BWAC
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, New York’s largest artist-run non profit exhibition space features more than 700 paintings and photography spread over 25,000 square feet of a Civil War era warehouse. Located at 499 Van Brunt St. in Red Hook, this 1869 complex of storehouses is constructed with rough-cut schist on reclaimed marshland and is now a work of art and heritage destination in itself. Settled by the Dutch in 1636, Red Hook’s docks increasingly bustled with maritime trade, especially after the Erie Canal connected New York harbor to the Midwest. Inside the galleries, you can easily imagine hard scrabble workers carting bundles of raw sugar, spices, leather goods, and coffee over the roughened floors. The pre-electric ceilings high above have arched iron shutters allowing sunlight to shine in. Art in Free Fall, their Fall Group Art Show, opens Sept. 13th with a Meet the Artists reception featuring music by The Loose Marbles. In the BWAC Screening Room, Mike Park continues his New Vision Cinema series with recent works by independent filmmakers. Only open weekends 1-6 PM – Free Admission
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