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Pamela Wong

Pam was a staff reporter at Bklyner, covering North-Western parts of Brooklyn between 2016 and 2019. She also writes about art at arthag.typepad.com.

New Public Artwork Coming To University Place In Downtown Brooklyn

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The green space in front of Long Island University (LIU) in Downtown Brooklyn will welcome a new public art piece next month. Rendering of Leonard Ursachi’s “Bunker Head” (Courtesy of the artist)NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org/art] will unveil artist Leonard Ursachi [http://www.ursachi.

Photoville 2019: Festival Features Work By More Than 600 Photographers

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – United Photo Industries [https://unitedphotoindustries.com/]‘ popular photography festival, Photoville [https://photoville.com/], returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park for an eighth year. Featuring more than 90 photography exhibits plus dozens of panels, workshops, demonstrations, and special events, part one of the fest took place last Thursday through

Bushwick Open Studios, Sept. 20-22

BUSHWICK – The 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios [https://artsinbushwick.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BOS19-MAP-final_WEBSITE.pdf] returns this weekend with more than 200 events welcoming the public to visit the studio spaces of local artists and preview their work. The local arts festival is presented annually by the volunteer-run

DOT Unveils Water-Themed Mural And Safety Upgrades In Red Hook

RED HOOK – The NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday morning to celebrate the completion of a 2,000-square-foot asphalt mural at the intersection of Columbia and Dwight Streets, across from PS 676 and the Summit

Beyond Geographies: 8 Artists Explore Contemporary Muslim Identity

FORT GREENE – BRIC House was packed Thursday evening with visitors excited to check out the opening of Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/beyond-geographies-contemporary-art-and-muslim-experience] featuring eight Brooklyn-based Muslim artists working in varied media. Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience at BRIC House (Pamela

Make Art This Weekend For The Global Youth Climate Strike

GOWANUS/RED HOOK – Bring the kids to Thomas Greene Park this weekend and create art for the upcoming Global Youth Climate Strike taking place on Friday, September 20. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/1179764178876173/]Gan Golan [https://queensmuseum.org/2019/05/artbuilt-studio-in-the-park-announces-selected-2019-artists-in-residence] —ArtBuilt’s artist in residence who

Walentas Family’s “The David Prize” Will Award $1M To NYC Visionaries

Last week the Walentas Family Foundation [https://www.twotreesny.com/about-us/art-and-community] announced “The David Prize [https://www.thedavidprize.org/],” a new $1 million award program that will support five innovators working to make New York City a better place. Via thedavidprize.org [https://www.thedavidprize.org/]Named after David

Weekend Art Events: September 13-15 (Lost/Found, Photoville, Beyond Geographies & More)

The days are getting much shorter and a little cooler. Enjoy the waning days of summer with a visit to Photoville at Brooklyn Bridge Park, a tour of celebrity graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, a food crawl + fall festival, or an outdoor opera concert. Check out the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for

Meet The New ‘Established Gallery’ In Prospect Heights

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A leg, truncated from the knee up, nervously treads. Disembodied hands point and prod. Gears spin, colorful lightbulbs blink, and a hammer slowly taps away. This odd assortment of moving parts makes up Stuart Lantry’s nine quirky kinetic sculptures currently on view at Established Gallery [https://www.

Tastes Of Columbia Waterfront + Southwest Brooklyn Fall Festival, Sept. 14

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] —the team behind the Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill [/thursday-carroll-gardens-cobble-hill-restaurant-crawl-2/], Gowanus [/save-the-date-first-annual-tastes-of-gowanus-food-drink-crawl-april-13/], Franklin Avenue [/tastes-of-franklin-festival-launches-in-crown-heights-this-sunday/], and Red Hook [/first-red-hook-food-drink-crawl/] Food & Drink Crawls—have added a new culinary destination for local gourmands—the Columbia