BWAC is an artist-run, 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. We provide opportunities for artists to exhibit their work, develop professionally, and engage the public in the experience of art.

Please consider a donation to help us reimagine our next chapter. BWAC has been without a permanent location since the September 17, 2025 fire in Red Hook and is actively seeking space to host exhibitions. Currently, BWAC is exhibiting at The Whale Building, 14 53rd St., Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

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EXCLAIM!

A national juried exhibition of artwork that makes a statement, evokes emotions or is a call for action.

To n=be held in a temporary space at the Whjalkem Building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Opening reception Thursday, September 17, 2026 from 5-8 pm.

One Year Later: New Work, New Perspectives

This exhibition presents the work of BWAC members, marking one year since the fire in Red Hook destroyed the space BWAC had occupied for more than 30 years.

To be held in a temporary space at the Whale Building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Opening reception Thursday, September 17, 2026 from 5-8 pm.

EXCLAIM! Open Call

EXCLAIM! celebrates the ability of art to communicate, connect, challenge, inspire and heal. Through diverse personal and artistic perspectives, the exhibition invites viewers to experience, reflect, discuss and discover the many ways artists respond to the changing world around them.

OPEN CALL FOR ART - deadline August 20
Show dates: Sept. 17-Oct.18, 2026
Location: Whale Building, 14 53rd St,. Sunset Park, Brooklyn 11220

Unmoored / Unbound

MAY 21 - AUG. 9 @ Powerhouse Arts

Unmoored / Unbound is a BWAC juried group exhibition in collaboration with Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus. The show presents artworks that explore themes of loss, transition, liberation, freedom and deliverance.

NYSCA Award

We are excited to announce we are a NYSCA 2026 Grantee.

ARTISTS RESOURCE

Information from professional conservators on how to handle various types of damage to art.

OPEN CALLS

EVENTS

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Aug 9

ART TALK - Unmoored / Unbound

ART TALK - UNMOORED / UNBOUND

Closing day for Unmoored / Unbound there will be an artist talk led by Alicia Degener with artists Danny Aros, Tony Bartolucci, Amy Ciavolino, H. Daniel Noble and Mariana Vidal-Escabi.

Sunday, August 9 at 4pm.

BWAC at Powerhouse Arts
322 3rd. Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11215