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SUMMARY:Brooklyn Tides: Excerpts from New York Waterfront Diary
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn Tides: Excerpts from New York Waterfront Diary is a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based photographer Sophie Fenwick. The exhibit showcases photographs of various Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods culled from the artist’s book New York Waterfront Diary\, published by 5 Continents Editions in 2023. \nThe 19 photographs on view feature the northwestern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Gowanus\, Sunset Park\, Red Hook\, DUMBO\, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard — where views of waterways conjure memories and inspire dreams. Some photos feature derelict buildings found in these waterfront locales\, highlighting the beauty and mystery in decay. In haunting black-and-white and vivid color\, the images serve as an unofficial timeline\, showing these neighborhoods over the years\, from the 1990s to just before the pandemic. \nFenwick’s evocative portraits demonstrate how these areas of Brooklyn have transformed over three decades. The images of Gowanus are especially timely as the neighborhood undergoes unprecedented change — with longtime locals no longer recognizing the surrounding streets\, and new residents moving into rapidly rising luxury buildings. The photos shot prior to the 2021 Gowanus rezoning preserve the industrial grit and quirkiness that made the neighborhood unique and beloved. \nBrooklyn Tides: Excerpts from New York Waterfront Diary\nSophie Fenwick\nOn view Saturdays\, July 11\, 18\, 25\, and August 1\, 1pm–5pm \nCITY OF WATER DAY | SPECIAL SCREENING\nSaturday\, July 25 is City of Water Day. Please join us at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse for Sophie Fenwick’s photography exhibition\, Brooklyn Tides: Excerpts from New York Waterfront Diary as well as a special screening of a 30-minute film. The Super 8 footage\, shot by Fenwick and edited with Maya Han\, is an extension of the artist’s book and exhibition\, highlighting many of the sites seen in both. The film features excerpts of footage Fenwick shot along New York City waterfront neighborhoods in the early 1990s. This body of work pays tribute to NYC’s maritime history. \nThe film will be shown on a loop throughout the day. \nBrooklyn-based musician and composer Leslie Braver (Gowanus Fish Queen) will accompany Fenwick’s short film from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. \nThe Gowanus Dredgers will also host free walk-up paddling from 3-7pm. \n\nFor more information about the artist and New York Waterfront Diary\, visit fivecontinentseditions.com/en/p/new-york-waterfront-diary/
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/brooklyn-tides-excerpts-from-new-york-waterfront-diary/2026-08-01/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts
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SUMMARY:A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area\, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays\, from 1:30 to 3:30\, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. \nGerry reads poetry at the canal\nThe readings will be followed by open mic time limited to ten readers (one poem no longer than 3 minutes) who have signed up the day of the reading on a first come basis. \nReading will be outdoors at the Gowanus open shoreline and we invite you to engage with the emerging Gowanus Canal habitat as we witness the EPA conduct their SuperFUN/d cleanup program. Event may move to inside the boathouse if it begins to rain or we want to escape the summer heat. If other activity is occurring on the street or esplanade\, event may move inside. \nParticipation is free but we encourage donations to sustain the efforts of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club\, an advocacy stewardship organization who has been representing neighborhood interests for over two decades. \nMay17 Linda Lerner\, Patricia Carrigton\, Abigail Welhouse\, Bill Lessard \nJune7 Susan Michele\, Gregory Crosby\, Melinda