Wayfarers Gallery

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
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.

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Episode 53 : Wayfarers — The Amy Beecher Show - Podcast". amybeecher.show. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  3. "Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art". Bklyner. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  4. "RANSOM 2". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  5. "what we create may save us". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  6. Sentinel, Joseph and Barrie Ann George For The. "Art: Brooklyn collaborative's final exhibit shown in Carlisle gallery". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  7. "Anthropocene Blues at Wayfarers Captures our Ephemeral Moment". 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  8. "2019. 11 "American Wilderness Art Lab Tokyo and Art Lab Akiba"". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  9. 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.
  10. "2018. 05 "Blow Against The Walls"". Wayfarers. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  11. "Antonello Ghezzi in dialogue with Gilbert Hage - BLOW AGAINST THE WALLS - Galerie Tanit". www.galerietanit.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  12. S.r.l, Kinetica. "Gemellaggio Antonello/Ghezzi e Wayfarers sull'asse Bologna – NewYork". www.bo.cna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  13. Il Collettivo Antonello Ghezzi, retrieved 2021-09-19
  14. Maureen O'Leary, retrieved 2021-09-19
  15. "What Happened to All the Dyke Bars? An Artist Answers by Building Her Own". Observer. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  16. "'Eulogy For The Dyke Bar' Ponders The 'Mass Closing' Of Lesbian Bars – WONDERLAND". Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  17. 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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