August 26, 2017 Noon Every year in the end of August you can experience the thrill of witnessing our participants from the summer Soap Box Workshop race their fun, funky, eco-friendly contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn. Our 10th Annual South Slope Derby is set …
June 3-July 15, 2017 Opening Reception: June 3, 7-9pm Artist Talk: June 17, 7pm Performances: June 2 (1-3pm, 4-6pm, 7-9pm), June 3 (9-11am, 1-3pm, 5-7pm), June 17 (3-5pm) Workshops: July 15, 3-5pm and 7-9pm Andrew Snyder presents 9 Meditations, a performative installation at Open Source …
April 22-May 27, 2017 Opening Reception: April 22, 7-9pm Closing Reception: May 25, 7-9pm Exhibit by the Brooklyn Urban Garden School at Gowanus Canal Conservancy: June 3, 4-6pm Francesco Simeti presents Swell, a theatrical installation at Open Source Gallery that explores human impact on the …
February 25-April 8, 2017 Opening reception: February 25, 7-9pm Artist talk: February 27, 7-9pm “But at the risk of sounding anti-human–some of my best friends are human!–I will say that it is not, in the end, what’s most worth attending to. Right now, in the …
January 28-February 19, 2017 The Vanderbilt Republic and The People Movers present The Middle Passage, a performance art narrative in site-specific camera obscura at Open Source Gallery. January 21-22: Public preview (Reserve your seat) January 28: Elsa Waithe (Tickets) February 4-5: Dante Brown | Warehouse …
December 1-31, 2016 7-9pm SIGN-UP HERE! Each year the Open Source Soup Kitchen brings together artists, cooks, friends, and neighbors for a month of cooking, eating, sharing and celebrating! SIGN-UP HERE! For as many nights of the month as we have volunteers, we will provide …
Since 2008, Open Source has been dedicated to exploring the social change that can be enacted through communities formed around art. In 2016, we aim to further our mission by exhibiting artist collectives and artist-run spaces to engage the neighborhood in discussions about culture, collaboration, …
November 3-December 1, 2016 Opening reception: November 3, 7-9pm PERFORMANCE by Melodie Mousset AND ARTIST TALK with Owen Armour: November 22nd, 7pm Exhibiting artists include: Melodie Mousset, Anna Daniell, Owen Armour Image caption: Owen Armour, Untitled (Hard stone hot pink), concrete, fishnet, 140 x 80 …
October 1- 22, 2016 Opening Reception: October 1, 7-9pm Hypnotic Tours: October 1 (6pm), October 9 (11am), October 15 (6pm), October 22 (6pm) Please arrive on time for the tours. Visitors will not be able to join after the tour has begun. i Collective presents …
September 1-24 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 1, 7-9pm Artists in the exhibition include: Naomi Fisher (BFI); Kristen Thiele, Robert Thiele, Francesco Casale (Bridge Red Studios); Frances Trombly, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (Dimensions Variable); Francie Bishop Good, Michelle Weinberg, Sarah Michelle Rupert (Girls’ Club); Domingo Castillo, Loriel Beltran …
August 27, 2016 12:00pm-4:00pm Image caption: Soap Box Derby 2015, Photo by Miho Suzuki Join us for the 9th Annual South Slope Derby! Experience the thrill of witnessing our participants from the summer Soap Box Workshop race their fun, funky, eco-friendly contraptions down 17th Street …
June-August 2016 Mural unveiling: June 23, 6-8pm at Open Source Gallery Exhibit on view: August 10-27, 2016 Exhibit opening reception: August 13, 7-9pm This exhibit will be open by appointment. To view please contact: contact@opensourcegallery.org Support this project! Boa Mistura presents Spread Love, It’s The …
July 9-30, 2016 Opening Reception: July 9, 7-9pm SiTE:LAB presents Nothing is Destroyed, a site-specific project for Open Source Gallery. Nothing is Destroyed is part of a larger conversation that began in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This exhibit contains objects extracted from and related to previous …
