Transformation of Clay
This exhibition explores the distinction between movement and fragmentation through the observation of the environment.
The exhibition opens Sat Nov 2.
The second solo exhibition of BWAC’s fall season features Bill Shillalies with a presentation of ceramics entitled Transformation of Clay.
The work explores what Shillalies calls “the distinction between movement and fragmentation” through the observation of the environment: the changes of seasons, rock formation, and natural earth.
Both the practice of making objects and natural forces exert influence on the finished pieces.
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 24, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
In the Ground Floor Gallery.
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.
Light and Shadow
The Member Artists of BWAC proudly present "Light and Shadow", an artistic expression how these elements impacts their creative process and final work.
The Member Artists of BWAC proudly present "Light and Shadow" a study of how light and shadow impacts various works, processes, and disciplines, from photography to sculpture, painting, and more.
This exhibition seeks to explore how the dynamic of light and shadow is treated and used to define form, affect mood, and communicate through art.
We invite you to see this expression of creativity in our 25,000 square foot Civil War Era warehouse on the Red Hook’s waterfront.
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 24, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
In our Second Floor gallery entitled Bay 200
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.
An Open Call for FEARLESS WATERCOLORS – “Acuarelas con Cojones”
We are excited about a gutsy watercolor show, starting Nov 2 until Nov 24.
Featuring bold, vivid, flowing, and experimental watercolors relating to all subject matter including abstract, this show will be a great exhibition to conclude our exhibition season.
We are excited about our gutsy watercolor show, starting Nov 2 until Nov 24.
Featuring bold, vivid, flowing, and experimental watercolors relating to all subject matter including abstract, this show will be a great exhibition to conclude our exhibition season.
"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.”
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 24, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
In our Ground Floor Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.
Spectrum of Exposure
We are pleased to announce our national juried photography exhibition opening November 2, 2024.
We will showcase photography and photography based artwork that exemplifies and defines the realm of photography in our post-Covid culture.
We are pleased to announce our national juried photography exhibition opening November 2, 2024.
"Spectrum of Exposure" will showcase photography and photography-based artwork that exemplifies and defines the realm of photography in our post-Covid culture. We seek to make a comprehensive statement that demonstrates the art, science, vision, and magic of photography.
We welcomes back Fritz (Steven) Weiss, former BWAC President, as curator and juror of the exhibition.
We anticipate a spectacular show under his direction and curation.
Our gallery is genuinely one-of-a-kind, located in a large Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn, NY. Its large exhibition space allows for multiple shows and affords us the opportunity to exhibit large artwork and photography.
Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 24, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
In our Second Floor Gallery called Bay 200
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.
2024 EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Fall Exhibition Season:
We opened our Fall Exhibition Season this weekend with Four exciting shows currently on view weekends from 1-6pm until Oct 13.
FALL EXHIBITION SEASON
We would like to thank everyone that made our Fall Exhibition Open such a success this past weekend. Our shows are for all and it’s especially gratifying to receive so much goodwill from fellow artists.
Don’t worry, if you missed it everything is on view weekends 1-6pm until Oct 13.
As a colleague of mine says, “ All For One and Art For All.
Cheers~
SUMMER RECAP
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.
Emergence: Self Discovery from Form to Flame
A featured artist exhibition by ceramic artist, Wendy Kusmaul Keeling. Her forms confront grief, trauma, and the need for protection, while striving toward self-discovery, empowerment, and the reclamation of identity
Ceramic artist Wendy Kusmaul Keeling utilizes various firing methods, including wood firing and gas reduction, alongside mixed media to create primitive and instinctual figures that delve into the central themes of the female journey.
Emerging from recent loss and a rapidly changing world, her forms confront grief, trauma, and the need for protection, while striving toward self-discovery, empowerment, and the reclamation of identity.
September 21 to October 13, 2024
Saturdays and Sundays, 1pm to 6pm
BWAC Gallery, 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, NY 11231
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 1pm to 6pm and a special reception with the artist on Saturday, September 21 from 4-6pm.
Unseen Realities
On September 21, join us as the BWAC artists explore unspoken and unexpressed threads of existence in an exhibition entitled "Unseen Realities."
Doors open at 1pm and the exhibition is on view every weekend until Oct 13.
The Artists of BWAC invite you explore the creative expression of intangible concepts and emotions captured in paint, ceramics, photography and more in our show entitled “Unseen Realities.”
What is the color of infatuation, or the shape yearning? Language is filled with so many ideas we share and understand yet hold no tangible form. This show seeks to explore the artistic expression of deep, whimsical at times, and thoughtful introspection from our artists of subjects with no intrinsic physical form.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
This exhibit is curated by Fortunata Schiano, Art history educator and BWAC Board Member.
September 21 to October 13, 2024
Saturdays and Sundays, 1pm to 6pm
BWAC Gallery, 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, NY 11231
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 1pm to 6pm
ANCESTRAL VOICES of the Americas and Beyond”
BWAC is proud to celebrate the heritage, ancestry, culture, traditions, and the stories of our diverse communities in this show.
BWAC is proud to present “ANCESTRAL VOICES of the Americas and Beyond.”
This exhibition will feature original artwork that reflects diverse cultural backgrounds and family histories, reflecting the beauty of tradition, fortitude, and resilience.
The works depicts a range of spiritual and ancestral practices to wisdom, knowledge, and tales of migration, and settlement, that has shaped life in modern society.
This exhibit is curated by Tamavis D. Santiago, Latinx multidisciplinary artist, Board and Artist Member with BWAC Gallery.
September 21 to October 13, 2024
Saturdays and Sundays, 1pm to 6pm
BWAC Gallery, 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, NY 11231
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 1pm to 6pm
Salon des Refusés 2024
OPENING SEPTEMBER 21
In light of the many artists whose artwork was not selected for the Brooklyn Museum exhibition, BWAC has decided to host a Salon des Refusés 2024 group show to showcase some of these works.
This exhibit will unite and uplift our artist community as well as complement the Brooklyn Museum show.
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition presents its very own Salon des Refusés 2024.
BWAC announced an open call for the Salon des Refusés 2024 exhibit on August 7th. Artists who received a rejection letter for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition were invited to exhibit their originally submitted artwork at BWAC instead. The number of submissions for the BWAC exhibition was capped at 200 artists.
The original Salon des Refusés took place in 1863 when the Paris Salon held its annual exhibition of academic arts. Thousands of artists applied but were rejected and were unable to display their work in the official Salon exhibition. It was determined that their work did not fulfill academic standards of the time. Emperor Napoleon III, who wanted the public to make the decision, organized a simultaneous exhibition of all the rejects in the Palace of Industry. This exhibition included artists such as Manet, Cezanne, Pissarro and Whistler. The exhibition of “rejects” became famously known as the Salon des Refusés 1863.
“As artists, we are very grateful for having the opportunity to submit a work to be exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum,” said Janet Morgan, co-curator of BWAC’s Salon des Refusés 2024. “Still, artists want to exhibit their works, so BWAC is giving them that opportunity.”
Welcome to Brooklyn's Salon des Refuses 2024, an art show at BWAC.
September 21 to October 13, 2024
Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm to 6pm
BWAC Gallery, 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, NY 11231
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 1pm to 6pm
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
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
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