SAMPLING OF EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR ARTWALK06:
New and recent work from over 100 artists across a range of media. Download your tour map here and pick up the
of the full events and special deals listing at ArtWalk info tables that line the tour route. Events this weekend
include artist receptions and artist talks, music, films, readings, workshops and demonstrations such as:
FRIDAY ONLY:
+++ PK Williams - whose solo-show opened May 25 at s.e.e.d gallery Dumbo
will present a new body of collaborative work at KEA for ArtWalk06.
+ Date: Artists' reception will be held Friday, June 2, 6-8pm
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #14: KEA, 477 Atlantic Avenue
SATURDAY ONLY:
+++ "Looking at Art" workshop led by artist, Colette Taber
Explores reality versus appearance, color, and picture plane theories
inviting children and young adults to closer examine painting and sculpture
to second or even third layers. Workshop size limited. *** For ages 8 and up.
Call 718-797-5667, Ext 111 to register.
+ Date: Saturday, June 3, 10:30 - 11:30 am
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #40: Sterling Place, 363 Atlantic Avenue
+++ "My American Life" public performance piece by Michael Harrison Sheriff piece
about a man who cannot carry the weight of his everyday obligations placed upon him
by family and American society. He feels his life have been dictated by the ideal
of what an average American man should be, rather than what he wants to be.
He wears a 15 lb. American Flag Lapel Pin that is 56 inches in diagonal symbolizing
these pressures. If you do see him, and you have any idea as to how he can improve
his American life, offer advice, he is looking for help.
+ Date: Saturday, June 3, 1pm-6pm
+ ARTWALK Location: On Atlantic Avenue
+++ Author/Illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg reading and book signing. Books "Down in the Subway"
and "A City Is" which has won Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. Greenberg was also
recognized in children's illustration by a 2005 Golden Kite award. *** For Kids of All Ages
+ Date: Saturday, June 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #10: Gumbo, 493 Atlantic Avenue
+++ Reception for artist Darcy Lynn. Her landscapes and paintings will be on view.
Wine and light refreshments.
+ Date: Saturday, June 3, 6-8 pm
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop#11: Home & Abroad, 487 Atlantic Avenue
+++ Artist talk with Colette Taber to discuss her mixed media and oil on canvas and other projects.
Wine and light refreshments.
+ Date: Saturday, June 3, 7 pm
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #40: Sterling Place, 363 Atlantic Avenue
SATURDAY & SUNDAY:
+++ Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra presents two Chamber Music performances.
+ Dates: Saturday, June 3, 3pm-6 pm & Sunday, June 4, 4pm- 6pm
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #28: St. Cyril Belorusian Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue
+++ New 18'x10' work by David Ellis. Ellis' public art projects can be found on buildings in NYC, Osaka,
and Cameron, NC. Recent solo shows include Rice University Gallery, TX and Jessica Murray Projects, NY.
+ Dates: goes up Saturday, June 3, 1pm; to remain on view indefinitely after the tour.
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #6: Third Avenue and Atlantic Avenue (look up)
+++ Axelle Fine Arts will open its print studio to the public – view a range of print techniques
presented by their master printer. Described by NY Arts Magazine as a print studio in a "beautiful
Art Deco building [where] they do high-end graphics producing editions for local art stars like
Inka Essenhigh and Matthew Barney."
+ Dates: Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, 1pm - 6pm each day
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #50: Axelle Fine Arts Galerie Brooklyn, 312 Atlantic Avenue
+++ Following a recent tour and group exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cannonball Press'
popular print show returns to ArtWalk! Artists Mike Houston & Martin Mazorra discuss woodcut print
process. 12'x18' woodcut prints on view.
+ Dates: Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, 1pm - 6pm each day
+ ARTWALK Tour Stop #21: 435 Atlantic Avenue
+++ Chris Piazza opens her studio & holds artist
talk 4pm - 5pm each day discussing her elaborate mixed-media sculptures and the makings of her
newest work, Ghost of Change, which New York Times describes as "artwork that memorializes both her
cultural heroes and the vanishing parts of New York."
+ Dates: Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, Open Studio 1pm - 6pm each day
ALSO THIS WEEKEND:
+++ In collaboration with ArtWalk06, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) will host its
Open Studio tour and Pier Show featuring over 300 artists combined in the adjacent neighborhoods of
Red Hook and Carroll Gardens - making the weekend Brooklyn's largest art event of the year.
+ Dates: Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, Open Studio 12pm - 6pm each day
+ Location: Tour Map Available from www.bwac.org and en route at Tour Stops #32, 46, 52, 66, 67
+++ In honor of ArtWalk, New York Transit Museum will offer special 2-for-1 admission
-just mention ArtWalk06 & free kids' workshops with paid admission. New contemporary and
historical exhibits on view: The Art of Laura Cantor & Triborough Bridge Exhibit using architectural
drawings and models, artifacts, and original film footage to tell the story of the bridge.
For additional information please call (718) 694-1600
+ Date: Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, 12pm - 5pm each day
+ Tour Stop #55: Boerum Place & Schermerhorn Street
+++ Micro Museum will hold its Audience "Best of Show" Party for the "Circus Surreal" 2006
group show which features 43 artists from 20 states. Visitors presenting an ArtWalk06 tour map
receive a gift at the door with $2 paid admission.
+ Dates: Open Saturday & Sunday, June 3-4, 1pm - 6pm; Closing Party Sunday, June 4, 5pm - 7pm
+ Tour Stop #51: Micro Museum, 123 Smith Street
ARTWALK is a self-guided tour of open studios, public art, gallery shows, and special events in
Brooklyn, NY. Established and emerging artists open their studios to the public while area businesses
host local artists' work and receptions. ArtWalk06 provides a relaxed forum for viewing and
collecting art as well as learning about the work and process directly from the artists. Many area
restaurants and bars offer specials ArtWalkers all weekend.
ArtWalk is made possible with grants from Con Edison and Independence Community Foundation and media sponsors
Time-Warner and Brooklyn Daily Eagle. This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts. In Kings County the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).