June 11-July 1, 2016 Opening reception: June 11, 7-9pm Mural unveiling: June 10, 12pm (MS136, Brooklyn) Image caption: Yescka, desertando (deserting), 2016 guerilla-art.mx presents Transgression, a collborative project with Open Source Gallery, NURTUREart and MS136. What do we talk about when we talk about immigration? …
May 7-28, 2016 Opening Reception: May 7, 7-9pm Panel Discussion: May 12, 7-9pm Image caption: Laura Boushnak, from the series I Read I Write Rawiya presents In Her Absence I Created Her Image, an exhibit of documentary photography at Open Source Gallery. In Her Absence …
April 2-29, 2016 Opening reception: April 2, 7-9pm Public Workshops: April 7, April 14, 1-5pm Artist Talk: April 21, 7-9pm Exhibiting Artists: Christopher Jean Baptiste, Phillip Clark, Derrick Brown, Derrick Coard, Jorge Hernandez, Ray Lopez, Lukau Lukelo, Francis Palazzolo, Anthony Perez, Quimetta Perle, Angela Rogers, …
March 6-27, 2016 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 10, 7-9pm Brunch Workshops: Every Sunday in March, 12-5pm Videokaffe is an art collective known for occupying spaces for intensive work periods and throughout March will harness their members’ skills and the surrounding’s materials to create artworks acutely …
February 10-27, 2016 Opening Reception: February 13, 2015 Image caption: Per Christian Brown, Material Colors, 2015 Prosjektrom Normanns presents Transcendental Tactility, a multi-media exhibition, at Open Source Gallery. Transcendental Tactility is a group exhibition curated by Norwegian artist-run space Prosjektrom Normanns that will explore abstract, …
January 9-30, 2016 Opening Reception: January 9, 7-9pm /rive collective presents Anamorphosis, an installation for Open Source Gallery. Anamorphosis is a spatial and relational exploration of what makes and defines a neighborhood, set in, and inspired by, the area surrounding the Open Source Gallery. The …
December 1-31, 2015 7:00-9:00pm Each year the Open Source Soup Kitchen brings together artists, cooks, friends, and neighbors for a month of cooking, eating, sharing and celebrating! For as many nights of the month as we have volunteers, we will provide the cookware and utensils–and …
We will not be open on Thanksgiving and will reopen on Friday, November 27th. Statue of Everything | Installation View | Press Release | Artist Website | Facebook Event November 7 – November 30, 2015 Opening Reception: November 7, 7-9 pm Mira Gaberova presents Statue …
Back Drop | Installation View | Interview in South Slope News | In Musee Magazine | In New York Arts Magazine | Press Release October 3 – November 1, 2015 Opening Reception: October 3, 7-9 pm Savas Boyraz presents Back Drop, a video installation for …
September 3 – September 28, 2015 Opening Reception: September 12, 7-9 pm Bors & Ritiu is an artist duo that delights in using methods of appropriation and overidentification, criticizing the art market with a whiff of humour and wit that goes well beyond a postmodern …
Saturday, August 29, 2015 Derby begins at noon Join us for the 8th annual Open Source Soap Box Derby! Experience the thrill of witnessing our participants from the summer Soap Box Workshop race their fun, funky, eco-friendly contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn. Since 2008, …
July 15 – August 22, 2015 Closing Reception: August 22, 6-9pm The closing reception will feature a talk by Dr. Michael Allison at 6pm “Where is the clock to show us how the stars stand?” – RAY BRADBURY Our experience of time is not constant, …
June 6 – June 29, 2015 Opening Reception: June 6, 7-9 pm Whitney Lynn presents Rummage, a series of performative installations at Open Source Gallery. Garage sales have a long history, tracing back to the early 1800s, when shipyards would sell off unclaimed cargo–called “rommage”–at …
May 2 – May 31, 2015 Opening Reception: May 2, 7-9 pm Image caption: From the Beginning, 2011, Magazines, spray paint, resin, stainless wire Yun-Woo Choi presents “Endless, Seamless,” an installation for Open Source Gallery. Given the ubiquity of printed matter in daily life, it …
