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...the emerging nexus of the Williamsburg art community.
New York Times

Gallery Hours:
Sat & Sun Noon-6pm
or by appointment

e-mail:
wahcenter@earthlink.net

Located at the corner of Bedford:
135 Broadway, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY 11211.

(718) 486-7372 or
(718) 486-6012

Map & directions


NEWS

2003 Holiday Newsletter

THE KINGS COUNTY SAVING BANK BUILDING

The WAH Center has received a capital grant of $100,000 in FY 2004 for exterior renovation of our great building. This is the cornerstone of the $750,000 needed to fully restore the exterior. We encourage the community of New York to help in any way to raise additonal funds for this great project.
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Williamsburg Bridge 100th Birthday Celebration
The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) and The Daily News hosted the Williamsburg Bridge 100th Birthday Celebration on Sunday, June 22, 2003.

>>Yuko Nii wins 2003 Betty Smith Arts Award

Marty Markowitz and Yuko Nii

>>2002 Holiday Newsletter

>>Crown Prince of Denmark Visit

>>The WAH Center's NEW Royal Theatre for the Performing Arts

>>December 2001 Newsletter

>>Major Gifts to WAH Center

>>2001 Award of Excellence from Governor Pataki.

Rent space at the Center! The Center offers RENTAL SPACE for art exhibits, performances, rehearsals, weddings, film location shots, and any suitable event...at reasonable prices by hour, day, week or month. Contact WAH Center


Williamsburg Art

Williamsburg Gallery Association (WGA)
williamsburggallery
association.com
Includes a printable map of member gallery locations.

WAGMAG
wagmag.info
Williamsburg and Greenpoint Monthly Art Guide - distributes a printed map with exhibits & events listings.


Art News

Arts Journal
www.artsjournal.com
"Each [week]day Arts Journal combs through more than 180 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications featuring writing about arts and culture." Sign up for arts news e-mail.


AbsoluteArts.com
www.absolutearts.com

Access to thousands of arts news stories. Sign up for arts news e-mail.

Yahoo News - Art and Museums
Includes links to art news on the Web, including streaming media sources.

Online Art Magazines
MagPortal.com
Selections from online magazines.

More art links
on the links page.


Williamsburg News

Block Magazine
blockmagazine.com
Block Magazine is a free Northern Brooklyn news and arts magazine covering the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods. Articles, news, reviews and free listings.

11211magazine.com
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 events, restaurants, bars, art, clothes, music, history, links, etc...

Billburg
billburg.com
Everything about Williamsburg.

Free Williamsburg
freewilliamsburg.com
"cutting edge art, listings, and information" including Williamsburg gallery list.

Willaimsburg Watch
williamsburgwatch.org
"WILLIAMSBURG WATCH and STOP THE BARGE are volunteer-based community organizations formed to stop the siting of power plants along Williamsburg's waterfront."


NYC

mta.info

newyork.craigslist

 

Elizabeth Duffy

Elizabeth Duffy

Announcing the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

2004 Auction

Items will be available for viewing at the WAH Center from May 5th thru May 23rd, 2004.

Auction runs from May 14th thru May 23rd 2004 at the WAH Center and on eBay.com.

PLEASE DONATE ART, ANTIQUES, JEWELRY —
TAX DEDUCTIBLE !

This special fund-raising auction will supplement a $100,000 grant provided through the auspices of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz with the help of City Council Woman Diana Reyna to help restore the exterior of our building, the magnificent KINGS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and the seventh building in New York City to be landmarked.

We are looking for contributions of:
Fine art: classic or contemporary
Antiques: furniture, porcelain, silverware, etc.
Jewelry
Rare Books
Automobiles
Services: housecleaning for a year, a trip to Greece, etc.

Preview Selected Items

 

Now Showing:

March 6 — March 28
Reception Saturday March 6th 4-6 P.M.

Fiber Art
2nd Floor Main Gallery:
Jae Hi Ahn, Gretl Bauer, Jappie King Black, Pam Cooper, Elizabeth Duffy, Robyn Love, Carol Westfall, Marcia Widenor
2nd Floor Small Gallery: Sally Shore
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Creative Adventures in Truth and Beauty — paintings by Sam Jungkurth, sculptures by Linda Smith
BRIDGING ART & ABILITY — " EXPLORING WELLNESS AND TRANSFORMATION"
6th Annual Exhibition

WILLIAMSBURG SALON at the Amarin Café:

Gary Spradling

Feb 15 - March 28
Opening Fri Feb 20

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
SCHEDULE 2004

Jan. 10- Feb. 1; Reception Sat. Jan. 10th 4-6 P.M.

7th Annual WILLIAMSBURG SALON 2004
Group show with over 70 salon members curated by Carol Quint
Abstract Works - Shields & Banners
A one person show by Williamsburg Salon member Wayne Meiggs

January 18, 8 P.M. $5

Film Night at the WAH
featuring winners of the Surrealist Film Festival, plus more.

February 7 - 29
Reception Sat. Feb. 7th 4-6 P.M.

Winners - 5 Artistic Achievement Award recipients from the juried show “Characterism” April 2003, juried by Charlotta Kotik, Curator and Chair, Department of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, with Hitomi Aida, CHAVAL, Kelly Newcomer, Robicco, Maki Yamamoto
EXPLORATION
Discovering Cultural Diversity Through Art
WORKS FROM "THE MUDPIT"
Pottery & Clayworks from the Studio of
Cindy Gatto & Mark Petrin

Fri. 2/13/04 8 P.M. Adm. $8

Improvised Soundscapes
Liquid Ensemble, The Diana Wayburn Trio, and duet Sabir Mateen and Masako Yokouchi

March 6 — March 28; Reception Saturday March 6th 4-6 P.M.

