Her mother was a painter and her father was a photographer, and her daughter is an artist as well. Since her youth, Baker was influenced by art. Her detailed paper constructions result from a process of combining hand and laser cut geometric forms based loosely on machine components. Last year my studio was in Brooklyn Fireproof, and that was hugely crowded.”Īt her “epic” studio, Baker plans to show her latest paper constructions and paintings that she has curated in her space. “I’m told the mother of all open studios. Her public art projects include MTA commissioned mosaics for the Manhattan’s Houston Street subway station and roundels for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Terminal at the Port of Miami for Miami-Dade Art in Public Places.īesides being in her studio, Brown will be joining gallerist Lesley Heller in putting on an outdoor sculpture show on Rock Street, owned by Boars Head.įor her second year with BOS ’15, Brooklyn native Nancy Baker will be working out of a studio in the 56 Bogart Street building. In addition to practicing her own artistry, Brown also owns and directs the gallery Storefront Ten Eyck in Brooklyn and sits on NURTUREart, the artist advisory board of BRIC, a nonprofit arts organization. It has an authentic feel that you don’t see very often anymore in New York, a throwback to another time.” “It’s a diverse, gritty neighborhood, not yet dominated by artists. With her location, Brown explained that she liked working here “because I am surrounded by makers of things,” said Brown of her location. Her paintings also reflect influences ranging from Cubism to African and Oceanic tribal objects.
During BOS ‘15, Brown will show paintings at her studio inspired by the tradition of formal portraiture and history pieces examining costumes, coiffures and convention of self-presentation in these genres. “It is also an opportunity to meet visitors interested in learning more about the resources and dynamics of our diverse community.”Ī student of art history and literature, Brown’s work references Classical and Baroque sculpture, 18 th-century paintings and 19 th-century novels. “The festival is a celebration of what we have created as artists working together,” said Deborah Brown, one of the festival’s early organizers in 2007 and also opening up her studio in East Williamsburg Industrial Business Zone this year.
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