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After 125 Years in Manhattan, Van Alen Institute Makes Brooklyn Its New home

New location of Van Alen Institute. Courtesy of Van Alen Institute.GOWANUS — The Van Alen Institute announced their move to a new location in Gowanus, leaving behind their Flatiron space after 125 years. The Van Alen Institute [https://www.vanalen.org/about/] is an architectural nonprofit organization, dedicated to improving

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MoCADA Mural Reminds Brooklynites To ‘Take It Easy’

FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [https://mocada.org/] (MoCADA) unveiled a new mural Saturday on Fort Greene Place across from the Atlantic Terminal Mall. MoCADA’s ‘Take It Easy’ mural on Fort Greene Place (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Titled Take It Easy, the artwork features a cast

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Paint a Community Mural this Week in South Williamsburg

Community mural painting project in 2018. Courtesy of SARF.SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG – This week you can try your hand at painting a street mural in East Williamsburg. Ten years ago, a mural reflecting the local farmers market was painted on the wall at 46 Graham Ave. Over the years it became

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JR: Chronicles Opens at Brooklyn Museum

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – JR: Chronicles [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/jr_chronicles] opens at the Brooklyn Museum on Friday, October 4, presenting several of the artist’s international projects from the past 15 years as well as a new mural, The Chronicles of New York City. JR, 28 Millimètres, Portrait d’

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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.

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“Under The Sun”: Public Art Debuts At 7th Avenue Triangle

PARK SLOPE – Last Sunday, a new public artwork was installed at the recently revamped 7th Avenue Triangle on the west side of Flatbush. Under the Sun by William Soltis (2019), photo by Pamela Wong/Bklyner Aug. 30, 2019, as the greenery at 7th Avenue Triangle was wateredWilliam Soltis’ sculpture Under

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4 New Public Artworks Coming To BAM

FORT GREENE – The Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] (BAM) announced on Tuesday the commission of four new site-specific artworks by three renowned artists that will be exhibited across the organization’s Fort Greene campus. Rendering of “Paradise Parados” by Teresita Fernández (Courtesy of BAM)As part of

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Under The Sun: Public Art Installation Coming To 7th Avenue Triangle

PARK SLOPE – A ten-foot-tall steel sculpture will soon be installed at the triangular Greenstreet space at Flatbush, 7th Avenue, and Park Place. The Greenstreet triangle at Flatbush Ave, 7th Ave, and Park Place (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https://www.

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Pieces Of Poetry: Artwork Honoring Literary Icons Coming To Fort Greene Park

FORT GREENE – A new public artwork honoring three literary greats will be installed in Fort Greene Park next month. Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities], presented plans for Pieces of Poetry Monday evening during the Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https:

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Public Art Fund To Exhibit Siah Armajani’s “Bridge Over Tree” At Brooklyn Bridge Park

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/] announced on Wednesday that it will exhibit artist Siah Armajani’s Bridge Over Tree (1970) at Brooklyn Bridge Park in the first re-staging of the installation in nearly 50 years. Siah Armajani, Bridge Over Tree (1970) Walker Art Center,

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Public Art: Handball Court Installation Coming To Cadman Plaza Park This Spring

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/public_programs/6683_harold_ancart_subliminal_standard] announced on Monday that artist Harold Ancart [http://www.artnet.com/artists/harold-ancart/] will exhibit an interactive art installation consisting of a playable handball court in Cadman Plaza Park starting in the

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‘The Spanish Gardener’: Artist Depicts Picasso As A 10-Foot-Tall Garden Gnome

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT – A giant garden gnome depicting painter Pablo Picasso wearing flip-flops and mowing a lawn is catching the eyes of passersby on Columbia Street. The Spanish Gardener by Elliott Arkin (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The Spanish Gardener, the ten-foot-tall sculpture created by Brooklyn-based artist Elliott Arkin, was unveiled

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Prospect Park’s ‘Secret Garden’ Comes Alive With 7,000 Pinwheels

Local artist Katrina Majkut and Noah. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Prosepct Park’s long-neglected Rose Garden is blooming for the first time since the 1800s, thanks to an immersive public art installation featuring a field of 7,000 pinwheels. The Connective Project, a combined effort from the Prospect Park

