Make Soap Box Racers! July 13th-August 8th

THE Derby

On August 8th, 17th street will be closed to traffic and will be having one of its annual block parties. Given that we are in the South
Slope, our street provides enough incline for a soap box derby, woohoo!

You can email me to sign up for the children’s race at 11.30 am or the adults race at around 1pm
just email or come by the gallery in the morning until 1pm to sign up.

*We will obviously be taking every precaution to make this event as fun and safe as possible for the kids including brakes on the cars and a net on the end of the course but a bicycle helmet and any other protective gear is surely a good idea.

also on the 8th at 6.30pm

Carey Haynes
More information about Carey Haynes can be found at www.myspace.com/careyhaynesmusic . For bookings and interviews, contact Michael Youmans of FinnDoo entertainment at www.finndoo.com .

Summer Camp for kids age 7-12

From July 13 – August 7, the OPEN SOURCE gallery will host a weekly camp/workshop, for kids ages 7-12, where children will be supervised in the construction of creative, fun and functional soap box racers out of recycled material. The artists Hubert Dobler and Monika Wuhrer will conduct the workshop.
Workshop hours: 9am-1pm Monday through Friday*

We will introduce the kids to different tools and supervise them closely while they build their contraptions with hammer, nails, handsaw, screws, etc. Besides hands-on building, we will encourage the kids to plan on paper, sketch images, make drawings of their invention and to think out of the box .. We will spend plenty of time outside, collecting found objects and materials and testing our designs at each stage. We might also take breaks to play ball or have free play at the park/playground – the time spent will depend on the different kids and their needs.

All construction will take place at the OPEN SOURCE gallery, a store front with a lot of light, a nice place to be and work. We have access to an outdoor space with a slight incline one half block away that we will be using in addition to the Gallery. This will serve as the perfect test track for our soap boxes in their different building stages. All participants, families and friends are welcome to be part of the derby on August 8th (see below).

Please Email us first to check for availability, then download the form below and send it to: Monika Wuhrer: 257 17th street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, including the $50 deposit.
soapbox_form1.pdf
* If you need additional hours we will be open for after hours until 3pm. Your child can bring lunch, we’ll supervise and entertain other activities.

contact OPEN SOURCE Gallery 251 17th St., Brooklyn, NY 11215
t. 646 279 3969
info@open-source-gallery.org

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Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24
Sara Ching-Yu Sun: Nov 7th- Nov 30
Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer: Sat Oct 10th
Patrick May: October 3 – november 2
Christian Brown: September 5 – October 1
Urban Plant Research: August 15 – August 30
Make Soap Box Racers! July 13th-August 8th
Hubert Dobler: June 6th – July 1st
Gary Baldwin: May 2nd – June 4th
Second Saturday Event: June 13, 7-10pm
Scott Groeniger: March 27 – April 26
Sara Bouchard: April 4th, 8pm
MonsterBASH | July 4th – August 15th | Party July 4th 4-7pm
Jeremy Slater and Tamara Yadao