, 2017! RSVP on Facebook for the open studios, happening from 12pm-6pm on both Saturday and Sunday. You are also invited to attend […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Two Polish Artists Separated by Decades, Bound by Creativity
Martynka Wawrzyniak, a Polish-born local artist driven by a creative vision, recently learned that local history eerily repeats itself. Researching Greenpoint history for her local site-specific artwork, she learned she was […]
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Artists and Businesses: Williamsburg Walks Wants You!
If you’re an artist, business, or part of a community group you can be a part of Williamsburg Walks this summer! On June 10th and 11th, Bedford Avenue between Metropolitan and N 12th […]
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The Phantom Wall – A Conceptual Art Project by Local Artist Jorge Cruz
Sadly, these days walls, and keeping people out of America, is an all too familiar topic of public discourse. Perhaps no people in the world feel as strongly about walls […]
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Learn Textile Screen Printing with Kingsland Printing & Dusen Dusen (4/22)
Hey, Greenpointers! Are you thinking of learning a new skill or making some awesome art? Why not do both of these fantastic things at once? Kingsland Printing is teaming up […]
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Brooklyn Artists Open House @ Bushwick Inlet Park Wednesday (4/19)!
Are you an artist working and living in Brooklyn? You can become a NYC Parks featured artist at the park house at Bushwick Inlet Park. Attend the open house this Wednesday to […]
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Art Show Opening This Friday (4/14) Explores Connections Between Celtic and Indian Goddesses
Creative minds make connections that most of us never make, and this is never truer than with sculptor Susan Pullman Brooks’ show, Sacred Luminosity, which opens this Friday, April 14th […]
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3 Neighborhood Lit Events To Spring You Forward!
Despite the news of each new piece of horrendous legislation, it’s been helping me to remember that reading and writing are a form of social justice. April is National Poetry […]
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Immigrant Defense Project Benefit + Art Show Tonight 3/23
Tonight (3/23) from 7-10pm, Greenpoint Hill (100 Freeman St.) is hosting a benefit to support the Immigrant Defense Project, a NYC-based non-profit. It’s also a good chance to catch Isaac Arvold’s show before […]