35 Claver Place

As complex as American history is, I view it through the (often banal) experiences of women in the 1950s. The joy, frustration, style and wit of this era provides ample fodder for expression. Additionally, I tend to abstract everyday experiences (riding on the subway, cooking dinner) into "expressionist" style depictions.

Under Construction Postcard Front

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acrylic on canvas

An Appreciation Of And Tribute To The Paintings Of Nina (Ny-na) McCune

America you are beautiful, when you are beautiful and your heart opens and you spill out a daughter from your heart and your land, when your immigrants make a great cocktail and the heart-land and behold, mira, mira, a miracle woman goes froth from the mainland and dwells with us here in Brooklyn, among the outlandish and mira, mira, the Sun has moved from West to East to dwell radiantly among us here miraculously following Nina McCune who has left Grandfathers pinned in the mud under tractors and the tall Paul Bunyons standing silently on the snowswept steppes and the highways full of Wendys, she came with the daughter named GoGolo Superhero whom she in the night had wrested away from Zeus and she left a trail of songs she wrote and music she played and hearts fulfilled and hearts that were broken and she made herself be a Sociologist and a Linguist and she went to the Old World to find knowledge to bring it back and give unto others knowledge. Nina McCune became an E-D-U-C-A-T-O-R to freely give to others that knowledge and Nina McCune became a writer to speak much to the many, and then this Renaissance wombman became a painter so as to speak to us with out words, Nina McCune as hot and as blazingly bright as the Burning Bush and Gogolo Superhero, passionate, compassionate, giving souls give unto us these images which speak no words, yet they say all of Beauty and Wombmanness and Joy and Pain and Color and Happy and Death and especially of Life and opposites and the Dynamo, and the dynamo which is Nina McCune. This I celebrate.

by Nina McCune

For the sixth year in a row, South of the Navy Yard Artists (SONYA) is hosting its annual Studio Stroll, inviting New Yorkers to celebrate and engage with Brooklyn artists living and working in Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Celebrating art and artists in Bedford-Stuyvesant?

ART IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT?

Whereas the neighborhood may be internationally famous for its historic brown-stones, vibrant churches and tree-lined streets, it is also home to thousands of dynamic artists and is invigorating its support of the arts community-wide. A 20-minute subway ride on the C line allows Manhattanites to view the strong developments in Bedford-Stuyvesant artistry. In March of this year, murals depicting artists like rapper and actor Mos Def, comedian Chris Rock, and poet June Jordan have drawn the public eye to the depth of talent prevalent in the neighborhood. However, supporting and promoting artists is nothing new in this neck of the woods.

You heard right!

I'm curating the latest (and, might I add, the greatest) show SONYA (South of the Navy Yard Artists) has ever seen: the 99¢ show, art made entirely from items at the 99¢ stores - what could be better? We have 5 installations that have overtaken the gallery - come one, come all!

We're having our reception August 9 (this coming Tuesday) from 6 - 8 pm. We're still deciding if we should have the expected wine/cheese plates or simply offer a spread from the 99¢ World next to the gallery...which is located...