Wilson\, Dennis Nurkse14 Donna Masini\, Richard Smith\, Maria Lisella\, Elizabeth T Gray Jr.28 Elaine Sexton\, Karen Hildebrand\, Don Yorty\, Judith Lee Herbert \nJuly12 David Katz\, Estha Wiener\, Shean Nevin\, Katherine Swett19 Sarah Wallace\, Ashley Mabitt\, Zoe White\, and Michael T. Young26 Broadstone Books: S.H. Case\, Myra Malkin\, Vera Salter\, Stephanie Laterza\, David Mills\, Lucia Cherclu \nAugust2 Jiwon Choi\, Amy Holman\, Miranda Beeson\, Sarah Sarai9 Kimiko Hahn\, Joanne Solfrian\, Sam Cha\, Mervyn Taylor16 KGB: John Demming\, Selena Spier\, Tyler Allen\, Penny Susan Lewis\, Jada Gordon23 Karen Neuberg\, Scott Hightower\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, Neil Shepard30 Titanic \nSeptember13 Hilary Sideris\, Tom Sleigh\, Austin Alexis\, Kristine Esser-Slentz20 Joanne McFarland\, Ruth Danon\, Brad Vogel\, David Formanek27 Amy Lemmon\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Richard Levine\, Nicole Callihan \nOctober4 Lisa Andrews\, Lisa Badner\, Arden Levine\, Anthony Capo11 Broadstone Books: Amy Barone\, Margo Taft Stever\, Billy Cancel\, Mary Moloney
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/a-persistence-of-cormorants-poetry-reading-3/2026-08-02/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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SUMMARY:City Fragments | Carol Dronsfield & Leigh Klonsky
DESCRIPTION:City Fragments\, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky\, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements\, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media\, creating extraordinary\, fragmented views of our city. \nCarol Dronsfield started The Wild Postings Project in 2012\, focusing her lens on construction site walls plastered with multiple layers of advertisements\, posters\, and graffiti — the more layered\, weathered\, and battered the walls\, the better. She photographs the multi-layered remnants of the postings and adds painting\, drawing\, and vintage ephemera to the prints\, highlighting the beauty in urban decadence. \nOriginally from Hartford\, Connecticut\, Dronsfield began her career as an art director in New York City before becoming a commercial photographer. Her current work focuses on street photography\, capturing the city’s landscape and its diverse array of characters. She co-founded Exposure\, The Salon for Women Photographers\, in 2024. Learn more at www.caroldronsfieldphotography.com. \nLeigh Klonsky’s collages are part of an ongoing series inspired by the complex and contradictory relationship New Yorkers have with street trees. Composed with more than 500 photographs of tree beds\, bird’s nests\, plastic bags\, indoor plants\, and images of humans intersecting with nature\, the works reveal the love\, neglect\, and abuse directed toward these urban oases. Using glue\, paint\, and nails\, Klonsky transforms her photos of the trees into mighty patchworked beings. \nA native of Chicago\, Klonsky received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her Masters of Art in Education from Brooklyn College. She has been an NYC public school art teacher for nearly 20 years. Learn more at www.leighklonsky.com. \nCITY FRAGMENTS\nOn view Saturdays\, August 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 1-5pm \nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, August 8 2-5pm \nCollage Workshop\nSaturday\, August 22 2-3:30pm\nSuited for ages 6 & up.\nChildren must be accompanied by an adult.
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/city-fragments-carol-dronsfield-leigh-klonsky/2026-08-08/
