Description: The Brooklyn-based collaboration between artists and business owners will commemorate Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the formal end of slavery in Texas and other parts of the South. This Brooklyn gathering is a day-long celebration of arts, entertainment, and culture.
Location: Cuyler Gore Park (Fulton Street and Carlton Avenue)
Public Transportation Offering: C Train to Lafayette
2,3,4,5,Q,B, LIRR to Atlantic Avenue & N,R,M,D to Pacific Street
Tel: (718) 643-8322 Email: tribaltruthsfashions@yahoo.com
Cost: FREE

Sunday, June 20th, 2010
African Diaspora Walking Tour of Fort Greene & Brunch
The Best of Brooklyn Inside Out Walking Tour
Time: Noon – 2pm

Description: Join the “Soul of Brooklyn Heritage Tour ” for an extraordinary afternoon of discovery of Fort Green’s African Diaspora, history, architecture, museums, shops and culture. The tour will end at an acclaimed restaurant for brunch and mimosas.
Location: Meet at MoCADA 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Corner of South Portland)
Public Transportation Offering: C Train to Atlantic Avenue 2,3,4,5,Q,B,LIRR to Atlantic Avenue & N,R,M,D to Pacific Street
To Book Your Tour Contact 1.800.428.2092
Email: info@insideouttours.com Website: www.InsideOutTours.com
Cost: Adult $30, Child: $25 (Price does not include Brunch)

Monday, June 21st, 2010
Make Music New York!
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
Time: 4pm – 7pm

Description of Event or offering: Now in its fourth year, Make Music New York, “the largest music event ever to grace New York”, is a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five Boroughs of New York City. Join MoCADA for a free evening of neo soul music in the Museum’s elegant garden area.
Location: 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Corner of South Portland)
Public Transportation Offering:
C Train to Atlantic Avenue & 2,3,4,5,Q,B,LIRR to Atlantic Avenue & N,R,M,D to Pacific Street
Tel: 718.230.0492, ext. 116 Email: sc@mocada.org Website: www.mocada.org
Cost: FREE

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Restaurant Night in Fort Greene
Madiba Restaurant
Time: 6pm – 8pm

Description of Event or offering: Join Madiba for a South African experience in Brooklyn, New York. To celebrate the launch of Soul of Brooklyn they have created a Soul of Brooklyn Drink for $5 and a Pre Fixed Menu that includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $30.00 (Taxes and gratuity not included).
Location: 195 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205-4005
Public Transportation Offering: C Train to Lafayette Avenue
Tel: 718.855.9190 Website: www.madibarestaurant.com
Cost: $5 for Soul of Brooklyn drink $30 for Pre-Fixed Menu (includes an appetizer, entree and dessert)

EN Restaurant & Bar
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Description of Event or offering: Join EN in their elegantly African inspired designed restaurant for an authentic Nigerian Fusion experience in Brooklyn, New York. To celebrate the launch of Soul of Brooklyn they have created a Soul of Brooklyn Drink for $5 and a Pre Fixed Menu that includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $30 (Taxes and gratuity not included).
Location: 126 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Public Transportation Offering: C Train to Lafayette Avenue
Tel: 347.725.3565
Cost: $5 for Soul of Brooklyn drink $30 for Pre-Fixed Menu

Bati
Time: 7pm – 9pm

Description of Event or offering: Join Bati for a quaint and intimate Ethiopian experience “Brooklyn style”. To celebrate the launch of Soul of Brooklyn they are offering a 10% Discount off of your entire meal.
Location: 747 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217
Public Transportation Offering: C Train to Lafayette & 2,3,4,5,Q,B,LIRR to Atlantic Avenue & N,R,M,D to Pacific Street
Tel: (718) 797-9696 Website: www.batikitchen.com
Cost: 10% off the total cost of your dining experience

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Carol’s Daughter Mini Facial Event
Carol’s Daughter
Time: 3pm – 7pm

