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For Press 3rd ANNUAL BOCOCA ARTS FESTIVAL OPENS THIS JUNE IN BROOKLYN
The Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival will be presenting strong lineups of plays, music and visual art from Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 26, in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. BAF places visual and performing artists in unconventional venues – like bars, art galleries and the New York City Transit Museum – in order to simultaneously showcase emerging artists, local businesses and the three unique neighborhoods.
The goal of this unusual festival is to connect emerging artists, local businesses and the public in order to challenge the perception of art and to foster community. It is produced by Husky Dog Productions, a Brooklyn-based company.
This 10-day event will criss-cross the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, presenting emerging works in theater, music and visual art. All work will be “cast” in unconventional venues.
This year’s BAF venues include Deity Supper Club, Linger Lounge and Steve’s Craft Ice Cream on Atlantic Avenue; Ceol Irish Pub on Smith Street; Carroll Park on Court Street; the New York City Transit Museum on Livingston Street; and the YWCA on 3rd Avenue.
The lineup of the Theater and Performance Art Division features absurdist looks at American life, ambitious collaborations of multiple playwrights, and highly individual takes on themes like memory and the burden of secrets.
The festival’s Music Division is equally exciting. Woven into double bills with theater performances and showcased with visual art exhibitions are talented bands and solo artists playing alternative rock, jazz, folk, funk and hip-hop. The influences that inform the musicians range from classical to punk to rhythm and blues.
The Visual Art Division features thought-provoking paintings, photographs and multi-media works that will make use of the unique and challenging spaces they will inhabit.
We invite you to look at our webpage, www.bococaartsfestival.com.
BoCoCa Arts Festival
June 17-26, 2011
Mary Wei
Public Relations Coordinator
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Interviews: We would be happy to arrange interviews with Eileen Trilli, the festival’s artistic producer, and/or some of the individual artists participating in the festival (see the webpage for a comprehensive listing).
Contact: Mary Wei at 859-358-8641; pr@bococaartsfestival.com
BOCOCA OUTDOORS AT CARROLL PARK
Join us for the BoCoCa Arts Festival's recent annual addition -- BoCoCa Outdoors at Carroll Park -- on Saturday, June 18th from 11-5:00 pm! BoCoCa Outdoors is presented by BR & Time Bomb with Husky Dog Productions as part of the Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival,
This free outdoor event will include activities for all ages! From 11:30am- 3pm Free kids Sports & Visual Art workshops will be presented by Co-producers BR & Timebomb; Kids Acting Workshops will be presented by Professional NYC Actors & Teachers.
Kicking off 5 hours of Live music at 12pm is The Devlin Miles Group, followed by Ganessa James Trio, Swift Technique, with event headliners BR and Timebomb! Visit http://www.bococaartsfestival.com/musicians.php for more information on the eclectic bands performing in the Festival!
To round out this exciting new outdoor event we have Jewlery Artisans, Visual Artist, Face Painters, Food Vendors, and much, much more!
BoCoCa Outdoors @ Carroll Park promises to be an exciting & interesting event so relax, enjoy, have fun, see art!
BoCoCa Outdoors is presented by BR and TimeBomb, in conjunction with Husky Dog Productions, as part of the Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival, a ten-day Theater, Music & Visual Art festival, staged in unconventional venues throughout the Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carrol Gardens Communities. The BoCoCa Arts Festival acting under the non-profit umbrella organization, Synchronicity Space strives to connect emerging artists, local businesses and the public to challenge the perception of art and foster community!
We invite you to look at our webpage, www.bococaartsfestival.com.
BoCoCa Arts Festival
June 17th-26th, 2011
Mary Wei
Public Relations Coordinator
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Interviews: We would be happy to arrange interviews with Eileen Trilli, the festival’s artistic producer, and/or some of the individual artists participating in the festival (see the webpage for a comprehensive listing).
Contact: Mary Wei at 859-358-8641; pr@bococaartsfestival.com
BOCOCA ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES A STRONG THEATER LINEUP
The Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival will be presenting a strong lineup of unusually ambitious plays. The 10-day festival will run from Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 26, in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The festival places visual and performing artists in unconventional venues – like bars, art galleries and nightclubs – in order to simultaneously showcase emerging artists, local businesses and unique neighborhoods.