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SUMMARY:A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area\, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays\, from 1:30 to 3:30\, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. \nGerry reads poetry at the canal\nThe readings will be followed by open mic time limited to ten readers (one poem no longer than 3 minutes) who have signed up the day of the reading on a first come basis. \nReading will be outdoors at the Gowanus open shoreline and we invite you to engage with the emerging Gowanus Canal habitat as we witness the EPA conduct their SuperFUN/d cleanup program. Event may move to inside the boathouse if it begins to rain or we want to escape the summer heat. If other activity is occurring on the street or esplanade\, event may move inside. \nParticipation is free but we encourage donations to sustain the efforts of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club\, an advocacy stewardship organization who has been representing neighborhood interests for over two decades. \nMay17 Linda Lerner\, Patricia Carrigton\, Abigail Welhouse\, Bill Lessard \nJune7 Susan Michele\, Gregory Crosby\, Melinda Wilson\, Dennis Nurkse14 Donna Masini\, Richard Smith\, Maria Lisella\, Elizabeth T Gray Jr.28 Elaine Sexton\, Karen Hildebrand\, Don Yorty\, Judith Lee Herbert \nJuly12 David Katz\, Estha Wiener\, Shean Nevin\, Katherine Swett19 Sarah Wallace\, Ashley Mabitt\, Zoe White\, and Michael T. Young26 Broadstone Books: S.H. Case\, Myra Malkin\, Vera Salter\, Stephanie Laterza\, David Mills\, Lucia Cherclu \nAugust2 Jiwon Choi\, Amy Holman\, Miranda Beeson\, Sarah Sarai9 Kimiko Hahn\, Joanne Solfrian\, Sam Cha\, Mervyn Taylor16 KGB: John Demming\, Selena Spier\, Tyler Allen\, Penny Susan Lewis\, Jada Gordon23 Karen Neuberg\, Scott Hightower\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, Neil Shepard30 Titanic \nSeptember13 Hilary Sideris\, Tom Sleigh\, Austin Alexis\, Kristine Esser-Slentz20 Joanne McFarland\, Ruth Danon\, Brad Vogel\, David Formanek27 Amy Lemmon\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Richard Levine\, Nicole Callihan \nOctober4 Lisa Andrews\, Lisa Badner\, Arden Levine\, Anthony Capo11 Broadstone Books: Amy Barone\, Margo Taft Stever\, Billy Cancel\, Mary Moloney
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/a-persistence-of-cormorants-poetry-reading-3/2026-08-09/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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SUMMARY:City Fragments | Carol Dronsfield & Leigh Klonsky
DESCRIPTION:City Fragments\, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky\, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements\, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media\, creating extraordinary\, fragmented views of our city. \nCarol Dronsfield started The Wild Postings Project in 2012\, focusing her lens on construction site walls plastered with multiple layers of advertisements\, posters\, and graffiti — the more layered\, weathered\, and battered the walls\, the better. She photographs the multi-layered remnants of the postings and adds painting\, drawing\, and vintage ephemera to the prints\, highlighting the beauty in urban decadence. \nOriginally from Hartford\, Connecticut\, Dronsfield began her career as an art director in New York City before becoming a commercial photographer. Her current work focuses on street photography\, capturing the city’s landscape and its diverse array of characters. She co-founded Exposure\, The Salon for Women Photographers\, in 2024. Learn more at www.caroldronsfieldphotography.com. \nLeigh Klonsky’s collages are part of an ongoing series inspired by the complex and contradictory relationship New Yorkers have with street trees. Composed with more than 500 photographs of tree beds\, bird’s nests\, plastic bags\, indoor plants\, and images of humans intersecting with nature\, the works reveal the love\, neglect\, and abuse directed toward these urban oases. Using glue\, paint\, and nails\, Klonsky transforms her photos of the trees into mighty patchworked beings. \nA native of Chicago\, Klonsky received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her Masters of Art in Education from Brooklyn College. She has been an NYC public school art teacher for nearly 20 years. Learn more at www.leighklonsky.com. \nCITY FRAGMENTS\nOn view Saturdays\, August 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 1-5pm \nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, August 8 2-5pm \nCollage Workshop\nSaturday\, August 22 2-3:30pm\nSuited for ages 6 & up.\nChildren must be accompanied by an adult.