Description of Event or offering: Join Carol’s Daughter as they offer “Mini Soul of Brooklyn Facials” using their skin care line, “Gentle”. This event is open to both males and females. There will be a Live DJ and refreshments.
Location: 1 South Elliott Place (Corner of Dekalb Ave.) Brooklyn, NY 11217
Public Transportation Offering: 2,3,4,5,Q,B,LIRR to Atlantic Avenue & N,R,M,D to Pacific Street
Tel:(718) 596-1862 Website: www.carolsdaughter.com
Cost: FREE

Thursday, June 24th, 2010
ART, MUSIC, WINE & FASHION in BED-STUY

Art & Soul – Mix & Mingle
House of Art Gallery
Time: 6pm – 10pm

Description of Event or offering: House of Art Gallery is Brooklyn’s premier contemporary art space featuring artists capturing the African Diaspora experience. Join Art Director, Richard Beavers for Complimentary Wine and Desserts, Great Art, Great Old School Soul Music and a Great Time!
Location: 373 Lewis Avenue (Corner of Macon) Brooklyn, NY 11233
Public Transportation Offering: A or C Train to Utica Avenue
Tel: 347.663.8195 Email: rbeavers@nychouseofart.com Website: www.nychouseofart.com
Cost: FREE

Shopping & Wine: A Perfect Combination
Little Red Boutique
Time: 6pm – 8pm

Description of Event or offering: Join Little Red Boutique for an evening of shopping with a twist of wine and cheese. You will also receive a 10% discount on all non-discounted purchases. For the latest in Bedford Stuyvesant fashion… you won’t want to miss this incredible experience. Let Josie send you out into the world in style.
Location: 374 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233-1025 (Corner of Macon) Brooklyn, NY 11233
Public Transportation Offering: A or C Train to Utica Avenue
Tel: (718) 443-1170 Email: ultarte.lrb@gmail.com
Cost: FREE

Wine Tasting in Bedford Stuyvesant
Therapy Wine Bar
Time: 6pm – 8pm

Description of Event or offering: Partners Anthony and Angela have opened up an elegant wine bar in the heart of Bedford Stuyvesant with an amazing selection of wines from all over the world. Join them for a wine tasting and discover Bedford Stuyvesant’s newest hot spot.
Address: 364 Lewis Avenue (Between Halsey and Macon Street)
Public Transportation Offering: A or C Train to Utica Avenue
Tel: 718.513.0686 Email: therapywinebar@aol.com
Cost: FREE

Art Exhibition featuring Lem Peterkin and live music by the Jeff King Band
Afro Art Designs
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Description of Event or offering: Afroart Designs is Brooklyn’s source for unique African and African inspired décor for the home. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see photographs by Lem Peterkin and live music by Jeff King and his Band plus a discount of 10% off on all art purchases. Where else are you going to get all of this?
Address: 316 Stuyvesant Ave (Corner of Halsey) Brooklyn NY 11233
Public Transportation Offering: A or C Train to Utica Avenue
Tel: 718. 573.6110 Email: info@afroart-designs.net Website: www.afroart-designs.net
Cost: FREE

Friday, June 25th, 2010
Poets respond to “Artists Speaking for the Spirits” Part Two
Name of organization: The ARTCURIAN Gallery at Arthur Bennett Hall
Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Description of Event or offering: In February 2010, forty African Diaspora Master Artists from all over New York City collaborated to create one of the most aesthetically incredible large scale exhibitions ever! Join us for an intriguing evening as local poets read original works in response to the “Artists Speaking for the Spirits” exhibition.
Location: The ARTCURIAN Gallery at Arthur Bennett Hall, 22 Chapel Street, Wheelchair accessible
Public Transportation Offering: A, C, F to Jay Street-Borough Hall; 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall (bet. Jay St. & Flatbush Avenue Extension, two blocks south of Tillary Street)
Tel: 718.260.2909 Email: wcburke@mindspring.com Website: www.artcurian.org
Cost: FREE

