A Brooklyn event featured women cartoonists discussing art, representation and creative process while screening a documentary on humor.
Artist Thomas McKean creates MetroCard collages inspired by family stories, including a relative tied to a historic Brooklyn Eagle strike.
The chair borrows from the gleaming fence-and-awning style that spread in places like Sunset Park and Flushing as a marker of upward mobility.
THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM has awarded the UOVO Prize, which recognizes the work of emerging Brooklyn-based artists, to Melissa Joseph.
THE BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL welcomes applications for teaching artists and panelists for its SU-CASA community arts program.
Brooklyn native and multidisciplinary artist OlaRonke Akinmowo started the Free Black Women’s Library in 2015.
Brooklyn Heights native Alec Moore crossed his interest in science with his passion for filmmaking in his latest project, a rom-com.
DUMBO – The DUMBO Improvement District and Brooklyn Bridge Park have announced 11 selected designs from nine artists for barricade cover designs to be installed throughout Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO with the goal
WASHINGTON AVENUE — Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) will present Power of Trees, a summer and fall program series centered on the ways trees serve as pillars of our natural and
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD — One of the city’s most vital hubs for innovators, entrepreneurs, and designers is the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Built originally as a 19th-century U.S. Naval facility for
DUMBO — The Open Studios program brought excited crowds to the streets of this historic waterfront neighborhood last weekend, where participants could get a good look in person at the
A Maestro Reposes in Brooklyn Leonard Bernstein, although born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1918, was the consummate New York artist. He was also a world-renowned pianist and conductor, notably with
Francesca Anderson spent most of her productive life as a botanical illustrator while she was based in Brooklyn. Indeed, she remains a trustee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and is
The Colene Brown Art Prize is in its third year of helping New York artists achieve their creative goals. This year, the Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation in partnership
Brooklyn’s Steve Keene has painted over 300,00 paintings over the past few decades from his studio, a chain-link “painting cage.” A one-man machine, Keene’s distinctive work has been sold or
Silhouettes make a beautiful and timeless gift for family and friends. In order to ship and receive yours in time for Mother’s Day, please order online by April 22nd. The
Mapi Bartolome and Alejandro Castro are an artistic duo and married couple based in Brooklyn. They have a background in cinematography and advertising, respectively, and share a passion for creating
Gowanus is one of Brooklyn’s most historically significant areas, where much of the Battle of Brooklyn took place. It also evokes an iconic industrial history. And today, amid ‘mixed-bag’ gentrification
An apple reflected on a lamp. A clock where time seemed to have frozen. Nurses dressed more like astronauts on Mars. Irene Pressner keeps “flashes” of her experience after contracting
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are many civilian heroes going out of their way, as volunteers and contributors. Also, many who are elected to serve
In the early stages of the pandemic, Mercado Global, a Brooklyn-based ethical fashion nonprofit that connects Indigenous women in rural Guatemala to the international fashion industry, shifted to producing face
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been the story for many a starry-eyed creative type looking for a big break in the Big Apple — wait tables to pay the bills
SUNSET PARK — Brooklyn Army Terminal has turned to the arts, while also drawing on its long, rich history. On Friday, Oct. 18, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
A Park Slope gallery owner is using an old-fashioned means of gathering works for a new art show: snail mail. Through Aug. 6, Krista Scenna is accepting submissions to a
The Brooklyn Book Festival has unveiled this year’s poster, created by author and artist Raúl Colón. As the illustrator of more than 30 books for children, Colón has received numerous
A Windsor Terrace artist is giving her work away one piece at a time — and bringing a little joy to her neighbors in the process. Once a week, painter
Brooklyn born and raised artist Neil Carl Estern, whose monumental public sculptures can be seen in Washington, D.C., Manhattan and Prospect Park, among other venues, died on July 11 at
It was the late 1990s when the LEGO company obtained the rights to Star Wars. Jonathan Lopes was flipping through a copy of The New York Times when he saw
“Subliminal Standard,” a large-scale, playable painted sculpture inspired by handball courts from Belgian artist Harold Ancart is now on view at Cadman Plaza on the border of historic Brooklyn Heights
Contemporary art and recreational sport will soon come together as one at Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn. Construction of “Subliminal Standard,” a large-scale, playable painted handball court from Harold
Almost two years after the brightly painted bus Lev Schieber used as a studio was torched and destroyed, the Crown Heights-based artist looks back on the arson not as a
Sunset seniors showed off their artistic skills at the Sunset Park Neighborhood Center. NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers’ Services for Older Adults teamed up with Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide
Nestled within two floors of two buildings of the Brooklyn Army Terminal is a patchwork of rooms filled with paintings, sculptures, tapestries, photographs, drawings, videos, canvas and all manner of
‘Tis the season for open studio art tours! This weekend sees the return of two annual open studio events in Brooklyn, bringing art lovers and art-curious to Bushwick, Red Hook,
Tomorrow, April 18, is the last day for Brooklyn artists to register for the 14th Annual SONYA Studio Stroll, so decide now whether you want to open up your studio