Two of the plays are interwoven collaborations.
“Brooklyn Labyrinth” is an ambitious retelling of the Minotaur myth set in three different Brooklyn neighborhoods: “Dumbo,” by Kate Kertez, is about a powerful family trying to protect its reputation; “Bensonhurst,” by Isaac Rathbone, is about a working class family struggling with chaos and dysfunction; while “Daedalus at the Navy Yards,” by Sergei Burbank, examines the way truth can become distorted over time.
“Will Work For ...,” a collection of short pieces by Mary Conroy, Charlene A. Donaghy, Lea Leneskie-Kotte, John Ray, Dash Combs, Aaron Kotte and Erin Hogan, deals with the effects of the recession. With a sharp satiric outlook – and a dollop of sentiment – they explore the thoughts of fired employees, the job interview process and the stresses that unemployment places on relationships.
Two of the other BAF plays take absurdist looks at American life: “Barnaby,” an existential comedy, centers around two hipsters whose daily routines and sexual frustrations take on the tones of epic tragedy. “Turtleback High,” by Kevin Dedes, is about a well-meaning teacher attempting to deal with the aftermath of the apparent slaughter of the “Turtleback Turtles.”
The final two BAF plays center around the burdens that secrets place on their holders and the shortcomings of memory. “What’s in a Name,” by Timothy Nolan, is about a woman who hasn’t had a good night’s sleep in 40 years and is learning that the secrets that are the hardest to keep are also the hardest to reveal. In “Island,” a woman searches for a husband she no longer fully remembers, and a man tries to piece together what it is about the woman that he finds familiar.
Theater performances will be followed by live music. And visual art exhibitions will be showcased along with the plays and music. There will be four performances of each play – on different dates and at different times – giving theater-goers ample opportunity to catch each play.
BoCoCa Arts Festival
June 17-26, 2011
Contact: Mary Wei
Public Relations Coordinator
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Interviews: We would be happy to arrange interviews with Eileen Trilli, the festival’s artistic producer, and/or some of the creative talents involved putting together the theater productions. (See the webpage for a more detailed listing.)
Contact: Mary Wei at 859-358-8641; pr@bococaartsfestival.com.
BOCOCA ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AN ECLECTIC MUSICAL LINEUP
The Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival will be presenting an outstanding musical lineup covering an unusually wide range of styles. The 10-day festival will run from Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 26, in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The BAF places visual and performing artists in unconventional venues – like bars, art galleries and The New York City Transit Museum – in order to showcase emerging artists, local businesses and unique neighborhoods.
Many exciting and well-received musical acts from the 2010 festival are returning. The hiphop band BR and Timebomb stopped traffic last year at the Smith Street Sunday Fun Day (where it represented BAF). The festival is particularly pleased to have it back, since its strong rhythms and memorable melodic riffs never fail to wow audiences. But it’s not the only great band that is continuing its association with BAF. Fatback, a fresh, original funk band with a three-piece horn section, creates a party atmosphere wherever it plays. The Ganessa James Trio, fronted by twins Ganessa and Tiffany James, does original rock/soul music. the Primordial Jazz Funktet serves up jazz with a funk twist. The Eric DiVito Group offers modern interpretations of traditional and contemporary jazz standards, as well as original compositions. And Colorform blends poetic lyricism, guitars, cello, vocals and visual art.
BAF is also excited about the talented group of emerging musicians joining the festival this year: Swift Technique is a Philadelphia-based funk, soul and hiphop band that has opened for acts like Wu-Tang Clan. Ferns’ musical influences are punk, blues and garage rock. The Devlin Miles Band delivers Southern-influenced rock. Amber Landing features three-part vocal harmony and soaring melodies. Solo artists include Philippe Treuille; Andrew Mancilla, a prolific singer-songwriter; Chris Blacker a singer-songwriter who is also a virtuoso piano player; and Gilbane Peck, who accompanies himself with various acoustic instruments.
Musical performances will precede or follow theater performances, and the venues hosting these performers will also feature visual art exhibitions.
For music samples & the full festival schedule visit, www.bococaartsfestival.com.
