Past Events 2022

2022

 

FAD Market Holiday Pop-up at The Invisible Dog in Brooklyn on December 10-11



APEX for Youth Holiday Market promo on Sunday, December 4

Apex Associate Board
Holiday Market

Featuring 15 AAPI Brands. 15% Proceeds go to Apex for Youth. 

FAD Market Holiday Pop-up December 3+4 at Empire Stores DUMBO
 

Gowanus Open Studios 2022 Promo Image

GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS
October 15-16, 12-6pm

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FROM HERE TO SUNDAY presents

The 270 Million Project by Kim Sandara
October 15 - November 13

Opening reception: October 15, 12-6pm

Kim Sandara, The 270 Million Project, Oct 15-Nov 13, Opening Oct 15, 12-6pm

The 270 Million Project is a commitment to create 270 ink paintings resembling Rorschach tests, listening to only Lao music. These pieces explore Kim Sandara's relationship to being a Lao American: the longing to understand their roots and the conflict of being American and Lao. Each painting represents 1 million American cluster bombs dropped onto Laos during the Vietnam War.
 
70 of the total paintings will be featured in this exhibition. The work is installed in a grid formation as an ode to women bomb remover workers who do not have enough funding to accurately locate all of the bombs in Laos. Because of this, they blindly scout for spaces to check for UXO. With each sale there will be missing parts to the grid. Each missing spot represents the impact a community can have on empathizing and solving a problem if they come together. This work speaks to intergenerational trauma, the immigrant/refugee family experience, war, identity and resilience. 
 
$100 of each painting sale will be donated to COPE, a facility which aids in physical therapy for the thousands of people affected by the bombs after the war.
Some smaller works by Kim will also be available for purchase, with partial profits going to Legacies of Wars, a non-profit working on advocacy, education and funding the removal of unexploded bombs currently still in the country.

From Here to Sunday x Karyn Lao: pOms for the people Promo


FROM HERE TO SUNDAY x Karyn Lao
pOms for the people
SAT-SUN | SEPTEMBER 24-25, 1-6PM

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A weekend-long craft event where people support their community and connect with each other through pOmpOms!

Admission is $10. Proceeds will be split between Gowanus Mutual Aid and future pOms for the people events. Any donations beyond $10 will be donated to GMA.

Photo of Karyn Lao with Big pOm

Karyn Lao is a fiber artist who creates pompoms to explore interconnectivity through play. She believes that we are like pompoms— many pieces connected by a common thread— and shares this idea through workshops, participatory projects, short-form videos, and her brand of handmade playful pOmpOm accessories, Studio pOm•pOurri!



Think!Chinatown Chinatown Night Market Promo


Bee Spiderman Carrying the Running-Aways Art Exhibition Promo

Carrying the Running-Aways
Bee Spiderman

JUNE 18 - JULY 17

Opening Reception & Juneteenth Celebration:
June 18 | 1-6pm

 Light fare + Reading by artist

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JOIN US for the opening reception and Juneteenth celebration of our latest exhibition of work by Bee Spiderman! We're serving delectable cake by Mo's Comforting Sweets, scrumptious cookies by Carmen's Cookies, and there will be a reading of the folktale the show is based on by the artist themself. PLUS, there will be seedlings for sale, and all "Pro-seeds" will go to Not Guilty, Serving Life.

Carrying the Running-Aways is a celebration of life in the midst of death and tragedy. Experimenting with four fundamental ideas of AfricanBlack Bushcraft, Bee uses acts of survivalism of the past and adapts them to the present: Physical, Land, Ritual, and Practice. The artist expresses, "I am made up of all things Physical; through Land I am free; through Ritual, I nurse and educate my soul, and with Practice, I evolve.

Learn more about Bee: Website • Instagram • GoFundMe




Think Chinatown Night Market

POP-UP at Chinatown Night Market
presented by Think!Chinatown

Friday, July 8 | 8-11PM


Think Chinatown Night Market

POP-UP at Chinatown Night Market
presented by Think!Chinatown

Friday, June 3 | 8-11PM

We're tabling with Rose Wong at this kick-off event!
CHECK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.


  

From Here to Sunday x Natalie Andrewson


FROM HERE TO SUNDAY x NATALIE ANDREWSON

Bug Café

APRIL 9 - APRIL 17

Reception • Saturday, April 9 • 1PM
Artist Meet & Greet + Light Fare 

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Bug Café is a pop-up focusing on Natalie Andrewson's fun and playful riso-printed illustrations! Take an adventure through Andrewson's buggy narratives in which little creatures of all shapes and sizes go about their everyday lives. When given a closer look, you may discover some of the overlooked activities that take place among this magical garden of color!