We are seeking a new studiomate starting May 1st at our work & event space. Please spread the word to creative and socially-engaged people you know!

Dobbin Project Space is seeking a new resident to join our creative work and event space in Greenpoint/Williamsburg for May 1st, 2013. Artists, curators, programmers, writers, community organizers, freelancers, and entrepreneurs are all encouraged to apply. Residents use the space as a shared art studio/co-working space Monday through Friday. On weekends, Dobbin Project Space hosts socially engaged art programming and events; we especially encourage events proposed by residents.

The physical space is a storefront gallery with large white walls, ample light and wood floors. Walls slide to cover storage areas, leaving a beautiful work and event space. The gallery has two connected spaces: one room with street access and a large picture window and another large back gallery with windows facing a courtyard garden. There is on-site storage for all residents, multiple power outlets, track lighting, a private bathroom, microwave, fridge and modular work desks. There is room to host meetings. Note: we can accommodate occasional messy work and fabrication, but this space is not ideal for someone who uses oil paint, resin or other toxic materials regularly.

Dobbin Project Space was founded in September of 2012 by three socially engaged artists with interdisciplinary practices: Laura Chipley, Mary Jeys and Sarah Nelson Wright. Our projects include The Brooklyn Torch and The Newtown Creek Armada. All three co-founders work in the space alongside residents: Jen Galatioto (Greenpointers); Amanda Goldman, freelancer and curator; and Amanda McDonald Crowley, independent curator (Public Art Action).

Please email dobbinprojectspace [att] gmail {DOT} com to express your interest in joining us!

We will be presenting The Newtown Creek Armada at Waterwheel’s World Water Day Symposium, an innovate, international, multimedia conference.  Waterwheel is an internet platform dedicated to water.

We will give a 10-minute multimedia online presentation at 5:30pm EST, followed by a short Q&A.  We are part of the Visual Art 2 “tap” from 4-6pm EST.  Anyone can watch online with a flash-enabled browser like Google Chrome.  If you want to watch us, you can arrive anytime during our block, but be sure to give yourself time to sign in and load the “tap” (at least 15 minutes).  You enter here.  You can also chat questions.

Thanks to Waterwheel for this great opportunity!  More info in this Press Release.

Yoga for Artists
with Emily Haydock, writer and yoga teacher

Whether you’re a professional artist seeking inspiration and support or simply looking to invite more creativity into your life and the way you live it, yoga can help you! This 90-minute workshop will explore yoga poses and meditation to open the channels that allow the creative force to flow through us. Using visualization, sound, breath, and movement, we will work with the chakras as metaphors for various aspects of our being as we focus on grounding ourselves and dissolving fears and other blocks. This class is for anyone who wants to nourish their inner artist in mind, body, and spirit. No specific creative or yoga background/experience is necessary, but you do need a mat!

When: Sunday, February 10th, 3 p.m.
Where: Dobbin Project Space, 50 Dobbin Street, Studio 1A, Greenpoint
Cost: $10 (bring your own mat)
Please RSVP to dobbinprojectspace {ATT} gmail [dot] com to reserve a space.

Please come!  We would love see you at Dobbin Project Space.

You are officially invited to the very first
Dobbin Project Space
local matters
Holiday Party Shoppe

Featuring cool local producers* who make awesome objects ready for the gift season in a sweet space with a community of neighbors at 50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 on Saturday, December 8th from 11am-7pm.

G to Nassau/L to Bedford/B61 bus

*For table information, email Mary: dobbinprojectspace {ATT} gmail [DOT] com

Dobbin Project Space is a creative work and event space for artists, curators and programmers producing socially-engaged art and media.

We are deeply grateful for the support our friends, families and community on this project. If you able to support our Kickstarter, we appreciate your contribution and will use it to fully realize The Newtown Creek Armada in September. No amount is too small! Or too large! Check out our video:

Above all, we hope to see you at The Armada in September.

We’ll be participating in Bushwick Open Studios on June 2 & 3, 1-5pm.

Come by and hear about the project, see the boats in progress, and meet two of the artists, Laura Chipley & Sarah Nelson Wright.

119 Ingraham at the corner of Porter, #411, Brooklyn, NY 11237. L train to Morgan.

Bonuses: We share our studio with Brooklyn Torch Project and we plan to have some libations.

We are seeking a new studiomate at our work & event space. Please spread the word to creative and socially-engaged people you know!

Dobbin Project Space is a creative work and event space for artists, curators and programmers producing socially-engaged art and media. It was founded in September of 2012 by three socially engaged artists with interdisciplinary practices. All three co-founders work in the space. Additionally, we have three wonderful residents and are seeking a fourth.

Residents use the space as a shared art studio/co-working space Monday through Friday. On weekends, Dobbin Project Space hosts socially engaged art programming and events, including events by residents. We invite an artist, designer, curator, entrepreneur, community organizer, writer, or freelancer to join us starting March 1st, 2013.

The physical space is a storefront gallery with large white walls, ample light and wood floors. Walls slide to cover storage areas, leaving a beautiful work and event space. The gallery has two spaces: one room with street access and a large picture window and another large back gallery with windows facing a courtyard garden. There is on-site storage for all residents, multiple power outlets, track lighting, a private bathroom, microwave, fridge and modular work desks. There is room to host meetings.

The space is located in a unique studio complex called Dobbin Mews on Dobbin Street, situated between McCarren Park, Williamsburg and Greenpoint, nearby Nassau G and Bedford L trains. Resident rent is $330/month, including all utilities (heat, AC, Internet, electricity). The new resident must commit through Oct. 1st, 2013.

Please email: dobbinprojectspace [att] gmail {DOT} com with a paragraph about yourself and your work, including relevant links, and/or any questions you may have. We will follow up by scheduling in person meetings.

I put together this short list for my documentary and experimental video students.  It’s a list of smaller movie theaters in New York City where you can see documentary, experimental and independent film and video or other innovative film programming.  For the most part, it doesn’t list festivals.  I’m sure it’s not exhaustive, so feel free to add other theaters/spaces you know in the comments.

I’m posting here in case anyone else is interested.  Please feel free to share with your NY friends or use as a resource if you live here or plan to visit.  (Thanks to Nathan Kensinger for helping me put this together.)

Angelika - Village

Anthology Film Archive  – East Village

BAM Cinema - Downtown Brooklyn/Ft. Greene

Film Forum - West Village

Film Society of Lincoln Center - Upper West Side

IndieScreen - Williamsburg

IFC (Stranger than Fiction Monthly documentary series) – West Village

Japan Society - Midtown East

Light Industry - Greenpoint

Maysles Films - Harlem

MoMA - midtown

Museum of the Moving Image - Long Island City

Nighthawk Cinema - Williamsbug

ReRun Theater - DUMBO

Rooftop Films - various locations

Spectacle - Williamsbug

Sunshine Cinema - Lower East Side

Union Docs - Williamsbug

92Y Tribeca - TriBeCa

We were awarded $800 for The Newtown Creek Armada at FEAST on Saturday! Thanks to all for coming and supporting the project. Now to get back to boat building…