Open Source Fundraiser Virtual Launch

Open Source is a participant-driven art initiative in Brooklyn, NY that provides space, community and conceptual context for creative play and critical commentary.

Open Source Gallery

Join us for night of art, conversation and celebration--all while ensuring Open Source survives!

<h2>Our annual fundraiser is always fun but this year you can’t afford to miss it!</h2><h2></h2><h3>The pandemic has been hard for artists and art spaces. We need your help to ensure Open Source’s survival. </h3><h3></h3><p>Join us for a night of fun with the Open Source Board of Directors, staff and artists you know and love! We will kick off our month-long fundraiser on November 6 with a virtual event featuring artists, performances, raffles and the opening of our online art sale! The art sale will continue through December 4, but be sure to shop early--available artwork is limited!</p><p><strong>Artists participating in the sale include: Nicholas Galanin, Camilo Godoy, Matthew Jensen, Xyza Cruz Bacani and many more!</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://open-source-gallery.org/shop/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Get a sneak peek at the artwork available here!</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>Thank you to our sponsor: Big Nose Full Body</p>

<p>Throughout the pandemic, we have continued to present programming. How to Build a Fire, cHURCH OF MONIKA, Soup Kitchens and the Artists at Home program have created a place for our community to gather online!</p><p>Gallery exhibitions didn’t make the switch to Zoom, however. In February we presented Void &amp; Co.'s participatory exhibit, The Octopus Waffle Lab. And then quarantine hit. Six months later, we’re back in the gallery. Duke Riley's Welcome Back to Wasteland Fishing is currently on view and Stephanie Dinkins will present a project this fall. </p><p>Exhibitions by Soyoung Shin, Anthony Bodlovic and Sarah E. Brook that would have run in the spring and summer will run in 2021. We look forward to presenting these projects next year, fitting them into an already full exhibition schedule will require a full staff and additional funding. As an organization with a small staff, our exhibition program, which features internationally acclaimed artists, already tests our capacity each year. If we are to be able to continue in 2021, we will not only need the funding to support an exhibition, but also the costs of keeping and running our unique space. </p><p>Our 2021 exhibition program includes solo exhibitions by New York-based artists Dominika Ksel, James Hannaham and Sarah E. Brook, Chicago-based artist Regin Igloria, Toronto-based artist Petrina Ng, and Los Angeles-based artists Soyoung Shin and Anthony Bodlovic.</p><p></p>

<p>Our afterschool and summer programs employ over 20 teaching artists and provide the majority of our income. This year, afterschool programs were cancelled as classrooms moved online.. Moving our programs online, we saw great success with free programs (some workshops saw 100 kids or more at a time!), but these programs did not provide income, which was needed to compensate the teaching artists. We were also forced to cancel our summer Soap Box Workshop and our beloved summer event, The South Slope Derby. Soap Box is something we--and the whole community--have a blast at every year! But more than that, this program provides a great deal of income for Open Source, which was lost this year.</p><p>Despite the challenges KoKo NYC has faced, we are known for innovation and so innovate we have! We moved our programs online and saw great success with free programs. Some workshops were attended by 100+ kids! These programs kept our virtual doors open but did not provide income, which was needed for program support and to compensate the teaching artists. This spring, we developed the KoKo NYC podcast, a free podcast for children that includes an interactive component on our website. The podcast has been well-received. <a href="https://www.kokonyc.org/podcast/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">You can check it out here!</a></p><p>The podcast has been great fun, and we plan to develop and release additional episodes. Funds to cover production costs -- which include the teaching artists and the musicians who create the soundtracks for the episodes -- will need to be raised, however.</p><p></p>

<p>We are committed to maintaining our presence as a resource for the community. We are grateful to our Board of Directors, Board Committees and volunteers, who have stepped up to fill in staffing and expertise gaps to enable Open Source to move forward.</p><p>Your contribution to and presence at our fundraiser will help us raise the money needed to support our staff and artists, and cover our operating expenses so that the organization can continue to function.</p>

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