THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT ARTISTS COALITION
Is Proud to Announce our Fall Show
Featuring Six Different Exhibitions in One Great Art Show Closing Out Our 40th Season
OCTOBER 6 – 28, 2018
Escapades: The Fall Member Show
Really Affordable Art Show: A National Juried Show
Material Matters––Breaking with Tradition: A National Juried Show
Locations: NYC MFA Exhibition 2018
In the Groove: Original Album Cover Art Show
Color My World: Grand Installations
Weekend of October 13th, 1- 6 pm
Special Performance: Saturday October 13th 2 – 3 PM. Fode Sissoko of Senegal
Fode Sissoko, master drummer, kora player, composer and choreographer from Senegal, West Africa; performs for a BWAC audience
Contact: bwacmusic@gmail.com
Escapades: The Fall Member Show features the work of over 200 members who have been challenged to take a lighthearted adventure that runs counter to conventional conduct. To have fun while letting your imagination run free, lose the box, celebrate your freedom to create. This show is chaired by Marilyn Kiss and Miquel Angel.
Really Affordable Art Show: A National Juried Show presents a broad theme that encompasses the artists to think, play and create outside the box with few inhibitions, restrictions, rules or guidelines. This show was put together by our juror Brinda Kumar. Brinda Kumar is an Assistant Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Met. This show has been curated by Therese Urban.
Material Matters––Breaking with Tradition: A National Juried Show asks artists who work in a variety of traditional materials––clay, glass, wood, metal or fiber/textile––to consider the traditions underpinning their work and the rules and conventions they break in method or material. Artists are challenged to submit original works that change traditional “ways of seeing” by demonstrating a break with the past or suggesting a new way forward, whether toward logical or illogical conclusions. The Juror, Melissa Stern, is an artist and journalist. Her drawing and sculpture have been exhibited in museums, galleries, private and corporate collections throughout the world. This show is curated by: Susan Handwerker, Tiziana Mazziotto and Janet Rothholz.
Locations: NYC MFA Exhibition 2018 spotlights exciting new works from 13 artists of transformative significance, curated from intriguing, accomplished artists who are engaged in Master of Fine Art programs throughout the NYC-Metro area. These transformative pieces––which stand as “locations” of evolutionary shifts in each artist’s practice––also explore vital themes such as identity, gender, narrative, memory, and portraiture; utilizing innovative forms of representation. Show Curator: Wendi Gueorguiev; Show Chair: Fritz (Steven) Weiss
In the Groove: Original Album Cover Art Show is a national print exhibition of original album cover artwork. It seeks to celebrate the mutually inspiring, creative relationship between music and art, and to recognize the profound cultural impact and influence of the art form itself, as well as its trailblazing history and ever-evolving visual and conceptual strategies. The jurors for this show are Sal Cataldi, NYC-based musician and publicist and Wendi Gueorguiev, BWAC Performance Series Coordinator and exhibiting artist.
Color My World: Grand Installations provides the opportunity for artists to build and present large installations created and built on-site––often incorporating materials or physical features of the site––while transforming the perception of the gallery space. Juror and Curator Fritz (Steven) Weiss
THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT ARTISTS COALITION (BWAC), established in 1978 and celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is one of the oldest and largest arts organizations in Brooklyn.
BWAC’s 25,000 sq. ft. gallery, located in a Civil War-era warehouse directly on the waterfront in Red Hook, receives 10,000 annual visitors during its three exhibition seasons. BWAC presents contemporary visual art, from the traditional to the experimental, along with ambitious musical and spoken word programs.
BWAC Gallery is open to the public weekends from Saturday, October 6 through Sunday, October 28, 1- 6 PM. BWAC 501c3 nonprofit arts organization, it is located at 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 11231. Phone: 718-596-2507.
Space for the gallery is generously donated by The O’Connell Organization and Kings Harbor View Associates. For more information, please go to: bwac.org/visit.