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/city-fragments-carol-dronsfield-leigh-klonsky/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T153000
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SUMMARY:A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area\, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays\, from 1:30 to 3:30\, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. \nGerry reads poetry at the canal\nThe readings will be followed by open mic time limited to ten readers (one poem no longer than 3 minutes) who have signed up the day of the reading on a first come basis. \nReading will be outdoors at the Gowanus open shoreline and we invite you to engage with the emerging Gowanus Canal habitat as we witness the EPA conduct their SuperFUN/d cleanup program. Event may move to inside the boathouse if it begins to rain or we want to escape the summer heat. If other activity is occurring on the street or esplanade\, event may move inside. \nParticipation is free but we encourage donations to sustain the efforts of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club\, an advocacy stewardship organization who has been representing neighborhood interests for over two decades. \nMay17 Linda Lerner\, Patricia Carrigton\, Abigail Welhouse\, Bill Lessard \nJune7 Susan Michele\, Gregory Crosby\, Melinda Wilson\, Dennis Nurkse14 Donna Masini\, Richard Smith\, Maria Lisella\, Elizabeth T Gray Jr.28 Elaine Sexton\, Karen Hildebrand\, Don Yorty\, Judith Lee Herbert \nJuly12 David Katz\, Estha Wiener\, Shean Nevin\, Katherine Swett19 Sarah Wallace\, Ashley Mabitt\, Zoe White\, and Michael T. Young26 Broadstone Books: S.H. Case\, Myra Malkin\, Vera Salter\, Stephanie Laterza\, David Mills\, Lucia Cherclu \nAugust2 Jiwon Choi\, Amy Holman\, Miranda Beeson\, Sarah Sarai9 Kimiko Hahn\, Joanne Solfrian\, Sam Cha\, Mervyn Taylor16 KGB: John Demming\, Selena Spier\, Tyler Allen\, Penny Susan Lewis\, Jada Gordon23 Karen Neuberg\, Scott Hightower\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, Neil Shepard30 Titanic \nSeptember13 Hilary Sideris\, Tom Sleigh\, Austin Alexis\, Kristine Esser-Slentz20 Joanne McFarland\, Ruth Danon\, Brad Vogel\, David Formanek27 Amy Lemmon\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Richard Levine\, Nicole Callihan \nOctober4 Lisa Andrews\, Lisa Badner\, Arden Levine\, Anthony Capo11 Broadstone Books: Amy Barone\, Margo Taft Stever\, Billy Cancel\, Mary Moloney
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/a-persistence-of-cormorants-poetry-reading-3/2026-08-16/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T170000
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SUMMARY:City Fragments | Carol Dronsfield & Leigh Klonsky
DESCRIPTION:City Fragments\, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky\, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements\, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media\, creating extraordinary\, fragmented views of our city. \nCarol Dronsfield started The Wild Postings Project in 2012\, focusing her lens on construction site walls plastered with multiple layers of advertisements\, posters\, and graffiti — the more layered\, weathered\, and battered the walls\, the better. She photographs the multi-layered remnants of the postings and adds painting\, drawing\, and vintage ephemera to the prints\, highlighting the beauty in urban decadence. \nOriginally from Hartford\, Connecticut\, Dronsfield began her career as an art director in New York City before becoming a commercial photographer. Her current work focuses on street photography\, capturing the city’s landscape and its diverse array of characters. She co-founded Exposure\, The Salon for Women Photographers\, in 2024. Learn more at www.caroldronsfieldphotography.com. \nLeigh Klonsky’s collages are part of an ongoing series inspired by the complex and contradictory relationship New Yorkers have with street trees. Composed with more than 500 photographs of tree beds\, bird’s nests\, plastic bags\, indoor plants\, and images of humans intersecting with nature\, the works reveal the love\, neglect\, and abuse directed toward these urban oases. Using glue\, paint\, and nails\, Klonsky transforms her photos of the trees into mighty patchworked beings. \nA native of Chicago\, Klonsky received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her Masters of Art in Education from Brooklyn College. She has been an NYC public school art teacher for nearly 20 years. Learn more at www.leighklonsky.com. \nCITY FRAGMENTS\nOn view Saturdays\, August 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 1-5pm \nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, August 8 2-5pm \nCollage Workshop\nSaturday\, August 22 2-3:30pm\nSuited for ages 6 & up.\nChildren must be accompanied by an adult.
