BWAC is an artist-run, 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. We provide opportunities for artists to exhibit their work, develop professionally, and engage the public in the experience of art.

Please consider a donation to help us reimagine our next chapter. BWAC has been without a permanent location since the September 17, 2025 fire in Red Hook and is actively seeking space to host exhibitions. Currently, BWAC is exhibiting at The Whale Building, 14 53rd St., Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

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EXCLAIM! celebrates the ability of art to communicate, connect, challenge, inspire and heal. Through diverse personal and artistic perspectives, the exhibition invites viewers to experience, reflect, discuss and discover the many ways artists respond to the changing world around them.

OPEN CALL FOR ART - deadline August 20
Show dates: Sept. 17-Oct.18, 2026
Location: Whale Building, 14 53rd St,. Sunset Park, Brooklyn 11220

Crazy Joy Time for You

A solo exhibition by BWAC member Kumi Hirose

July 2-August 2, 2026

Open weekends 1-6 pm at The Whale Building, Sunset Park

Summer of Soccer: The World’s Game

A national juried exhibition celebrating the global passion and cultural impact of the world's most popular sport. Reflecting personal experiences, local soccer culture, legendary moments, or the sport's influence around the world, these artists have captured the excitement, emotion, diversity, and universal appeal of what has been called, "the beautiful game."

Open weekends 1-6 pm at The Whale Building, Sunset Park

Between Two Waterfronts: A Brooklyn Landscape

BWAC Member artists explore the Brooklyn waterfront as both a lived environment and a symbolic space, where land meets water, industry meets community, and histories of labor, migration, and culture are shaped by ongoing urban change..

Open weekends 1-6 pm at The Whale Building, Sunset Park

Unmoored / Unbound

MAY 21 - AUG. 9 @ Powerhouse Arts

Unmoored / Unbound is a BWAC juried group exhibition in collaboration with Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus. The show presents artworks that explore themes of loss, transition, liberation, freedom and deliverance.