Tag: visual-art

In ‘Tower Show,’ artists turn an old Gowanus water tank into something beautiful

artists at tower

Apr. 4, 2025 By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen How much can a water tower mean to a neighborhood? Quite a bit, according to the artists of Gowanus. Last weekend, Arts Gowanus opened its fourth annual “Tower Show,” featuring nearly 200 individual works of art all depicting the same object: the old water tower…

Artist turns trash into treasure at BWAC’s spring exhibition ‘Recycle 2023’

Apr. 27, 2023 By Joanna Insco

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Red Hook is combining art and environmentalism in an upcoming gallery exhibition titled “Recycle 2023.” The exhibit celebrates artists who turn discarded materials into art, and will be open to the public on the weekends from Saturday, May 13 through Sunday, June 18.