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/city-fragments-carol-dronsfield-leigh-klonsky/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T153000
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SUMMARY:A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area\, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays\, from 1:30 to 3:30\, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. \nGerry reads poetry at the canal\nThe readings will be followed by open mic time limited to ten readers (one poem no longer than 3 minutes) who have signed up the day of the reading on a first come basis. \nReading will be outdoors at the Gowanus open shoreline and we invite you to engage with the emerging Gowanus Canal habitat as we witness the EPA conduct their SuperFUN/d cleanup program. Event may move to inside the boathouse if it begins to rain or we want to escape the summer heat. If other activity is occurring on the street or esplanade\, event may move inside. \nParticipation is free but we encourage donations to sustain the efforts of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club\, an advocacy stewardship organization who has been representing neighborhood interests for over two decades. \nMay17 Linda Lerner\, Patricia Carrigton\, Abigail Welhouse\, Bill Lessard \nJune7 Susan Michele\, Gregory Crosby\, Melinda Wilson\, Dennis Nurkse14 Donna Masini\, Richard Smith\, Maria Lisella\, Elizabeth T Gray Jr.28 Elaine Sexton\, Karen Hildebrand\, Don Yorty\, Judith Lee Herbert \nJuly12 David Katz\, Estha Wiener\, Shean Nevin\, Katherine Swett19 Sarah Wallace\, Ashley Mabitt\, Zoe White\, and Michael T. Young26 Broadstone Books: S.H. Case\, Myra Malkin\, Vera Salter\, Stephanie Laterza\, David Mills\, Lucia Cherclu \nAugust2 Jiwon Choi\, Amy Holman\, Miranda Beeson\, Sarah Sarai9 Kimiko Hahn\, Joanne Solfrian\, Sam Cha\, Mervyn Taylor16 KGB: John Demming\, Selena Spier\, Tyler Allen\, Penny Susan Lewis\, Jada Gordon23 Karen Neuberg\, Scott Hightower\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, Neil Shepard30 Titanic \nSeptember13 Hilary Sideris\, Tom Sleigh\, Austin Alexis\, Kristine Esser-Slentz20 Joanne McFarland\, Ruth Danon\, Brad Vogel\, David Formanek27 Amy Lemmon\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Richard Levine\, Nicole Callihan \nOctober4 Lisa Andrews\, Lisa Badner\, Arden Levine\, Anthony Capo11 Broadstone Books: Amy Barone\, Margo Taft Stever\, Billy Cancel\, Mary Moloney
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/a-persistence-of-cormorants-poetry-reading-3/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T140000
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SUMMARY:Cyanotype Workshop with Brian Ellis and The Gowanus Dredgers
DESCRIPTION:Gather materials for cyanotype printmaking on a short canoe paddle in Gowanus Bay! \n🎟️ RSVP REQUIRED tickets available starting August 17🎟️ RSVP here \nJoin Brian Ellis and the Gowanus Dredgers for a mid-day cyanotype printmaking workshop! After a short discussion of the printmaking process\, we will paddle to a nearby location to gather materials for our prints. Upon returning to the Bunker \, we will set up and harvest the power of the sun to create some wonderful prints that participants will be able to take home the same day. Beyond the standard cyanotype process\, we will also cover wet cyanotype\, image transfer\, and coffee-based bleaching and toning as time allows. \nCost: Suggested donation of $5-10\, however no one turned away for lack of funds. We want this to be accessible to everyone\, please contact us if you have a financial hardship. \nRSVP Required as seats are limited. \nAbout the Artist: Brian Ellis is a process-based cyanotype artist who uses the medium to explore human physicality and detritus. Using their practice to document meaning-making in the context of waste\, degradation\, and impermanence\, Brian’s cyanotype work utilizes wet cyanotype\, singing\, portraiture\, interview\, and print toning.
