DRAFT GOWANUS LOWLANDS MASTER PLAN 12 GOWANUS LOWLANDS ARTS & CULTURE 2018 DRAFT PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY & CHARACTER SUPPORT DIVERSE, ENGAGING PROGRAMMING CURATE PUBLIC ART TO SHOWCASE LOCAL TALENT AND STORIES INTERPRET AND SHOWCASE LOCAL CHARACTER HISTORIC BUILDINGS COMMUNITY FACILITIES PUBLIC ART TIDE MILLS SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY ACTIVISM TRANSPORTATION BROOKLYN DODGERS TENEMENTS & URBAN RENEWAL ARTS & INDUSTRY SALT MARSH ECOLOGY ENERGY PRODUCTION • Maintain an archive of Gowanus artifacts and documents. • Preserve historic landscape materials where possible. • Incentivize adaptive reuse of historically significant or character-defining structures. • Support public programming and education that involves all residents of Gowanus and promotes social justice and community cohesion. • Curate rotating exhibits and permanent display of artifacts in indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the neighborhood. • Use a collage of materials throughout the public realm that reference the neighborhood’s productive industrial history. • Use a palette of plants throughout the public realm that evoke the neighborhood’s vibrant ecological history, from salt marsh to farms to feral spaces. • Provide signage and wayfinding throughout the neighborhood that interpret neighborhood history, infrastructure and community. • Produce public art installations that showcase local artists and/or interpret the history and culture of Gowanus. • Promote the continuation of a vibrant arts community through accessible studio, exhibition and market spaces. INTERPRETIVE NARRATIVES BATTLE OF BROOKLYN GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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DRAFT GOWANUS LOWLANDS MASTER PLAN 12
GOWANUS LOWLANDS ARTS & CULTURE
2018D R A F T
PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY & CHARACTER
SUPPORT DIVERSE, ENGAGING PROGRAMMING
CURATE PUBLIC ART TO SHOWCASE LOCAL TALENT AND STORIES
INTERPRET AND SHOWCASE LOCAL CHARACTER
HISTORIC BUILDINGS
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
PUBLIC ART
TIDE MILLS
SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
TRANSPORTATION
BROOKLYNDODGERS
TENEMENTS &URBAN RENEWAL
ARTS & INDUSTRY
SALT MARSHECOLOGYENERGY
PRODUCTION
• Maintain an archive of Gowanus artifacts and documents.• Preserve historic landscape materials where possible.• Incentivize adaptive reuse of historically significant or character-defining structures.
• Support public programming and education that involves all residents of Gowanus and promotes social justice and community cohesion.
• Curate rotating exhibits and permanent display of artifacts in indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the neighborhood.
• Use a collage of materials throughout the public realm that reference the neighborhood’s productive industrial history.
• Use a palette of plants throughout the public realm that evoke the neighborhood’s vibrant ecological history, from salt marsh to farms to feral spaces.
• Provide signage and wayfinding throughout the neighborhood that interpret neighborhood history, infrastructure and community.
• Produce public art installations that showcase local artists and/or interpret the history and culture of Gowanus.
• Promote the continuation of a vibrant arts community through accessible studio, exhibition and market spaces.
INTERPRETIVE NARRATIVES
BATTLE OF BROOKLYN
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
DRAFT GOWANUS LOWLANDS MASTER PLAN 13
GOWANUS LOWLANDS PROGRAMMING
SELECT PROGRAMMING & EVENTSOngoing and Past
Gowanus Open StudiosBattle of Brooklyn RenactmentGowanus Block PartyDredgers Banjo ThrowsArt Lab workshopsTheatre of the Liberated productionsTheater at Old Stone HouseWorld of Water day dancesGowanus GrindGowanus FlotillaCitizen ScienceVolunteer StewardshipWalking ToursEXPO GowanusGowanus Block Party
2018D R A F T
Gowanus Memorial Artyard
Gowanus Wildcats at Thomas Greene Park Stream painting with Stacey Levy, 2017Piper Theater Summer Youth Program at Old Stone House
Mister Sunday - Gowanus GroveGowanus Dredgers - SuperFUN Race
The Dreary Coast - 2013Baby Buggy Brigade - Gowanus Houses -1952
ArtLab
Gowanus hosts numerous active and engaged arts and cultural organizations and individuals, who stage the events and installations that give the neighborhood unique character. As the neighborhood changes, this robust grassroots engagement should be supported and expanded.
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