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Artists Find Ways To Help During PPE Shortage

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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Surviving COVID-19 With Puppets

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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MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Five Brooklyn Subway Stations

(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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Local Husband & Wife Filmmakers Talk Art, Depression & Making A Feature In The Neighborhood

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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Does Your Cultural Or Arts Organization Need A Grant? NYCULTURE Grant Deadline Is February 8

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 the

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The Clubhouse: A Creative Commune

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

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Ground Floor Gallery Presents “Give And Take” By Visual Artist Ian Trask

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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New Public Art Installation In Prospect Park Encourages Neighbors To Relax, Adirondack-Style

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] , an art

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Shipping Container Booths And Street Art At Smorgasburg Coney Island [Photos]

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

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Pastures And Pleasures: Community Celebrates Art Exhibit Opening At Purple Yam

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/

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Calling All Artists! Apply Now To Be Part Of Alden Moves Dance Theater’s Grand Opening Series

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 on

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See Brooklyn Artists’ Amazing Handmade Goods At The American Fine Craft Show On November 22 & 23

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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Calling All Artists – You Can Join The Park Slope/Windsor Terrace Open Studio Tour Now

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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Brooklyn, As Seen From The Elevated Subway Lines

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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Call For Gowanus Artists For Two Upcoming Exhibitions

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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Last Chance: See Kensington-Windsor Terrace Artists At BRIC House This Weekend

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

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See Tons Of Local Art At Gowanus Open Studios

On Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 from 12-6pm, you can see pieces from more than 200 artists while exploring their workspaces during the annual Gowanus Open Studios [http://artsgowanus.org/], which includes spaces from Smith Street to 5th Avenue, and from Bergen Street to 13th Street. Overwhelmed by

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Saturday: Sand Sculpture Competition To Heat Up On Coney Island

Photo Courtesy of Kathleen HigginsThe 23rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest kicks off this Saturday, pitting amateur artists in a contest to create the most imaginative sculptures possible. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/coney-island-sand-sculpting-contest-week-article-1.1420662] that the contest is drawing contestants from

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Coney Island Hospital, Local Artists’ Group Dedicate New Exhibit Space To Recchia Staffer’s Late Husband

Roz Cohen with a portrait of her late husband, Norman.Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) and the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group dedicated a new exhibit space in the hospital to the memory of Norman Cohen, the late husband of Councilman Domenic Recchia staffer Roz Cohen. Cohen, 83, passed away

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Sculptor Eric Pesso Transforms Fallen Trees Into Works of Art

If you were wandering the neighborhood during the GO open studios [/blog/art-music/the-open-corner-reminder-go-open-studios-this-weekend] in September, you may have found yourself at a studio on Argyle Road belonging to the talented local artist Eric Pesso [http://www.flatbushartists.org/EricPesso.htm]. A mathematician and a computer programmer by trade, Eric

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Meet Tae Won Yu, The Man Drawing You on the Subway

Tae Won Yu, photo by Gail O’Hara of Chickfactor [http://chickfactor.com/] The man sitting to your left at Sycamore might be an an artist for Radiolab [http://www.radiolab.org/] and the woman to your right might draw covers for Marvel [marvel.com]. There goes the guitarist for

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Brooklyn Artist Trades Photos For Memories From Russia On Brighton Boardwalk

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwV9k27g1M] When I was walking around a mall in South Korea last year, there were a lot of digital camera salesmen. They didn’t speak any English, but seeing how my girlfriend and I were as white as can be, they knew we

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Deadline to Register Your Studio for GO Is Friday

This fall, you can open your art studio for GO [/blog/art-music/open-your-studio-you-might-get-a-show-at-the-brooklyn-museum] and then possibly end up in a show at the Brooklyn Museum. But you’ve only got until Friday, June 28 to register your studio [http://www.gobrooklynart.org/participate/artists]! If you’ve had any questions

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Local Art Group Gives Troubled Teens Attention, Skills And A Second Chance

The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group [/tag/brooklyn-streetcar-artists-group/] launched a free program this week for troubled youths who have been arrested due to minor offences and for students on probation, with the hopes of nurturing their creativity and helping rehabilitate them. The program builds on the group’s mission to “promote

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New Lease On Life For A Young Autistic Artist

Source: NYDailyNews.comIf you do not take into account local mobsters named Jimmy Whispers and Jojo the Whale sitting around their Belmont Avenue social club, discussing who to whack next, so many of the quotes from A Bronx Tale have this refreshing tendency to supersede their immediate surroundings and kind