10/29/18 3:17pm


Hello artists! Don’t let this deadline slip you: Smack Mellon, the cool DUMBO-based art gallery, is accepting applications for their artist program until November 2.

What is the program? And, what do you get? The program provides six eligible artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space accessible 24/7 and a fellowship (dependent on funding). The program runs for an eleven-month period from June to May. Artists also have access to shared facilities that include: a state-of-the-art digital production lab, MAC work stations, scanners, photo printers, wi-fi, a fabrication shop and tools, hand tools, welding equipment, and more.

Note: Artists who are accepted into the program must be prepared to actively use their studio a minimum of 50 hours a month or they will lose it.

Deadline: 11/2

Apply here.

10/24/18 8:00am

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Wednesday 10/24

Book Launch: Photographers on Photography by Henry Carroll @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Irene Solà, Kim Vodicka & Lisa Marie Basile @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-10pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/25

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 3-5pm, FREE, more info

St. Felix Street Centennial Gala @ Dumbo Loft (155 Water Street), 6-10 pm, $50+, more info

Friday 10/26

Spellbound Dance Party @ Superfine (126 Front St), 10pm-4am, FREE, more info

Saturday 10/27

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Broadway & Chambers St, 8-9:30am, $40, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Sunday 10/28

Halloween Party at The Little Gym! @ The Little Gym Dumbo (75 Front St), 10:30am-1pm, FREE, more info

Waterfront Walks: Guided Park Tours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Launch: The Anti-Cookbook by Shelley Onderdonk & Rebecca Bloom @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/29

Launch: Amongst the Liberal Elite by Elly Lonon & Joan Reilly @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Tuesday 10/30

NYRR Open Run @ Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6), 6:45-8pm, FREE, more info

Wednesday 10/31

DUMBOWEEN @ 25 Jay St, 4:30-7pm, FREE, more info

10/22/18 10:01am

Photoville returned for its seventh year, transforming the plaza beneath the Brooklyn Bridge into a myriad of temporary photo exhibitions stringed alongside the Brooklyn Promenade in DUMBO.

1. More than just photographs.

The free nine-day festival, by way of United Photo Industries, is known for its repurposed shipping containers that house the temporary photo exhibitions in a makeshift photo village. The year-round effort compiles the work of artists from all over, and curates this effort into thought-provoking exhibitions featured in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Photoville takes place under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Outdoor screenings, hands-on workshops, discussion panels, an education day for New York City students, and a Smorgasburg-sponsored beer garden were also thrown into the nine day mix. Featured programming included sessions hosted by the New York Times, New York Magazine, National Geographic, Getty Images, and PBS POV.

2. It may be free, but it should cost more.

Photoville is free for the public to attend, but the work invested into Photoville’s fruition arrives with a cost: this year’s price tag clocked in at $650,000.

And that’s actually not that much for what’s being offered, according to Laura Roumanos, executive producer at United Photo Industries and co-founder of Photoville.

“We had no money, no resources for Photoville,” Roumanos tells Brokelyn. “However, when someone offers you 80,000 square feet of space, you say yes and you figure it out.”

It’s a year-round effort to curate all of Photoville’s exhibits.

The grit of Roumanos and the rest of the United Photo Industries team is what feeds Photoville’s vitality — along with its 150+ sponsors and the donations that it receives. Each year, the photography festival witnesses generous growth. Around 40,000 visitors frequented the 40 exhibitions of Photoville in 2012. Photoville is dwarfing its own numbers six years later, with a record attendance of 90,000+ visitors that were ushered in to gaze upon over 80 exhibitions.

“We’re the definition of the hustle,” Roumanos commented.

3. You can see the exhibits across the country.

Though the show is grounded in Brooklyn, the festival has extended out into other locations including Boston, Atlanta, Durham, Denver, Santa Fe, Houston, Sacramento, and even into the Canadian terrain of Calgary.

4.“Photoville’s for everyone, and I mean everyone.”

In an ongoing effort to increase diversity, many of the exhibits from this year featured female subjects, female photographers, and people of color. Photographs highlighting the hardships of immigration and gentrification were also central in the seventh iteration of Photoville.

