Summer 2024 Exhibition Recap
Summer Recap:
As we prepare the gallery and install new artwork for our Fall season, opening September 21, we wanted to share some sights from this past season.
See you in the Fall!
We hope your were able to visit some of the exciting exhibitions at our gallery this summer. If not this is a quick glimpse at what you missed.
We hope to see you for our Fall Season.
An Open Call for FEARLESS WATERCOLORS – “Acuarelas con Cojones”
Submission deadline: October 1, 2024
BWAC is thrilled to announce an open call for a gutsy watercolor show, “Fearless Watercolors – Acuarelas con Cojones."
We are looking for bold, vivid, flowing, and experimental watercolors relating to all subject matter including abstract.
We are looking for bold, vivid, flowing, and experimental watercolors relating to all subject matter including abstract.
"Cojones" is one of the most versatile Spanish's words. In this context, the meaning and impact of such a phrase would be lost if translated into literal English. But what a perfect phrase to describe what we want, BOLD, FEARLESS, and full of NERVE watercolors. As the Spanish phrase suggest with guts and panache, "CON COJONES.”
CALL TO ARTISTS FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submission Deadline: Final Application Deadline October 1st, 2024
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 24, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.
Complete details in the Prospectus PDF here
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The Art of Coney Island 3 - Nat’l Juried Show
Coney Island is a NYC icon for all the reasons we love this city. It’s wild, exciting, fun, gritty, unique and beautiful -- especially to artists -- like no other place. Come celebrate the side show, mermaids, Cyclone, Nathan’s and of course, the beach, through the eyes of nearly 100 artists who haven’t forgotten to add a good dose of freakiness into their creations.
Weekends 1-6pm from Sat 7/13 EXTENDED TO Sun 8/25
Coney Island is a NYC icon for all the reasons we love this city. It’s wild, exciting, fun, gritty, unique and beautiful -- especially to artists -- like no other place. Come celebrate the side show, mermaids, Cyclone, Nathan’s and of course, the beach, through the eyes of nearly 100 artists who haven’t forgotten to add a good dose of freakiness into their creations.
Dates: Sat and Sun 1-6pm, 7/13 EXTENDED to 8/25
In the Neighborhood - BWAC Member Show
A member exhibition, In The Neighborhood presents the artists' perspectives and realities of their surroundings. Whether the artists chose to render images of architecture scenes, human interaction or atmospheric feelings, each piece represents the attachments human beings have for the place they spend their lives.
Weekends 1-6pm from Sat 7/13 EXTENDED through Sun 8/25
A member exhibition, In The Neighborhood presents the artists' perspectives and realities of their surroundings. Whether the artists chose to render images of architecture scenes, human interaction or atmospheric feelings, each piece represents the attachments human beings have for the place they spend their lives.
Dates: Sat and Sun 1-6pm, 7/13 EXTENDED to 8/25
An Open Call for “The Art of Coney Island 3” - National Juried Art Show
Submission deadline: EXTENDED June 19, 2024
BWAC is seeking artworks that use Coney Island as muse to depict the spirit and energy of this iconic Brooklyn neighborhood including the beach, boardwalk, attractions, people, and neighborhood. Submit your work to be considered for an exhibition encompassing it all.
We are excited to announce our national juried art show, “The Art Coney Island 3” will be opening July 13, 2024. BWAC welcomes back Alicia Degener, President of BWAC as curator. With her guidance and selections, we look forward to a spectacular show.
Coney Island, The Nickel Empire, Sodom by the Sea, The Poor Man’s Riviera, boasts both a community and amusement zone accessible for the price of a subway ride. The iconic location is muse to poets, writers, film makers and visual artists.
BWAC is seeking artworks that use Coney Island as muse to depict the spirit and energy of this iconic Brooklyn neighborhood including the beach, boardwalk, attractions, people, and neighborhood. Submit your work to be considered for an exhibition encompassing it all.
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is an artist-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit. With 25,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space set in a Civil War-era warehouse on the waterfront of Red Hook Brooklyn. BWAC provides exhibition opportunities to artists of various levels of experience as well as professional development and public engagement. Explore membership opportunities on our Membership tab.
CALL TO ARTISTS FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submission Deadline: Application Deadline EXTENDED to June 19th, 2024
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 13 – Sunday, Aug 11, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13, 2024 from 1‐6 P.M.
Complete details in the Prospectus PDF here
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The Creative Process - BWAC Member Show
Our member artists were asked to give you a glimpse into their thought processes on the pieces they are displaying. Did they work from sketches? Were they inspired by a former work of their own, or by another artist? Was their inspiration from nature or their own human surroundings? What did they do and what steps did they take to arrive at the finished artwork? Take a peak into their creative process!
Our member artists were asked to give you a glimpse into their thought processes on the pieces they are displaying. Did they work from sketches? Were they inspired by a former work of their own, or by another artist? Was their inspiration from nature or their own human surroundings? What did they do and what steps did they take to arrive at the finished artwork? Take a peak into their creative process!
Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm
THE CARDINAL COMPASS: A Collection of North Carolina Artists
Show extended through August!
