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Materials for face shields. Courtesy of ArtCube Nation.Big companies across Brooklyn are shifting to making face shields and other medical equipment to help with the shortages at NYC hospitals. Yesterday, Mayor Bill De Blasio applauded their efforts, which he said will greatly reduce the shortage in the city within
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Cow, the title character of Cow and COVID19: Don’t Lose Your Sh*t! Courtesy of Isabelle Garbani.Equal parts informative, and entertaining, Cow and COVID19: Don’t Lose Your Sh*t! YouTube series consists of seven two- to three-minute YouTube videos, produced by Brooklyn-based sculpture artist Isabelle Garbani [http:
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(Courtesy:Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-asdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to have
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Screenshots from ‘The Videoblogs’; Rebecca De Ornelas (left) and Phoebe Allegra. Flatbush indie filmmaking duo Michael DiBiasio and Rebecca De Ornelas released a feature-length film last week that tackles ambitious themes of depression, artistic expression, and technology — all backdropped by life in Ditmas Park. “The Videoblogs [http://www.videoblogsfilm.com]
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Photo via New York City Department of Cultural Affairs [https://www.facebook.com/nyculturalaffairs/photos/pb.1625125621042574.-2207520000.1453327064./1637280683160401/?type=3&theater] One of the most common conversations we have with artists in the neighborhood concern fiscal support for their projects. Our neighbors have big ideas, and form
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Brian Harkin for The New York TimesGertrude Stein, Picasso and W. H. Auden all had one thing in common; outside of being exceptional artists, they spent time in creative communes at some point in their lives. Andrew Thomas Reid, inspired by them, founded The Clubhouse, where young emerging artists have
343 5th Street
Evolution, 2014 by Ian Trask. Elastic textiles on wood. (Courtesy of Ian Trask) Scientist. Technician. Hospital groundskeeper. Surprisingly, those were some of the occupations and studies of Ian Trask [http://www.iantrask.com/] before he became a visual artist. His background has informed not only his artwork, but his fascinating
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How about some public art you can relax in? The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] and Paul Smith’s College [http://www.paulsmiths.edu/], located in the Adirondacks, this week unveiled Park It [http://prospectpark.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af49fae3995832605e637055c&id=47f4df0b7d&e=3ba59f8287]
![Shipping Container Booths And Street Art At Smorgasburg Coney Island [Photos]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ConeyIslandSGB-7.jpg)
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Courtesy of SG Blocks.Foodies flocked to Smorgasburg’s first ever Coney Island outpost this weekend, only to find that the grub was being served out of industrial-sized truck containers. SG Blocks [http://www.sgblocks.com/], a designer of container-based structures, sent us some cool photos of their recently completed
1314 Cortelyou Road
From left to right, artists Elaine Mamary, Linda Ippolito, and Madeline Sorel celebrated the opening of their art exhibit, Pastures and Pleasures, at Purple Yam on Sunday.As artists Elaine Mamary [https://www.facebook.com/elainemamaryphotomorphosis?fref=ts], Linda Ippolito [http://www.lindaippolito.com/] and Madeline Sorel [http://madelinesorel.com/
1203 Church Avenue
Photo via Alden Moves Dance Theater [https://www.facebook.com/aldenmoves/photos/pb.903953452951498.-2207520000.1422627337./933195480027295/?type=3&theater] .Neighbor Alden LaPaglia [http://www.aldenmoves.com/] gave us some exciting news: her new storefront at 1203 Church Avenue [/blog/business/help-alden-moves-open-permanent-studio-1203-church-avenue] opened this week, and she’s planning
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Two weeks from now, the American Fine Craft Show [http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.com] will hit nearby Brooklyn Museum [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php] (200 Eastern Parkway between Washington and Underhill Avenues) for the second year–and with it, handmade pieces from 90 US artists [http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.com/participants.
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If you’re an artist with a studio in the Park Slope/Windsor Terrace area, you can get in touch now about being part of an open studio tour happening in November. The Park Slope/Windsor Terrace Artists is holding its annual open studio tour [http://parkslopewindsorterraceartists.wordpress.com/2014/
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Washington Cemetery, BensonhurstThere are few sights as comforting to the homesick Brooklyn native as the borough’s skyline whizzing by as you sit aboard an elevated subway, looking down on your domain. Yet, despite the sense of place it delivers, it’s not an often celebrated view, perhaps easily taken
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Are you an artist with a love of Gowanus? Then you’re in luck, because a couple of upcoming exhibitions are currently accepting submissions: Current: Gowanus [http://artsgowanus.org/current-gowanus] Show dates: May 14-18 Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, April 1 About the show: Arts Gowanus presents this art exhibition and
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Housewarming: Notions of Home from the End of the Universe [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/housewarming-notions-of-home-from-the-center-of-the-universe] , the inaugural show at BRIC House [http://bricartsmedia.org/about/bric-house] (647 Fulton Street, enter on Rockwell Place) which includes work by neighbors Njideka Akunyili [http://njidekaakunyili.com/] and Garry Nichols [http://garrynichols.com] as