DUMBO Arts Festival promises visual spectacle, from the bizarre to the sublime
Head to DUMBO this weekend for one of the most unusual events in New York City’s art scene: the 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival, where more than 200,000 guests are expected at the three-day festival featuring over 500 artists, 100 studios, and 50 galleries and stages.
The Arts Festival transforms the already-artsy neighborhood from Friday through Sunday, September 28 to 30, taking over its streets, parks, loading docks, art galleries, and artist studios.
Expect the unexpected: Installations include floating sculptures in the East River Cove, projections on landmarks, a “foto” hamlet made of shipping containers, interactive social experiments, paths marked by piles of rocks known as cairns, and performances of all kinds.