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MAKE THIS DRAWING WITH ARTIST ED GRANT!

ART TO-GO

#arttogoGFG

Make this Drawing with our featured artist, Ed Grant, whose solo exhibition, “Inbetweeness Paintings,” is currently on view on Artsy.

Ground Floor Gallery invites art lovers of all ages to collaborate with our featured artist, Ed Grant, from the comfort (and safety) of your own home.

Loosely informed by the “Exquisite Corpse” game invented by the Surrealists in 1925, Grant created the beginnings of a drawing that anyone in your household can print out (or pick up from our gallery gate when announced!), add to, and hang anywhere in your home for your viewing pleasure.

Details below. Share your finished collaborative piece with us to be included in our virtual exhibition!

WHAT TO DO:

Print this drawing at home
Continue where Ed left off and draw something!
Share the drawing with your QuaranTEAM (whoever in your home wants to complete the drawing too).
Snap a pic or two of your complete drawing, and tag us on Instagram @groundfloorbk with #artogogfg.
Upload the pics of your drawing to our virtual exhibition folder HERE with your full name & location as the file name, e.g. pablopicasso_spain.jpeg
Hang your drawing up at home!
We ask that each QuaranTEAM send the gallery a suggested donation of $5 – $15 to help us with costs while we are closed via PayPal, CashApp (@GroundFloorBK), or Zelle (info@groundfloorbk.com).
Thanks in advance, have fun and be safe!

OPEN CALL: “DEEP BLUE SEE” ONLINE EXHIBITION

Ground Floor Gallery and Prevent Child Abuse America Present:

Deep Blue See

An Online Exhibition for Child Abuse Prevention Month 2020

April 1 – 30, 2020

On view on Artsy.net

#DeepBlueApril

Song sung blue

Everybody knows one

Song sung blue

Every garden grows one

– Neil Diamond

Brooklyn’s Ground Floor Gallery is proud to partner with Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) on the online exhibition, “Deep Blue See,” to raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month (CAP): April 2020. Recognized as symbolic of support for CAP Month 2020, the color blue holds special significance for this campaign and is the point of departure for this unprecedented collaboration.

We are asking artists to submit an original blue artwork in solidarity with the cause and the CAP Month theme: “Everyone can make great childhoods happen—especially you!” As we all know from experience, everybody in a child’s life plays a role in preventing child abuse and neglect: from devoted family members to our schools, caretakers, small businesses and other community stakeholders.

The exhibition will launch on April 1st on Artsy.net as part of Ground Floor Gallery’s online exhibition platform. Please see our submissions guidelines below:

Send submissions to “info@groundfloorbk.com” with subject: Deep Blue See Open Call and the information below in the BODY of the email:

- The artist name, artwork title, medium, dimensions, year, price and a short description of the artwork(s) submitted (no more than 200 words)

- Artist Bio (including nationality and location for potential Artsy.net profile) and Statement

Artwork submitted must be the color blue
Blue artworks in all shapes, sizes, media and price points will be considered including limited edition photography. Submitted prints must be monotypes.
Artists can submit up to 3 blue artworks for consideration
Submission email must not exceed 15 MB
Artists can submit artwork now through March 31st and will be informed of their submission status on a rolling basis.
Artists will be paid the standard 50% commission of the sale price. Should a sale transpire, artists will be paid upon sale during the month of April and within a week of the sale if after April 2020.
10% of the gallery commission supports the PCA America’s CAP Month 2020 Campaign

Ground Floor Gallery is proud to support PCA America’s message that people don’t need to have special skills or be a certain kind of person to help make great childhoods happen—all they have to be is willing. To learn more about how you can participate in CAP Month, please visit: preventchildabuse.org/capmonth2020.

We can’t wait to see your beautiful blue artworks to raise awareness of this important cause and incredible organization!

PORTFOLIO POTLUCK: ART, BREAKFAST AND COMMUNITY

Hello Emerging Artists and Aspiring Art Professionals! We are Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Since April 2013, we’ve been connecting local, emerging artists to new art buyers, audiences and spaces.

Due to popular demand, our owner, Krista Scenna, has reintroduced our affordable portfolio review and advising sessions for artists and other creatives who are looking to enter (or re-enter?) the murky arena of the New York City art world and seek guidance to help them navigate. We’ve been there and know how daunting it can be!

With this in mind, we’ve teamed up with Alex Paik – artist and Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Trestle Galleries – for our very first Portfolio Potluck on Tuesday, March 3rd from 10am – 12pm.

HOW IT WORKS:

1) Bring one artwork you’d like us to discuss

2) Bring your business cards or postcards to exchange with your peers as we mix and mingle

3) We’ll bring the breakfast treats and coffee! Each artist will have just under 10 minutes to briefly present their work and receive feedback and career insights from Scenna, Paik and their fellow artists in the workshop.

JOIN US!

We’ll share, nosh, sip our coffee and end the morning with an informal mixer where artists will share each other’s business cards to help connect and build a growing network.

$45. Up to 12 participants. First come, first served. We can’t wait to meet you!

SIGN UP: info@groundfloorbk.com / Subject: Portfolio Potluck

GIFTS BY ARTISTS OPEN CALL

Photo: Rathkopf Photography

We are thrilled to announce the open call for our annual holiday show, Gifts by Artists!

It’s our 7th annual holiday show and we’re on the hunt for small, original objects in all media that will be sold as gifts for under $100. We are open to anything made by you – artists! – from small paintings to tote bags, jewelry, sculpture or any other small, precious items coming out of your studio!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, December 1st

You will be notified of your submission status the week of December 1st.

Exhibition dates to be announced shortly.

GUIDELINES:

1. Please up to 5 images of work you’d like to show. Each image can be no more than 2 MB EACH.

2. Please include the title, dimensions, material, date, and price for each artwork IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL.

3. Each image must be saved as your name and the title of the artwork, e.g. Jane Doe_Holiday Painting 1.jpg.

4. Also include a short 2-3 sentence description of the body of work (doesn’t have to be for each image unless you deem that necessary).

5. Email all submissions to info@groundfloorbk.com. SUBJECT: Gifts by Artists Submission

Ground Floor Gallery receives the standard 50% commission for each sale (we are open to negotiation for lower price points).

We look forward to connecting you all with new art lovers this holiday season! No phone calls please. All inquiries: info@groundfloorbk.com

A Pop-up Exhibition by Artist Sandra LaPage

A tale of headless creatures

A series of loom-less objects

Oct 5th 5-8 pm

Sound performance by John Roach at 7 pm

Gallery hours on Sunday Oct 6 from 1 to 6 pm

Warp and weft, a tale of headless creatures

Carollina Lauriano

The first time I entered Sandra Lapage’s studio in São Paulo, I felt like stepping through a portal; her space stands in stark contrast with the environment around her. It is a place where time seems to run differently, and this is relatively linked to Sandra’s artistic practice: while time is pressing outside, inside her studio, the artist creates wefts exploring various kinds of materials, leading to a reflexion about, and connexion to space and time.

I offer this brief personal introduction to say that long after first seeing Sandra’s work, I continue to be surprised by a research that functions as a projection of the spirit of our time. The zeitgeist captured by the artist’s radar is translated into installations that have materiality as their starting point, but not only in the investigation of form. Thus, by extrapolating the boundaries of rationality, the artist creates objects that refer to Joseph Beuys’ shamanic practice, which aims to restrict the presence of consciousness and ego at work, thus creating an essential poetic expression.

It is as if the artist were telling us that, notwithstanding political, economic and technological advancement, we need to take a step back and redeem values forgotten for the sake of evolution and progress, such as engaging in manual labor, in collaborative processes, and in the presence and recovery of our own stories and ancestors. In this sense, the artist offers a fable that helps us dream a future of new possibilities, less dystopian and more humane.

Furthermore, Sandra rescues in Warp and Weft, a tale of headless creatures the movement initiated in her last solo exhibition, of connecting her work with the perfomance of another artist, here sound artist John Roach, transforming the exhibition space into an immersive environment that demands a new approach to experiencing the artwork. From this point of view, we return to the portal created by the artist in her studio. If, on the one hand, we have a great metropolis that never seems to rest, here, Sandra – generously – invites us to rethink our relationship with the urgencies of daily life.

And it is operating in these spaces between our own contradictions, that the artist creates open and spaced wefts that allow us to find the balance and fluidity necessary to advancement, yes, but without the loss of our humanity.

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS NEAR AND FAR! OUR MAIL ART BIENNIAL

Priority Mail: Our 2019 Mail Art Biennial

We are thrilled to officially announce the return of our summer show, “Priority Mail: Our 2019 Mail Art Biennial,” our sweeping survey of small, original artworks mailed to us by contemporary artists from across the globe, “Priority Mail” is a grand and inclusive gesture for our intimate gallery space in Park Slope, Brooklyn: ALL submissions mailed to the gallery will be accepted and shown in the exhibition! Submissions from down to the block to across the country and the globe are encouraged. If you’ve followed the gallery and have wanted to show with us – now is your chance!

In the spirit of inclusion and accessibility, all artworks will be priced at $125 and 10% of profits from the exhibition will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists in their tireless efforts to defend freedom of the press worldwide.

Artists, please carefully review the guidelines below. Work that does not adhere to the guidelines will not be accepted.

We look forward to showing artists from near and far while supporting a cause that is near and dear to us as well!

GUIDELINES:

NO phone calls. Please direct message us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook with any and all questions to @groundfloorbk and we’ll respond promptly.

All work must be sized 5” x 7” (up to 6” x 9” if framed). The work does not have to be framed but, in our experience, framed and mounted work sells best.

Work in all media will be accepted (photography and prints MUST be limited-edition works).

Only ONE submission will be accepted per artist

You MUST have your name, email, phone number, artwork title, materials and year included on the back of your artwork.

Email up to 4 hi res photos (under 5 MB each) of your complete artwork with caption (name, title, materials, year and 2 sentences about the work) to info@groundfloorbk.com with the subject: Priority Mail. Please name each jpeg with your name, for example: RayJohnson1.jpeg, RayJohnson2.jpeg. We will use these images for documentation and promotion.

All work will be priced at $125. The gallery and artist receive 50% commission. 10% of gallery profits will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

DO NOT drop off submissions. That defeats the whole purpose.

**EDIT: We are no longer using a P.O. Box, send your pieces directly to the gallery.**

All work should be mailed to:

Ground Floor Gallery

343 5th Street

Brooklyn, New York 11215

from July 22 – August 6, 2019.

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 8th, 2019

PLEASE NOTE: If work arrives late due to postal issues, we will still hang it. Due to the scope of the exhibition, we cannot return unsold work. You can arrange to have it picked up or it will be donated to a local charity or school in our network.

Again, no phone calls or emails. Please DM us @groundfloorbk on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with any questions,

Thank you!

OPEN CALL TO HELP REUNITE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

Ground Floor Gallery is pleased to announce our spring open call for “HEIRLOOM,” a one-night-only, pop-up show in honor of the season and the significance of family! As defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an heirloom is:

1: a piece of property (such as a deed or charter) that descends to the heir as an inseparable part of an inheritance of real property

2: something of special value handed down from one generation to another

3: a variety of plant that has originated under cultivation and that has survived for several generations usually due to the efforts of private individuals.

In true Ground Floor Gallery fashion, “HEIRLOOM” is an extension of our mission to connect emerging artists to new art buyers while – in our small way – supporting a cause we deem urgent. Each original artwork will be sold for $225; all sales will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity; and, in honor of election year and the prospect of new beginnings – $20.20 from each sale will benefit RAICES: (The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) in their continued efforts to reunite immigrant families separated at the border.

SAVE THE (NEW!) DATE for this special one-night only event: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019, 5-9pm

ARTIST SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, June 2nd, 11:59am.

Two years ago, you all helped us raise over $1,000 for the Committee to Protect Journalists and we’re hoping your passion and sense of urgency to address this most pressing of issues resonates as strongly!

ARTIST SUBMISSION DETAILS:

We will accept work by up to 100 artists. If your submission is not relevant to our theme, it will not be considered so please be thoughtful. Thanks in advance. Looking forward!

1)No submission fee. Artists must submit an original, 12 x 12” artwork in the medium of your choice. Your work must be ready to hang and submitted with a signed and completed certificate of authenticity (provided by Ground Floor Gallery) in an envelope attached to the back of the artwork. The artwork will be sold for $225 and $20.20 will be donated to the Texas-based non-profit, RAICES. Artists receive 50% commission from the sale of their work.

2) By Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, please email us the following at info@groundfloorbk.com / SUBJECT: Heirloom Submission: up to 4 photos of the work (a general photo and additional detail shots) by Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, 11:59am. We understand you might still be working on your piece so photos of works in progress are also (delightfully) encouraged!

In the body of your email, please write your name, title of the work, materials, dimensions (12 x 12”, of course), year, a 4-8 sentence description of how your artwork fits the concept of “HEIRLOOM,” and your Instagram handle, if applicable.

In exchange, we will confirm your participation in the exhibition and send you a digital copy of the certificate of authenticity to complete. During the event, we will collect your buyer’s contact information to share with you when provided.

3) See below for exhibition dates. The event is one night only! If you cannot attend installation and/or deinstallation, you must send someone in your stead to drop off and pick up your artwork. We cannot accommodate individual schedule requests and will donate unclaimed artwork to a fitting charity following the exhibition.

Drop-off / Installation:

Tuesday, June 11th: 12-7:30pm

Opening Reception:

Wednesday, June 12th: 5-9pm

Deinstall/Pick-up: Wednesday, June 12th, 9pm, directly following the opening reception and Thursday, June 13th from 10am – 12pm.

AN OPEN CALL + EXHIBITION FOR EARTH DAY

Brooklyn, NY (April 11, 2019) – In honor of Earth Day and all things repurposed, we are pleased to announce artist Angelica Bergamini’s solo exhibition, “From the City to the Cosmos” which kicks off at the gallery on Earth Day – April 22nd!

Save the (NEW!) Date for the Artist Reception: Friday, May 17th, 5-9pm

Artists based in New York City: we want all of your unwanted paper materials/discards for the show! Angelica will create collaborative paper sculptures from your donated paper scraps during the run of the exhibition. She will accept all forms of used, neglected or undesired paper: anything from your sketches and proofs to notes and failed drawings/paintings or any other paper product that you consider “garbage.”

Interested? Place your paper donations in an envelope no larger than 8 x 11″. The outside of the envelope MUST have your name, email, phone number, address, Instagram handle, and a description of the paper contents listed.

Then drop off your paper donations at Ground Floor Gallery (343 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215) on the following days:

Thursday, April 25th: 4 – 8pm
Friday, April 26th: 4 – 8pm
Saturday, April 27th: 2 – 6pm
Sunday, April 28th: 2 – 6pm

We will gradually hang the new, collaborative paper works Angelica creates from your donations and reveal the full collection of works at the artist reception on Friday, May 10th, from 6-9pm! 10% of sales of unframed work will benefit the 350.org: a nonprofit dedicated to fighting climate change.

Thank you.

CIGAR FACTORY LIC ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE EXHIBITION

Since September 2018, artists Ed Grant and Elizabeth Velazquez have been working from the Cigar Factory LIC as part of a residency created by Krista Scenna of Ground Floor Gallery and Carolina Peñafiel of Local Project. Their time at this enchanting, storied space comes to an end this month and you are all officially invited to see what they’ve been up to behind-the-scenes!

Join us for the opening reception this Friday, March 15, 5-9pm. Additional viewing hours are:

Saturday, March 16th: 1-6pm

Sunday, March 17th: 1-3pm

Saturday: March 23rd: 12 – 6pm

See you there!

Cigar Factory LIC

9-20 35th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11106

Please reach out for price inquiries: info@groundfloorbk.com.

OPEN CALL: #ProjectSpace

Ground Floor Gallery is on winter break from our exhibition season to plan our exciting 2019 program! We return with a full program of exhibitions featuring local, emerging artists in March.

In the meantime, we are offering our space to other artists, curators, creatives and organizers for their own ideas/projects. Since we are in between shows, our gallery is truly a blank canvas!

It’s an intimate space (about 400 sq. feet) that’s bathed in natural light. For now, we have availability Martin Luther King Jr. weekend through the end of the January 2019 for anyone interested in hosting a small event or meeting, pop-up show, photo shoot, etc.

We are open to all budgets and ideas so drop us a line if you’re interested: info@groundfloorbk.com – EMAIL SUBJECT: Open Call: #ProjectSpace.

OPEN CALL: Our Annual Holiday Show “Gifts by Artists”

Photo: Jordan Rathkopf. Artwork: Jon Bunge

We are thrilled to announce the open call for our holiday show, Gifts by Artists!

It’s our 6th annual holiday show and we’re on the hunt for small, original art objects in all media that will be sold as gifts for under $100. We are open to anything from small paintings to tote bags, jewelry, sculpture or any other gems by local artists!

IMPORTANT DATES:

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, November 25th

You will be notified of your submission status the week of November 25th.

Art Drop-off + Installation: Thursday, December 13th

Gifts by Artists Opening Reception: Friday, December 14th, 2018

The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, December 31st (deinstallation will be in the New Year after the holidays).

GUIDELINES:

Please submit 2 – 5 images (no more than 1 MB EACH ) with title, dimensions, material, date, and price for each image IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL.
Each image must be saved as your name and the title of the artwork,

e.g. Jane Doe_Holiday Painting 1.jpg

3. Also include a short 2-3 sentence description of the body of work (doesn’t have to be for each image unless you deem that necessary).

4. Email all submissions to info@groundfloorbk.com. SUBJECT: Gifts by Artists Submission.
Ground Floor Gallery receives the standard 50% commission for each sale (we are open to negotiation depending on your price points).

We look forward to connecting you all with new art lovers this holiday season! No phone calls please. All inquiries: info@groundfloorbk.com

OPEN CALL: Park Slope Moms (and spouses) . . . who make art!

Park Slope’s own, Ground Floor Gallery, is thrilled to partner with Park Slope Moms on the first ever exhibition of original artwork featuring Park Slope Moms (or spouses) . . . who make art!

The gallery will host an installation of photography and other 2-D artwork by parents who belong to the popular Park Slope Moms Facebook Group as part of the gallery’s annual holiday show, “Gifts by Artists.” The installation will feature small, ready-to-hang, original artworks that are all priced at $100. The artist receives the standard 50% of sales, and 10% of sales will benefit SupportKind.org, an organization helping separated families.

Ground Floor Gallery owner, Krista Scenna, and Park Slope Moms’ Founder, Yana Robbins, will jury the selection of artwork for the show. Please see below for the open call guidelines and thanks in advance for following them carefully!

Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 25th

Drop-off your FRAMED art work between 1-6pm on Sunday, December 1, 2018.

Installation: Thursday, December 13th

Gifts by Artists Opening Reception: Friday, December 14th, 7-9pm

(Park Slope Moms Preview Opening: 5pm – 7pm)

The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, December 30th.

You can only submit one piece
Email info@groundfloorbk.com up to 3 images of your submission by Sunday, November 25th. Your image must be attached with the title, material, size, dimensions and year of the piece written in the body of the email.

Email subject: Park Slope Moms Holiday Show

2D work must not exceed 8 x 11” (including the frame)

2D work must be framed, mounted or otherwise ready-to-hang

We have the right to turn down works of art (i.e. art depicting strong violence)

We will price most pieces at $100 or lower

Top works will receive gifts from local sponsors. Details forthcoming!

Ground Floor Gallery receives 25% commission for each sale.

Unsold pieces are available for pick-up after the show

We look forward to connecting you all with new art lovers this holiday season and raising money for an important cause! No phone calls please. All inquiries: info@groundfloorbk.com

Thanks for visiting us at the Affordable Art Fair!

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), NYC
2nd Level. Booth 2.3

We had an exciting return to the Affordable Art Fair Fall 2018 Edition in Chelsea with Brooklyn-based artists:

Ai Campbell | Benjamin Cowan | Melissa Staiger

Mie Yim | Miska Draskoczy | Rachel Burgess | TJ Volonis

If you missed the fair or want to follow up about work in the show, take a look at the exhibition online HERE.

The work on view was priced between $150 – $6500 to accommodate a variety of budgets, spaces and styles. Also, art work priced at $1,000 or above can be paid in 10 monthly installments with our new partner, Art Money.

Inquiries: info@groundfloorbk.com

ARTIST MIE YIM’S KOREAN BBQ CLOSING RECEPTION ON ARTNET

We are thrilled to be in such good company! Thank you, artnet.

Read the full feature HERE.

See you all this Sunday, September 16th from 3-5:30pm for Korean delights made by Yim to celebrate her successful solo show, “Sfumato.”

ARTWORK PHOTO SHOOT

Announcing our first photo shoot for artists on Saturday, October 6!

Update your portfolio with this special mini-session offer from Rathkopf Photography and Ground Floor Gallery: up to 8 works photographed for under $169.

Only 6 slots available.

Scheduling and more info. HERE.

Image: Artist Ryan Sarah Murphy

ONE-ON-ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FOR ARTISTS

Are you an artist who’s new to New York City, changing careers into the art world, or simply eager to be more dedicated to your practice? This might help you get where you need to go!

We are, once again, offering one-on-one portfolio review and advising sessions led by Ground Floor Gallery owner, Krista Scenna! Each session is a one-on-one portfolio review blended with an information session in which artists can gain feedback about a selection of work and also ask questions pertinent to their practice and how it translates to the gallery/exhibition context. General advice is provided with the intention of assisting artists interested in navigating the New York City world, in general.

As the season progresses, we will be partnering with additional curators and gallerists based in the New York area. Stay tuned! Each 30-minute session is $45.

NEW! Current availability:

Thursday, September 13th, 3-5:30pm BOOKED

Thursday, September 20th, 3-5:30pm – BOOKED

Friday, September 21st, 2:30 – 4:30pm

Thursday, October 4th, 3 – 5:30pm

Friday, October 12th, 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Thursday, October 18, 3 – 5:30pm

Email info@groundfloorbk.com (subject line: Portfolio Review) to book a 30-minute slot or inquire about the reviews. First come, first served! Kick off the busy fall season with focus and feedback! We look forward to meeting you.

AUGUST 2-5, 2018

Saratoga Springs City Center

Booth 116

Thank you for joining us at REVEAL International Contemporary Art Fair in Saratoga Springs, New York!

Ground Floor Gallery was thrilled to be one of 30 esteemed galleries selected to participate in the inaugural edition of this special debut. We introduced our Brooklyn-based artist network to an enthusiastic new audience of art lovers and look forward to keeping in touch!

See the show here on ARTSY if you couldn’t make it or are interested in following up about a particular artwork you saw at the fair.

Thank you to the REVEAL crew for their hard work and a fantastic weekend!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Adrienne Elise Tarver
Ai Campbell
Barbara Marks
Jenny Brown
Miska Draskoczy
Rhia Hurt
Véronique Gambier

Allow me to Reintroduce Myself: An Art Exhibition for the Cigar Factory LIC

Allow me to Reintroduce Myself

An Art Exhibition for the New Cigar Factory LIC

9-20 35th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11106

Welcome Party: Thursday, June 21, 5 – 9pm

Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP: info@groundfloorbk.com by Monday, June 18 2018

Viewing Hours:

– Friday, 6.29, 3-8pm

– Thursday, July 12th, 3-8pm

– Saturday, July 14th, 12-6pm

– Closing Party: July 19th, 5-9pm

Join us in welcoming the new Cigar Factory back to New York City! 100+ Artists Based in New York City will be showing original artwork made with paper ranging from photography and collage to drawings, sculpture, and installation!

Almost all artworks are priced under $1,000 in keeping with the exhibition’s spirit of accessibility.

Meet and support your talented artist community at Thursday’s welcome party from 5 – 9pm!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

MORE INFO:

Cigar manufacturing was a dominant industy in New York City from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. Established in 1896, The DeNobili Cigar Factory in Long Island City operated for decades, employing thousands of local makers to roll and pack the tabacco by hand until the factory moved operations outside of New York City in 1960. In 2017, the former industrial hub was repurposed to a modern, mixed-use creative space.

Independent Curators, Krista Scenna, of Brooklyn’s Ground Floor Gallery and Carolina Peñafiel, of Local Project in Queens, are thrilled to welcome the historic Cigar Factory back to Long Island City with a new generation of makers: New York City’s talented emerging artists!

A group exhibition featuring dozens of local, contemporary artists, the exhibition pays homage to the Cigar Factory’s past as a thriving network of local makers by inviting New York City’s living artists – the current generation of makers – to show original, new works on paper in all media. We want to see your collages, drawings, sculpture, and installation including sound pieces. Other ideas and proposals are welcome! The facilities are big enough for your big, off-the-cuff ideas and the curators are looking for exciting new work by emerging artists nurtured by the five boroughs.

The curators will also select 3 artists from the exhibition for a studio residency at the Cigar Factory for 1-3 months, rent-free!

Visit us at the Affordable Art Fair NYC this Spring!

Metropolitan Pavilion

125 West 18th Street, NYC

GROUND FLOOR GALLERY

BOOTH 2.3

ARTISTS:

Allan Bealy

Barbara Marks

Catherine Haggarty

Jenny Brown

Jon Bunge

Miska Draskoczy

Rhia Hurt

Veronique Gambier

I, TOO, CAN BE BEAUTIFUL

I, Too, Can be Beautiful

Artist Reception: Sunday, March 4th, 3 – 5pm

While we remain on winter break to plan our 2018 season, we’ve invited artist Quay Quinn Wolf to activate our space as our artist-in-residence!

Wolf is currently creating a new body of work – on site – that examines luxury, blackness and preservation using shea oil, flowers, satins and velvets.

The artist will be in residence at the gallery through Sunday, March 11th.

OPEN CALL: SUGAR IS SWEET

Sugar is Sweet:

A Valentine’s Art Pop-up for the Caribbean

Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 4th
Valentine’s Day Party: Tuesday, February 13th, 6 -8:30pm

Closing Cocktails: Friday, February 23rd, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Sugar is sweet

And . . . we haven’t forgotten you!

Last year, Ground Floor Gallery’s winter pop-up “Marked Urgent,” raised $1,000 for the Committee to Protect Journalists from dozens of your $25 donations! This year, we’re hoping to repeat history . . . while partnering with a new venue: Brooklyn’s NU Hotel!

We’ll be selling original, small art works – conceived as Valentines – by dozens of local, emerging artists. Each will be priced at $75 with $25 from each sale supporting hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico and St. John: two Caribbean-American territories that share a fraught history in the sugar industry and are oft synonymous with sunny escapes. Of course, this idealized vision is far from the day-to-day reality, as both islands struggle to recover four months after Hurricanes Irma + Maria crossed their paths.

This year, impress your other half with an original, heartfelt Valentine for this necessary cause. Let’s show some love to Puerto Rico and St. John when they need it most!

ARTISTS: we’re looking for your original, heartfelt Valentines for the cause! Think chocolates, sweet tarts, red roses, secret admirers, and all that good stuff. Let’s show some love to Puerto Rico and St. John when they need it most!

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

-Please email info@groundfloorbk.com with an image for each piece you wish to submit. Email subject must be: Sugar is Sweet Open Call.

-Images must be less than 5 mb each and labeled with your name, i.e. JohnSmith_Print.jpeg

-Include an image list in the BODY OF YOUR EMAIL that includes: your name, title, material, size, and year.

-Also include a 3-5 sentence description of your Valentine in the email.

– Please include your Instagram handle as well.

– Artists will be notified of their submission status the week of February 4th.

Image courtesy “Marked Urgent” artist Jenn Hoffman.

A CRITIC’S PICK FOR BEST OF BROOKLYN 2017

We are thrilled that the renowned contemporary art publication, Hyperallergic, selected our March exhibition, “Primate City,” as one of the Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows of 2017!

“It’s been an exceptionally good year for art in Brooklyn, from the borough’s flagship museum and the galleries in Bushwick to the nonprofits in Dumbo and Red Hook. Some galleries in neighborhoods not typically associated with contemporary art grew into their own this year, making regular visits to Bed-Stuy and Park Slope essential.”

Curated by Dexter Wimberly, featuring artist Tammy Nguyen, the exhibition was our 2017 season opener and Nguyen’s stunning solo debut of the “Primate City” narrative. We thoroughly enjoyed the collaboration and are honored to be recognized! Read the article here.

OPEN CALL: OUR HOLIDAY SHOW “GIFTS BY ARTISTS”

We are thrilled to announce the open call for our holiday show, Gifts by Artists!

It’s our 5th annual holiday show and we’re on the hunt for small, original art objects in all media that will be sold as gifts for under $100. We are open to anything from small paintings to tote bags, jewelry and sculpture by artists!

Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 19th

You will be notified of your submission status the week of November 20th.

Art Drop-off + Installation: Thursday, November 30th

Gifts by Artists Opening Reception: Friday, December 8th, 2017

The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, December 31st.

Please submit 2- 5 images (no more than 6 MB TOTAL) with caption, price and a 2-3 sentence description to info@groundfloorbk.com. Subject: Gifts by Artists Submission.

Ground Floor Gallery receives the standard 50% commission for each sale (we are open to negotiation in extenuating circumstances).

We look forward to connecting you all with new art lovers this holiday season! No phone calls please. All inquiries:info@groundfloorbk.com

**Image: Artist Jessica Zucker of Paper Arrows Studio.

P.S. 118 The Maurice Sendak Community School Art Benefit

Buy tix here: https://ps118.schoolauction.net/artevent

On October 18, an art benefit for P.S. 118 The Maurice Sendak Community School will be held at the Ground Floor Gallery from 7–9 pm at 345 5th Street in Park Slope. Organized by artists and parents Chris Bors and Ketta Ioannidou, the curated selection includes many emerging, established, and mid-career artists including Deborah Brown, Amanda Church, Daniel Davidson, Gary Petersen, Tom Sanford, Nicolas Touron, Lane Twitchell and others from the New York City area and beyond. All tickets are $200–$225 in advance ($250 night of) and guarantee an original artwork, which will be chosen in raffle fashion, where the first name picked will get first choice until all works are chosen. Tickets include admission for two, complimentary wine bar and dessert selection. Money raised will be donated to the PTA and help fund the visual arts curriculum at PS 118, currently served by Studio in a School residency programs, with a $50 honorarium paid to each artist. With only 40 tickets sold, don’t miss out on this exclusive event and a chance to go home with an original artwork.

Artists: Fanny Allié, Matt Barteluce, Jackie Battenfield, Anna Bida, Chris Bors, Deborah Brown, Alva Calymayor, Karlos Cárcamo, Eun Young Choi, Amanda Church, Jeremy Coleman-Smith, Daniel Davidson, Mike Estabrook, Caroline Falby, Fred Fleisher, Lenio Grohmann, Carl Gunhouse, Sofia Hager, George Horner, Ketta Ioannidou, Roxanne Jackson, Tricia Keightley, Ambre Kelly, Diana Kinglsey, Daniela Kostova, LoVid, Tricia McLaughlin, Mary Meehan, Anna Ortiz, Judith Page, Gary Peterson, Rachel Philips, Gustavo Prado, Tom Sanford, Janice Sloane, Gabriel J. Shuldiner, Russ Spitkovsky, Jeremiah Teipen, Nicolas Touron, Lane Twitchell, woolpunk, and Aaron Zimmerman.

Wine generously donated by Wine365 and Good Wine. Art work: Nicolas Touron, Today, 2009

P.S. 118 The Maurice Sendak
Community School
Art Benefit
Wednesday, October 18, 7–9 PM

VISIT US AT THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NYC!

We are excited to announce our participation in the Affordable Art Fair NYC from September 14 – September 17, 2017!

Look for us on the 2nd floor in Booth 2.13 showing work by artists Ai Campbell, Miska Draskoczy, Veronique Gambier, Peter Gynd, Betty Hart, Barbara Marks, and Sui Park.

We are one of 67 national and international galleries selected to show original artwork priced under $10,000 (with more than half of the works priced under $5,000). See you soon in Manhattan!

Affordable Art Fair
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York NY 10011

OUR CO-OWNER, KRISTA SCENNA, EXPLAINS HOW TO START AN ART COLLECTION

OPEN CALL: OUR MAIL ART SUMMER SHOW RETURNS!

We are thrilled to announce the return of our summer show, “Priority Mail”: Ground Floor Gallery’s mail art biennial. A sweeping survey of small, original artworks created by contemporary artists from across the globe, “Priority Mail” is a grand and inclusive gesture for our intimate gallery space in Park Slope, Brooklyn: ALL of the first 250 submissions mailed to the gallery will be accepted and shown in the exhibition!

Artists, please carefully review the guidelines below. Work that does not adhere to the guidelines will not be accepted.

In the spirit of inclusion and accessibility, all artworks will be priced at $100 and 10% of profits from the exhibition will be donated to our friends at Arts Gowanus: the dedicated, local organization that advocates for our vibrant community of artists and creatives.

We look forward to showing artists from near and far while supporting our local talents as well!

GUIDELINES

NO phone calls or emails please. Please Tweet any and all questions to @groundfloorbk and we’ll respond promptly.

All work must be sized 5” x 7” (up to 6” x 9” if framed). FYI: framed or otherwise “ready to hang” work typically sells best.

Only ONE submission accepted per artist

You MUST have your name, email, phone number, artwork title, materials and year legibly written / printed on the back of your artwork.

Before you mail in your work, please email us a hi res photo (under 2 MB) of your completed artwork with caption (name, title, materials, year and 1 sentence about the work) to info@groundfloorbk.com. We will use this image for documentation and promotion.

All work will be priced at $100. The gallery receives 50% commission. 10% of gallery profits will be donated to Arts Gowanus.

The exhibition will be on view from Friday, July 14th – August 20, 2017. The opening reception will be Thursday, July 20th, 6-9pm.

DO NOT drop off or email submissions. ALL work must be mailed to the Ground Floor Gallery PO BOX from June 12 – July 18, 2017. We must receive the work by July 18th in order to show your work in time for the opening on July 20th:

Ground Floor Gallery

PO Box 150604

Brooklyn, NY 11215

If you would like your (unsold) work returned to you, you MUST include a self-addressed stamped envelope. All remaining unsold work will be added to our flat files or donated to charity.

Again, please Tweet any inquiries to @groundfloorbk.

Thank you!

Endangered Monkeys and the Legacy of the Vietnam War at Ground Floor Gallery

The artist’s exhibition, on view through March 26, centers on an endangered species of monkeys in Vietnam and a US military document from 1969. MORE HERE.

“MARKED URGENT: an Exhibition in Defense of Free Press” FEBRUARY 24 – 26TH, 2017

UPDATE: We raised $1,000 for the Committee to Protect Journalists! THANK YOU for your support of this cause and our talented artists.

ICYMI: Due to the popularity of this exhibition, we’ve created an online album of available art works for #FreePress HERE.

Ground Floor Gallery

“Marked Urgent” – An Exhibition in Defense of Free Press

February 24 – February 26, 2017

Opening Reception: February 24th, 6 – 8:30pm

A Portion of the Proceeds Supports the Committee to Protect Journalists

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Since November 9th, 2016, it has not been “business as usual,” here at Ground Floor Gallery. Like many of you, we have been deeply affected by our current political climate and are even more committed to our mission of connecting emerging, underrepresented artists to new audiences. Now, we are also committed to using our platform to support organizations that protect our precious and hard won civil liberties & civil rights.

We have been closely following the current administration’s dismissive treatment of one of our most powerful constitutional rights: freedom of expression as protected by the First Amendment, namely, free press and the recent attempts to silence and delegitimize their voice. Branded as “the opposition party” and purveyors of “fake news”, the media has been aggressively undermined by the Trump administration in an attempt to minimize their credibility and influence over the American public. Now, more than ever, we need to empower journalists to hold our government accountable and to provide us with the facts we need to remain informed and involved citizens.

As passionate arts professionals vested in critical thought & freedom of expression, we feel compelled to respond. We invited artists to submit work on paper associated with any and all types of correspondence and communication: we’re talking letterhead, post-its, envelopes, postcards, memos, newsprint, legal pads, posters, book pages, etc. Be creative but keep it old school (we all need a break from Facebook every now and again)!

Their content did not have to be overtly political! The medium is the message.

Each original artwork is priced at $75. $25 from each sale will support the Committee to Protect Journalists, “an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide” and defends “the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.” More info: cpj.org / @pressfreedom

IMAGE: “Editorializing” series. Artist Spencer Merolla.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Andre Kan

Allan Bealy
Callie Hirsch
Chantara Ellis
Daniel Ayat
Dara Oshin
Deidre Mackenzie
Dimitri
Dominic Quintana
George Horner
Ian Trask
James Rose
Jennifer Hoffman-Williamson
Jenny Brown
Jessica Hargreaves
John Richey
Joseph Barral
Kate Fauvell
Kenneth Nelson
Kristin Reed
Leah Harper
Linda LaBella
Mari Renwick Cox
Matthew Scott Gualco

Michael Ensminger
Miriam Ancis
Nadia Awad
Nic Koller
Nicky Enright
Patrick Jewell
Patrick Scheid
Raul Barquet
Regi Mueller
Robert Zurer
Sara Jones
Shana Wolf
Shemu Peters
Spencer Merolla
Zoe Frederick

AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE US PRESENTS DRUMS ON PAPER III

We are full on production mode for our third round of Drums On Paper show where you can find affordable art prints from different artists, all around the world. For this round, we invited 17 artists to celebrate the beginning of 2017. We will open our doors on January 27 at 6:30pm at Ground Floor Gallery, and we would love to see you there. You can also see the show the weekend of Jan 28-29.

Read more on the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/372533779774078/

Meet Our Artists-in-Residence, Alexa Williams + Crystal Gregory!

In PHASES, artists Alexa Williams & Crystal Gregory will use Ground Floor Gallery as a performative platform for their new, collaborative project which leverages the architecture of the gallery to support a site-specific, floor-to-ceiling loom, dyed with turmeric. Powdered graphite and white sand will be used to cast the woven textile in concrete.