BoCoCa Arts Festival
June 17-26, 2011
Mary Wei
Public Relations Coordinator
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Interviews: We would be happy to arrange interviews with Eileen Trilli, the festival’s artistic producer, and/or some of the individual artists participating in the festival (see the webpage for a comprehensive listing).
Contact: Mary Wei at 859-358-8641; pr@bococaartsfestival.com
BOCOCA ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS VISUAL ARTS LINEUP
The Third Annual BoCoCa Arts Festival will present a talented lineup of visual artists. The 10-day festival will run from Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 26, in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The festival places visual and performing artists in unconventional venues – like bars, night clubs and the New York City Transit Museum – in order to simultaneously showcase emerging artists, local businesses and unique neighborhoods.
The festival’s Visual Arts Division is excited to welcome the emerging visual artists Jim Stanis, who specializes in biomedical visualization; Rebecca Bahr, whose work is pop art inspired; Aleksander Betko, who uses New York City as a backdrop; Carole Cohen, whose photographs have been published in Libération (a national French magazine); Anna Alfredson, who investigates the conceptual ties between knowledge, light and interpretation; Caitlin Flynn, who says her work has one common theme: inner thoughts; Selena Josephs, whose work plays with the cultural interconnectivity of nature and science; Andrew Murray, who uses anthropomorphic shapes that are recognizable at times but at times are not; Gilbane Peck, who is also a solo musical artist (both his visual art and his musical performance were highly praised in the 2010 festival); and Jasmine Pecheo, a high school artist whose work is already impressive.
The visual art exhibitions will be showcased with plays and music. Typically, musical performances precede or follow plays, and visual artwork is displayed in the venues that are hosting the plays and musical performances.
For find more information on the visual artists and to see photographs of some of their work visit, www.bococaartsfestival.com.
BoCoCa Arts Festival
June 17-26, 2011
Mary Wei
Public Relations Coordinator
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Interviews: We would be happy to arrange interviews with Eileen Trilli, the festival’s artistic producer, and/or some of the individual artists participating in the festival (see the webpage for a comprehensive listing).
Contact: Mary Wei at 859-358-8641; pr@bococaartsfestival.com
See and Hear BoCoCa Arts Festival @ Smith Street Funday Sunday
June 26,2011 from Noon to 6PM
Not a tube sock, not a sheet, no massage chairs! There is something special about Smith Street’s Annual Festival. It is not just coordinated -- it is “curated”. We start with a street full of special shops with an eclectic variety of things you will want to wear, consume, eat, or otherwise enjoy --
and to that we add our BOCOCA neighborhood art and craft talent, community activism, interests
and collections; plus the independent designers, the joie de vivre, and only the finest region wide assortment of vendors of merchandise you will really want to bring home.
We are eight blocks long -- deliberately not the longest or the biggest because we aim to bring you Brooklyn’s most exotically perfect bazaar!! Our businesses also aim to bring you fun – by sponsoring great local music and entertainment at four locations along the way..
Not to be missed is - Stinky Brooklyn”s fourth annual “Cheese Eating Contest” which will take place at 2:30 PM on the stage in front of their sister store Smith & Vine Wine Shop, between Sackett and DeGraw. That same stage will hold “StinkFest”, a day long schedule of entertainment with something for everyone -- all ages and tastes.
The BOCOCA Arts Festival will bring an array of local talent to Ceol Pub between Warren & Baltic Streets, Angry Wades will provide their exquisite choices of local music groups at the corner of Butler Street, and of course there will be salsa dancing to live bands in the street in front of Tony’s Hardware and Cibao Restaurant between Wyckoff & Warren Streets.
Take the F or G to Bergen Street. Stroll, shop, and sample along Smith Street from Bergen to Union Streets (watch out for possible MTA weekend work – you never know)
Unconventional Venues, Emerging Artists -- It's BoCoCa Arts Time!
The BoCoCa Arts Festival starts today and continues for 10 days.
In an effort to support local art, the BoCoCa Arts Festival is back for its third year. Running June 17 - 26, the fest features more than 100 artists and takes place all over South Brooklyn -- in unconventional spaces.
The mission of the festival, explained Mary Wei, public relations coordinator for BoCoCa, is to connect emerging artists, local businesses and the public to “challenge the perception of art [and] foster community.”
The festival, which has blossomed over the years, started at Eileen Trilli’s kitchen table — she now serves as the festival’s artistic producer.
