Arts Gowanus is a not-for-profit organization working to support, promote, and advocate for local artists and a sustainable arts community in Brooklyn.

The Patterns Gala is Arts Gowanus’s biggest fundraising event of the year and the funds raised help us to continue our year-round programming and community advocacy. Without The Patterns Gala, we wouldn’t be able to host Gowanus Open Studios, exhibit Gowanus artists at art fairs, install murals around the neighborhood, do large-scale public art exhibitions, or continue to fight for a sustainable future for artists in our community.

In 2025, our stewardship over the first of what will be over 100 subsidized studio spaces begins; out of the first batch of seven studios, two of those studios will be dedicated to the new Arts Gowanus Fellowship Program. The Arts Gowanus Community Artist Fellowship Program will cover the entire cost of one year’s rent for low-income and upwardly mobile Gowanus-based artists working any medium and at any stage of their career, prioritizing artists living in The Gowanus Houses, Wyckoff Gardens, Warren Houses, and Red Hook Houses. The Fellowship will also provide material and production support to each participant, and individually tailored career development workshops and studio visits led by artists, curators, gallerists, and cultural workers. We're really excited about this initiative, and the money raised at this year's Patterns Gala is crucial to making it a success!

Launching the Fellowship Program won't slow down our community art programming--in fact, we have big ideas and some exciting new events happening later this year!

Help us preserve and expand the arts community in Gowanus! We believe that the diverse creativity of local artists contributes to the singularly vibrant cultural life and energy of New York City, and that it is critical not only for the artists, but also our society in general, that the arts continue to thrive in Gowanus. We are committed to utilizing art as a catalyst to build deeper community relationships and a more equitable neighborhood.

We're thrilled to announce our honorees, who were instrumental in securing the Community Benefits Agreement that provides the aforementioned subsidized artist studios: David Kutz, the President of the Arts Gowanus Board of Directors, and the team at Ropes & Gray LLP, who offered their services pro-bono throughout the process.

PATTERNS GALA 2025!

By Arts Gowanus

PATTERNS GALA 2025!

May 16th, 2025 6-9:30 at the Union Channel (240 3rd Ave)