GOS Programs can be found at the galleries!

GOS Programs were originally planned to be distributed outside the subway stations off Nassau and Greenpoint Ave as well as Bedford Ave. Unfortunately we weren’t able to find volunteers to take on the task. SO, you will find programs with map and full directory at each of the 4 galleries scattered throughout Greenpoint. The addresses are below:

YES Gallery

147 India Street between Nassau Ave and McGuinness Blvd.

Marie Taillefer

99 Franklin St between Greenpoint and Milton Ave

Greenpoint Gallery

390 McGuinness Blvd and Dupont St

Gallery 1889

1066 Manhattan Ave and Eagle St

We apologize for the inconvenience and have fun!!!!!

FULL PROGRAM IS FINALLY READY!

Click links to download:

Map

Directory

Schedule and Galleries

GOS and Partners

GOS Press Release

SEPTEMBER 25 – 27

Greenpoint Open Studios is pleased to announce a scintillating weekend celebrating a thriving arts community steadily growing in Greenpoint. This collaborative effort brings artists, performers, musicians, galleries, and local businesses together to build and foster a platform for creative and cultural exchange. GOS is inspired by the wealth of creativity prevalent in each artist’s studio and gallery and hopes to bring the community together to build relationships, harness ideas, and most importantly, have some fun!

Join us for a weekend where all members of the public can visit nearly a hundred artists at their studios, view exhibitions of participating artists in four local galleries, experience an evening with video screenings and dance performances at Transmitter Park, attend artist talks, and celebrate with drinks and revelry at local bars!

September 25

7 – 9pm: Evening launch at Transmitter Park includes a celebration at this small gem of green along

the East River, whose rawness served as the inspiration for local artists in site-specific dances and films. Rain location will be announced on the website.

9 – 2am: Afterparty at Coco66 with drink specials.

September 26

12 – 6pm: Artists open their studios to the public to view, share, and exchange all forms of

creative practice.

6 – 8pm: Opening reception at participating galleries with exhibitions of GOS artists. Galleries

include: YES Gallery, Gallery 1889, Greenpoint Gallery, and Marie Taillefer Gallery.

9 – 2am: Afterparty at Greenpoint Gallery with bands and concessions.

September 27

12 – 6pm: Artists open their studios to the public to view, share, and exchange all forms of creative practice.

6 – 8pm: Artists talk at Greenpoint Gallery continues the studio dialogue sharing their artistic

practice and engage in a wider discussion of the importance of working within a supportive local arts community.

9 – 2am:         Afterparty at Coco66 with local bands and drink specials.

A full program with schedule, map and directory will be available online and for pick up outside the subway stations including G to Nassau and Greenpoint Ave and L to Bedford Ave. The weekend will include bike tours starting at the subway stations to concentrated studio areas around the neighborhood throughout the day, check greenpointopenstudios.wordpress.com for full details.

Don’t forget to view GOS’ participation in the Brooklyn Artillery Art Fair open every weekend thru October.

Special thank you to Open Space Alliance, Art Cards, and Culture Hall.

Please direct questions to Elaine Matthias and Joann Kim at greenpointopenstudios@gmail.com

greenpointopenstudios.wordpress.com

Greenpoint Open Studios Next Weekend!

It’s happening folks! Greenpoint Open Studios launches NEXT WEEKEND Sept 25 – 27th. Here’s the flyer for you to share with all your friends and family! Details coming up!

GOS at Brooklyn Artillery Opens Tomorrow

Greenpoint Open Studios is pleased to present Made from the Best Stuff on Earth, an exhibition celebrating the thriving arts community in Greenpoint, Brooklyn at the arts fair Brooklyn Artillery, located at 114 Troutman Street, Bushwick Brooklyn. In conjunction with CastleBraid apartments and the Williamsburg Gallery Association, Brooklyn Artillery is a month long celebration of the North Brooklyn Arts Community.

