Upcoming Events:
October 21 & 22, 2006: Autumn is here again and with it comes the annual Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour. I am settling in to my new studio so come and take a look! My new studio address is: 168 7th Street Suite 2L in Brooklyn.
Studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (October 21 & 22). You can pick up a map of the tour at any open studio or at several participating local businesses. For more information and to download a map, take a look at the Gowanus Artists website at www.gowanusartists.com. I hope to see you there!

Past Events:
July, 2006: I am currently in the process of moving my studio. I am not going far but packing sure takes time. Check in here for more info soon.

May 20 - 21, 2006: On Saturday and Sunday May 20 and 21st I will open my studio to the public again, this time as part of BWAC's Park Slope and Environs Open Studio Tour.
Stop by my sutdio at 295 Douglass (between 3rd and 4th Avenues) second floor and say hello.
Take the R train to Union Street or the Q, 2, 3, D, N, 4, or 5 trains to Atlantic/Pacific. Subway map here.
Click here for a street map.
April 30, 2006: My how the time flies! Another year has past and it is time again for Worldwide Pinhole Camera Day.
Dust off that pinhole camera or build a new one. Take it out on Sunday (April 30) and send your favorite shot to the online gallery at www.pinholeday.org
This year, I am going to build a pinhole camera that takes regular 35mm film.
Want to try it too? It's here: http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html.
As always, for more information and to see the online gallery, visit www.pinholeday.org
March 28 - May 14, 2006: From the end of March to the middle of May I will be showing about thirty of my Vandyke Brown Prints at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza. The show, which inlcudes the work of two other photographers as well, is entitled "Back to Basics" and explores some early photographic processes.
For more information visit the library's Events Page at: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/exhibitions/2006/
 or read my press release for the exhibition here.
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To get to the library, take the 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza or Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum of Art station, or the Q to 7th Avenue. You can get a map and/or driving directions here.

While you're in the neighborhood consider visiting the following places. They are all within a few blocks of the library and Subway stops.

March 2 & 3, 2006: For two days only I will be participating in a group show at The Liberty Condominium in South Park Slope. The show will be open from 6pm to 9pm on Thursday and Friday evenings (Reception on Thursday March 2).
The Liberty Condominium is at 207 22nd Street (btw 4th and 5th). Take the M or R trians to 25th Street.
October 22 & 23, 2005: It is again time for the annual Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour. Studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (October 22 & 23). You can pick up a map of the tour at any open studio or at several participating local businesses. For more information and to download a map, take a look at the Gowanus Artists website at www.gowanusartists.com. I hope to see you there!
May 1 - 31, 2005: For the entire month of May a large selection of my alternative Polaroid prints will be on display at The Artback, the gallery space at Shakespeare's Sister in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.With plenty of space there, I was able to hang many of my pictures that I haven't been able to show in a while.Shakespeare's Sister is at 270 Court Street (between Douglass and Butler Streets) in Brooklyn, New York and online at www.shakespearessister.com.Stop by and take a look. Let me know what you think via e-mail: info@pbarrettphoto.com.

April 24, 2005: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is here again! To repeat from below: Build a pinhole camera and take some pictures. Choose your favorite and send it to the Pinhole Day web site for inclusion in an enormous (and growing ever year) online gallery. Visit www.pinholeday.org for more information and links to resources for designing, building and using your pinhole camera.

April 16 & 17, 2005: Once again it is time for the Spring Open Studio at 295 Douglass Street. I will be opening my studio to the public with twelve other artists who share space at 295 Douglass Street in Brooklyn (between 3rd and 4th Avenues). Our studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (April 16 & 17). For more information and directions visit: www.gowanusartists.com/295Douglass.
October 23 & 24, 2004: It is again time for the annual Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour. Studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (October 23 & 24). You can pick up a map of the tour at any open studio or at several participating local businesses. For more information and to download a map, take a look at the Gowanus Artists website at www.gowanusartists.com. I hope to see you there!
May 16, 2004: It's springtime and so time again for the Fifth Avenue Street Fair in Brooklyn. The fair is from 11am to 6pm on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. My booth will be between Carroll and Garfield. If you are in New York City, this festival is worth a visiting. There are many fun and delicious things to eat, drink, see and do.
April 24 & 25, 2004: I will again be opening my studio to the public; this time with nine other artists who share space at 295 Douglass Street in Brooklyn (between 3rd and 4th Avenues). Our studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (April 24 & 25). For more information and directions visit: www.gowanusartists.com/295Douglass.
April 25, 2004: It's Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day again! This year Pinhole Day falls on the Sunday of my open studio weekend (see above). I will be taking pinhole photographs all day while I meet with visitors to my studio. As I said last year: Build a pinhole camera and take some pictures. Choose your favorite and send it to the Pinhole Day web site for inclusion in one of the largest online galleries I have ever seen. Visit www.pinholeday.org for more information and links to resources for designing, building and using your pinhole camera.

October 25 & 26, 2003: I will be opening my studio to the public along with many other local artists for the annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour. Studios will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday (October 25 & 26). You can pick up a map of the tour at any open studio or at several participating local businesses. For more information and to download a map, take a look at the Gowanus Artists website at www.gowanusartists.com.
May 18, 2003: I will again be participating in the Fifth Avenue Street Fair in Brooklyn. The fair is from 11am to 7pm on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. My booth will be between Union and Sackett Streets. If you are in New York City, this festival is worth visiting. There are many fun and delicious things to eat, drink, see and do.
May 13, 2003: The Positive Focus fundraiser (see below) will be repeated at Southpaw in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
For more information on this event visit Positive Focus at www.positivefocus.org or Southpaw at www.spsounds.com.

April 27, 2003: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! Build a pinhole camera and take some pictures. Choose your favorite and send it to the Pinhole Day web site for inclusion in one of the largest online galleries I have ever seen. Visit www.pinholeday.org for more information and links to resources for designing, building and using your pinhole camera.

February 24, 2003: Three of my images were presented at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of a fund raiser for Positive Focus, a Brooklyn based group which provides low cost photography classes for Brooklyn youth.
For more information on Positive Focus, visit them at www.positivefocus.org.
Check back to this page soon as I will contstantly update the events listings.

This page was last updated on October 17, 2006.