{"id":1334,"date":"2023-10-07T14:13:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2023-10-07T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:00:20","slug":"gowanus-open-studios-is-just-the-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/10\/gowanus-open-studios-is-just-the-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gowanus Open Studios is just the around the corner!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re all very busy here in Brooklyn getting ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsgowanus.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artsgowanus.org\">Gowanus Open Studios<\/a>, which is happening <strong>Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But first &#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have heard about the heavy rains and flooding we had in the neighborhood on September 29.  While I was very fortunate that my studio was spared, many other artists were not so lucky.  Arts Gowanus has started a fundraising effort to help artists recover and get ready for open studios.  Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/3cb2fe\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/3cb2fe\">GoFundMe campaign<\/a> here and consider lending a hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My new website is now live<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my innumerable tasks is updating the website:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"996\" data-attachment-id=\"1335\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/10\/gowanus-open-studios-is-just-the-around-the-corner\/website-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?fit=1744%2C1696\" data-orig-size=\"1744,1696\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"website-screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?fit=300%2C292\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?fit=1024%2C996\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?resize=1024%2C996\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?resize=1024%2C996 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?resize=300%2C292 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?resize=768%2C747 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?resize=1536%2C1494 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/website-screenshot.png?w=1744 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From time to time I tinker with this, but since I have a sort of love\/hate relationship with technology, I don&#8217;t always update it frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, and possibly as an interim step, I&#8217;ve kept the site home page very minimal and let the WordPress part of the site do the heavy lifting.  So on the <a href=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\">index page<\/a> there is exactly one link &#8212; which leads to everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check it out, and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Gowanus Open Studios Directory<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanusarts.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gowanusarts.org\">Open Studios directory<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find me at <strong>62 18th Street, Trestle Art Space, 1st Floor<\/strong>, along with about 25 other artists in the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And be sure to check out my big mural, on Nevins and Degraw Streets (also on the Artists Directory map)!  <a href=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/09\/how-i-spent-my-summer\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/09\/how-i-spent-my-summer\/\">You can read about the mural project here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1269\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/09\/how-i-spent-my-summer\/gowanusmural-26\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1692307614&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GowanusMural-26\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Completed mural on Nevins Street&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-26.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Completed mural on Nevins Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re all very busy here in Brooklyn getting ready for Gowanus Open Studios, which is happening Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22! But first &#8230; You may have heard about the heavy rains and flooding we had in the neighborhood on September 29. While I was very fortunate that my studio was spared, many other artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,11,41],"tags":[3,7,39,8,10],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-art","category-events","tag-announcements","tag-art","tag-brooklyn","tag-gowanus","tag-johnazelvandre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carousel-02.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-lw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1314,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/09\/my-arts-gowanus-artists-profile-is-now-live\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":0},"title":"My Arts Gowanus Artist&#8217;s Profile is now live!","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"September 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that Fall is arriving, we're starting to get ready for Gowanus Open Studios, October 21-22. I've completed my artist's profile for the event, which will also serve as a permanent directory listing for the upcoming year. 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The Studio Tour weekend starts Friday October 16 with Beat Nite Gowanus, a Norte Maar production. \u00a0I'm pleased that Gowanus Swim Society - the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A20150203.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A20150203.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A20150203.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A20150203.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1358,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2024\/10\/gowanus-open-studios-is-coming-october-19-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":3},"title":"Gowanus Open Studios is Coming, October 19-20!","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"October 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This October 19th-20th, please join me at the 28th Annual Gowanus Open Studios! Hosted by Arts Gowanus, Gowanus Open Studios is Brooklyn\u2019s biggest celebration of local art and artists; hundreds of artists across dozens of venues in the greater Gowanus neighborhood will open their doors, giving the public a rare\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GOS-promo-image-2024-square.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1141,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2022\/10\/gowanus-open-studios-and-new-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":4},"title":"Gowanus Open Studios! and New Work","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone, wow I can't believe it's already October! 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