SPRING 2011 ART + ARCHITECTURE SHOW Gowanus Ballroom

http://www.gowanusballroom.com

Ursula Viglietta senior designer for the Deli deserves a medial for going days without sleep to curate the best event I have attended all year in Brooklyn. The events opening night was this past Friday and the turnout was amazing.

Gowanus Ballroom is a 12,000-square-foot space beneath 50-foot cathedral ceilings with a 4,000-square-foot mezzanine overlooking the lower gallery. In 2010, Josh Young of Serett Metal retooled the space for artists to work.

This event had massive Burning Man worthy installations, and a complete lineup of bluegrass/old-time bands, the event combined the relevancy of an indie art with the honest fun of a bluegrass festival.


The installations included a tree house and a cozy area of wooden igloos put together with chicken wire. I caught a great old time jazz band called Apocolypse 5 and Dime which played old jazzy tunes with the tuba bumping the bass line, the fiddler player is incredibly melodic, and the horn section truly sets the band apart. Other great bands that played included, Crooks and Perverts, Yula and the Extended Family and Morgan O’Kane. The show will be up throughout this week, with a closing party on Saturday the 15th. Saturday's lineup brings in music by Melody Allegra Berger, Union Street Preservation Society, Crooks and Perverts and Morgan O’Kane.

artists featured in the show include, Adriana Atema, Aimee Bonamie, Amy Consolo, Ben Wolf, Brian Whiteley, Christina Kelly, Domestic Construction, Douglas Draper, Emma Stern, Felix morelo, Georgie Flores, Gerri Davis, Heidi Tullman, Jason Gandy, Kristin Künc, Lopi LaRoe, Matt Allison, Matthew Silver aka Heartpocalypse, Matt Stolle, Matthew William Robinson, Nathan Maxwell Cann, Patricia Watwood, Rob Zeller, the Objectionists, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, Shannon Gillen & Guests, Tod Seelie, Ursula Viglietta, Vanessa Cronan, and more