“We started discussing the artistic and passionate history of Boerum Hill and the amazing talent of artists that live in NYC area,” said Trilli.
The kitchen table meeting involved Don Blydenburgh who is now a BoCoCa board member and Annie Keating who is the festival’s artistic director.
“The idea was [to] harness the passion and energy of the new business owners in the neighborhood and provide a platform for emerging artists to showcase their talents,” said Trilli.
This year, Husky Dog Productions will present emerging artists in unorthodox venues, including bars, coffee shops, clubs, working businesses, restaurants, gardens, vacant storefronts and vintage structures. Not only will this setup support local artwork, it will also showcase businesses and neighborhoods, said Wei.
The festival will be spread amongst several different venues, including Carroll Park, Ceol Irish Pub,Deity, Linger Lounge, New York City Transit Museum and the YWCA. Approximately 100 artists, including musicians, visual artists, actors, directors and designers, will showcase their work throughout the venues.
For artist and BoCoCa Arts Festival first-timer Carole Cohen, the festival is the perfect platform to debut her photo project to the public.
“I was looking for a local art festival to show it to the pubic for the first time,” she said. “The BoCoCa Arts Festival is the best place for that — showing my naked ladies to cool art people in the summer, in Brooklyn.”
Cohen, who recently moved to Brooklyn from Paris, will exhibit 10 photos from her piece, “Hot child in the city,” which consists of naked female backs in different parts of Brooklyn. She is excited to see the audience reaction.
“Things go too slow[ly] over there [Paris] for art,” she said. “You really feel like everything is possible and easy to access in New York. The competition is way more intense…there [are] so many places and opportunities.”
Sara Wolkowitz of Conflict of Interest Theater Company will be directing three short plays by three playwrights, each a contemporary take on the Greek’s mythological creature, the Minotaur.
“There are so many opportunities to collaborate with interesting, imaginative people who will push you into being the artist you want to be,” she said of being an artist in New York City.
As for Carroll Gardens and its surrounding neighborhoods, Wolkowitz enjoys walking down Smith Street and looking into the windows, despite not being a shopper.
“I love the atmosphere of BoCoCa,” she said.
BoCoCa Arts Festival’s organizers are hoping to break the 1,000-visitor mark this year, said Trilli. She hopes to do this through this year’s new partnerships with the Transit Museum, Steve’s Craft Ice Cream (opening soon on Atlantic Avenue) and the YWCA.
Visitors who venture to Carroll Park on June 18 can sit back and relax while listening to live music and participating in children’s workshops. The groups kicking off the live music are The Spanish Channel, Ganessa James Trio, Loud Apt, and Rawson. Headliners include Illardscott and BR, and Timebomb.
Should visitors need a bite to eat, the park will also host food vendors.
And for those who wish to see art underground, the Transit Museum is featuring art and music on its subway platform June 19.
“We believe there is something for everyone,” said Trilli.
Artist Aleksander Betko has taken advantage of the New York City scene with his four oil paintings he will showcase at the festival.
“I have lived in the neighborhood since 1996,” he said. “This is my home…There is a great comfort to that ‘neighborhood feeling.’”
His paintings are narrative or genre scenes specific to life in New York City — one of his greatest artistic influences being the city’s architecture.
“One of the greatest influences, apart from comfort and sheer beauty, is the unyielding sense of classicism that exists in the architecture,” he said. “There is a brilliant coupling of old world and new world as we live in old buildings built with immigrant hands in a modern world.”
BoCoCa’s Trilli, who has lived in Boerum Hill for seven years, has become close with her artistic neighbors.
“There is a ton of life, innovation and growth happening on many different levels,” she said. “A walk around the neighborhoods shows new businesses mixed with old artist studios, restaurants with daring food concepts, lifelong brownstone residents, young families and creatives everywhere…Our goal is to connect these very diverse aspects of the neighborhood by bringing business, art and community together for a focused event.”
For Trilli and her team, who spend 10 months putting together a 10-day event, seeing everything come together is the most exciting part.
“It’s very rewarding to actualize the fruits of our labor,” Trilli said. “I’m very proud of the artists in this festival. Each one of them is living their dream, showcasing their passion and hard work. It’s a really awesome thing to witness.”
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