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.

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

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.

BWAC is proud to celebrate the heritage, ancestry, culture, traditions, and the stories of our diverse communities in this show.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Oct-Nov 2023

The Brooklyn Watercolor Society presents its annual exhibit of members’ works.

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.

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.

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.

Sept-Oct 2023

The exploration of how we perceive color and its subconscious effect on our hearts and souls is a core element in the making of art. Fiery reds, cool hues of blue or the freshness of green could all have different meanings to people, based on their personal experiences, cultures, and their time in history.

Sept-Oct 2023

Renee Radenberg’s Visions of Glass solo exhibition depicts her personal journey of exploration of kiln-forming glass (fused glass) techniques over the years and bringing to life other forms of her art into glass, such as her live model sketches. Fused and cast glass are the main components of the work presented here, with the occasional use of wood and metal within the art pieces.

Sept-Oct 2023

This exhibition features artworks by four decades of BWAC members, past and present. Join us as we come together to celebrate 45 years as an artist-run organization with community impact.