FIBER ART
2nd Floor Main Gallery:
Jae Hi Ahn, Gretl Bauer, Jappie King Black, Pam Cooper, Elizabeth Duffy, Robyn Love, Carol Westfall, Marcia Widenor
2nd Floor Small Gallery: Sally Shore
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Creative Adventures in Truth and Beauty — paintings by Sam Jungkurth, sculptures by Linda Smith
BRIDGING ART & ABILITY — " EXPLORING WELLNESS AND TRANSFORMATION"
6th Annual Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities

Sun. Mar. 28th, 7 P.M. Admission $5

Film Nite at the WAH Center
“ My Brother’s War” by Whitney Hamilton & Patrick Sullivan Japanese Animation by Robico Selections from Cinema VII and others

April 3rd, Saturday @ 8 P.M. and April 4th, Sunday @ 6 P.M. Admission $10

Dance of the Requiem "Jongara" from Japan with street dance performer Gilyak Amagasaki

April 3 - 25; Reception April 3, 4-6 P.M.

Six Expressions - Japanese Aesthetics curated by Shoko Kanai - works incorporating traditional Japanese media - Washi (rice paper), Sumi (ink), Kinpaku (gold leaf), etc., by Hidenori Izumi, Sachiko Kobayashi, Namiyo Kubo, Nana Ono, Teigi Tauchi, Hideo Murakami
The Work of Artists Who Run Galleries in Williamsburg in collaboration with Williamsburg Art Central

April 9th- 11th 2004

NOH-Opera MACBETH
Project for contemporary Noh-performance
reservations & information 1-347-489-1841

Tuesday, April 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

New York Creates
BAC/Independence Professional Development Seminar Series 2003-2004: Making Art Work. Sponsored by the Independence Community Foundation.

Saturday, April 24, Noon-6 p.m.

FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS!
Williamsburg Arts and Historical Center and MetroPlus Health Plan Sponsor a Free Resource Day for Artists

May 8 - 30; Reception Saturday May 8th, 4-6 P.M.

Pratt Institute MFA Thesis Show organized by Donna Moran, Chair, Fine Arts Dept., MFA and BFA Program at Pratt Institute
Young Graphic Designers Graphic design students from CUNY, curated by Sue Karnet

May 8th

Williamsburg Auction viewing starts.
This special fund-raising auction will supplement a $100,000 grant provided through the auspices of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz with the help of City Council Woman Diana Reyna to help restore the exterior of our building, the magnificent KINGS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and the seventh building in New York City to be landmarked. PLEASE DONATE ART, ANTIQUES, JEWELRY TO OUR AUCTION — TAX DEDUCTIBLE !

Sunday, May 9th MOTHER’S DAY, 3 P.M. Admission $5

TERRANCE LINDALL RECITES PASSAGES FROM JOHN MILTON’S PARADISE LOST AND DISPLAYS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
Terrance Lindall will recite excerpts from his book PARADISE LOST ILLUSTRATED (poetry by John Milton) and also lecture on philosophy of art and aesthetics, as well as related metaphysical & epistemological issues.
Also:
“...Milton’s Satan and his impact on countercultural artistic movements from William Blake to the Beat poets—in essence, the artists 'between' Milton and Lindall, the radical artistic legacy.” with Professor Karen Karbiene, New York University

Wednesday, May 12th

Benefit Dinner “ Fete des cuisinieres” and special viewing of the Williamsburg Auction, with live chamber music and afterwards, dance and performances in the theater. Cocktails 6:30-7:30, Dinner 7:30- 9:00, Theater 9:00 - 11 P.M. Tickets $100 per person, $160 for couples

Friday & Saturday May 14th and 15th @ 8 P.M. with follow up performances in June (the 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th). Admission $10

The Sea Heiress a new musical play by Peter Dizozza about how the righteous shall control the sea ports of Hamburg and Williamsburg, while the bulk of the population remain landlocked...

Saturday, May 22nd, 7:30 P.M. Admission $10

6th ANNUAL WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT DANCE FESTIVAL Coordinated by Kelly Kocinski, assisted by Rachel Cohen, & Ariane Anthony

June 5 - 27; Reception Sat. June 5th 4-7 P.M.

7th Annual Mermaid Show Celebrating the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Curated by Carri Skoczek
SINGULAR OBSESSIONS Breakthrough as Process & Art - Creative Projects of Persistent Preoccupation. Curated by James Pinney

July 3 - 28, Reception Sat. July 3, 4-6 P.M.

Williamsburg Bridges Aoteroa (New Zealand) - Te Marae Atea A group show of Maori artists
Trespassers Will Be Eaten Organized by Carolyn Stone

THE KINGS COUNTY SAVING BANK BUILDING

Thanks to the request of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Marlowitz with the support of City Council Woman Diana Reyna, the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs has given the WAH Center a capital grant of $100,000 in FY 2004 for exterior renovation of our great building. This is the cornerstone of the $750,000 needed to fully restore the exterior. We encourage the community of New York to help in any way to raise additonal funds for this great project. Please donate to the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center 2004 Auction. Your support will be very much appreciated!

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