Meridith McNeal, Hand Holding Seltzer Bottle, 2023, watercolor on cut shaped paper, 10x6x2” available by auction to support ART YARD BKLYN (AYB)!

This cut paper was created by AYB director Meridith McNeal in an AYB Advanced Studio session titled “Color Symbolism – Life on Earth” in which we explored our theme of Planet Earth by using color symbolism in composition to evoke a mood, emotion, or draw attention to the significance of a thought, issue, movement, and experience as related to improving the co-existence of life-forms on earth.

The piece is currently on view in Fizz, Meridith's exhibition at the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum, 474 Hemlock St, Brooklyn, NY through April 14, 2024.

ART YARD BKLYN (AYB) is a not-for-profit arts organization that provides contemporary visual art education for underserved and often marginalized people of all ages through dedicated classes and K-12 school partnerships. Participants are supported, mentored, and given opportunities as artists and teachers if they wish to pass the threshold into the professional art world.

AYB views art as a holistic endeavor which allows people to delve into any topic imaginable. The practice of learning, creating, thinking, and discussing art nourishes people of all ages in body, mind, heart, and spirit. AYB builds and strengthens participants’ skills and thinking by fostering a sense of civic responsibility and awareness of social justice.

At AYB, we practice critical thinking free from judgment while uplifting our community. We consider ourselves to be a haven for practicing artists where everyone is encouraged to be kind, open and respectful.

Fizz!

Art auction in support of ART YARD BKLYN