{"id":374,"date":"2015-05-03T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=374"},"modified":"2015-05-04T19:46:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T23:46:35","slug":"announcing-artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/05\/announcing-artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing ArtWorks, a benefit for Arts Gowanus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"388\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/05\/announcing-artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus\/final-arts-gowanus-artworks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?fit=1982%2C495\" data-orig-size=\"1982,495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;1427999214&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;Final Arts Gowanus: artworks&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Final Arts Gowanus: artworks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?fit=300%2C75\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?fit=1024%2C256\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2--1024x256.jpeg?resize=660%2C165\" alt=\"Final Arts Gowanus: artworks\" width=\"660\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?resize=1024%2C256 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?resize=300%2C75 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/artworks-2-.jpeg?w=1982 1982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">As many\u00a0of you are aware, my studio is located in the Brooklyn Industrial neighborhood <strong>Gowanus<\/strong>, named after the infamous creek\/canal called Gowanus (once upon a time it was a salt marsh estuary\/creek, but it has been a rather filthy industrial canal for at least the past 150 years). \u00a0We have a vibrant community of artists in Gowanus, with many arts events happening each year, including the annual <strong>Gowanus Open Studios<\/strong> studio tour, in which I have participated every year since 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artsgowanus.org\/about-us\"><strong>Arts Gowanus<\/strong><\/a> is our local arts advocacy organization that puts together the studio tour. \u00a0\u00a0Their mission is to support artists and the arts in the Gowanus neighborhood and to create a sustainable artistic community here. In addition to the neighborhood-wide Gowanus Open Studios, Arts Gowanus offers workshops to support artists, and they have built an incredible community of artists through their networking events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In order to make all this happen, <strong>Arts Gowanus needs our support!<\/strong> Hence the benefit event, <a href=\"http:\/\/artsgowanus.org\/artworks-benefit-arts-gowanus\">Artworks<\/a>, happening Thursday, May 28 7 to 10 pm. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going to happen, in brief:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The event:<\/strong>\u00a050 pieces of art are offered for 50 ticket holders.\u00a0 Each ticket holder will walk away with a piece of art. \u00a0You can buy a ticket (only $200.00) here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus-tickets-16673749634\">ArtWorks Eventbrite page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are unable to make the event, but would like to support Arts Gowanus anyhow, you can also make a donation here: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus-tickets-16673749634\">same eventbrite page for buying tickets: but notice 3rd option to make a donation<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>I am donating my piece &#8220;<strong>View from beneath the surface 2<\/strong>&#8221; (pictured below). \u00a0It can be yours for the $200.00 ticket price! \u00a0You may remember that\u00a0this piece was in\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gowanusswimsociety.com\">Gowanus Swim Society<\/a> installation on Governor&#8217;s Island last fall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2014\/12\/2014-a-year-in-review\/a20140700-2-800px\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?fit=800%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1406058108&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A20140700-2-800px\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;View from beneath the surface 2, oil on canvas, 12&amp;#8243; diameter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?fit=800%2C800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?resize=800%2C800\" alt=\"View from beneath the surface 2, oil on canvas, 12&quot; diameter\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A20140700-2-800px.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from beneath the surface 2, oil on canvas, 12&#8243; diameter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To read more about the event, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/artsgowanus.org\/artworks-benefit-arts-gowanus\">Arts Gowanus website<\/a>. \u00a0There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1444275249204227\/\">Facebook event<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I will be there <strong>Thursday, May 28 (7-10)<\/strong> and I hope to see you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many\u00a0of you are aware, my studio is located in the Brooklyn Industrial neighborhood Gowanus, named after the infamous creek\/canal called Gowanus (once upon a time it was a salt marsh estuary\/creek, but it has been a rather filthy industrial canal for at least the past 150 years). \u00a0We have a vibrant community of artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[3,7,33,39,59,35,8,20,21,60],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-art","category-events","tag-announcements","tag-art","tag-benefit","tag-brooklyn","tag-circle","tag-event","tag-gowanus","tag-oil","tag-painting","tag-underwater"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-62","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":833,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2017\/04\/artworks-a-benefit-for-arts-gowanus\/","url_meta":{"origin":374,"position":0},"title":"Artworks: A Benefit for Arts Gowanus","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"April 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm pleased to announce that, once again, I will be contributing to this year's ArtWorks -- a benefit for Arts Gowanus! This year's event happens\u00a0Thursday, May 11, 2017,\u00a07 - 10 pm at\u00a0Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215. \u00a0I will be there! 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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":871,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2017\/10\/something-very-last-minute-my-art-during-gowanus-open-studios\/","url_meta":{"origin":374,"position":5},"title":"Something very last minute &#8212; My art during Gowanus Open Studios","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"October 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone! \u00a0I had not planned to show any work during this year's Gowanus Open Studios (happening this weekend, October 20-22), but a last minute opportunity presented itself. 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