Brooklyn Arts Council & Brooklyn Bridge Park to Host NYC Oyster Project

From June 2 to June 30, 2016, NYC Oyster Project and Brooklyn Arts Council will partner with Brooklyn Bridge Park to present an exhibition that will prompt the audience to consider Brooklyn's waterfront in new ways. The show's opening will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 5 PM - 7 PM at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Room at 99 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn.

Inspired by Brooklyn's native oyster reefs, NYC Oyster Project will feature color photographs of Colleen Flanigan's underwater sculptures and an installation of Judith Pleva's unbound multimedia scrapbook. Flanigan and Pleva's work illuminates the beauty of marine life as well as the relationships between organisms in New York City's waterways. This immersive installation examines the kindred associations between organisms and their environment and sheds light on the benevolent influence of public parks and nature reserves on the human psyche. NYC Oyster Project celebrates the improvement to the New York Harbor's human environment provided by the construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Colleen Flanigan is a socio-ecological artist. Flanigan's sculptures and participatory multimedia exhibitions investigate environmental issues including species endangerment and ecosystem regeneration. Judith Pleva is an artist, environmentalist, and a humanitarian. Through their involvement with NYC Oyster Project, Flanigan and Pleva aim to bring publicity to hands-on volunteer-driven oyster reef restoration in New York City.

Funding for this project is provided, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council and Council Member Stephen Levin.

A talk with the artists and curator will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1 PM at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Room at 99 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn. The talk is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

Colleen Flanigan, To the Sea, 2014. Photo courtesy of the artist. For press inquiries or to schedule an interview with artists Colleen Flanigan or Judith Pleva, please contact Jasmine D. Wagner at jwagner@brooklynartscouncil.org or 718.625.0080 x224.

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