Release Date: April 12, 2006
Contact: Michelle Karshan
Tel: 212-613-6033
Email: mkarshan@aol.com
Brooklyn's Art Weekend to Draw Both Established and Emerging Artists
for Third Annual Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk
Brooklyn, New York - April 12, 2006 - Local and visiting artists, both
established and emerging, are signing on to participate in this year's
largest art happening in Brooklyn. Thrown into the mix are those
international artists who have chosen to live and work in Brooklyn
because of its thriving and inspirational arts culture. On Saturday and
Sunday, June 3rd and 4th from 1 to 6 pm, for the third year in a row,
art collectors, gallery and museum curators, as well as the general
public, will be able to view the artwork of more than 100 artists
at this year's Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk (ArtWalk06).
Paintings, sculpture, watercolor, photography, digital media, and
textiles -- from artists who have shown at the New Museum, Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), London Fashion & Textile Museum,
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Dyezu Experiment Gallery Tokyo,
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Contemporary African Art Gallery,
Metaphor Contemporary Art, New York Watercolor Society, and the
Brooklyn Museum -- will be exhibited through open artist studios,
gallery shows, public art projects, and in stores, restaurants, window
displays, and more. Open studios give the public a rare glimpse into
the artist's workspace and creative process.
ArtWalk06, along Brooklyn's historic and trendy Atlantic Avenue, runs
through Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and downtown
Brooklyn. The tour and accompanying events are free and open to the
public. Stores, restaurants and bars will offer specials to tour goers
and anticipated programming will include music, dance, film, readings,
and workshops.
In collaboration with ArtWalk06, the Brooklyn Waterfront
Artists Coalition (BWAC) will host their open studios tour and pier
show in the adjacent neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, and continuing though Cobble Hill - making the weekend Brooklyn's biggest art event of the year.
The prominent local sculptor, Chris Piazza , will return to ArtWalk
opening her Boerum Hill studio to the public to view what a recent New
York Times feature described as, "puppets that reside in
architecturally elaborate glass boxes - artwork that memorializes both
her cultural heroes and the vanishing parts of New York."
Christian Mendoza, painter and muralist from Nicaragua, whose works
draw from the experiences of his homeland and the influences of New
York City and Miami, is returning to ArtWalk06 after a year of exhibits
and public works showing in Chelsea, Williamsburg, Philadelphia, San
Juan, and Tokyo.
Mac Premo, a collagist and animator, points out that his past
participation in ArtWalk "has been very lucrative in terms of getting
shows and meeting people who are interested in the arts and arts around
them." As a result, Premo was invited recently to exhibit in LA.
Ashley O'Neal, a Brooklyn-based painter, adds that "the beauty of open
studios is that the public gets the opportunity to view the art more
fully, interact and purchase directly from the artist."
Maps, guides and artist biographies provided to the public make the
tour a perfect setting for dialogue, collecting, and learning first
hand about current bodies of work by talking directly with the actual
artists.
ArtWalk06 is produced by COlab Projects and the Atlantic Avenue Local
Development Corporation with production support from the Atlantic
Avenue Betterment Association.
ArtWalk06 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).
For more information including portfolio samples, images, directions,
and tour map, see www.artwalk06.com. This website is being continuously
updated - with artist portfolios and tour maps to be published in May.
