Archive of entries posted on September 2009

This week’s special events at Artillery!

Brooklyn Artillery @ Castle Braid
114 Troutman Street (between Central and Evergreen) Bushwick, Brooklyn
Six weeks of special events at the Castle Braid building in the heart of Bushwick!
Upcoming Events
Thursday, September 24th, 8:30 pm – 10:30pm
Drawing under the Influence
$5 – You bring your drawing supplies and your artistic prowess, we provide the model, beer, snacks and music!

Saturday, [...]

Brooklyn Artillery on Flavorpill!

The night before Brooklyn Artillery officially opened to the public, we had a visit from Laura Feinstein of Flavorpill.com – and today her article came out! Here’s an excerpt:
“We recently ventured to Bushwick to catch a glimpse of the Brooklyn Artillery Art Fair, which promised to be “our answer to the art fairs of [...]

Film Screening Tonight! 5pm – Blank Check vs. Jerry McGuire

NOT!!! A collection of false expectations inherited from the 90’s
Curated by Sofía Gallisá
Film lies, and in its lying, film reveals. That is the central theme of this selection of post-Reagan, pre-9/11 mainstream Hollywood films. When we look at the cinematic discourse of the 90’s, it’s plagued with blind optimism and the promise of a future [...]

Screening in the Lobby: India Street Mural Movies by NbPac

The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition does amazing work with the community to add beauty to public places in Brooklyn. Their Kickoff project, the India Street Mural, has been a resounding success, and we’re lucky enough to be screening their films about the endeavor on the big screen in the lobby of Castle Braid. Stop [...]

Opening night : In Pictures

I know we’ve already said it, but Brooklyn Artillery’s opening on Saturday was awesome. Off the hook. Whatever your favorite synonym for utterly freaking fabulous is. Here are the pictures to prove it. Thanks go out to Emiliano Cavicchi (www.emilianocavicchi.jimdo.com) for the photographs. Emiliano will hopefully be joining Artillery as an exhibitor soon, and [...]

Artillery rocks hardcore, and the Public Reacts.

It’s now been two days since we launched Brooklyn Artillery, and in between collectively overcoming our hangovers and our creative director getting her butt forcibly dragged to Maryland for a much needed vacation, we haven’t had time to scour the net to find out whether we’re totally famous or kind of snooty and obscure. Good [...]

Gitana Rosa

Gitana Rosa Gallery

People who played at Artillery’s opening and made it awesome

Bands Performing on 9/12/09

The City and Horses,

The Vanguard,

(The) Slowest Runner (In All The World),

Uproot Andy

Ribbons

DJS:
Kordan DJ, Ri ,Nathan Vice
PLUS: exhibitions by all the local Brooklyn Art galleries listed below:

Ellis Gallagher chalks up the lobby

Hey all! First off, thanks so much to everyone who came out to the grand opening of Brooklyn Artillery on Saturday. It was amazing to see so much of New York turn out to support the many fabulous artists who brought their A-game to the walls and floors of Castle Braid.
We had one very special [...]

Brooklyn Artillery begins September 12, 2009

In September, Castle Braid will present the first incarnation of BROOKLYN ARTILLERY, bringing together the best of Brooklyn Arts and Music in the apartments of the new Castle Braid Building at 114 Troutman in Bushwick.
The exhibition will be launched with a two-night event showcasing the collective power of Brooklyn’s best creative minds. The galleries of [...]