Immediately following the Artist’s Showcase and Free Arts NYC benefit, guests are invited to continue to jam at the Afterparty at Coco 66 and adjoined restaurant “68”.  The afterparty will feature two bars, two dancefloors, 2 DJ’s (DJ Brownout and Sir Hannett), live art by street artist’s JP and NAS, and live Art Battles.  The “68” kitchen will be open till 2!

This Brooklyn Street Art Showcase is the 2nd launch party of 5 planned launch parties to be thrown in pivotal street art neighborhoods in 2008 to celebrate Brooklyn Street Art.  Each event will showcase the work of many of today’s Brooklyn street artists, and will focus on the particular neighborhood, including Williamsburg, the Navy Yard, Dumbo, and Red Hook, and Bushwick. 

For more information on Free Arts NYC please visit http://www.freeartsnyc.org

For more information on the book Brooklyn Street Art and to see images of the donated artworks in the days before the benefit auction please visit http://www.BrooklynStreetArt.com

CONTACT:

For questions please contact:

Info@BrooklynStreetArt.com

CONFIRMED ARTISTS

Armsrock, C.Damage,
DiRQuo (8A), Eternal Love, Fauxreel, Noah Sparkes,
& Pushkin (8A)

Check Back Here for Updates to this List!

An Artists Showcase and dance party with art sales to benefit the youth and family creative arts and mentoring programs of Free Arts NYC is being hosted by Fresh Kills Store on Friday, May 2nd to celebrate the launch of “Brooklyn Street Art,” followed by a booty shakin after-party.

WILLIAMSBURG> BROOKLYN, NY— Following the exceptionally successful Brooklyn Street Art Benefit Auction at Ad Hoc Art in Bushwick on April 25th, where over 25 street artists participated and raised money for the programs of Free Arts NYC, the celebration of the street culture continues when Fresh Kills Hosts a party and Artists Showcase on May 2nd.

The Showcase features new works by some of todays well-known, emerging, and yet to be discovered artists who know no boundaries and follow no rules—their artistic turf is the public gallery of the Brooklyn streets. Some pieces will be for sale, with partial or complete proceeds to benefit Free Arts NYC. 

The party will celebrate the launch of Brooklyn Street Art, a new book of photographs by Jaime Rojo, designed by Steven P. Harrington, and published by Prestel. The artists, whose work animates the pages of this new full-color book, are showcasing their work in this one-night-only event.

Swinging and titillating the guests will be the multitalented duo of Erik Deutsch and DJ Radamakers, a true mashup of styles; blending classically trained fingers with booty bouncing dance beats.  While guests discover the new works by today’s street art movers and shakers, they are invited to do some shaking of their own. 

Fans and friends of the Brooklyn street art community will be welcomed and encouraged to meet one another, meet the artists, and believe in the power of art to impact us all.

Refreshments will be served.

Brooklyn Street Artist’s Showcase

Friday, May 2nd, 2008, 7-10 pm

Press preview from 6-7 pm

Fresh Kills Store, 50 North 6th Street

Williamsburg, Brooklyn