Thanks to everyone—shopkeepers, artists, and visitors— for helping to make Windows Brooklyn 2008 a big success! The exhibition was so well received, we are doing it again next year! Calls to participate in Windows Brooklyn 2009 will be available early February 2009. So please check back then for further details or email us to sign up for our mailing list.

Meanwhile, check out Windows Brooklyn 2008!

Artist Statement

Windows Brooklyn takes art out of the traditional museum or gallery setting and incorporates it into a vibrant public space. The show turns pedestrians into viewers, slowing down impatient walkers and transforming the frequently traveled routes of harried commuters. Turning independent business owners into collaborators who are willing to exchange commerce for culture, the exhibition is a commentary on the nature of the window both as a physical object and as an idea, one that goes far beyond just pieces of glass. We seek to reflect the incredible history of Brooklyn while simultaneously adding to it. We are forging new connections between artists and their communities, changing the ways in which we direct our gazes, and altering our habits for interacting with the structures that surround us.