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Wayfarers Gallery

Wayfarers Gallery

Former art gallery in New York City, USA

Wayfarers was a non-profit studio program and art gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York founded by American artist George Ferrandi.[1] The venue existed between 2011 and 2020 with a front gallery that faced DeKalb street that had rotating exhibitions, as well as studios for member artists, a commons area and additional exhibition space in the back. Wayfarers featured a wide range of programming including regular exhibitions by member and guest artists, pop-up exhibitions, performances, readings, editions, a summer artist-in-residence program, and an international exhibition exchange program.[2]

Wayfarers gallery and studio space on DeKalb Street, Brooklyn, New York (2018)
Exhibition ephemera. Announcement card (both sides) for 'havens.hangars,' a pop up exhibition at Wayfarers gallery in 2016.

Exhibitions

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2015 Eulogy for the Dyke Bar

In 2015, Chicago-based artist Macon Reed featured her installation art "Eulogy for the Dyke Bar" at Wayfarers. Composed of cardboard, plaster, and wood, it was a life-size depiction of a gay bar representing the declining phenomenon of the LGBT community. In March 2016, the exhibition was again featured in the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair.[17]

Exhibited Artists

Wayfarers has exhibited local and national artists including John Orth, Macon Reed, Christy Gast, David (Scout) McQueen, Hiroki Otsuka, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, Ryan Crowley, Charlotte Evans, and many more.

References

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    Disser, Nicole (10 March 2015). "Talking With George Ferrandi, Director of Wayfarers Studio Program and Gallery in Bushwick". Brooklyn Magazine. Northside Media Group. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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    "Episode 53 : Wayfarers — The Amy Beecher Show - Podcast". amybeecher.show. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    "Anthropocene Blues at Wayfarers Captures our Ephemeral Moment". 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    "2019. 11 "American Wilderness Art Lab Tokyo and Art Lab Akiba"". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    Paybarah, Azi; Levine, Alexandra S.; Wolfe, Jonathan (2018-11-09). "New York Today: We Like Big. Are Google and Amazon Too Big?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    "2018. 05 "Blow Against The Walls"". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    "Antonello Ghezzi in dialogue with Gilbert Hage - BLOW AGAINST THE WALLS - Galerie Tanit". www.galerietanit.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    S.r.l, Kinetica. "Gemellaggio Antonello/Ghezzi e Wayfarers sull'asse Bologna – NewYork". www.bo.cna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    Il Collettivo Antonello Ghezzi, retrieved 2021-09-19
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    Maureen O'Leary, retrieved 2021-09-19
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    "What Happened to All the Dyke Bars? An Artist Answers by Building Her Own". Observer. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    "'Eulogy For The Dyke Bar' Ponders The 'Mass Closing' Of Lesbian Bars – WONDERLAND". Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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    Martinez, Alanna (15 February 2016). "What Happened to All the Dyke Bars? An Artist Answers by Building Her Own". The New York Observer. New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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