GOS 2019 // June 8+9 // GOS is an annual event during which artists open their studios to visitors to build, sustain, and support a thriving creative community.
Aaron Zulpo is currently working on a series of narrative paintings about a family ski vacation in Jackson Hole. Check out his work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening this weekend!
#GOS2019 IS JUST TWO DAYS AWAY!! Free and open to the public all weekend, Greenpoint Open Studios will kick off with a Launch Party this Friday from 7:30PM-12AM at @BKBazaar (150 Greenpoint Ave).
Amber Maykut is a taxidermy/entomology artist with formal training, schooled + certified in mammal & bird taxidermy. Her studio, Brooklyn Taxidermy, teaches taxidermy & entomology classes on Saturdays to grow the taxidermy community through education & ethical practices #GOS2019
As a painter of landscapes, Kellyann Monaghan explores rural, urban and weather as a journey and stage for the drama of light, air, and movement. "I attempt to see past the structured forms into the otherworldly qualities of the landscape."
Are you ready? This Friday, we're kicking off the weekend with a Launch Party at @BKBazaar (7:30PM-12AM) Then, Saturday and Sunday over 350 local artists are opening up their studios to the public to showcase their works (12PM–6PM). Free and open to the public!
Portrait artist / filmmaker Catalina Kulczar is interested in creating informed narratives about individual women who have courageously overcome resistance & obstacles in their paths, no matter what the sector #GOS2019
If one were to shrink down substantially and enter one of Jill Kirschen's pieces, her "hope would be that they would wander around and encounter wondrous, interesting, and pleasurable places to visit." #GOS2019
Are you ready? On Saturday, June 8th & Sunday, June 9th (12-6PM), local artists will open up their studio spaces to visitors. This year, we have #painters, #sculptors, video and installation artists, #photographers, #printmakers, #ceramicists, designers & architects participating
Visitors will be able to pick up free GOS Guides all weekend with a map and event schedule at 6 designated info hubs & various locations in North Brooklyn. Interactive maps are also available on the GOS website
Min Choi makes "ceramic work related with our everyday lives. I admire product of three things; water, clay and fire which gives fundamental similarities that connect functional pottery with human being’s life" #GOS2019
Justin Fitzroy Joseph is "interested in sharing my perspective through painting. I hope that people will connect on a higher level with my work, and achieve a new understanding of the world around them" #GOS2019
Are you ready? The weekend will kickoff with a Launch Party on Friday, June 7th f/ 7:30PM-12AM at @BKBazaar. There will be music, dancing, frozen cocktail specials, live painting, art installations & video projections. The first 100 ppl will get a swag bag f/ Blick Art Materials
Mel Reese is "an observational artist who paints abstractly. I create minimalist paintings by layering lines and organic forms on canvas. I am observing my surroundings, wherever I may be – developing whimsical impressions of abstracted landscapes" #GreenpointOpenStudios2019
David Sena began working with fire, fireworks and explosives twenty years ago, and over time he's "developed a vocabulary of singular techniques for re-based mark making." #GreenpointOpenStudios2019
Jane Resnick works in oil. Recently, because of difficulties holding a brush, she has taken to painting with knives and with her hands. Check out their work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening on June 8 & 9th!
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“I am deeply influenced by the urban landscapes that I have explored and inhabited throughout my life, and my work is grounded in those spaces..." Check out Francine Davis' work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening on June 8 & 9th!
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Eye Dazzler is a textile design studio of Yelena Konovalova and Erik Lisard, creating original and exclusive print artwork for fashion industry. Check out their work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening on June 8 & 9th!
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Clumsy is the body of work I've been working on since 2017 after arriving in NY. I've situated in this foreign place, constantly reflected on the corresponding relationship between my own body as a subject & the environment” See Yi Hsuan Lai's work at #GreenpointOpenStudios2019
“I find the simple things are of great interest. The everyday and everybody has potential. Limits are personal in strength, scope, and importance. Balance in life brings power.”
Check out Shayne Izatt's work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening on June 8 & 9th!
Mariana Carolina Wuethrich is a Swiss-Brazilian contemporary painter and multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Her artworks have been exhibited internationally. Check out their work during #GreenpointOpenStudios2019 happening on June 8 & 9th!