SNAILEIDOLIA | Installation View | Earth Day Snail Safari with Matthew Wills | A Confluence of Snails | Snails in the Future Perfect | pdf press release | On Hyperallergic April 15 – June 9, 2023 Opening Reception: April 15th, 7-9pm Earth Day Snail Safari, …
When: June 1, 6-9pm Where: KoKo Lot (440 19th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215) Free admission RSVP here! Join us for an Open Source and KoKo celebration with live music by Ajoyo, performing for the 3rd year in a row at our Spring Party! What are …
Spectre | Creative Print Making Workshop | The Lot Residency | Artist-in-Residence Martyna Szczęsna The first part of Martyna Szczęsna’s childhood was spent in a failing Socialist state and the second in an equally dysfunctional free-market economy, two diametrically opposed ideologies. In her practice, form …
2022 Exhibitions PETRINA NG , Even The Most Beautiful Morning Cannot Bring Back The Evening ART OF THE GAMBLE, Text by Danielle Wu FABIOLA BURGOS LABRA ,, Con Su Abrigo Color Marengo Ni Plomo Ni Negro BREATHING MONUMENTS, Text by Katarina Poliacikova CAROLYN HALL & …
Precipitate | Installation View | Untitled Sludgescapes | Press Release | Precipitate Live! June 29 – July 30, 2023 Opening Reception: June 29th, 7-9pm Precipitate Live!: July 28, 7-9pm Open Source Gallery is pleased to present PRECIPITATE, a project by SCOPE. The tidal estuary named …
June 14th, 7pm @ Open Source gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Groovy mix of Brazilian Jazz and Jazz fusion. Bassist Gregory M. Jones hails from Boston. He studied music at the New England Conservatory of Music. He has played all around the world …
Spectre | Creative Print Making Workshop | The Lot Residency | Artist-in-Residence Martyna Szczęsna Exhibition and BBQ Saturday July 15th, 2-6pm at The KoKo Lot at 440 19th Street, Brooklyn NY 11215 Join artist-in-residence Martyna Szczęsna for the unveiling of her large-scale installation, Spectre. Szczęsna …
June 21th, 7pm @ Open Source gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 WAYNE TUCKER is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, violinist and vocalist based in New York City. He has released 5 albums under his name and performs regularly with his band, The Bad Mothas …
About Open Sound | Calendar of Open Sound 2023 June/ July and August/ September 2023 Wednesdays at 7pm @ Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 June 14th: Outlines June 21: Wayne Tucker Group June 28th: Paula Jeanine: Gate 2 Gate July 5th: …
Thursday, July 27th, 7pm-9pm Where: Open Source Gallery 306 17th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 What: Theme: Evolution 4 x 15 min Stories This month, the gallery is all about “Precipitate,” a project by SCOPE, and our HTBAF theme is “evolution.” How will the future unfold? …
JUNE 28th, 7pm @ Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 G2G4 features vocalist/composer/lyricist Paula Jeanine Bennett’s new and dynamic song cycle. Her compositions are inspired by the architecture of Fes and Meknes, Morocco and infused with jazz, global and storytelling elements. A …
Precipitate | Installation View | Untitled Sludgescapes | Press Release | Precipitate Live! Friday, July 28, 7-9pm Join us for a performance, artist talk, and Q&A with Nola Sporn Smith. Nola Sporn Smith is a Brooklyn-grown movement performer. She will improvise in response to the …
July 5th, 7pm @ Open Source gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Dawn Drake is an active musician in NYC’s eclectic music scene. She is a percussionist, bass player, singer and composer/songwriter who leads the band ZapOte, a “Tropical Pop” ensemble which breaks down …
Thursday, June 22nd, 7pm-9pm Note: HTBAF happens USUALLY every last Thursday of each month! Just this month it is a week earlier. Where: Open Source Gallery 306 17th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 What: Theme: Scope 4 x 15 min Stories An open gallery.* A space …
Spectre | Creative Print Making Workshop | The Lot Residency | Artist-in-Residence Martyna Szczęsna Saturday June 17th and Sunday June 18th: 2-4pm FREE workshop, RSVP required (see below) KoKo Lot Artist in Residence Martyna Szczesna will lead a two day workshop for kids 5th through …
THEO KOENIG WEBER 21 y/o Kensington, Brooklyn “Self Intimacy” “Theo Koenig Weber (they/he) is a trans masculine graduate from Sarah Lawrence College, having moved from Wichita, Kansas to attend school there. Now relocating to Brooklyn, they intend to incorporate art into their daily life.” Rebirth …
STEPHANY 22 y/o Bronx, New York “Looking at Destiny” “Stephany Solis (She/Her), is a painter based in the Bronx, New York. Her work centers around surrealism and Black and Brown femmes interacting with nature.” My name is Stephany Solis, I am a queer artist who …
RUBY MIZRAHI 24 y/o Jamaica, Queens “Masc 4 Mascara” “Ruby Mizrahi aka Mx.Enigma (fae/they) is a NYC based mixed media queer-Mizrahi artist, writer and curator. They are currently represented by Fountain House Gallery, and will be producing curatorial exhibitions on “challenging your lookism” at Governors …
