Save the date: April 5 opening reception

The call for submissions for “Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space” is now closed. Thank you everyone who submitted; accepted artists will be announced within two weeks.

You may read more about the exhibit on the original call for entries here.

Please save the evening of Thursday, April 5 for our opening reception! (Time TBD)

Sample installation views from 2009 Brooklyn Utopias? exhibits at the Old Stone House and Brooklyn Historical Society

Old Stone House

Old Stone House

Old Stone House

Old Stone House

Brooklyn historical society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

All installation photos by Warren Chow. Exhibition design by Jeremy Reed and et al collaborative.

Sample artworks from Brooklyn Utopias? (2009)

Eduardo Alexander Rabel, “Garden of Brooklyn Dreams,” 2009, Vintage ladder fragment, found printed matter, inkjet prints, cardstock, marker, fishing line, chain and tape

Triada Samaras, image from “Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall,” 2008, Digital print installation

Michael Sherman, “Aerialscape 13 (Red Hook)” or “Brooklyn Made,” 2009, Oil on Canvas 28″ x50″

Tracy Collins, from the “Atlantic Yards is Not a Place” series, Digital photograph, 10” x 15”

Tracy Collins, from the “Atlantic Yards is Not a Place” series, Digital photograph, 10” x 15”

Miranda Hellman, Miranda Hellman, “Myrtle Avenue at Dusk,” 2007, Mono Print and Acrylic on Canvas, 10″ X 10″

Nicole Schulman, “The Tenement of Baba Yaga” (from the “Tenement Series”), 2008, Gouache on Paper, 11″ X 17″

Adam Taye, “Gentrification 6″ (part of the “Bootleg New Yorkers: “Nouveau Neocolonialism?”) series, 2009, Re-typed newsprint (grid of 18 cartoons total), 4″ x 6″

Jill Corson, “Bedford Avenue #4″ (1 of 6), 2002, Chromogenic Print, 24″ x 16″

Paul Raphaelson, Untitled, from “Lost Spaces, Found Gardens,” 2008, Pigment inkjet on matte-finish cotton fiber paper, Edition of 20, 11″X11″

Paul Raphaelson, Untitled, from the series Brooklyn Bridge, 1996-2000, digital print

Jess Levey, “Meier’s On Prospect Park with Bird Migration,” 2009, C-print, 30″ x 40″

Eugenie Tung, “19, 21 & 23 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, August 2009,” (detail), 2009, Digital photo, foam core, balsa wood, markers, tape, 20″ x 30″

Eugenie Tung, “19, 21 & 23 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, August 2009,” 2009, Digital photo, foam core, balsa wood, markers, tape, 20″ x 30″

Katherine Gressel, “Battles of Brooklyn,” 2009, Acrylic on wood with vintage frame, 37″ X 29.5″

Jake Messing, “Coming Soon,” 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 58″ X 41″

Sonya Blesofsky, “Cross Bracing with Gusset Plate (Dreams Built Upon Dreams)” (installation at Brooklyn Historical Society), 2009, Aluminum Foil and Tape

Grace Graupe-Pillard, “Brooklyn Homes/Fire,” 2009, Archival Pigment Print, 22″ X 30″

Susan Hamburger, “Brooklyn Churrigueresque”(after Childs Restaurant, Coney Island), 2009, Mixed media installation over the fireplace at the Old Stone House mantel: approx: 60” x 92”, plates 5″ or 7″ diameter (estimate)

Ellie Balk, “The String That Ties Us Together” 2009, interactive mixed media installation shown at the Old Stone House, made with string, nails, paper, video Map 4′ in diameter

Dan Sagarin, “Dean Street,” 2005 Archival Inkjet Print, 11″ X 15″

Jacob Mann, “Coney Island,” 2009, Inkjet print

Katie Hall, “Untitled [Brooklyn Ride I]],” 2009, Pen on Paper, 7″ x 8″, framed 7 1/2″ x 8 1/2″