Participating artists include Fanny Allie, Christopher Clary, Everett DiNapoli, Stacy Fisher, Jacob Goble, Sara Klar, Soo Im Lee, Manuela Paz, Rebecca Sherman, Hyla Skopitz, Allison Reade Smith, Christopher Rose, Sheila Ross, The Urban Homesteading Project, and Carolin Wood.

Made from the Best Stuff on Earth will be on view at 114 Troutman Street (15 min. south of the Jefferson Street L Train stop), Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm-8pm through Sunday, Sept. 27th.

An opening reception will be held on Sat., Sept. 12th from 4pm until 12midngiht with an open bar sponsored by Societe Perrier.

Benefit Show this THURSDAY at Coco66!

NEED HELP FOR FUNDRAISER: SEPT 3RD at COCO66!

Hello GOS fans and participants!

I hope this finds you well!

My name is Joann and I am putting together Greenpoint Open Studios, a weekend where artists working in the Greenpoint region open their studios throughout the weekend for the public to visit, engage, network and harness a community. Accompanying events will include an evening of screenings and performances at Transmitter Park on Greenpoint Ave, group shows as nearby art galleries with openings and artist talks, and afterparties at bars and venues.

We have $0 budget and need help raising funds to follow through with the weekend of festivities. Coco66 has opened their doors to GOS and will be hosting a Fundraiser Sept 3rd starting at 9pm.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. If you can offer donated services as a band, or as a business, or as an individual donor please email us. Please also forward this call to anyone you might think is available.

WE NEED:

- Bands to be scheduled 9-1am

- DJ from 1am onwards

- Businesses donating discounts, gift certificates, or physical goods

- Volunteers to help flier, advertise, and set up

The fundraiser will be next Thursday so there isn’t much time. If would like to participate in any fashion, please send an email to greenpointopenstudios@gmail.com

Thank you!

OPEN CALL

FEAST Aug 8th

GOS has handed in a proposal to FEAST to help fund the event. FEAST is an acronym for Funding Emergin Art with Sustainable Tactics and is held at Church of Messiah in Greenpoint. It’s a public dinner where guests pay a sliding scale fee and after eating vote on an artist’s proposal. The winner receives a bag of cash and will present the outcome of their project at the next dinner. If GOS wins this Saturday, funds will go towards all forms of development from fliers, postcards, equipment, napkins, cups, markers, everything. Otherwise it is coming out of the organizer’s shortsighted pockets. You wouldn’t want that now would you?

So please come this Saturday to the dinner and vote for GOS.
Details:

August 8th

FEAST Picnic
Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics
Saturday, August 8th, 5-8pm
Church of the Messiah and Monsignor McGolrick Park
129 Russell St, Brooklyn, NY
Nassau G or Bedford L train
$10-$20 suggested donation – no one turned away
Tickets only available at the door

Website: http://feastinbklyn.org/

CALL FOR ARTISTS, VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS!

Greenpoint Open Studios: September 25-27, 2009

Greenpoint Open Studios is a weekend long event celebrating a burgeoning art scene in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It is a collaborative effort between artists, organizations, businesses and volunteers to build a creative platform in which all members of the community can foster and contribute to a support system that encourages the sharing of ideas and relationships. As artist studios and exhibition spaces continue to emerge in the neighborhood we hope to facilitate the growth of a thriving art community.

We are currently registering artists interested in participating in the event. All forms and mediums of creative practice are welcomed and everyone is encouraged to organize activities or assist throughout the weekend. There are no set guidelines other than to make the space available during event hours. We are also looking for local businesses and donors to aid in covering costs of the event from fliers and postcards to napkins and bags of ice. Volunteers are the feeding backbone of GOS and we’ll need all the organizational help possible from logo design and blog maintenance to promotional distribution and bartending.

If you’d like to be a participating artist, sponsor, donor or volunteer for the event, or have any questions send us an email at greenpointopenstudios@gmail.com. Until then, please check the blog for updated information and details!
Thank you!