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/cyanotype-workshop-with-brian-ellis-and-the-gowanus-dredgers/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.)\, 2 19th St.\, Brooklyn\, NY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Guided Tours,On the Water
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SUMMARY:City Fragments | Carol Dronsfield & Leigh Klonsky
DESCRIPTION:City Fragments\, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky\, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements\, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media\, creating extraordinary\, fragmented views of our city. \nCarol Dronsfield started The Wild Postings Project in 2012\, focusing her lens on construction site walls plastered with multiple layers of advertisements\, posters\, and graffiti — the more layered\, weathered\, and battered the walls\, the better. She photographs the multi-layered remnants of the postings and adds painting\, drawing\, and vintage ephemera to the prints\, highlighting the beauty in urban decadence. \nOriginally from Hartford\, Connecticut\, Dronsfield began her career as an art director in New York City before becoming a commercial photographer. Her current work focuses on street photography\, capturing the city’s landscape and its diverse array of characters. She co-founded Exposure\, The Salon for Women Photographers\, in 2024. Learn more at www.caroldronsfieldphotography.com. \nLeigh Klonsky’s collages are part of an ongoing series inspired by the complex and contradictory relationship New Yorkers have with street trees. Composed with more than 500 photographs of tree beds\, bird’s nests\, plastic bags\, indoor plants\, and images of humans intersecting with nature\, the works reveal the love\, neglect\, and abuse directed toward these urban oases. Using glue\, paint\, and nails\, Klonsky transforms her photos of the trees into mighty patchworked beings. \nA native of Chicago\, Klonsky received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her Masters of Art in Education from Brooklyn College. She has been an NYC public school art teacher for nearly 20 years. Learn more at www.leighklonsky.com. \nCITY FRAGMENTS\nOn view Saturdays\, August 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 1-5pm \nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, August 8 2-5pm \nCollage Workshop\nSaturday\, August 22 2-3:30pm\nSuited for ages 6 & up.\nChildren must be accompanied by an adult.
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/city-fragments-carol-dronsfield-leigh-klonsky/2026-08-29/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts
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SUMMARY:A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area\, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays\, from 1:30 to 3:30\, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. \nGerry reads poetry at the canal\nThe readings will be followed by open mic time limited to ten readers (one poem no longer than 3 minutes) who have signed up the day of the reading on a first come basis. \nReading will be outdoors at the Gowanus open shoreline and we invite you to engage with the emerging Gowanus Canal habitat as we witness the EPA conduct their SuperFUN/d cleanup program. Event may move to inside the boathouse if it begins to rain or we want to escape the summer heat. If other activity is occurring on the street or esplanade\, event may move inside. \nParticipation is free but we encourage donations to sustain the efforts of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club\, an advocacy stewardship organization who has been representing neighborhood interests for over two decades. \nMay17 Linda Lerner\, Patricia Carrigton\, Abigail Welhouse\, Bill Lessard \nJune7 Susan Michele\, Gregory Crosby\, Melinda Wilson\, Dennis Nurkse14 Donna Masini\, Richard Smith\, Maria Lisella\, Elizabeth T Gray Jr.28 Elaine Sexton\, Karen Hildebrand\, Don Yorty\, Judith Lee Herbert \nJuly12 David Katz\, Estha Wiener\, Shean Nevin\, Katherine Swett19 Sarah Wallace\, Ashley Mabitt\, Zoe White\, and Michael T. Young26 Broadstone Books: S.H. Case\, Myra Malkin\, Vera Salter\, Stephanie Laterza\, David Mills\, Lucia Cherclu \nAugust2 Jiwon Choi\, Amy Holman\, Miranda Beeson\, Sarah Sarai9 Kimiko Hahn\, Joanne Solfrian\, Sam Cha\, Mervyn Taylor16 KGB: John Demming\, Selena Spier\, Tyler Allen\, Penny Susan Lewis\, Jada Gordon23 Karen Neuberg\, Scott Hightower\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, Neil Shepard30 Titanic \nSeptember13 Hilary Sideris\, Tom Sleigh\, Austin Alexis\, Kristine Esser-Slentz20 Joanne McFarland\, Ruth Danon\, Brad Vogel\, David Formanek27 Amy Lemmon\, Jane Rosenberg LaForge\, Richard Levine\, Nicole Callihan \nOctober4 Lisa Andrews\, Lisa Badner\, Arden Levine\, Anthony Capo11 Broadstone Books: Amy Barone\, Margo Taft Stever\, Billy Cancel\, Mary Moloney
URL:https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/a-persistence-of-cormorants-poetry-reading-3/2026-08-30/
LOCATION:Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse\, 165 2nd St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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