Wayfarers Gallery
Former art gallery in New York City, USA
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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]
Exhibitions
| Year | Title | Artists | Type of event | curator
(if iapplicable) |
Venue for exhibition
(if part of artist exchange program) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ransom 2[3] | 417 artists[4] | Exhibition | ||
| 2020 | What we create may save us[5][6][2] | Kate Alboreo, Yael Azoulay, Patty Barth, Claire Blanchette, Elisabeth Condon, George Ferrandi, Dave Frye, Tom Keating, Cynthia Mason, David McQueen, Maureen O'Leary, Kimberly Reinhardt, Cynthia Reynolds, Samantha Robinson, Jillian Rose, Jonathan Sims, Meredith Starr, and Elise Wunderlich | Exchange Program Exhibition | Cynthia Reynolds | Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
| 2019 | Anthropocene Blues[7] | Kate Alboreo, Yael Azoulay, Brian Davis, George Ferrandi, Cynthia Mason, Kharis Kennedy, Kate Kosek, David McQueen, Cynthia Reynolds, Maureen O’Leary, Meredith Starr and Elise Wunderlich. | Exhibition | Jane Ursula Harris | |
| 2019 | American Wilderness[8] | Kate Alboreo, Patty Barth, Kharis Kennedy, Cynthia Mason, Maureen O'Leary, Meredith Starr | Exchange Program Exhibition | Art Lab Tokyo and Art Lab Akiba, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2018 | Transfer Queen[9] | Patty Barth and A. W. Strouse | Exhibition | ||
| 2018 | Blow Against the Walls[10][11][12] | Antonello Ghezzi | Exhibitition | ||
| 2018 | Lasciare la Terra[12][13][14] | Kate Kosek, Maureen O'Leary, Macon Reed, and Samantha Robinson | Exchange Program Exhibition | Palazzina Liberty, Bologna, Italy | |
| 2016 | havens.hangars | David Shaughnessy and Maureen O'Leary | Pop up exhibition | James Brittingham | |
| 2015 | Eulogy for the Dyke Bar[15][16] | Macon Reed | Artist in Residence |
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.
