Posted on October 20th, 2009 by dacgallery
“If you have an idea run with it and work your hardest to make it happen.”
One of the high school program students said this when he was asked what he learned in this year's HS program. These words and high praise are one of several that show the 2009 HS Program was a success. Most importantly, the gallery and the students both accomplished their goals.
The students were so exited about it that they asked for more time. They said they loved the field trips, the artist presentations and the festival production. But, the most important part was the fact that the students were able to participate in the festival as artists.
"I like the fact were given full artistic freedom, I think it is very important."
“I learned more about the changing art world. This was really great!"
The 2009 HS Program was successful. Thanks to the team for making this festival come to reality.
We are ready for another wonderful one next year!
ALma Peguero
Gallery Intern
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by dacgallery
The Experience of Green to me is a beautiful installation that makes my mind fly away.
The red color and the magnitude of the trees make everything so intense, intimidating and at the same time so attractive, that I want to find more.
It is also playful that no kid will want to leave the gallery. My inner child doesn't want to leave the gallery.
The realization of this project was strong but became much stronger after seeing it completed.
It was nice to observe every intern, volunteer or the artists, submerged in the activity of working, and seeing how great it will be in the end. It was also really nice to me to find my silent and joyful voice while working. One of the best parts of the day, because of the exhausting work was the lunch break. Eating healthy and delicious food on DAC’s stairs while enjoying the weather and talking and getting to know everyone a little bit more was so fun and relaxing. This process allowed you to come back to work totally re-energized.
Assisting Wade and Stephen was a great experience. And I can say that it was great to my mates too. Working in it was very inspiring from any perspective. As an intern, I would gladly assist any artist that needed my help (always if it is with artists and volunteers like these) And as an artist, I just can’t wait to make my own big installation.
Thank you everyone for your positive smiles and spirits and to everyone that put their heart on it. Thank you again.
ALma Peguero
Gallery Intern
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by dacgallery
There was a long wait to get in the door on opening night of
The Experience of Green. It was worth it!
The first time I went inside of a red tree it was so exciting! To find myself
inside of the intimidating space, in the darkness, and surrounded by many different textures awakened my imagination. The interiors of the trees are so rich that you can't go in and out quickly. You have to stay a little bit longer, let your eyes get used to the light, and then appreciate the creation.
The tree at the entrance to the gallery creates beautiful movement from the ceiling to the floor.
All these pictures are courtesy
of photographer Terry Beverly
ALma Peguero,
Gallery Intern
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Posted on October 17th, 2009 by dacgallery
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Posted on September 19th, 2009 by dac
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by dacgallery
Here is the list of the artists participating to the Festival.
Their projects will be presented on the streets, sidewalks, storefronts, elevators, lobbies, the water, the waterfront, parks, nooks, crannies and more.
Artcodex (Mike Estabrook, Vandana Jain, Mona Kamal) Gav Barbey Karina Bergmans Allison Berkoy Carlo Bernardini John Bonafede
Michele Brody Jude Broughan Sean Capone Christian Cerrito and
Jennifer Fisher Donna Cheng
Elim Cheng and Meng Li
Wai-Yam Cheng (Yummy) Kell Condon
John Day
Cat DelBuono
Tim Devin Molly Dilworth Abby Donovan Nikolas Drosos and
Marta Gazicka Will Ekins
Myda El-Maghrabi
Denniston Ewan
Katie Fox and Haley Lowe
Ryan Frank
Catherine Grau and Zoe Kreye
Naomi Grossman Kyung Woo Han Steve Harrington and Jaime Rojo
Elizabeth D. Heifferon
Lisa Hein and Robert Seng
Diana Heise Jae Hi Ahn
Erin Rachel Hudak Lucia Jeesun Lee Kate Kaman and
Joel Erland Marie Christine Katz Amy Khoshbin Larissa Killough
Jackie Klempay Reina Kubota Eun Sun Lee
Marc S Levitt
Jia-Jen Lin
Nelson Loskamp Katherine Dolgy Ludwig Luciana Lyrio Jillian May
Charlotte Meyer and Chris Smith
John Monteith Hye Yeon Nam Olek Tara Parsons Verónica Peña Jesse Proia
Eward Purver Ryan Turner Roth Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy Scott Rummler Richard Schort
Angela Silver
Deborah Simon Ted Southern
Andréa Stanislav
Ari Tabei
Kazue Taguchi Catherine Tai
Hidemi Takagi Karin I.Tehve Montana Torrey
Ian Trask
Gretchen Vitamvas
Sindikat Vydavy Edisa Weeks
Sara Wentworth
Jennifer Williams
Brian Wondergem An Xiao Chin Chih Yang
Jinjoo Yang
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Posted on August 18th, 2009 by dacgallery
With September 25 quickly approaching, the opportunity arises to look back on the changes that the Dumbo Arts Center has seen over the past thirteen years.
The first D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival in 1997 took advantage of Dumbo's unique qualities and its high concentration of artist studios. Open studios, live music and dance performances, and an art parade were components of the '97 Festival, which was produced by Dumbo residents, Joy Glidden and Tyson Daugherty. Artists organized creative ways to fund the Festival, such as hosting parties in the performance space with the DJ group "Organic Grooves." After the Festival's success the Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) was conceived to promote local Dumbo artists.
SECTION 33, DAC's first curated exhibition, was installed in September 1998 at the original location of 45 York Street. In 1999 DAC became a registered 501 (c) non-profit organization with Joy Glidden as Fine Arts Director, Rodney Trice as Applied Arts Director, and Margaret Champagne as Performing Arts Director. DAC is now located at 30 Washington Street, and Breda Kennedy, the current Executive Director, has helped the culture of DAC evolve with the neighborhood of Dumbo.
Elements of the 13th D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival reflect DAC's past, but many characteristics of the Festival are specific to 2009. New aspects include projects created by our new high school internship program and an iPhone application designed specifically for the Festival to feature festival projects, open studios, local businesses, and galleries.
Music performances were important in the 1999 Festival.
Image courtesty of DAC.
Doug Fishbone's Ten Thousand Bananas displayed on Washington Street in the 2002 Festival.
Image courtesty of DAC.
Jae Hi Ahn's Night in Bloom was in the Brooklyn Bridge Park during the 2006 Festival.
Image courtesty of the artist.
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Posted on August 11th, 2009 by dacgallery
The website for this year's Art Under the Bridge Festival is
here. On September 25th, 26th, and 27th projects from over 80 artisits will be displayed in Dumbo streets, buildings, and parks.
A few artists to look forward to seeing in the Festival this year are: Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen
Image is courtesy of the artists.
Gav Barbey
Image is courtesy of the artist.Katherine Dolgy Ludwig
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Posted on July 28th, 2009 by dacgallery
WHO:
WHAT: 13th D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®
WHERE: The Streets of Dumbo, Brooklyn
WHEN: September 25-27 2009 Tweet your excitement about the festival!
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 by dacgallery
DAC's current show,
Structured Simplicity, continues to be a success. Be sure to take the time to check out what Michael Wilson has to say about
Structured Simplicity HERE.
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"I like the fact were given full artistic freedom, I think it is very important."
