The show, NORTH BROOKLYN, is the inaugural show in the space, and showcases artists living in Williamsburg, Bushwick and Greenpoint.

ATTACHMENT is a participatory sculpture.  If you didn’t get to see it at The Center last summer (or even if you did), come help create the piece at the opening next Friday, July 9th 6-9pm!

Feel free to spread the word!

detail from installation plan for LOCATIONS & DISLOCATION

“The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks”
Curated by Dexter Wimberly
February 4, 2010 – May 16, 2010

Opening Reception
Thursday, February 4, 2010
6-9 PM
at MoCADA
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217

This reception will include a public art performance, a musical set by Brooklyn-based author and DJ, Rich Burroughs, the opportunity to meet the featured artists and a presentation by the exhibition’s curator Dexter Wimberly.  Free to the public.

Artists: Josh Bricker (Installation), Oasa DuVerney (Drawing), Zachary Fabri (Video), Irondale Ensemble (Theater Performance), Nathan Kensinger (Photography), Jess Levey (Photography / Video Installation), Christina Massey (Painting), Musa (Sculpture), Tim Okamura (Painting), Kip Omalade (Painting), John Perry (Painting), Michael Premo / Rachel Falcone (Photography / Multimedia), Adele Pham (Video), Marie Roberts (Painting), Gabriel Reese (Painting), Ali Santana (Music Video), Monique Schubert (Mixed-media), Alexandria Smith (Painting) and Sarah Nelson Wright (Installation).

The Artists Speak Out*
Saturday, February 6, 2010
2:00pm – 4:30pm

Several of the exhibiting artists will speak out about their work and the effects of Gentrification on their creative process. Exhibition curator Dexter Wimberly will lead a “straight talk” discussion on the exhibition theme and the curatorial process.  Free to the public.

* I will take six new participants for LOCATIONS & DISLOCATION during this event.  Ideal participants will have lived at six or more locations in Brooklyn.  Please contact me if you are interested in participating:
sarahnw {ATT} gmail [DOT] com

You can read about the show, including my project, in this New York Daily News Article.

BROOKLYN MAKES is a site-specific video installation in the Williamsburg Greenpoint Industrial Zone, revealing the work of manufacturers in North Brooklyn today.

Video projections by Sarah Nelson Wright will light up the industrial facades of three manufacturers, with evocative sound by Jennifer Stock. Captured inside each business, the videos and sounds bring North Brooklyn’s hidden labor onto the public streets.

Directions: Take the G to Nassau or L to Bedford Ave (also near the B61 and B48 buses). See the map below or pick up a map at Space on Dobbin, 50-52 Dobbin Street between Nassau & Norman Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

FAQ: Videos will loop at each location, and will play simultaneously throughout the night. In case of rain, start at Space on Dobbin. Please respect the few cars and residents in the area by staying on the sidewalks and keeping your voice down outside residential buildings.

Part of openhousenewyork weekend and Space on Dobbin’s events for Williamsburg Gallery Association’s Every 2:nd Fridays.

1. BROOKLYN MAKES
2. ATTACHMENT (extended)
3. GREENPOINT OPEN STUDIOS
4. FEAST
5. RED HOOK FILM FESTIVAL

1.

BROOKLYN MAKES
Friday & Saturday
October 9+10
7:30-10pm
Part of Williamsburg Gallery Association’s Every 2:nd Friday and openhousenewyork

Brooklyn Makes is a site-specific video installation in the Greenpoint Williamsburg Industrial Business Zone. Large projections of videos by Sarah Nelson Wright will light up the industrial facades of three manufacturers, with evocative sound designed by Jennifer Stock. The videos and sounds, all captured inside the businesses, bring the hidden labor that takes place during the day onto the public streets at night, providing a window into the unique and skilled work of North Brooklyn manufacturers.
www.brooklynmakes.org

***I added a second night, and need to raise more funds.  To make a contribution (every bit helps!), visit my kickstarter page.