ROSA CALÈ GARDENIA 20 y/o Bronx, New York “Rebirth: Despedida” “Rosa Calè Gardenia is a Queer Multidisciplinary Artist from Puerto Rico; who works in diverse mediums, like fashion, sculpture, painting, collage making, and others. Recycled, discarded stuff is their primary source of inventory, placed together …
RAYCHEL BATISTA 16 y/o Woodhaven, Queens “Coming Out” “Raychel Batista aka Star Okami (she/hers) is a young lesbian latina artist born and raised in Queens, New York. She has loved art all her life and uses it as a platform to showcase the beauty of …
LUCY LAUTREC 23 y/o Rebirth is the process by which I recover my true self. In the process of rebirth time collapses, and I can identify with my past selves and acknowledge my ability to persist through change. To persist, not in spite of, but …
PAULA MAXINE R. MEMORACION 20 y/o Kodiak, Alaska “SIRENA” “Paula “Maxine” R. Memoracion (she/they) has recently taught herself digital 3D art while studying in college, since she doesn’t have a specific art style yet and is still exploring art just as much as their sexuality. …
NAZ 20 y/o Brighton Beach Brooklyn “Rebirth” “Naz Kaulinsh (they/them) is an non-binary artist who loves letters and creates art reflective of the Spiritual experience through an unlimited lens. Artist since birth, have recently created a platform for themselves via Instagram, and wish to expand …
NATALY 16 y/o Santa Ana, California “A Fuzzy Feeling” “Nataly Lopez (she/they) is a high school photographer based in Orange County, California. Self-taught, Nataly likes to explore the idea of beauty in everyday life through digital media and post-processing photography; she hopes through her photography …
MAXX AGUILAR 23 y/o Chicago, Illinois Reclamation, rebirth, and renewal all feel related to a journey of transition. Reflecting on my path as a trans person, I often look to the future and dream about the infinite possibilities I hold in my body. To let …
KIANA VEGA 23 y/o Cypress Hills, Brooklyn “Curvy Landscape” “Kiana Vega (she/her) is a bisexual Puerto Rican artist, born and raised in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Since graduating from SUNY F.I.T with her degree in Fine Arts, she has worked with the City of NY and …
IRTAJA SHARA 19 y/o Brooklyn, New York “Diseased” “Irtaja Shara (she/they/he) is a self taught artist and designer born and raised in Brooklyn, and of Bengali descent. They like to combine Brooklyn and Bengali culture in their work to bring attention to issues and ideas …
ENAH REINTEGRADO 23 y/o Staten Island, New York “Genesis” “Enah (he/she/they) is a pansexual genderfluid frustrated artist who is recently recovering from a long depression and anxiety, she has just recently relearned how to draw after 11 years of being unable to draw even a …
DOOBNEEK 24 y/o Cobble Hill, Brooklyn “Ineligibility for Resources” “Doobneek (they/them) is an LGBT(Q)IA2S+ asylum seeker and advocate living in New York. A deported grad student at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Transportation Engineering MS aspiring to right the wrongs of environmental racism and redlining.” …
DANIELA DOMINGUEZ 22 y/o Queens, New York “Reconexión, Lágrimas, y Dolor” “Daniela “Cherry” Dominguez (they/them/she) is a non-binary pansexual graysexual artist who has a passion for self-discovery through creative outlets. Their work is Mexican-American and New York culture inspired. Cherry enjoys expressing themselves through music, …
ASHLEE 23 y/o Lower East Side, New York “Expressions of Possibility” “Ashlee Rodriguez (she/her) is a queer artist currently pursuing a BFA at Hunter College. Her art is a reflection of her personal journey towards introspection, healing, and self-discovery. In addition to painting with oils, …
ANNA HUANG 14 y/o Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn “Eyes On Identity” “Anna Huang. (any pronouns), is a pansexual and genderfluid student currently attending high school in Brooklyn who was self taught before entering high school where the school teaches several art skills. Developing their creativity along …
PLANTAINCHIPSS 24 y/o Fort Bushwick, Brooklyn “⚄ would u roll the dice ? ✧˖*°࿐” “Kota Khan aka plantainchipss (they/them) is a Nigerian lesbian artist living in Brooklyn, New York who spent their days blurring the boundaries between intimacy, grief, and childhood through digital media and …
ENTER VIEWING ROOM The 2023 Brooklyn YAS Youth LGBTQ+ Art Contest Theme was: Rebirth, Reclamation, and Renewal CAMILO GODOY is mentoring the winner. What the judges looked for: 1. Creativity: originality of the piece and how the artist expresses their unique perspective through it. 2. …
SEE ON HYPERALLERGIC By Maya Pontone: May 10, 2023 In a world where humans exploit snails as extractable resources, artist David Colosi’s latest exhibition asks us to consider their individualism. This Brooklyn artist is obsessed with snails, and wants you to be, too. In David …
