myrtle windows gallery

The Myrtle Windows Gallery is an initiative that aims to create an open-air art gallery that ‘breaks down the walls’ of the traditional private art gallery to bring two-dimensional art to the public arena via the storefront window, where it is accessible to anyone simply walking down the street. Ten Myrtle Avenue storefronts between Clinton Avenue and Hall Street will temporarily transform part of their storefront windows for a month at a time into to a gallery space for hanging the works of Brooklyn-based artists. The initiative helps bring together artists, local businesses, and the community in a dialogue about art in public spaces.

The Partnership collaborated with the Pratt Design Incubator on the design of a storefront art hanging system for use by this program. The Gallery program will host three to four month-long exhibitions per year with the first exhibition kicking off in October 2008.

The Myrtle Windows Gallery is located in the following storefronts (from west to east):Karrot Health Food (431 Myrtle); Karen’s Body Beautiful (436 Myrtle); Three Stars Laundromat (439 Myrtle); Thai 101 Restaurant (455A Myrtle); Joseph Tyler Salon (456 Myrtle); Anima (458 Myrtle); Five Spot Supper Club (459 Myrtle); Move with Grace Dance & Yoga Studio (469 Myrtle); Miracles Unisex Barber Shop (473A Myrtle); Optimum Care Rehab (474 Myrtle); pillow cafe-lounge (505 myrtle).