Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Paula Abreu Pita)
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition
October 4, 2024–January 26, 2025
Great Hall, 1st Floor
Represent Brooklyn, unleash your creativity, and be part of history at the Brooklyn Museum. To kick off our 200th anniversary celebration, we’re hosting The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, an exhilarating major group show that will illuminate the unparalleled breadth and depth of talent in our borough.
Opening October 4, 2024, and filling the Museum’s Great Hall, The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition will feature artworks in all mediums, spotlighting artists who have lived or worked in Brooklyn during the last five years (2019–24). Prepare to be dazzled: the exhibition will bring together an unprecedented number of Brooklyn artists, surpassing any previous showcase in the Museum's history.
Submissions are now closed. All applications are in review and application changes are not being accepted at this time. Artists will be notified of their application status in July 2024. No phone calls or emails, please.
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition is organized by Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, and coordinated by Sharon Matt Atkins, Deputy Director for Art; Lauren Bierly, Senior Exhibition Project Manager; and Jennie Tang, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Art and the Director of Curatorial Affairs; with support from Carmen Hermo, Associate Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; Kimberli Gant, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art; and Catherine Morris, Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum.
Sponsored by UOVO
Major support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Generous support is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons.
Additional support is provided by Hope Dana and John Perkins, Cary Davis, Peter Restler, Carol Lewis Sutton, and The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation.