
Opening April 19
Essential Shore / Permeable Future Bay Ridge Public Art & Ecology Biennial
April 19 – June 21, 2025
Curated by Jennifer McGregor
Participating artists: Cynthia Alberto, John Buchanan, Graciela Cassel, Betsy Damon, Thomas Gallagher, Jan Mun, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Seema Lisa Pandya, Nicole Peyrafitte, Sunk Shore: Clarinda MacLow and Carolyn Hall, Hannah Salyer, Brooke Singer, Ana Bessie Ratner (The Other Almanac)
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12:00 – 3:00
Essential Shore/ Permeable Future will present free public artworks, interventions, and programs throughout the community that strengthen people’s relationship to water and the Narrows shoreline through an environmental lens. The activities will take place at Stand4 Gallery, Narrows Botanical Garden, Bay Ridge Public Library, Veterans Memorial Pier, Bay Ridge Cares Senior Center, The Bookmark Shoppe, The Narrows Botanical Garden and Owl’s Head Park and other locations who have agreed to partner with us.
We invited over a dozen New York artists to create interactive artworks and activities that are free to the public and will be presented in Stand4 Gallery and public locations throughout the neighborhood.
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SCHEDULE: Stand4 Gallery Hours are 12:00 – 3:00 Every Saturday
- April 19 – OPENING EVENTS:
- Gallery opens for viewing 12:00
- Lingo Bingo (Thomas Gallagher) 1:00-5:00 at Stand4 Gallery
- Opening Reception 3:00-6:00
- April 22 – Sunk Shore Roundtable Discussion at the Bay Ridge Public Library 5:30 – 7:00 PM
- April 26 – Sunk Shore Interactive Workshop at Stand4 Gallery 3:00 – 5:00
- May 3
- Workshop at Bay Ridge Public Library with Hannah Salyer 1:00-3:00
- Bird tour on NYC Ferry with Nicole Peyrafitte (Time to be determined)
- Lingo Bingo with Thomas Gallagher at Bay Ridge Public Library 1:00-3:00
- May 4
- Cynthia Alberto Weaving Together – Healing Together on the Veterans Memorial Pier. 12:00 – 4:00
- Sunk Shore Tour 12:00 – 1:00 on the Veterans Memorial Pier
- Go Fly a Kite / Air Trust with Jan Mun – Kite flying event on the Veteran’s Memorial Pier 12:00 – 4:00
- May 10
- Lingo Bingo with Thomas Gallagher at Narrows Botanical Garden
- May 31
- Curator Talk with Jennifer McGregor at Stand4 Gallery 1:00 – 2:00
- Protest Karaoke at The Brooklyn Firefly 3:00 – 5:00
- June 11 – Film Screening at Alpine Cinema TBA
- June 14
- Rain Daal Activation Ritual at Narrows Botanical Garden with Seema Pandya, 1:00-2:00
- Hannah Salyer book signing and artist talk at Stand4, 3:00 – 4:00 with The Book Mark Shoppe
- June 17
- Virtual Panel Discussion Art & Science Matter: Essential Shore / Permeable Future, a case study, with Betsy Damon, Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere, Seema Lisa Pandya, Jeannine Bardo and Jennifer McGregor, PAX (Public Art Exchange) 5:30 – 6:30 PM
- June 21 Closing / Summer Solstice
- Go Fly a Kite / Air Trust with Jan Mun at the Veterans Memorial Pier 12:00 – 3:00
- Musical Performance at The Brooklyn Firefly with Camp Bedford 3:00 – 5:00
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