Gowanus Open Studios 2013

When:  The 17th annual Gowanus Open Studios (GOS
2013) on October 19-20, 12noon - 6PM.

Cost: Free

Why: This annual
event invites the public to visit, view, purchase and talk to artists about
their art and art-making processes. Featuring over 150 artists located
throughout Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal area, visitors to this event can meet
Brooklyn artists within the intimacy of their work spaces in former factories,
warehouses and studio buildings. 
Painters, sculptors, jewellers, ceramicists, installation artists,
performers, photographers, printmakers and mixed media artists are all opening
their studio doors to the public. GOS endeavours to encourage the appreciation
and practice of art in the broader community.

Where: Gowanus is
located at the juncture of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, near Cobble Hill,
Boerum Hill and adjacent to Red Hook.

How: You can get
to Gowanus Open Studios on foot, by bike, kayak, bus, LIRR, car or subway

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F, G or R to 4th Ave/9th Street Station

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R to Union Street

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F or G to Bergen or Carroll

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D, N ,R , B , Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic
Av-Barclay's Center and head south on 4th Ave

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B37 bus

Plan your visit: A
PDF map and Directory of Artists will be available at www.artsgowanus.org  where you can mark your favorites and plan an
itinerary around Gowanus.

For more press-related information please contact: Rene at press@artsgowanus.org

For more details about GOS contact Abby at
abby@artsgowanus.org

GOS 2013 is presented by Arts Gowanus, a non-profit
organization, an organization of artists and arts organizations working
together to support each other, to connect to our community, and to ensure the
Gowanus Canal neighborhood continues to be a thriving and creative community of
art-makers and art-appreciators.