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‘Coney Art Walls’ Is Back and Better Than Ever

Artist: Ganzeer (Photo: Thor Equities)Do you remember walking past beautifully decorated walls on Stillwell Ave [/funky-shipping-containers-house-and-street-art-at-smorgasburg-coney-island-photos-bensonhurst/] ? Well, the 2017 Coney Art Walls season has officially begun with brand new artwork to capture your attention. Like every year, the development company Thor Equities organized the public art wall project. And

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Alloy Development Seeks Mural Artists For 80 Flatbush

Rendering via Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/more/educational-construction-fund-ecf-designates-alloy-to-build-2-new-schools-in-downtown-brooklyn-as-part-of-a-mixed-use-development] Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/] has issued a call for submissions seeking artists to create large-scale murals on three exteriors of its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/] project, a massive new development that will consist of two towers—

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Bay Ridge Rocks: The Treasure-Hunting Trend Hitting South Brooklyn

Three-year-old Eli Kaufman found a yellow Angry Bird rock outside his home in Bay Ridge. (Photo via Kacey Kaufman)Three-year-old Eli Kaufman’s day was made when he spotted a rock, with his mother Kacey’s help, outside their limestone home on February 21. The palm-sized, triangular-shaped rock caught his

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Neighborhood Artist Comes Home To Make Her Block A Brighter Place

“There’s a sad lack of good, bright art around here for some reason,” she said. “There’s more in Ditmas Park proper” said Artist Al Najjar. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington neighbor Al Najjar, of Al Zork’s Strange Art [https://www.facebook.com/itgetsstranger/?fref=ts], has

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Big Respect For The Artists Who Created New Artwork In Tribute Of Clinton Hill Son Biggie Smalls

Photo courtesy of Christopher Wallace Way [https://www.instagram.com/christopherwallaceway/].Two new public works of art — one in paint on metal, one a mosaic of glass — have gone up on Fulton Street, between St. James Place and Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, in tribute to one of the neighborhood’

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PrattSide Public Art Canopy Debuts At Putnam Triangle Plaza

Photo via Prattside [https://instagram.com/p/8QaYPYgRiJ/].A canopy of silver and blue wire criss-crossing above the pedestrian plaza, the PrattSIDE public art canopy has officially been installed on the Putnam Triangle Plaza (Fulton Street between Grand Avenue and Cambridge Place). The art installation will be there for 11

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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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Stratford’s New Residents

Many thanks to neighbor Kathy Jones for sending us these photos of these fantastic new figurines that have sprouted at an abandoned construction site at Stratford Road and Matthews Court. Neighbor Chris Kreussling, aka the Flatbush Gardener [http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/], also took note of the figurines, which appear to

Flatbush Food Co-Op

The Whole Picture

We were super excited that duanesorr [https://instagram.com/p/zVe9P_nkKI/?modal=true] caught the rare moment when you can see the Flatbush Food Co-op mural without any cars blocking the view! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.

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Gowanus-Inspired Proposals Wanted For Public Art Installations

A public art initiative that’s part of the Bridging Gowanus [http://archive.bridginggowanus.org/] project just launched a call for proposals [http://artsgowanus.org/2015-public-art-call-proposals] for work that will show what makes the neighborhood so unique. Presented by Arts Gowanus [http://artsgowanus.org] and the Old Stone House and

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The Flatbush Trees Art Project Needs Your Help

Community leaders are working hard to turn the dilapidated green sheet metal Flatbush Trees into something the neighborhood can be proud of [/blog/art-music/help-raise-money-for-the-flatbush-trees-public-art-project] – and artist David Eppley [http://daveeppley.com/] and The Q At Parkside blogger Tim Thomas [http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/] are asking neighbors to lend a

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Hey, Artists! Submit Drawings For Local Creative Community Exhibitions

We know there’s no shortage of talent and creativity in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill–and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org] is now inviting you to submit drawings for their forthcoming MARP [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/about/marp/] and Drawing Democracies [http://gateway.pratt.edu/