DUMBO's Gallery Walk Happening This Thursday

DUMBO, BROOKLYN — There's no better time of year to stroll through the New York City streets than September, and this Thursday night happens to be the first day of the magical month.

As an added bonus it's also DUMBO's First Thursday Gallery Walk.

The free event is open to the public and takes place Sept. 1, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

"Visitors can enjoy incredible views of the East River and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges as they walk along the waterfront from one gallery to the next, and can enjoy local drink specials after their tour," organizers said.

To see the participating galleries for the gallery walk checkout the map:

Art in DUMBO provides an overview of the exhibits at participating galleries:

AICAD / New York Studio Residency Program (20 Jay Street, #M10) presents an exhibition of selected works from its New York Studio Practice summer residents: Gabriel Hopson, Jill Taffet, Nicci Pratten, Rebecca Connolly, and Zhijie Chang. The New York Studio Practice Residency is a studio-intensive mentorship program for non-student working artists. One night only.

Brooklyn Bridge Park (99 Plymouth Street) hosts Rush Arts Kids & Teens: Rush Will Take You To Funkytown. The free program for gifted students of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Summer SEssion provides underserved youth with exposure to the arts and opportunities to practice them. The students spent a week designing and painting site-specific murals inspired by the artwork of Xenobia Bailey as well as from the Park’s natural and manmade environments. On view through September 30, 2016.

CREATIVEBLOCH GALLERY (145 Front Street, Suite 17) hosts an open studio for rsident artists Joe Bloch and Alejandro Caiazza. Learn about the techniques used to create the art. One night only.

Gallery GAIA (79 Hudson Avenue) hosts the opening reception for BUDDHA: Artists from Around the World. The group of international artists – Sayyad Shaiek, Vani Ch, Nawat Lertsawaengkit, Janet Morgan, Tsaurah Litzky, Shiva, Neddi Heller, Chandana Khan, Sanjoy Majumder and Jackie Lima – explore what the Buddha means to them, personally and culturally. Curated by Jackie Lima. On view through October 2, 2016.

LIGHT YEAR (Pearl Street Triangle) presents Earth Revisited. As humankind evolves further into digital, non-terrestrial realities, Earth Revisited presents work by artists who reexamine their relationship to the earth itself. Featuring Danielle de Picciotto and Lary 7, Vadim Schaeffler and Pablo Paolo Kilian, Nina Sobell and Laura Ortman, Sarah Walko and Justin King, Laszlo Zsolt Bordos, Eike Berg and Jarboe, Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps and Alon Cohen. Curated by Leo Kuelbs. The Manhattan Bridge comes alive with LIGHT YEAR, a program of projected video art presented the First Thursday of every month. Founded in honor of the United Nations’ declaration of 2015 as The Year of Light and Light Art, LIGHT YEAR includes a well-rounded program of video artists from around the globe, highlighting DUMBO’s role as an important hub for technology and the arts. One night only, dusk to 10:30 p.m.

Made in NY Media Center (30 John Street) hosts the opening reception of BRDG Studios: Digital Dreamscape. Do computers dream when we put them to sleep? BRDG Studios, a Philadelphia-based creative studio known for large-scale, interactive environments, invites you to explore the dreams of our digital counterparts. Through interactive realtime generative art, explore and influence the Digital Dreamscapes that may exist all around us, yet remain unseen to our analog eyes. On view through September 30, 2016.

Main Window (1 Main Street) features Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, a site specific installation with recycled plastic and acetate. Viewable from the street 24/7. On view through November 11, 2016

Museum Quality (59 Pearl Street Brooklyn) presents the opening reception for Sophie Iremonger: Baroque Masters on Cardboard. Iremonger says, "The original Botticelli work has always annoyed me due the ridiculous anatomy of the Venus with her elongated neck. This annoyance evolved into an exploration of other old master paintings and an attempt to reclaim them as pagan, feminist and queer.” On view through October 1, 2016.

NYFA Gallery (20 Jay Street, Suite 740) presents Folk My Life. Established in 2012, t NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowship Programs’ Folk/ Traditional Arts category awards artists that are self-taught or practicing within a cultural community or tradition. Infusing a contemporary narrative into their respective cultural traditions, these artists work in various methods that include willow basket weaving, intricate Chinese paper cuts and water colors, Haitian Vodou Bottle making and depictive hooked rugs. During DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk, Balkan musisian and NYFA fellow Eva Salina will give a special performance in the gallery space at 7:00 PM. On view through October 21, 2016

Split Level (218 Plymouth Street) hosts the opening reception of Melanie Hope Greenbuerg: Melanie's Street, showcasing a collection of the artist’s illustrations of the past 35 years. On view through October 30, 2016.

Superfine (126 Front Street) presents the opening reception for Greg Dzurita: Bend, a series of acrylic paintings focusing on color and line. The amorphous shapes and colors found in Dzurita’s work evoke nature, music, science, and space. On view through September 30, 2016.

This Friday or Next Friday (89 Bridge Street) hosts the closing reception for Sessa Englund: Unintended Consequences. Unintended Consequences is a sculptural installation restricted from participation, instead the piece must be viewed online, but experienced physically in the space. On view through September 2, 2016.

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