The final pieces will hang on the gallery walls, completing the arc of their residency together.

Phase 1: DRESSING THE LOOM: hundreds of cotton strands stretching from the gallery’s floor to ceiling

Phase 2: DYEING: onsite solar dyeing in turmeric baths

Phase 3: WEAVING: site specific spatial weaving

Phase 4: CASTING: imbedding the woven textile into a poured concrete picture plane

Thursday, August 25, 6-8pm: The Opening (the installation of the 8ft X 8ft loom)

September 11, 4-6pm: Closing Party: (The finished pieces hanging in a traditional gallery format)

Open Call: #newcollectorbk: The Print Edition

Dear Artists,

We love prints and so do our new art buyers!

This summer, we’re excited to curate a show exclusively featuring your limited edition prints of all types (lithographs, woodblock, linocuts, etchings, monotypes, etc.)

Sorry, no photography this time around. We’re accepting framed works that are ready-to-hang and reinforced, ready-to-display unframed works for our flat files!

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

-Please email info@groundfloorbk.com with an image for each piece you wish to submit. Email subject must be: Summer Print Submission.

-Images must be less than 5 lb and labeled with your name, i.e. JohnSmith_Print.jpeg

-Include an image list in the BODY OF YOUR EMAIL that includes: your name, title, material, size, year, and price. -Also include your one paragraph bio in the body of your email.

-Lastly, please include your Paypal transaction number for your $5 submission fee.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: FRIDAY JUNE, 24TH

We will inform you of your application status the week of June 27th.

–Install: Tues. 7.12.16 Opening Reception: Wed. 7.13.16 Closing Reception: Thurs. 8.11.16

–Deinstall: 8.12-8.14 during gallery hours.

*IMPORTANT: You must be present for the installation and deinstallation or have someone here in your stead.

PAY SUBMISSION FEE HERE. If this link does not work, simply send your payment to krista@groundfloorbk.com:

Visit us at BKLYN DESIGNS, May 6 – 8th! Booth 29

Mini-Matisse B.Y.O.A. (Art!) Weekend – May 7 th – 8th

WHO: Park Slope’s only commercial art gallery, Ground Floor Gallery, connects new art buyers with local, emerging artists through curated exhibitions and events. AND Private Picassos: our artmaking partners who provide custom art lessons and activities throughout the Tri-State area and at their Art Studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Their program improves kids’ verbal and visual vocabularies and helps them discover new and exciting art techniques. We invite Brooklyn-based families to enjoy a weekend of art close to home! WHAT: Ground Floor Gallery, has teamed up with the dynamic art studio for kids, Private Picassos, for this year’s Mini–Matisse Weekend! 1) Drop by Private Picassos to have your child make their one-of-a-kind masterpiece and then B.Y.O.A. (Bring Your Own Artwork!) toGround Floor Gallery, a few blocks away, to hang it on our gallery wall, snap a photo, and leave with a Mini–Matisse goody bag with treats from Artists & Craftsman and Nunu Chocolates! 2) Original and affordable artwork by moms in our artist network will also be on view as part of the Mother’s Day festivities! WHEN: Saturday, May 7 – Sunday, May 8, 10am – 4pm

BayRidge MiniMatisse

Press for our Co-Director, Krista Saunders Scenna’s SPRING / BREAK Exhibition!

“SPRING / BREAK: A Sprawling Alternative Art Fair that Delivers.”

By: Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic

Photo: Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic

The Art F City Survival Guide to the 2016 Armory Art Fairs

Save the Dates! March 1 – 7, 2016

Ground Floor Gallery, Co-Owner, Krista Saunders Scenna, has been selected as a curator for SPRING / BREAK Art Fair during Armory Arts Week!

S:B Save the Date

A Renewed Repudiation of Time

Patrick Scheid Guest Curator Kimberly Marrero A durational performance piece, coupled with a photographic installation, stemming from the ever illusiveness of time and the preoccupation of time as a recurring exploration for poets, philosophers and artists throughout history. On January 9^th, 2016 beginning at sunrise the artist will occupy the gallery for a full 24-hour period in an uninterrupted performance piece lasting until first light on the following day. During this time Mr. Scheid will interact with a single vintage clock amidst images of reproductions of clock faces, which will line the gallery walls. The images representing time-pieces of varying shapes, origins and sizes, from early ancient clocks to contemporary. Each clock is time-fixed at a different hour and positioned in chronological order based on a 24-hour cycle, referencing the prevalence of time throughout history, Visitors will be completely enveloped in moments of time; a real time performance and objects of suspended time, navigating somewhere in between. Spectators may spend as long as they like in the performance. This exhibition offers a half-glimpse at the “ecstasy and possible suggestion of eternity with which that night was not parsimonious”, as Borges wrote, if only for a few precious moments. Opening: Friday January 8th, from 4-6 Performance (24 hrs): Saturday the 9th, beginning at sunrise (7ish) and continuing until sunrise the next day.

Recent Press!

Racked NY: “New York City’s Best Pop-up Holiday Markets to Shop this Season” Artist Aki Kano in the Brooklyn Based “Personalized Portraits for People Who Love Your Kids” Feature

NY1 Recommends #newcollectorbk / Gifts by Artists

CUSTOM CHILDREN’S PORTRAITS BY ARTIST AKI KANO

Local painter (and Park Slope mom!) Aki Kano, creates custom watercolor portraits of kids as a truly one-of-a-kind gift or addition to the family art collection. Portraits range between $125 – $350 depending on size and number of children depicted.

Kano will be taking orders for her custom portraits from the gallery between 1 – 4pm this Sunday, December 6.

Ground Floor Gallery / 343 5th Street / Park Slope, Brooklyn

Meet the artist and discuss your order in person at the gallery or email us at info@groundfloorbk.com and we’ll take it from there!

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#newcollectorbk – Gifts by Artists – OPEN CALL

Gifts by Artists for the Holidays This winter, we are launching #newcollectorbk, a blog expressly for new art buyers, which will feature new collector interviews and emerging artists in our network. We are pleased to announce an open call for our blog launch holiday party #newcollectorbk – Gifts by Artists! We are looking for small, original works that will be sold as gifts for under $100. We look forward to connecting you all with new art lovers this holiday season! Submission guidelines:

Name, email and phone number
1 – 4 images of your submission (no more than 3MB each) with title, date, materials, year, and price of the work. Artists may submit multiple pieces.
There is a $5 submission fee. Please pay here and include your PayPal transaction ID in your email submission:

Please email all of the above to info@groundfloorbk.com.

