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BWAC’s 2017 Autumn Art Shows


Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC)’s 2017 Autumn Art Shows:
Interactive, Material Matters, Grand Installations, National Competition Juried Art Show, Really Affordable Art Show
Saturday, October 7th and Sunday, October 8th, 2017

BWAC shows span a range of creativity in the arts, and the Fall Show is no exception. With five (5) different Art Exhibitions on two floors, plus music and a Café, coming to the BWAC Gallery on the Red Hook Waterfront is your chance to experience:

Material Matters: Innovations in Clay, Glass, Wood and Metal: BWAC’s annual show of museum-quality ceramic art, selected by Lillian Tone, Assistant Curator from MOMA.

Interactive: Our members show, located on the second floor.

Grand Installations: An immersive Art Experience: Visitors will be part of the ongoing intermixing of creativity, the ongoing exchange of thought patterns, uniquely placed within the creative zone with the merging of visions, words, music, thoughts… never static.

The really Affordable Art Show featuring Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator for the Whitney Museum, was judge for our National Juried Competition Show. Additionally, there are more than 150 works of art for less than $499.

EVENTS:

Saturday, October 7th:
1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Special Interactive Event: Artists Talk Art– Artist Talks with Joe Banish, Roy Carruba, Michael DeSiano, Sandra Forest, Anna Hagan, Judith Eloise Hooper, Tiziana Mazziotto, Eric Strauss and Jeff Watts. Meet the artists on a guided exhibition tour as they talk about their work, revealing the artists’ thinking and methods. Meet @ Performance Stage, 2nd Floor. Moderator: Michael DeSiano

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Madame Please classic cover band really reinvent classic rock, blues, funk or R&B

3:15 PM-4:15 PM: Myrna and the Bulldog Their catchy tunes and lyrics combine Americana and Blues, with nods to Mexican soul.

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Nick Titolo and Associates–with Nick Titolo and Carol Ruiz

Sunday, October 8th:
2:00PM-3:30PM: Composer, vocalist and percussionist Paula Jeanine Bennett and her A Village Of One Choir

4:00PM-5:00 PM: Frank A. Haye & The Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir

Free Admission
The show is open weekends 1-6PM and runs through October 15
481 Van Brunt (Door 7) in Red Hook.
718-596-2506
bwacinfo@aol.com
Or for more information, go to bwac.org

Details

Date:
October 2, 2017
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
http://www,bwac,org

Venue

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
481 Van Brunt (Door 7) in Red Hook
Brooklyn
Phone:
7185962507
Website:
www.bwac.org

Organizer

Lynn Koehler
Phone:
7185962507
Email:
Website:
499 Van Brunt, Pier 11