Monday, January 9, 2012

The Gowanus Art Fair: Keeping it Small, January 14th, 2012


Collective BK is pleased to present the first ever Gowanus Art Fair with their inaugural event, Keeping it Small; a night of one-act plays, local bands, visual art and tons of surprises held at the Gowanus Ballroom. This 12,000-square-foot steel mill turned artists space will transform for one night into a multi-staged series of small retrospectives. 

Visual art and video projections from some of the best emerging artists of the moment, curated by May Yeung and Co-Director of The Lowbrow Society for the Arts, Gwynn Galitzer. Projections and installation by Arch Collective NYC (
http://www.arch-nyc.com/), and live video mixing by Joshua Sophrin. 

For a more comprehensive Schedule Check out our web-site
www.thecollectivebk.blogspot.com

VISUAL ARTISTS (video artists TBA):
Francesca Bates
Marie Christine 
Gray Edgerton
Jonathan Gaige
Lily Gist
Julie Jarrett
Adel Kerpely
Alejandro Chen Li
Liz Miller
Kenneth Murphy
Eddie Ochoa
Yura Osborn
Garon Peterson
Tamara Porras
Harvey Moon Smith


BANDS:
6pm: David Healey- Folk singer/songwriter

7:30pm: The Hipnotists- Punk rock and raw damaged pop

8:30pm: Far From Jumping- Pop culture and media influences.
www.reverbnation.com/farfromjumping

10pm: Ginger Kid- Sultry indie-rock featuring a dynamic female lead vocalist backed by a hard-hitting band. 
www.gingerkidmusic.com

11pm: Lexelle- Pop collaboration featuring singer/songwriter Danielle Cardona and composer/producer Alex Simon.
www.lexellemusic.com/

12am: The Brooklyn What- High energy punk, soul and rock n’ roll from the borough's wildest native sons. 
www.thebrooklynwhat.bandcamp.com


PLAYS (actor list TBA):
7pm: Mirror of the Heart
written and directed by Amy Black Ndiaye

8pm: The Tower
written by Paulanne Simmons, directed by Joanna Tomasz

9pm: The Hunter Story
written and directed by Christian Crocker

9:30pm: Hope
written and directed by Graham Brown

10:30pm: Talk To Me TED
written and performed by Corydon Merritt


ALSO FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
Burlesque queen Ariel Wolf

Singer and performance artist Joseph Keckler

Fire-breathing/sword-swallowing duo Middle To Nowhere

Dancing, magician, and mime Apollo Riego

Performance artist and life of the party Miss. Gerry Visco

Dancers Daniel Broadhurst and Lauren Ferbee

Comedian Genese Debeaux

Filmmaker Jason Silva
AND MORE!!

For more info cbeck out the schedule at Collective BK's website below. See you all in Brooklyn!

Collective BK is dedicated to giving emerging artists the opportunity to showcase their work on a large scale, allowing for more exposure to a wider audience of curators, professionals and enthusiasts. In this ambitious multimedia event, artists, musicians, and performers band together to give audiences a unique, spectacularly fun, and immersive experience. 
http://thecollectivebk.blogspot.com/

The Lowbrow Society for the Arts is a New York City based art collective committed to experimenting with the established conventions of how the public interacts with art, and providing emerging artists- particularly LGBTQ, people of color, and women- with the resources and support network needed to get their artwork shown.
http://lowbrowsociety.org/



I will be showing the following three paintings in this show:

Gray Edgerton, oakANGLE2010, 26" in. x 31" in., Acrylic and Latex on Reused Wood Crate

 
Gray Edgerton, thought cavity, 2010, 22" in. x 18" in., Acrylic and Latex on Wood


Gray Edgerton, soothsLAIR2010, 26" in. x 24" in., Acrylic and Latex on Reused Wood Crate