Saturday, June 26, 2010
Fort Greene Festival
Time: 12:00 noon – 10:00 pm

Description of event or offering: The Soul of Brooklyn is proud to be one of the sponsors for this year’s Fort Greene Festival. Attracting thousands of people to one of Brooklyn’s most celebrated neighborhoods, Fort Greene Festival presented, by iSee Promotions and Ajile Turner Scholarship Fund, celebrates the cultures, cuisine, and artistic diversity of Brooklyn. Live performances include Common, Soulive, Soul Mafia, Shae Fiol, Deep, Stacie Aamon, Gordon Chambers, and many others. Over 50 restaurants, a film screening, and shopping are other features of the day long affair.
Location: Fort Greene Park (Enter at Dekalb Ave and Washington Park) Brooklyn, New York 11217
Public Transportation Offering: C to Lafayette, G to Fulton, R, Q, B to DeKalb Avenue, 2, 3, 4, 5, D, N to Atlantic Avenue.
Tel: 718.902.9641 Email: fgreenefest@gmail.com Website: www.fortgreenefest.com
Cost: $5 suggested donation

SoulofBrooklyn.com is the first website ever dedicated to businesses and cultural events that make up the fabric of Brooklyn’s African Diaspora! Locals and tourists alike will finally have a single website that will inform them where to find the best boutique businesses and exciting cultural attractions within Brooklyn’s vibrant communities. For more information and sponsorship opportunities please contact Phaon Spurlock at PhaonS@soulofbrooklyn.com

For a printable stroll map, please click here

For more info, please visit SONYA’s site

GENTRIFICATION OF BROOKLY @ MoCADA

Opening “Set it Off” Reception

Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Free to the public (Contributions very welcomed)

Please join us for the first viewing of the highly anticipated exhibition, The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks. This is your opportunity to see what everyone in Brooklyn will be talking about this year. This reception will include a public art performance, a musical set by Brooklyn-based author and DJ, Rich Burroughs, the opportunity to meet the featured artists and a presentation by the exhibition’s curator and Brooklyn native, Dexter Wimberly.

This event will take place at MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn

$5 for adults, $4 for students (with valid ID) and seniors.  Free for children 12 and under.
Hours of operation are Wednesday – Sunday, 11am to 7pm

For more info, please visit MoCADA.

Opening “Set it Off” Reception

Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:00pm – 9:00pm 
Free to the public (Contributions very welcomed)

Please join us for the first viewing of the highly anticipated exhibition, The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks. This is your opportunity to see what everyone in Brooklyn will be talking about this year. This reception will include a public art performance, a musical set by Brooklyn-based author and DJ, Rich Burroughs, the opportunity to meet the featured artists and a presentation by the exhibition’s curator and Brooklyn native, Dexter Wimberly.

This event will take place at MoCADA (80 Hanson Place).

$5 for adults, $4 for students (with valid ID) and seniors.  Free for children 12 and under.
Hours of operation are Wednesday – Sunday, 11am to 7pm

For more info, please visit MoCADA.

PAST EVENTS

TRA Gallery & Adriala Gallery Present

2009 Fulton Art Fair Members

Retrospective Art Exhibition

Sat. Nov. 7 – Sat. Nov. 28

Opening Reception: Sat. Nov. 7, 2009, 5pm to 8pm

Closing/Artist Talk: Sat. Nov. 28, 2009, 5pm to 8pm

The “2009 Fulton Art Fair Members Retrospective Art Exhibition” is a group exhibition designed to spotlight artworks of the new and existing Fulton Art Fair members who participated on the fence in Fulton Park during the summer of 2009.

Participating Artists:

Bob Carter

Brent Bailer

Brian ‘Strong-Wind’ Williams

Denzil Belisle

Diane Grazette-Collins

Dindga McCannon

Edward Martin

Emmett Wigglesworth

Fedrecia Hartley

Gerald Jones

Gina Samson

Gloria Aziza Lawyer

Iram Yeates

James Mingo

Joseph S. Bell-Bey

Karl A. McIntosh

Kennis Baptiste

Michael Bates

Otto Neals

Robert Daniel

Ruben Holder

Rudolph Greenaway

Sadikisha Saundra Collier

Taking place at:

57 Putnam Ave. :: Brooklyn ::

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and

35 Claver Place :: Brooklyn ::

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GRAND OPENING ART SHOW: 

SOULstice: On Nature, Spirituality and the Sacred Feminine Energy

featuring

Otto Neals

Ed Bates

Will Gray

Amete Sellassie

& Brian “Strong-Wind” Williams

end of solstice week: Sun JUNE 27, 2009 3pm to midnight

Deep in the heart of Brooklyn, a Vortex is Born. Where humanity reconnects with Nature.

