A festive occasion each month for art lovers. A chance to visit many quality galleries at night in the Dumbo Historic District – galleries showing works from artists of many disciplines, especially photography, while hosting receptions, producing live music performances and curator/artist talks among other highlights.

Let’s not forget the incredible views you can enjoy as you walk from one gallery to the next and the local drink specials afterward. Most of the art is for sale. Printed maps and 1st Thursday cards are available on-site.

Participating galleries may vary each month. For more information contact Zannah Mass at zannah@twotrees-dumbo.com or 718-222-2500 x38.

Check gallery websites for updates.
A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 228
Amos Eno Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 202
Bose Pacia, 163 Plymouth St.
Brooklyn Art Project, 5 Front St.
Brooklyn Arts Council, 111 Front St., Suite 218
Caption Gallery, 55 Washington St., Suite 802
Central Booking, 111 Front St., Suite 214
Collective Consciousness NYC, 10 Jay St.
DUMBO Arts Center, 30 Washington St.
Farmani Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 212
Giacobetti Paul Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 220
Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 226
Klompching Gallery, 111 Front St.
Kris Graves Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 224
Magasin Totale, 10 Jay St., Suite 724
Melville House, 145 Plymouth St.
Mighty Tanaka Gallery, 68 Jay St., Suite 416
Pochron Studios, 20 Jay St.
Possible Projects, 68 Jay St., #510
Powerhouse Books & Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main St.
Rabbithole Studio, 33 Washington St.
Randall Scott Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 204
Smack Mellon, 93 Plymouth St. @ Washington Street
Spring, 126a Front St.
Umbrage Gallery, 111 Front St.
VII Photo, 28 Jay St.
Watermill Brooklyn Gallery, 55 Washington Street, Suite 216

Etsy is hosting their Speaker Series with guest Kari Chapin, author of The Handmade Marketplace, with four of the book’s crafty contributors with her for a panel discussion on April 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. ET at the Etsy Labs in Dumbo Brooklyn.

Guests can RSVP here. (They will also be broadcasting the panel live in Etsy’s online workshops, the Virtual Labs.)

Further details about the event and the panelists can be found in Etsy’s blog post.

We posted about Dumbo Muffin (the cafe) before and how it’s unrelated to the Dumbo Muffins wholesale business. Despite the similarity in the name, the Dumbo Muffin cafe opened a few weeks ago. We haven’t had a chance to try the cafe yet. Has anyone tried and if so, how is it?

Dumbo Muffin
63 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-596-6700

(Photo courtesy of VTHD)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• BK Bridge Park Phasing, 22Mar10, BKBP
• VH House Visit, 22Mar10, thewx4
• DNF Seeks Support to Oppose Dock Street, 22Mar10, BHB
• New and Improved Brooklyn Park Opens to Public, 22Mar10, WNYC
• Peaceful Refuge in Brooklyn, 22Mar10, NYT
• Brooklyn Bridge Park, 22Mar10, FOXNY
• BBP Open At Last, 22Mar10, NYPost
• Brooklyn Bridge Park 25 Year In The Making, 22Mar10, WPIX
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Open but Ways to Go, 25Mar10, BoroPolitics
• The First Lady at Grimaldi’s, 24Mar10, BK Paper
• Neighborhoods to Know: DUMBO, 24Mar10, Jaunted
• BBPark Opens, Locals Gain Green Space, 24Mar10, HousingWatch
• Photographing Dumbo, 22Mar10, totallysweetphotos
• Streetstyle in Dumbo, 23Mar10, thestylester
• Chocolate-Covered Peeps, 22Mar10, Jaunted
• It’s strictly ballroom at One Front Street, 24Mar10, BK Paper
• No Dogs Allowed at BBP, 22Mar10, NYP
• Exhibitors Sign on for BKLYN Designs, 25Mar10, BK Eagle
• Dancing Diablo Expands Its Services, 25Mar10, Studio Daily
• Baco Cafe Review, 23Mar10, VV
• DUMBO Group Petitions Court to Block Dock St, 23Mar10, BK Eagle
• Evan Douglis Studio Nominated for James Beard Award for Choice Market, 22Mar10, FastCompany

Bored to Death is being filmed in Dumbo Brooklyn on Front Street between Pearl and Bridge Streets today from 8am.

(Photo thanks to Chris Petescia)

EISBOX Presents “Abraham Lincoln, One Man, Two Views”.
The Making of Two New Sculptures of Abraham Lincoln in His 200th Year.

“Lincoln: One Man, Two Views” provides a visual journey through the creative process used by Ivan Schwartz and his creative team at StudioEIS to arrive at two new bronze sculptures of President Lincoln, both dedicated last year in celebration of the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. An independent artist & designer, Schwartz is founder & director of Brooklyn-based StudioEIS, which has produced hundreds of sculpture projects in the public & private sectors for museums & cultural institutions. The exhibition follows the process – from sketches to photographs to scale models to final installations – of two of Schwartz’s latest bronze sculptures, including “Lincoln and his Horse at President Lincoln’s Cottage” at the Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C. and “Lincoln at the National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, PA.”

StudioEIS (pronounced “Studio Ice”) is a sculpture and design studio in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It specializes in “visual storytelling” – the production of figurative sculpture in bronze, stone, and resin for narrative exhibitions at cultural institutions, museums, and corporations worldwide.

Exhibition Dates
March 19 – April 3, 2010
11 AM – 6PM

EISBOX
111 Front St, Suite 214
Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-797-4561
infor@studioeis.com
www.studioeis.com

(Photo courtesy of Josh Derr from the DumboNYC Flickr Pool. If you have your own pictures related to Dumbo, please feel free to drop them there.)

Clazzi & Qool, a new jewelry store just opened at 145 Front Street (Shop @ Green Desk) is having a grand opening party this Friday, March 26, from 5 PM to 9 PM. Drinks and fresh crepes will be served at the party.

More info and pictures on the Clazzi & Qool facebook page

(Images from yuccablog.wordpress.com)

Clazzi & Qool
145 Front St unit B, Brooklyn, NY
clazziQool@gmaill.com or 626-500-5669

O Brooklyn! My Brooklyn! from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo.

“An excerpt from Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” as retold by Brooklynites.” by by Heather Quinlan.

On March 19th, A.R.T. (art-rethought.com) launched the first fully-customizable modular art collection “ModulA.R.T”, with scalable contemporary geometric art modules that can be pieced together in an infinite number of ways. It is designed by artist and architect, Donald Rattner, and includes 3 lines: Wall A.R.T., Mural A.R.T., and Shelf A.R.T.

The popup store is located at 81 Front Street (Main & Washington), where the installations will be on display. The store runs from March 19th – April 18th, with hours from Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 8pm. On view will be a group of works by Rattner’s architectural firm from the inaugural portfolio.

Opening reception: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7-9pm at 81 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY.

For more information, go to art-rethought.com.