Steven Cogle, “Basketball,” Acrylic, Oil Stick and Spray Paint on Canvas, 55″ X 85″

Ellinore Schnurr, “Drinks on Greenpoint Avenue,” 2009, Oil on canvas, 24″ X 30″

Amanda Curreri, “Joe’s Biscotti Recipe,” Recipe card postcard image from interactive project, 2009

Marina Zamalin, “Near the Creek,” 2009 Archival Inkjet Print, 13”x19”

Nathaniel Kassel, “All building, green roof,” 2009, Textile and Thread, 30″ X 34″

Julia Whitney Barnes, “Prospect Flora,” 2009, Mixed media installation at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 96″ X 84″

Bryony Romer, “Brooklyn Nanofarms,” 2009, Mixed media outdoor plant installation, with recycled soda bottles and printed postcards/posters

Bryony Romer, close-up of Brooklyn Nanofarms postcard given out to passersby

Michael A Rippens, “Civil Rides: Brooklyn,” 2009, Tape on Recycled Cardboard, 48.5” x 49.5”

,Eric Corriel, “A Short History of Cycling in Brooklyn,” 2009, Video installation in the windows of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Approximately 50′ x 13.5′

Robert Minervini, “Dome Over Brooklyn #1 (After Buckminster Fuller),” 2009, Graphite on Paper, 13” x13”

Robert Minervini, “Dome Over Brooklyn #2 (after Buckminster Fuller),” 2009, Graphite on Paper, 13” x13”

Sample artworks from Brooklyn Utopias: Farm City (2010)

Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy, “ça pousse! (it’s growing!)” (sketch for outdoor installation), 2010 Metal structure, soil and wheat seeds Dimensions: human size, 2010 Metal structure, soil and wheat seeds Dimensions: human size

Scott Nyerges, “A Year at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm: March 2010, March 14, 2010,” Color digital photo print, 14″ X 24″

Dan Sagarin, “Prospect Place #3,” Summer 2010, C print, 40 x 30″

Mimi Oka and Doug Fitch, “The Land of Cockaigne,” 2006, Medium(s): Ourselves, a forest, pillows, food of various kinds including bread dough and a duckfish, pots, pans, a child, a camera, photoshop, inkjet on flannel in wooden frame, 48” x 58”

Christina Kelly, map for “Maize Field,” 2010, part of an assemblage: Pen and watercolor drawings on paper, photographs, dimensions variable

Christina Kelly, Canarsie drawing from “Maize Field,” 2010, part of an assemblage: Pen and watercolor drawings on paper, photographs

Christina Kelly, “blog entry” from “Maize field,” 2010, part of an assemblage: Pen and watercolor drawings on paper, photographs

Jess Levey, digital sketch for a projection on the Old Stone House incorporating historic painting of farmland surrounding the House

Katherine Gressel, “Brooklyn Farms: Past, Present, Future,” 2010, sketches for a 3’ X 45’ outdoor vinyl mural Acrylic on tyvek, 3 panels, each 12” X 60”

Katherine Gressel, “Brooklyn Farms: Past, Present, Future,” 2010, sketches for a 3’ X 45’ outdoor vinyl mural Acrylic on tyvek, 3 panels, each 12” X 60”

Katherine Gressel, “Brooklyn Farms: Past, Present, Future,” 2010, sketches for a 3’ X 45’ outdoor vinyl mural Acrylic on tyvek, 3 panels, each 12” X 60”

Katherine Gressel, “Brooklyn Farms: Past, Present, Future,” complete mural

Katherine Gressel, ‘Brooklyn Farms: Past, Present, Future,” Mural installation at the Old Stone House

Tattfoo Tan, “L-A-W-N (Living Abundantly with Nature),” 2010, Printer rendering on clip board

Andrew Casner, sample paintings made with compost on canvas, 2010

Andrew Casner, “Compost Mandala,” 2010 (used to make compost paintings)

Kim Holleman, sample display for “Trailer Park: A Mobile Public Park,” 2006-ongoing. Includes a small model of the trailer park, and digital sketches