The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is celebrating the summer with a new, free art exhibition featuring dozens of artists and four different shows.
Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
The picturesque waterfront gallery at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Red Hook just opened four fantastic exhibits that are open to the public all summer long.
BWAC is a nonprofit organization run by artists, for artists since its inception in 1978. In this monumental 45th year since the gallery opened, the public is invited to view a collection of exhibits — including some curated by BWAC’s member artists — that will be running from now until August 13.
“It’s a great thing that we have the opportunity to start with so many exciting, different shows,” said Alicia Degener, the president of BWAC. “Our mission is to give artists a place to exhibit their work. So it’s also a place for people to learn to curate. The members who did the art project and had never curated before were so proud of how the show turned out, and the show looks amazing.”
Every weekend between 1 and 6 p.m., visitors can step into the BWAC gallery and will immediately be greeted by the first of four select exhibits with the ground floor collection entitled “Go Figure!”
A clever play on words, “Go Figure!” is a partnership between two New York-based organizations, ChaShaMa and The Portrait Project, with select artists including Robert Bunkin, Leonid Gervits, Valerie Gillett, Howard Gladstone, Karen Kaapcke, Dena Schutzer, Donna Skebo, and Yu Zhang.
Local artist Rusty Zimmerman, who is in the midst of painting 200 free portraits of southern Brooklynites as part of his “Free Portrait Project,” will also display some of his work in the show.
The gallery’s second floor is home to the remaining three exhibits: “The Arc Project: Celebrating Humans from the Mundane to the Mythical,” “Off the Grid,” and “Why…
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