Brooklyn Creative League and AKArt are delighted to welcome Caroline Hill’s “Mad Hen Hosts the Game Series” to The Gallery@BCL. Hill’s multimedia works, which examine the relationship between objects and the space around them, appear initially to be made with preliminary sketches, but are exercises in spontaneity. Using her first response to the shape of random vinyl scraps, Hill constructs an elaborate—and often humorous—narrative around isolated forms. Combinations of abstract shapes within an understandable visual narrative provide a balance that allows alternative, yet integrated, ways of seeing. Through repeated patterns, forms and color combinations, Hill’s imaginative and detail-oriented way of seeing simultaneously constructs and deconstructs.
Caroline Hill was born and raised in New Orleans and now resides in Brooklyn. www.chillplease.com.
Inquiries: Caroline Hill | chillplease@gmail.com; AKArt | info@AKArt.com
March 12th, 2013
What do you look at when you’re on the subway? Where do your eyes go and what do you hear? The Gallery@BCL’s new exhibit by Robert Saywitz explores a modern form of the human journey—the underground commute through New York City, people’s dependency on music to escape from this often harsh reality, and the resultant isolation. The works also investigate what happens when one cannot escape through music and is forced to engage. Please join us for the opening on January 29th, 2013 from 5-8pm. RSVP: amy [at] akart dot com.
Robert Saywitz is an artist/designer whose work ranges from fine art painting, to graphic novel + children’s book illustration, to music + film + theater design and branding. www.rsaywitz.com.
The Gallery@BCL is a way for Brooklyn Creative League to showcase the work of local artists, and to make original artwork more accessible and affordable for all.
January 4th, 2013
Check out BCL member Manoush Zomorodi’s awesome piece on coworking in NYC. Her story (featuring BCL) originally aired on WNYC’s New Tech City program, but you can find it on their blog right here. Also, be sure to check out Manoush’s web site–it’s filled with great advice on public speaking, moderating, and reporting.
November 2nd, 2012
The Gallery@BCL is pleased to present an encore exhibit by Michelle Han, a Brooklyn based artist and printmaker whose hand-pulled woodcut and linocut prints are among our favorite pieces. She works out of her home studio in Fort Greene, where she is inspired by the city, the country, and the slow and meditative process of relief printmaking. This exhibit includes new work that showcases her imaginative side, her love of Brooklyn, and old “wisdom sayings” reborn in contemporary style. Han’s work will be on view from September 5th through October 31st.
The Gallery@BCL is a way for Brooklyn Creative League to showcase the work of local artists, and to make original artwork more accessible and affordable for all.
August 30th, 2012
The Gallery@BCL is pleased to present new photographs by Matt Easton and Deb Klein. Join us on Friday, May 11th, 5-7pm, for the opening of our latest exhibit. The show features new photographs by Klein and Easton, and the opening will feature drinks and light snacks.
The Gallery@BCL is a way for Brooklyn Creative League to showcase the work of local artists, and to make original artwork more accessible and affordable for all. 50% of proceeds from the sales of these prints will go directly to Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s amazing Floating Gardens project: The Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Floating Gardens project. www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org.
May 10th, 2012
When we started Brooklyn Creative League, we set out to create a company that embodied our conviction that we’re all better off when we’re all better off. We’ve spent the past three years building an organization whose economic value was rooted in community, collaboration, and mutual benefit. Now that we’re out of the start-up phase, it’s time to start giving back to the broader community: Beginning in 2012, we will allocate 5% of BCL’s profits to nonprofits and mission-driven investing in the areas of human rights, LGBT rights, direct service, and social investing. We’ve also set aside $2,000 to mach donations from BCL members. Read the announcement letter from BCL members here.
January 3rd, 2012
We hired BCL member StoryKeep to produce an audio slideshow about Brooklyn Creative League. StoryKeep did a great job of telling our story and capturing what we’re all about. (For real, people: You should check out StoryKeep’s work. They do an amazing job of helping families, small businesses, and individuals tell the stories that matter most.) Dig it:
September 22nd, 2011
The Gallery@BCL is please to announce the opening of NEW MESSAGES: An Exhibit of Four Artists. Please join on Saturday, October 1, 6-8pm, for the opening featuring the work of Areta Buk, Henrietta Mantooth, Erica Harris, and Shannon Holman. The reception will be held in the 3rd Floor Lounge. The work will be up through the Fall.
September 20th, 2011
At Ease Mac Support & Production Management | Lisabeth Laiken
Brad & Todd Barnes
Certified Naturally Grown
Matthew Willse
Eric Safyan | Architect