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Please think of us this Giving Tuesday!

We did a LOT of cool things this year! Here's a video with some highlights!

We're partnering with The Brooklyn Community Foundation this year for #BrooklynGives. You can read more about our Giving Tuesday initiave and make a donation here!

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We STRONGLY encourage everyone to shop local and support local businesses!

However...IF you are ordering things on Amazon...

Put your Amazon shopping $$ to good use! Register on AmazonSmile and then use that as your portal to do all your usual Amazon shopping. Amazon will then donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to Arts Gowanus. Go to smile.amazon.com and choose "Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY" as your charitable organization. [It's the original name we used when we registered as a 501(3)(c)]

Arts Gowanus is an accredited 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Contributions are 100% tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

Best of all, Amazon Smile requires no additional funds from you. You shop, Amazon gives. Just remember to access your current Amazon account via Amazon Smile, and then let those pennies add up.

Here’s how to sign up to Amazon Smile in 3 easy steps

- Go to smile.amazon.com

- Sign in using your amazon email or phone number (or create an Amazon account)

- In the Account dropdown, click on Amazon Smile, and choose Arts Gowanus as your charity (it will show up as Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour).

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15 years of Open Source! One of our favorite orgs!

Open Source Gallery 2022 Gala and Auction helps support Open Source Gallery's mission to maintain public access to art and art education, community building events, and fair wages for artists and art workers.

Online auction bidding begins November 19th. View the Catalog here!

The silent auction includes work by Edgar Heap of Birds, Tahir Kamali, Marti Command, George Ferrandi, David Colosi, a collaborative work by Pallavi Sen and Ilana Harris-Babou and many more amazing pieces of art–available starting Saturday, November 19!

Gala tickets are now on sale! Don't miss the party

Pieces up for auction will be exhibited at the event (Smallhold HQ, Brooklyn)

 Gala: December 3, 6-9pm, Smallhold, 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn

Online silent auction: November 19-December 3

Opening December 4 at The Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse!

Opening Sunday, December 4th 2022 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Somethin's Cookin' is collection of Miguel Ayuso's most recent creations, centering food, whimsical animals, memories and tastes of home. The show features ten original illustrations inspired by Alcalá Street, a famous cobblestone thoroughfare in Ayuso's hometown, Oaxaca, México. The artist has fond memories of the slow rhythm of the street, filled with locals and tourists strolling about while munching on the many delectable street foods on offer.

Alcalá Street shares lots of similarities with areas Ayuso frequents here in New York City. He found joy creating the anthropomorphic pieces, all reflecting animals from Oaxaca or NYC, eating street foods and mouth-watering snacks he enjoys in both places he calls home.

Most illustrations were created using first ink and paper (for the original compositions) then reproduced or printed with various techniques including rubber carvings, linocut, screen printing and digital prints. Base illustrations are black and white with magenta highlights. For the larger pieces, he created variations using acrylic paints and mixed media on repurposed wood panels found on the streets of NYC.

For this show, Ayuso has pushed into a medium he rarely explores - sculpture. To create the brightly colored pretzels, he first created a clay model, then a rubber mold and, finally a series of silicon copies which he painted with acrylic paints.

Show will be open for viewing on the weekends of 12/10, 12/11 & 12/17, 12/18 from 2-4pm.

Come celebrate the work of late Gowanus artist Linda Adato!

On view: Small Works Show at 440 Gallery, curated by Arts Gowanus Executive Director Johnny Thornton!

November 17, 2022 - December 16, 2022

Masks and social distancing required indoors.

440 Gallery celebrates small-scale creativity and innovation with The 18th Annual Small Works Show currently on display at the gallery. This national juried show, a collection of 85 works submitted by nearly 500 artists, is our annual way to acknowledge that size is irrelevant to awesomeness. Artwork qualified for selection as long as it measured no more than 12” in all dimensions, including framing and any digital media hardware required for display. Johnny Thornton, the 2022 juror, considered over 1,400 submissions ranging from traditional painting and sculpture, to photography and digital works of art.

The Small Works Show is a favorite annual event for gallery followers and art collectors alike. We are pleased to announce several awards that will be given to artists participating in the show. This year, the 440 Gallery Award, selected by the artist-members of the gallery, will be renamed the Jim Manwell Memorial Award, in memory of our dear friend and supporter Jim Manwell. The People’s Choice Award, voted on through social media, and the Juror’s Choice Award, selected by Johnny Thornton, will also be awarded.

Gowanus artist Jon Bunge on view at Established Gallery!

Check out this amazing exhibition walkthrough video done by Rick Secen!

Established Gallery is pleased to present “Seeking the Sacred,” a solo show by artist Jon Bunge. The show runs from Friday, November 11th – December 4th.

Through his work, Bunge hopes to bring the global climate crisis to top of mind. Trees, which offer one solution to climate change with their abilities to capture carbon, produce oxygen, and cool the planet, are themselves in danger. 30% of the world’s tree species are currently at risk of extinction. Bunge’s practice aims to place the branches in a position of honor and reverence, and the works invite the viewer to appreciate trees and their beauty in greater depth.

“I love to inspect the twigs to see how they send forth new branches. I find the passages where the twigs divide to be beautiful; the new growth suggests hope for the future,” said Bunge. 

The movement of the sculptures and the shadows they create also play important roles in the work. This exhibition will be dramatically lit to emphasize each piece’s unique shadow. 

“I find the contrast between the sculpture and the shadows to be captivating, and the shadows to be mysterious. They are immaterial and ephemeral; with the flick of a switch, they are gone,” said Bunge. 

Two weeks left for teens to submit designs to Books Are Magic!

Click here for more info and to download the template and submit your design!

GreenThumb provides programming and material support to over 550 community gardens in New York City.

Submit up to three original designs based on the 2023 GreenThumb GrowTogether theme, Learning from the Land: Bounties of Wisdom from Community Garden by Friday, December 9, 2022! The winning artwork will appear on the 2023 GrowTogether t-shirts, worn by hundreds of gardeners all over the city. In addition to the 39th annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference, GreenThumb will be celebrating its 45th anniversary throughout 2023. The t-shirt will be shared with gardeners all season long.

Click here for guidelines and info on how to submit!

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Help us with our mission! Arts Gowanus works to support, promote, and advocate for artists and a sustainable local arts community. Please consider being part of the driving force that keeps artists in this community and helps them thrive. Whether you are an artist or art lover, your support makes possible professional development workshops for artists, exhibitions showcasing Gowanus artwork, the annual Gowanus Open Studios weekend, and ongoing advocacy for Gowanus and Gowanus artists.

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