The connection between the Carolinas and New York City is a strong one. This juried exhibition presents more than 50 artists who have a direct connection with North Carolina, whether living here or there. There is a broad representation of artists from all parts of the state, from the mountains to the coast.
Dates: Sat and Sun 1-6pm, 7/13 EXTENDED to 8/25
Show extended through August! The connection between the Carolinas and New York City is a strong one. This juried exhibition presents more than 50 artists who have a direct connection with North Carolina, whether living here or there. There is a broad representation of artists from all parts of the state, from the mountains to the coast.
Dates: Sat and Sun 1-6pm, 7/13 EXTENDED to 8/25
Works on Paper
For many artists, the freedom and immediacy afforded by working on paper is instrumental to their practices, spawning new techniques and aesthetics, subjects and methods. Works On Paper, a national juried exhibition, encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right.
For many, the freedom and immediacy afforded by working on paper is instrumental to their practices, spawning new techniques and aesthetics, subjects and methods. Works On Paper encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right.
Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm
Shirley Kaplan: The Creative Process
Featured artist Shirley Kaplan presents a retrospective of her paintings and drawings. expressing the interplay of ideas and forms between her visual work and her work in theatre.
Shirley Kaplan uses color and line to create an arena of figurative interaction. She works intuitively allowing abstract forms of heightened color to appear and build upon one another. Images evolve that depict the activated world and impulse of performance and life. From her early years in Paris to today her paintings are a visual diary of lived experience showing aspects of the worlds of the circus, cabaret, theatre, and festivals. The sidelines of a cabaret hall and the artificial glamor and onstage atmosphere evoke a feeling of a time and place. She works primarily in oil and over the years has created paintings, wooden cities, masks, drawings, portraits, set designs, and projections sometimes using a combination of other materials.
Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm
An Open Call for “Works On Paper” - National Juried Art Show
Submission deadline: May 1st, 2024
Works On Paper encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right. BWAC is seeking artists exploring the creative potential of working on paper.
For many, the freedom and immediacy afforded by working on paper is instrumental to their practices, spawning new techniques and aesthetics, subjects and methods. Works On Paper encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right.
BWAC is seeking artists exploring the creative potential of working on paper. Works On Paper will showcase artists with an experimental spirit and exploration of the interaction between artist and paper in the process of creating art. No photography. Original and framed work only.
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is an artist-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit. With 25,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space set in a Civil War-era warehouse on the waterfront of Red Hook Brooklyn. BWAC provides exhibition opportunities to artists of various levels of experience as well as professional development and public engagement. Explore membership opportunities on our Membership tab.
CALL TO ARTISTS FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submission Deadline: Final Application Deadline EXTENDED to May 1st, 2024
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, June 23, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 1‐6 P.M.
Complete details in the Prospectus PDF here
Ready to submit? Click here
Designed by Nature - BWAC Member Show
This show explores the richness of nature, whose beauty, viewed through the lenses and paint brushes of our member artists, whether they chose to literally or metaphorically. Member artists explore the natural beauty that surrounds us to gain inspiration for their work, in all media and in any aspect or form, real or abstract.
This show explores the richness of nature, whose beauty, viewed through the lenses and paint brushes of our member artists, whether they chose to literally or metaphorically capture the vibrant colors of flowers that are in bloom; to the birds that are flying back north after winter; and the different natural tableaus that exist around us. This exhibition encouraged member artists to explore the natural beauty that surrounds us to gain inspiration for their work, in all media and in any aspect or form, real or abstract.
Dates: April 13th to May 12th 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm
Fine Grit: Art and Ideas in Wood- National Juried Art Show
An exhibition of contemporary artists who use wood as a primary material in their work. Featuring works that use traditional techniques such as hand carved sculpture, woodcuts and pyrography to more recent technologies such as laser engraving and 3D printing.
Fine Grit is an exhibition of contemporary artists who use wood as a primary material in their work. From traditional techniques such as hand carved sculpture, woodcuts and pyrography to more recent technologies such as laser engraving and 3D printing, artists have long used wood as a source material and medium.
Dates: April 13th to May 12th 2024. Sat+Sun 1-6pm
Realism vs. The Abstract - National Juried Art Show
Color, forms, shapes, and subject matter are all concepts used by artists to express themselves: through REALISM—art which aims to reproduce reality and THE ABSTRACT: art which can convert those same concepts into patterns of color, forms, and shapes. In this exhibition we draw associations between the styles by placing pieces side by side.
Color, forms, shapes, subject matter are all concepts used by artists to express themselves: through REALISM—art which aims to reproduce reality and THE ABSTRACT: art which can convert those same concepts into patterns of color, forms, and shapes. In this exhibition we will attempt, by way of their formal arrangements, to draw associations between them.
Dates: April 13th to May 12th 2024. Sat+Sun 1-6pm
RAICES / Roots - National Juried Art Show
Oct-Nov 2023
Raices/Roots will be our second Latin heritage inspired exhibition following our successful “Somos Lantinx” in 2022. This year’s show is a celebration of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Latinx/e and Hispanic communities.
