Alicia Degener artwork @ Brooklyn Holiday Happenings!

 Well, the Holidays are here! It's that exciting time of the year when one contemplates how to find great, unique and thoughtful gifts (hopefully not too expensive!) for your dear ones. Here are two suggestions that involve my art....Surprise!!! 

On the first weekend in December come down to the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights and check out my art of course but also 30 other artisans who make some really fabulous, cool and one of kind items for gift giving. I can attest to their greatness since I have been working on curating this juried show since July! Free admission to the museum and my cookies and cider to boot!

NYCreates Holiday Craft Fair highlights local artists at Brooklyn Historical Society

View from Brooklyn Bridge Park, by Alicia Degener, of Bay Ridge, 12 x 18 watercolor on paper.Images courtesy of NYCreates

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Seventeen Brooklyn artists will be featured at the NYCreates 11th Holiday Craft Fair Dec. 6-7, 2014, in the landmark Brooklyn Historical Society’s Great Hall. Of the 40 artisans, fine artists and photographers from all boroughs, those from Brooklyn represent Gowanus, Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Bath Beach and Carroll Gardens, as well as Greenwood Heights, South Slope, Red Hook, Dyker Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant and Sheepshead Bay. NYCreates is a non-profit organization [501c3], committed to expand opportunities, visibility and marketability of NYC’s crafts artists and artisans.

Among these artisans and artists, the largest number specialize in handcrafted ceramics. The Brooklyn artists also include a jeweler, candle maker and crochet expert, as well as a photographer and fine artists who will exhibit and sell their best work in time for the holidays.

For more information, visit  http://newyorkcreates.wordpress.com/. Brooklyn Historical Society is located at 128 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights. Dec. 6 hours are 12 – 6 p.m.; Dec. 7 hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts and Brooklyn Historical Society.

 

December weekend 2: Friday night 4-10pm Decemeber 12th & Saturday, Decemebr 13th 12pm-8pm. From the folks who gave Brooklyn the Gowanus Night Market I've been selected to be one of the Brooklyn artists participating in Pop2 in a "5500 vacant comercial space in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn' (200 Livingston St). "The market will offer a mix of DIY gift making stations for makers at heart wanting to personalize their shopping experience as well as Brooklyn based vendors selling one of a kind items" ...that would be me! The event is sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery and some fantastic food trucks will have vittles so to me it sounds pretty wild & wonderful....have fun while you shop!

Last but not least the 2015 Calendars will be available. This year I will be offering 2 versions: Coney Island and Brooklyn Landscapes. Order yours today in the AliciaDegener.com gift shop!

Hope to see you and joyous Holidays!

Alicia