Photoville is “for everyone, and I mean everyone,” Roumanos said, who plans to continue her work in providing a platform for unheard voices. Down the road, she says that Photoville could see an influx of interactive exhibitions, an increase in family-oriented showcases, and further involvement with youth organizations.

 

by Melissa Angell

10/17/18 5:27pm

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Wednesday 10/17

Poetry & Shadow Show – GennaRose Nethercott reads in Brooklyn @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/18

Community Champions Gala @ The Dumbo Loft (155 Water St), 6:30-9:30pm, various, more info

Book Launch: How to Leave by Erin Clune @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Iain Haley Pollock Mervyn Taylor Jennifer Franklin Dawad Philip @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-8pm, FREE, more info

BRIC JazzFest Marathon Night 1 @ BRIC House (647 Fulton Street), 7:30pm, $30+, more info

Friday 10/19

The Gravesend Inn – A Haunted Hotel 2018 @ New York City College of Technology (300 Jay St), 10am-6pm (thru Sunday), $5, more info

Saturday 10/20

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Poetry Reading: Asiya Wadud, Julia Bouwsma & Henk Rossouw @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Sunday 10/21

Iki Kimono @ Brooklyn Flea (80 Pearl St), 10am-5:30pm, FREE entry, more info

Morgan Jerkins, Hannah Tinti, & More @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 5-7pm, FREE, more info

Ali Dineen and Feral Foster at Superfine @ Superfine! (126 Front St), 6-8pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/22

Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo Neighborhood on a Walking Tour @ Tweed Courthouse, 10am, $17.50+, more info

10/10/18 5:28pm

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Wednesday 10/10

Book Launch: My Naked Truth by Adrien Finkel @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/11

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Book Party: A Puzzle Is Still Made of Pieces by Brendan Gillett @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 8-10pm, FREE, more info

Friday 10/12

Free Admission Skating @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Roller Skating (Pier 2, 150 Furman St), 3:30-6pm, FREE, more info

Book Launch: Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval — w/ Chelsea Hogue @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Saturday 10/13

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Flower Arrangement Class at DUMBO NYC @ 53 Bridge St, 10:30am-12pm, $120+, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Dumbo Dance Festival @ Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter (29 Jay St), 10/11 7pm-10/14 7pm, $15+ more info

Sunday 10/14

Iki Kimono @ Brooklyn Flea (80 Pearl St), 10am-5:30pm, FREE entry, more info

Rock My R&B – at Superfine – Special Showcase @ Superfine! (126 Front St), 6-8pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/15

Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo Neighborhood on a Walking Tour @ Tweed Courthouse, 10am, $17.50+, more info

Memoir Monday Reading: Arceneaux, Gillette, Valentine, Angel @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

10/04/18 5:36pm

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Thursday 10/4

Dumbo First Thursday Gallery Walk @ Dumbo, 6-8pm, FREE, more info

Artist Talk: Paula Wilson & Luisa Caldwell @ Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth St), 6-8pm, FREE, more info

NYSCA NYFA Artist Fellowship Application Seminar in Brooklyn @ NYFA (20 Jay St, Ste 740), 6-7:30pm, FREE, more info

Friday 10/5

Free Admission Skating @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Roller Skating (Pier 2, 150 Furman St), 3:30-6pm, FREE, more info

Pink the Rink – Breast Cancer Fundraiser! @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Roller Skating (Pier 2, 150 Furman St), 7-10:30pm, $10+, more info

Saturday 10/6

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Sunday 10/7

New York Transit Museum’s 25th Annual Bus Festival @ Brooklyn Bridge Park (334 Furman St), 10am-4pm, FREE, more info

Iki Kimono @ Brooklyn Flea (80 Pearl St), 10am-5:30pm, FREE entry, more info

Brooklyn Nets 2nd Annual Practice in the Park @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Country & Bluegrass brunch with Paisley Fields @ Superfine (126 Front St), 12-3pm, more info

Book Launch: Blanket Fort by Grackle + Pigeon @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 1:30-3pm, FREE, more info