2.
ATTACHMENT
every day until October 8
10am-10pm M-F / 11am-11pm Sat / 11am-9p Sun

My installation with Nathaniel Lieb in the Then and Now show at The Center (208 West 13th Street, NYC, near 7th Ave, second floor) has been extended!  Check it out & participate.  (Tip: near The High Line Park.)

photo by Megan Cronin

3.
GREENPOINT OPEN STUDIOS
Saturday
September 26
3-6pm
My studio (Heidi Boisvert, Francisca Caporali, Laura Chipley, Mary Jeys, Suyin Looui, Pilar Ortiz & I) will be participating.  Come check out our digs and see what we’ve been working on at 233 Norman Ave, #201 (between Russell and North Henry).  G to Nassau.

4.
FEAST
Saturday
October 3
5-8pm
A sliding scale monthly dinner where artists present projects and attendees vote on which projects to fund.  As a grantee from the last Feast, I will be presenting a preview of BROOKLYN MAKES. G to Nassau.

5.
RED HOOK FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday
October 4
4-6pm

I will present an excerpt from the videos I made for BROOKLYN MAKES.

Best wishes for a creative and healthy fall! Please spread the word.

FEAST is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging art makers.  At FEAST dinners, everyone pays a sliding scale for dinner and a fundraiser (suggested 10-20 dollars) and then votes on one of the proposed art projects by local artists to fund with the money made at the door. It should be a lovely event as usual, with delicious dinner & fun times.

Please come out and vote for my project if you’re in town!

About BROOKLYN MAKES

FEAST website

Event Details for August 8th FEAST dinner at Church of the Messiah in Greenpoint

Casting another heart (photo by Megan Cronin):

Thanks to Mimi Smith for asking me to participate in this show, my collaborator Nathaniel Lieb, Chris Hanway and Ector Simpson at The Center, the lovely ladies who donated yarn, and everyone who offered input, especially my studiomates (Francisca Caporali, Laura Chipley, Pilar Ortiz and Mary Jeys) and my homies (Sabrina Lee, Rand Dadasovich, and Rachel Messer).

2009 year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the event that many consider the beginning of the gay rights movement in America.  I was  honored to be asked to participate in this show, as I have always felt myself a strong ally of the LGBT community.  This show also marks the 20th year anniversary of the The Center Show:

In June 1989, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center hosted The Center Show, a legendary effort in which famous and emerging artists created site-specific works on the walls of the building in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Several major figures in the art world such as Keith Haring, Leon Golub, Kenny Scharf, David LaChapelle, and Nancy Spero contributed to this groundbreaking event.

One of the artists from the original show, Mimi Smith, an inspiring woman who I met through _gaia, asked if I would like to participate.  This summer, site specific works from the new artists will be on display at the Center alongside the original works from the 1989 show.

Then and Now
an exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Center Show

June 1-Sept 4, 2009
@ The Center
208 West 13th Street (btwn 7th & 8ths Aves.)
New York, NY

There is a gala benefit opening to preview the show on Thursday, May 28th at 6:30pm – $20

On Saturday night it’s the third FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics), a monthly dinner event I have been participating in here in Greenpoint, where we all pool $10-20 contributions, eat a delicious meal and vote for a project to receive a cash grant.  This time, my friend Mary Jeys is proposing her new project Brooklyn Torch, a local currency for North Brooklyn.

Hunter College IMA/MFA Spring Show:Medium of Exchange

MFA/IMA Student Group EYEspeak is holding their Annual Showcase of Interdisciplinary and New Media Art from Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts MFA Program.

PLACE:  The Black Box Gallery
Hunter College North Building, 5th floor, Room 544N
695 Park Avenue (enter on 68th Street)
New York, NY 10065
DATES: May 8th–10th 2009
HOURS: Opening Reception, Friday May 8th 6–9 PM
Saturday May 9th and Sunday 10th 12–6 PM
Admission to the IMA Spring Show is free to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Vote for Brooklyn Torch
@ FEAST!
Church of the Messiah
129 Russell Street, Brooklyn
6-9p; $10-20, no one turned away
Sat, May 9th