A sacred space for the creation and appreciation of art opens to the public as a space for: artistic encouragement learning and teaching healing and praying displaying and representing the sacred feminine nature of FINE ART for the SPIRIT. Please come down and show your support.

Show is open thru the end of the summer by appointment. To inquire about the purchase of artwork or to show support, please write to info@adrialagallery.com

Otto Neals :: www.ottoneals.com 


Born in Lake City, South Carolina,  artist, sculptor and printmaker Otto Neals taught himself all mediums except printmaking which he learned at the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. His commissioned works include a 20-foot mural at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital, a bronze work at the Brooklyn Children’s Center, 10 bronze plaques at the “Harlem Walk of Fame” and a bronze work at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.  Neals’ work appears in many collections, public and private and has won many awards.

Ed Bates, painting


Edward Bates, (b.1925) is a native of Atlantic City, NJ and has lived in New York since 1957.  After serving in the Navy for two years, this African American artist made his home in Brooklyn, NY and became a Textile Designer.  Presently, living in Deer Park, NY, Edward is married to his wife Gladys and together they had six children. Upon retirement after already painting for 30 years, Edward was able to devote his time and passion to the development of his skills as an artist.  A self-taught artisan, Edward lists amongst his achievements being the Grand Prize winner of a citywide contest sponsored by the New York City of Housing for his portrait of Eubie Blake. Edward has been a participant in the Fulton Street Art Show for over 25 years.

Will Gray, photography

Mr. Will Gray a former teacher of photography in the early 70’s saw the medium as a way to communicate with wayward youth from the Fort Green section of Brooklyn. Mr. Gray was instrumental in the development of a community based photographic appreciation program that exposes underprivileged youth to the joys and excitement of photo journalism through visits to museums and art galleries. Mr. Gray’s experimentation with lighting, exposure settings and abstract dark room development techniques, such as double exposure has led Mr. Gray to develop his current view of photographic imagery. Mr. Gray’s desire to capture nature’s own paint palate has motivated the current photographic offer offerings.

While most of the photographs in Mr. Gray’s repertoire are of various species of orchids, they also include other flowers such as lilies and roses.

Amete Sellassie, painting

With almost 20 years at the NYC Department of Education and no formal art training,  Amete Sellassie first began painting six years ago when she was assigned to assist an art teacher and she discovered the world of pastels and began painting.  She found her inspiration in the works of Georgia O’Keefe and Frida Kahlo and later decided to try her hand at portraits.   Amete Sellassie ais known among her peers as an iconographer because her work depicts biblical figures and scenes inspired by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, as well as historical portraits of Ethiopian nobility.

Brian “Strong-Wind” Williams, Photo-Healing

It is through the camera lens that Strong-Wind captures the “Healing Energy” of the Earth.

Born in Queens, N.Y. in 1964, Brian Strong-Wind was raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York and currently resides with his family in the Clinton Hill section of this borough. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and The Technical Career Institute (T.C.I.) for Electrical Engineering. Brian Strong-Wind has been a licensed Private Investigator and owner of a Security Company (Talon Investigation & Security Company, Ltd.) for over 25 years. He holds two Black belts in Korean Martial Arts and specializes in Armed and Unarmed Executive Protection. Strong-Wind displayed an interest in artistic expression at an early age (Martial Arts, Poetry and Drawing). However, it was not until a trip to Teotihuacan, Mexico in March 2002 (during the Spring Equinox), that Brian Strong-Wind says he was “Spiritually Commanded” to take photographs with the intent to heal others.

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