"Tales of Breukelen Art" Exhibition
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
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The historic iron gates of Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's 19th-century gallery open on September 17th to the Fall Group Art Show, Tales of Breukelen. Over 300 artists will exhibit over 1200 works. Included in the show are a special Sep 11 commemoration, iconic scenes of Brooklyn by the Brooklyn Watercolor Society (bws.org) and the work of three Featured Artists - photographer Richard Capuozzo, printmaker Richard Lubell and wood sculptor Zane Treimanis.
Tales is a narrative show. Most artists have a written narrative as part of their presentation - a statement, a poem or book, one word or one page. Says Fritz Weiss, who, along with Bill and Linda Storoniak, is one of the show's co-chairs, "Once a Dutch colony, once a city, ever since a melting pot with waves of immigrants that still to this day are settling in Breukelen creating their own mini colonies and adding to the rich history, culture and flavors of this major city within a city. This show is the visual history, stories and tales of the people that made Breukelen one of the must places to live in and visit in the world.
Opening day's all-day Meet the Artists reception will have the old-time jazz, swing and blues of The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, with their witty, bouncy songs, conjuring visions of flappers and men in straw-boater hats. And as part of the Sep 11 commemoration - a screening of the documentary Parallel Lines. Award-winning filmmaker Nina Davenport's drive from California to her New York City home in the sudden aftermath of 9/11 , searching for the American identity within the people she meets and the points of intersection between loss and meaning, suffering and hope.
Tales of Breukelen is held in BWAC's 25000 square foot, Civil War-era warehouse gallery. We're located at 499 Van Brunt St, on the Pier in trendy Red Hook, with its fashionable restaurants, bars, boutiques, and billion dollar view of the Statue of Liberty. The space is graciously donated annually by The O'Connell Organization, forerunners in the Red Hook Renaissance.
Tales also commemorates the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy with the very moving World Trade Center pictures of photographer Richard Massie, photographed from a variety of viewpoints while the Towers were still under construction and from the observation deck after completion. And a 30ft personal and emotional works-on-paper montage by BWAC artists will be assembled by the artists as part of a memorial ceremony on Sep 11th.
Another show highlight will be the 5th Annual Red Hook Film Festival (Oct 15/16), showcasing outstanding short films from around the world. Other special events are scheduled for most every day, with poetry readings, In the Screening Room programs most Saturday afternoons, and UnPlugged in Red Hook concerts on Sundays at 3PM.
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Schedule
from September 17, 2011 to October 16, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-09-17 from 13:00 to 18:00
Artist(s)
Richard Capuozzo, Richard Lubell, Zane Treimanis et al.