April 4 – April 26, 2015 Opening Reception: April 4, 7-9 pm Jasmine Murrell presents “Some Impossibility Without A Name,” an installation for Open Source Gallery. How can we begin again at the end? Where is the beginning of nothingness? Where is the end of …
March 7 – March 30, 2015 Opening Reception: March 7, 7-9pm Tirtzah Bassel presents “I Want to Hold You Close,” an installation for Open Source Gallery. In a culture where we are increasingly watching and being watched, Bassel is interested in how we perform. Using …
February 7-March 1, 2015 Opening Reception: February 7, 7-9pm B. David Walsh presents “Extracted Bedroom Project,” an installation and performance for Open Source. Today, we are inundated with others’ lives – we see their accomplishments and struggles on social media and watch events from across …
January 10 – February 4, 2015 Opening Reception: January 10, 7-9pm Lena Lapschina presents “Yes/No,” an installation for Open Source Gallery. In Lapschina’s work, communication is key. Lapschina is well-known for her systematic and methodical investigation into social issues through the exploration of malfunctions and …
The 7th Annual Open Source Soup Kitchen will commence this December 1st at Open Source Gallery. We are seeking artists, cooks, friends, and neighbors to join us for a month of cooking, eating, sharing, and celebrating. For as many nights of the month as we …
November 8 – December 1, 2014 Opening Reception: November 8, 7-9pm Press Release Open Source Gallery presents “Eat Me,” new multimedia work by Sofia Szamosi. The Open Source Gallery is proud to present “Eat me,” the first solo show of New York based artist, Sofia …
October 11 – November 1, 2014 Opening Reception: October 11, 7-9pm Corina Reynolds presents “Northwestern Expansion,” an installation for Open Source Gallery. When explorers in the 1400’s patiently waited through harsh winters with their ships sometimes frozen in place during their search for the Northwest …
September 13 – October 4, 2014 Opening Reception: September 13, 7-9pm Closing Party: Friday, October 3, 7−9pm Emanuele Cacciatore presents “A Conversation with Consequence,” an exhibition of paintings for Open Source Gallery. Without relying solely on conventional aesthetics or contemporary ideology, Cacciatore addresses how we …
Photo by Miho Suzuki In Open Source Gallery’s Soap Box Workshop (now located at Splats and Squiggles space at 539 3rd Ave (between 13th and 14th streets), children aged 7 to 15 learn to construct functional, eco-friendly racers out of recycled materials. Under the strict …
June 7th – June 28th, 2014 Opening Reception: June 7th, 7-9pm Mark Stilwell presents “The Super Defense Force vs The Tittanno Beast (The Power of the Constructonauts),” an installation and performance at Open Source Gallery. “The Super Defense Force vs The Tittanno Beast” is a …
May 10th – May 31st, 2014 Opening Reception: May 10th, 7-9pm Hubert Dobler presents “Roundabout,” a multimedia installation for Open Source Gallery. Abstraction at the intersection of technology and art, Dobler’s work uses chaos and masculine tools, such as motorcycles and chainsaws, recording the marks …
April 23rd – May 5th, 2014 Opening Reception: April 23rd, 7-9pm For “Your Stripes,” Schreiber’s floor drawing uses both the private, indoor space, as well as the public, outdoor space of the gallery as a reference upon which to develop work. Using a predetermined process …
March 8th – April 11th, 2014 Opening Reception: March 8th, 7pm-9pm Katerina Marcelja presents “Fragment Series,” an exhibition of prints for Open Source Gallery. In “Fragment Series,” Marcelja works with clusters of graphic sequences etched on multiple plates. These sequences are then disassembled and recombined …
February 8th -March 5th Opening Reception: February 8th, 7-9pm “You didn’t build that” –Barack Obama, July 13, 2012 The curatorial initiative Fuse Works, which exhibits and promotes artists multiples, presents a new group of editions with the emphasis on artists “kits”. Requiring participation rather than …