Raices/Roots will be our second Latin heritage inspired exhibition following our successful “Somos Lantinx” in 2022. This year’s show is a celebration of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Latinx/e and Hispanic communities.
Exhibition Dates: Sat 10/28 – Sun 11/19, weekends 1 to 6pm
Opening Reception: Sat 10/28, 1-6pm
Amor Eterno (Eternal Love) - National Juried Art Show
Oct-Nov 2023
Amor Eterno is Eternal Love, a Dia De Los Muertos exhibition representing various regions of Mexico and Mexican art, life, culture, and traditions. Although themes of Dia De Los Muertos can be solemn this exhibition will celebrate the life and forever love of those who have departed.
Amor Eterno is Eternal Love, a Dia De Los Muertos exhibition representing various regions of Mexico and Mexican art, life, culture, and traditions. Although themes of Dia De Los Muertos can be solemn this exhibition will celebrate the life and forever love of those who have departed.
• Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Oct 28 – Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 weekends 1 to 6pm
• Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 from 1 to 6pm
2023 Autumn Exhibition of the Brooklyn Watercolor Society
Oct-Nov 2023
The Brooklyn Watercolor Society presents its annual exhibit of members’ works.
2023 Autumn Exhibition of the Brooklyn Watercolor Society
Days of the Red Skies - Parisa Shabani Solo Show
Oct-Nov 2023
Parisa Shabani is always fascinated by the human person and her story. She captures the traces of suppressed feelings and stories and expresses them in an abstract way. She is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist originally from Tehran.
Saturday, Oct 28 – Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 weekends 1 to 6pm
Parisa Shabani is always fascinated by the human person and her story. She captures the traces of suppressed feelings and stories and expresses them in an abstract way. She is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist originally from Tehran.
She earned her MA in Linguistics and has studied painting and sculpture at The Art Students League of New York. She has held several solo shows and group exhibitions in various galleries and museums in different cities including New York, Tehran, London, Florence, Tokyo, Prague and Seoul. She has exhibited her work in Tokyo International Art Fair and London Art Biennale in 2021 and 2023. “To where farthest possible to run” displayed at the Iranian Artists’ Forum in Tehran , and “We are what we remember”, displayed at CICA Museum, South Korea, were her latest solo exhibitions in 2022.
Christopher Serrano, @Heavy_Minds
Oct-Nov 2023
Family and friends pay tribute to late Urban Photographer, Christopher Serrano, @Heavy_Minds in a solo photography exhibition, featuring a collection of the young photographer's breathtaking views from rooftops, skyscrapers, and NYC look-downs where you see his legs dangling from edges above busy NYC streets.
Saturday, Oct 28 – Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 weekends 1 to 6pm
Family and friends pay tribute to late Urban Photographer, Christopher Serrano, @Heavy_Minds in a solo photography exhibition at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.
The exhibition features a collection of the young photographer's breathtaking views from rooftops, skyscrapers, and NYC look-downs where you see his legs dangling from edges above busy NYC streets.
Red Yellow Orange - BWAC Member Show
Oct-Nov 2023
"Red Yellow Orange" is a captivating art exhibit that immerses viewers in a vibrant world of fiery hues, where the bold and energetic colors ignite the senses. This collection of artworks by BWAC members explores the emotive power of reds, yellows, and oranges, inviting you to experience a dynamic journey of passion, warmth, and creativity.
Sat 10/28 to Sun 11/19, weekends 1-6pm
"Red Yellow Orange" is a captivating art exhibit that immerses viewers in a vibrant world of fiery hues, where the bold and energetic colors ignite the senses. This collection of artworks explores the emotive power of reds, yellows, and oranges, inviting you to experience a dynamic journey of passion, warmth, and creativity.
An Open Call for “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love) - National Juried Art Show
Submission deadline: Oct 12, 2023
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition invites artists, artisans, and members of the community to take part in the gallery’s Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) art exhibit “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love) with artworks and offerings.
Exhibition Dates: Sat 10/28 – Sun 11/19, weekends 1 to 6pm
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition invites artists, artisans, and members of the community to take part in the gallery’s Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) art exhibit “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love) with artworks and offerings.
Artists are invited to submit contemporary and traditional artworks that celebrate and pay tribute to the Mexican tradition, Dia de Los Muertos.
Artworks and installations of all media will be considered, and imagery should include and is not limited to calaveras (skulls), Catrinas (artsy skeleton woman) caléndulas (marigolds), ofrendas y altares (altars and offerings) and anything representing regions of Mexico, Mexican art, life, culture, and traditions. Although some of the artworks in representing Day of the Dead (especially on the altars) may have solemn themes, we ask that artists maintain the spirit of festivity in mind. In theme with the exhibit, Amor Eterno / Eternal Love, this exhibit will celebrate the life and the forever love of those who have departed.
Deadlines and Dates
• Submission Deadline: Final Application Deadline Oct 12, 2023
• Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Oct 28 – Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 weekends 1 to 6pm
• Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 from 1 to 6pm
Complete details in the Prospectus PDF here
Ready to submit? Click here