Contributed by Sharon Butler / Peter Dudek and Monika Sosnowski, as Two Coats of Paint artists-in-residence, will present an exhibition of their work on Thursday, December 5, 6-9 pm, during DUMBO First Thursday. Primarily a sculptor, Dudek, born in 1952 in Adams, Massachusetts, has always been interested in Modern Architecture, […]
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Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Nancy Evans
Contributed by Mary Jones / Veteran Los Angeles artist Nancy Evans is bringing an installation of sculpture, painting and works on paper to Two Coats of Paint during her artist’s residency, which takes place from September 30 through October 6. Acclaimed for her original, independent vision, Evans combines a homespun sense of […]
Two Coats of Paint artist-in-residence: Craig Stockwell
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Noted New Hampshire painter Craig Stockwell will be in residence at Two Coats of Paint from May 6 through May 12. A former resident in the Sharpe-Wallentas Studio Program, Craig is no stranger to DUMBO, and we’re looking forward to having him back for the week. In 2016-17, his work was selected for the prestigious DeCordova Biennial, as well as the Northeast […]
Two Coats resident artist Erin Wiersma returns from Kansas
Since her last residency at Two Coats HQ in DUMBO, Erin Wiersma has discovered the Konza Prairie, a biological research station jointly owned and maintained by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. Wiersma uses the bio-char from controlled burns of prairie tallgrass to create large drawings on site. Traversing the scorched landscape, which is off […]
Two Coats Resident Artist Gyan Shrosbree returns in October
This October, former Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist Gyan Shrosbree returns from Iowa for a week. “Since my last residency, I’ve been focused primarily on making huge tarp paintings that are less modular than the installations I made for the space last time,” Shrosbree wrote via email. “The last residency period […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide / June 4, 2017
Our selected June exhibitons list is organized by neighborhood, and for those of you who have already packed up and left town or are holed up in the studio working toward a fall exhibition, we’ve included links for online browsing. My summer plans? Thanks for asking. I love spending summer in the city, […]
Two Coats of Paint artist-in-residence: Julie Wolfe
April 17th through 23rd, DC visual artist Julie Wolfe will be in residence at Two Coats of Paint. Forming an ongoing research-based practice, Wolfe’s conceptual work explores studies for possible futures, alternative and marginalized ways-of-knowing, salvage practices, and the relationship of human activity to Earth systems. Through reconfiguring and recontextualizing salvaged materials, she […]
My camping residency at Hammonasset Beach
This week I bought a cheap tent and headed to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Connecticut, for a break from the city. I wanted to see the starry sky, draw by the nearly-full moon, and wake up before dawn to watch the sunrise on the beach. The 500-site campground […]
Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Danielle Mysliwiec
Update: Danielle arrived yesterday. Danielle Mysliwiec, assistant professor in the art department at American University, has arrived for a seven-day artist’s residency at Two Coats of Paint. Mysliewiec is no stranger to New York. She earned her MFA at Hunter, had a solo show in 2015 at Novella Gallery, and […]
Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Gyan Shrosbree
I am excited to welcome Gyan Shrosbree for a seven day residency at Two Coats of Paint in February. An assistant professor of painting and drawing at Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa, Shrosbree works with fabrics, tarps, paint, glitter, scissors, and tape to create sprawling site-specific installations that lift geometric […]