Submission Deadline: November 1st Artists will be notified by November 8th. Art Drop-off + Installation: Monday, November 16 – Tuesday, November 17 #newcollectorbk Holiday Party: Thursday, November 19, 6 – 9pm No phone calls please. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

October at Ground Floor Gallery

Ai Campbell

Save the Date: Beat Nite Gowanus

Friday, October 16, 6 -10pm Our “Made in Gowanus” exhibition opening + music by Moore & Sons + specialty cocktails! Artists: Natalie Adgnot, Ai Campbell, Veronique Gambier, Sara Jones & Sui Park.

Gowanus Open Studios Tour

Join us as we go behind-the-scenes to 5 – 7 different artist studios. Meet the artists of the vibrant creative community in Gowanus, see work in progress or buy a piece straight from the studio! Saturday, October 17, 12 – 2:30pm $15 RSVP: info@groundfloorbk.com by October 15 *Artwork: Ai Campbell

Recent Press for “You’ve Got Mail!”

NY1

Brooklyn Magazine

Visit us this weekend or at next Thursday night’s closing reception from 6 – 8pm! The show officially closes on Sunday, August 16.

Credit: Nicholas Drew

Artist Veronique Gambier at RES Brooklyn

WHAT: Ground Floor Gallery, Park Slope’s only commercial art gallery, has teamed up with RES Brooklyn, 5th Avenue’s newest boutique real estate firm, to launch, “Artist in RES,” a new exhibition program celebrating local artists. We’re kicking off “Artist in RES” with a cocktail reception and artist salon featuring Gowanus-based artist, Veronique Gambier, and her new solo exhibition at the RES Brooklyn office! WHEN: Wednesday, July 8, 6 – 8pm WHERE: RES Brooklyn, 291 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY ***Meet the artist over cocktails and conversation!*** Please RSVP to krista@groundfloorbk.com by Tuesday, July 7.

OPEN CALL: “YOU’VE GOT MAIL” SUMMER SHOW – Deadline Extended to Friday, July 17

Taking a page from the recent exhibition,”Making History,” – conceptualized by the dynamic Arts in Bushwick crew and co-

curated by Ground Floor Gallery, Co-Director, Krista Scenna – we will be accepting ALL submissions for our

summer mail art exhibition, “You’ve Got Mail”! We look forward to showing artists from near and far while

supporting Arts Gowanus, the organization that advocates for our vibrant, neighboring community of artists and art

lovers.

Guidelines:

NO phone calls please. Reach us @groundfloorbk on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram if you have inquiries. All work must be sized 4″ x 6″ (or up to 5″ x 7″ if framed) Only ONE submission per artist You must have your name, email and phone number legibly written on the back. All work will be priced at $50. The gallery receives 50% commission. 10% of every sale will benefit Arts Gowanus (from gallery commission). The show will run from July 22 – August 16, 2015. Opening reception will be Wednesday, July 22, 6-8:30pm. DO NOT drop off or email submissions. ALL work must be mailed to the Ground Floor Gallery PO BOX between May 28 – July 17, 2015: PO Box 150-599 Brooklyn, NY 11215 If you’d like your (unsold) work returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

B.Y.O.D. – Bring Your Own Drawing to our Mini-Matisse Pop-up Show! EXTENDED

As Park Slope’s only commercial gallery, we’ve learned that art can definitely be a family affair!

Please join us for “Mini-Matisse,” a pop-up art show for families featuring work by local artists who create kid-friendly

illustrations, paintings, books and more. Kids of all ages are invited to B.Y.O.D. – Bring Your Own Drawing – to

hang on our “Mini-Matisse” exhibition wall! Due to the popularity of the show, the show will remain on view through

Sunday, May 24!

Artist Sean Qualls

Visit our Co-Director, Krista Saunders Scenna, at SPRING / BREAK Art Show!

Independent curator and Ground Floor Gallery Co-Director, Krista Saunders Scenna, is curating the original, site-specific exhibition, “A Chorus of Objects,” for this year’s SPRING / BREAK Art Show! The “curator-driven art fair” of Armory Arts Week, SPRING / BREAK Art Show has already emerged as a favorite destination during one of the most exciting weeks for contemporary art in New York City. Visit springbreakartshow.com for more information and see you at booth 4017!

Our amNewYork “Wonderland” Holiday Show Feature!

“In Brooklyn, collecting art does not have to mean breaking the bank.” Precisely. Read writer Sarah Allam’s feature here!

“Gowanus Wild” Extended + 2nd Walking Tour Added!

Due to the popularity of artist Miska Draskoczy’s “Gowanus Wild” photography series depicting nature and wilderness in the industrial landscape of Gowanus, we have extended the exhibition to Sunday, November 16! We have also added a second free walking tour on November 16, 5 – 7pm as the November 9th tour is at capacity. Please RSVP to krista.saunders@gmail.com to reserve your spot. First come, first served!

“Gowanus Wild” Featured in Time Out New York!

Read the full article here: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/photographer-takes-on-walk-on-the-wild-side-in-gowanus

Artist Studio Tour + Lunch for New Collectors!

Curious about the artistic process? Interested in meeting some of Brooklyn’s talented artists? Join us behind-the-scenes during Gowanus Open Studios Weekend when local artists invite the general public into their studios! We’re celebrating Gowanus Open Studios by hosting a tour of several artist studios on Saturday, October 18 culminating in lunch and a new collectors’ chat at Backyard restaurant in Park Slope.

Buy work by emerging artists straight from the studio or just hear about their process and see new work in progress!

11am – 3pm

$45 per person (lunch included)

Artist Rachel Kroh in her Gowanus studio.

“Staycation” Featured in ARTNET!

All the works are strong, but McCormack’s huge meta-map is what makes this show a must-visit during your New York City summer staycation. —Benjamin Sutton Read the rest of the review here and then come see for yourself!

The Great NYC Mapping Project
Artist Martin McCormack
Photo: Benjamin Sutton

Welcome the 5th Avenue BID!

The Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is our new community business partner. They’ll be working out of our space Monday – Friday so drop in and say hi next time you’re on “the Other 5th Avenue.” To help crown their new move, the BID interviewed us about Ground Floor past, present and future. Check out our interview, here! And congratulations to designer Ashley Bryant, who won the 5th Ave. BID logo design contest! Thanks for making us all look so good, Ashley!

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Ground Floor Gallery connects local, emerging artists to new art buyers through inviting exhibitions of original art, artist salons, and studio visits.

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