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Artist Community Opening Doors to Public

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Artists of 35 Claver Place are pleased to announce their participation in the 2010 SONYA Studio Stroll, May 15^th and 16^th.  For 25 years, 35 Claver Place has provided a haven for artists in Brooklyn.  And for the last six of those years, the artists who live and create at 35 Claver Place have opened their galleries and studios to the public as part of the Stroll for an intimate look into their artistic process.

 SONYA, the South Of the Navy Yard Artists (www.sonyaonline.org), is a non-profit organization of visual artists living, creating, and exhibiting in the Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The Stroll, a free self-guided walking tour of studios and galleries showcasing the incredible variety of artwork created by Brooklyn-based artists, is in its eleventh year.

35 Claver Place and the artists that live, work and create there, have a long tradition of participation in this exciting event. An artist live/work community created by Anthony Chamberlain and Gina Inverso in the former Inverso Warehousing building, 35 Claver Place has a long history of nurturing and supporting the art and artists of Brooklyn. Since 1985, it has been home to emerging and established artists working in a variety of mediums, both traditional and experimental.

The artists of 35 Claver Place participating in the 2010 SONYA Stroll are:

Kennis Baptiste, working with printmaking, painting and drawing, who will be showing experimental abstract works focusing on capturing movement and energy using circles and curves. (www.kennisbb.com)

John Bjerklie, working in a variety of mediums, who will be showing work that includes painting, sculpture, video and collaborative performance. (www.johnbjerklie.com)  (www.parkersbox.com)

 Beka Goedde, who will be showing recent work made at a papermaking residency in upstate NY, and a clothing line created as part of the collaborative design team E for Effort (www.christinaray.com) (eforeffort.tumblr.com).

 Sue Kessler, a performance and event photographer who will be showing work focusing on capturing live-action stills of theater, dance, and music.  (www.suekessler.com)

Cedar Mannan, working with neon lighting, who will be demonstrating the techniques used to form neon tubes.

Joel Mellin, a composer who will be showcasing musical sections of Vortex, a fully immersive 3 dimensional audio environment. He'll also be celebrating the limited edition 12" vinyl release of Must Pass, a melodic evolution through a scored thunderstorm, as well as demonstrating Balinese Gamelan techniques in preparation for his performance in the Bali Arts Festival in 2010 with Gamelan Dharma Swara.  (www.joelmellin.com). 

Chris Sorensen, a photographer who will be exhibiting his portraiture and abstract photography. (www.chris-sorensen.com)

Alex Waxman, working in several mediums, who will be showing a series of narrative charcoal drawings.

For more information on the individual artists, please visit the artist's website or www.35claver.com.

The event is free and open to the public.

Dates:                   May 15-16, Noon – 6:00 pm each day, rain or shine

Location:              35 Claver Place (between Fulton and Jefferson), Brooklyn

Contact:               Gina Inverso: 347-404-7758

Email:                   35claverplace@optonline.net

Website:              www.35claver.com