January 11th – February 5th, 2014 Opening reception, January 11th, 7pm-9pm Anja Matthes presents “Out-Sight-In In-Sight-Out,” a multi-media collaborative project for Open Source Gallery. “Out-Sight-In In-Sight-Out” examines gender, identity and sexuality through a collaboration between documentary photographer/filmmaker Anja Matthes and June, a transgender homeless teenager. …
The 6th Annual Open Source Soup Kitchen will commence this December 1st at Open Source Gallery. Check out who is cooking (vegetarian or not) or sign up for the few spots we still have available. We are seeking artists, cooks, friends, and neighbors to join …
November 9th – December 1st, 2013 Open reception: Saturday, November 9th, 7-9pm From May 2012 till May 2013 Katarina Poliacikova was working on a “collaborative project” with her sister. It consisted of a very simple everyday activity – taking a picture of the sun at …
October 12th – November 6th, 2013 Opening Reception: October 12th, 7pm Friday, October 18th at 7.30 pm Concert by Margaret Leng Tan, the “queen of the toy piano” (The New York Times) Saturday, October 19th, 7pm Performance w/ Yuki Kawahisa and Kate Lee Open Source …
curated by Elizabeth Spavento We Know Not Exactly Where or How | Schedule | Installation View | Images | Kickstarter August 24 – October 5, 2013 Open hour: daily: 10am-dusk “When an artist puts a stick in the ground and nature in time makes it …
Photo by Michael A. Clubine Derby: August 10th (every car built out of found material can be part of the race!) All drivers have to arrive at noon. The race starts at 1pm Kids ages 7-15: 1pm Adults: 2pm Workshops: July 15th – 19th, July …
June 15th-July 6th 2013 (NOTE: July 4th and 5th by appointment only (call 917 541 6056), open Saturday July 6th from 2-6pm) Opening reception: Saturday, June 15th, 7-9pm One of the inspirations for Miller’s large-scale tree portraits was a scene he encountered while driving across …
May 10 – June 9, 2013 Opening Reception: May 10, 7-9pm Open Source is pleased to announce Utopians Dance, an exhibition with Andrea Ray on view from 10 May – 2 June 2013. Please join us for a reception with the artist on Friday, 10 …
April 6 – April 29, 2013 Opening reception : April 6, 7-9pm Margrethe Aanestad presents “HEREIN,” an installation for Open Source Gallery, opening on April 6, 2013. Aanestad’s work explores drawing as a spatial medium, a way of defining the undefinable. Paper, as well as …
March 3 – March 27, 2013 Opening reception : March 2, 7-9pm Performances: March 2 (7-9pm); March 9, March 16, March 23 (2-6pm) Closing party: March 28, 7-9pm David D’Ostilio presents “The Chopping Block,” an installation with a performative element, that will occur every Saturday …
February 2-27, 2013 Opening Reception: Febrary 2nd, 7-9pm To The Deep: A 3-Channel video installation: A body falling through space — but it’s not space, it’s water. The viewer is surrounded by three connected screens of a slow-moving underwater realm. This falling body, a woman …
November 16 – December 7, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, November 16, 7–9PM Closing Reception: Friday, December 7, 7-10PM Michael Poetschko presents Zona, an on-going narrative multi-channel video project at Open Source Gallery. An errant cartography. A missing establishing shot. A voice yet inaudible in the …
The 5th Annual Open Source Soup Kitchen will commence this December 8th at Open Source Gallery. We are seeking artists, cooks, friends, and neighbors to join us for a month of cooking, eating, sharing, and celebrating. For as many nights of the month as we …
October 13- November 11, 2012 Opening Reception: October 13, 7-9PM Kathleen Vance presents “From the Woods” an installation for Brooklyn’s Open Source Gallery, opening on October 13 with nature walks with the artist in Prospect Park on October 6 and October 7. Working with natural …
September 8 – October 4, 2012 Opening Reception: September 8th, 7-9pm Opening Hours: Thurs: 11am-2pm, Fri-Sat: 2-6pm Nick Kline presents “Gilgo Beach,” opening at Brooklyn’s Open Source Gallery on September 8, 2012. Over the last fifteen years, the “Ocean Parkway Serial Killer” targeted sex workers, …
For four years, Open Source Gallery has hosted the annual Soap Box Camp and Derby. This summer long series, culminating in a race down 17th Street, has encouraged children to think out of the box to use found objects and materials to create a soap …
May 6th – June 9th, 2012, 7-9pm The smell of an industrial laundromat is the first sensorial experience aspect to engage the viewers and passerby of Patrick Cadenhead’s Spring and Renewal at Open Source Gallery. Within this exhibit, Cadenhead creates a multi-sensory meditation on religion, …
A collaboration project by Felipe Mujica with Monika Wuhrer and Ferran Martín Opening Reception: April 14th, 7-9pm April 14th -30th The title of this exhibition is the negative version of a previous project developed by Felipe at Open Source Gallery: One Day This Will All …
Exhibition and workshop March 23- March 31, 2012 Opening Friday March 23, 7PM Addresses for the apartments will be revealed upon RSVP. RSVP to: martejolbo@gmail.com. WELCOME TO THE OPENING OF BETWEEN MOUNTAIN, FRIDAY MARCH 23TH, 7 PM, OPEN SOURCE GALLERY ———- MARCH 24- 31 OPENING, …
WEDNESDAY 28TH at Open Source Gallery, NEXT LIFE AND LENE AARESKJOLD PERFORMING LIVE 8 PM Free 29th & 30th Site specific works and performances located in apartments in Manhattan. THURSDAY 29th, 7-9 PM, Manhattan Apartment 5: WORKS by Ole Martin Lund Bø PERFORMANCE by Lene …
April 6th – April 12th Opening reception: April 6th “Expanding upon his 2010 Streetsmart project in which he photographed his photorealistic architectural sets of decaying 70s era New York buildings on the streets of Park Slope using surreal compositional juxtapositions, Peter Feigenbaum’s Streetsmart II: XRO …
On the life and work of Karl Spörk at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Bushwick 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, New York (718) 387-2900 The Meeting is an event in honor of the life and work of the late Karl Spörk, who …
March 8th – March 20th, 2012 Opening Reception: March 8th, 2012, 7pm-9pm Karl Spörk, Another Meeting at Open Source will project the “hen and hare”, a video by Karl Spörk. Spörk’s father, a butcher by profession, instructs the artist how to slaughter animals. Monika Wuhrer …
January 14th – Feb 8th, 2012 Opening Reception: January 14th, 7-9pm “Now the truth of the matter – and one has no eye for that in times of great peril, and only by a great effort even in times when danger is threatening – is …
February 11th – Feb 28th, 2012 Opening Reception: February 11th, 7-9pm Open Source is proud to present Evan Robarts and James Moore, a collaborative installation opening on Saturday, February 11th, 2012. Responding to their environment, Evan Robarts and James Moore will be presenting two site …
Installation on view March 2nd- March 3rd Performance March 2nd, 8PM Brooklyn-based artist, composer and musician Sara Bouchard returns to Open Source for a special combined performance and exhibition of her recently completed song cycle and series of works on paper “The News: Monday-Friday.” The …
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For the month of December Open Source Gallery is about, Cooking, Eating, Sharing, Celebrating… Dinner is served from 7-9pm It’s time for the 4th annual OPEN SOURCE SOUP KITCHEN. So if you want to participate, please reserve a date. We are looking for artists, cooks, …
Nov 5 – Nov 27, 2011 Opening Reception: November 5th, 2011: 7PM-10PM In late October, artist Jason Reed (director of social art project Borderland Collective) will take residence for 10 days in Brooklyn to collaborate with Open Source Gallery in Park Slope and youth from …
