New York: Brooklyn event builds art district

Major NYC Arts Event! – 70 Brooklyn Galleries – ‘smART’ Brooklyn Gallery Hop – This Weekend, November 21 and 22!

RSVP now for FREE transportation to 70 art galleries in hip Brooklyn “gallery districts”

Initiative supports Brooklyn’s creative economy; Art experts on hand to discuss “how-to’s” of art buying for everything from holiday gifts to investment collections

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 70 participating Brooklyn art galleries will offer visitors outstanding exhibitions and refreshments as well as a unique opportunity to learn more about Brooklyn’s expanding art scene and galleries during the second annual smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, an initiative of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Tourism.

Exciting galleries participating include The Boiler, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Chassidic Art Institute, DUMBO Arts Center, Kentler International Drawing Space, MoCADA, Momenta Art, Proteus Gowanus and Skylight Gallery (complete list below).

“Brooklyn is the Creative Capital of New York City, and contributing to that creative canvas are our neighborhood galleries and lively arts scene,” said BP Markowitz. “There’s no better time to get ‘art smart’ — and maybe even find that perfect gift for the art lover on your holiday list!”

Bus loops depart from hubs every hour on the hour from 1 pm-5 pm and run through four different gallery districts, allowing participants to hop on and off the bus within each line’s loop. Additionally, a “Tour of Four” bus tour (not a loop) will link four unique art galleries “off the beaten path”:

• Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint — BLUE LOOP (Saturday). Hub: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, 135 Broadway (at Bedford)
• Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene — RED LOOP (Saturday). Hub: MoCADA, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, 80 Hanson Place (at South Portland)
• Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Red Hook — GOLD LOOP (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Borough Hall/Tourism Visitors Center, 209 Joralemon (Between Court and Adams)
• Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope — GREEN LOOP (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave. (at President)
• Bay Ridge, Crown Heights, Sunset Park — TOUR OF FOUR Galleries (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington)

Buses will be staffed with expert art docents offering smART tip sheets about collecting and buying art.

The smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop is a public/private partnership working to advance local economic development and increase awareness and support of the arts.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. For more information, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.

For photos of art visit our flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/smartgalleryhop.

SOURCE Best of Brooklyn Inc.