hsa x COPE NYc public mural reveal

COPE NYc 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206

October 16 | COPE NYC

Celebrating the Harlem School of the Arts 630 Flushing Mural Reveal at COPE NYC

For the past several months, student artists from the Harlem School of the Arts have immersed themselves in research about the vibrant tenants of 630 Flushing. Their goal was to visually capture the unique spirit and character of the building and its community. COPE NYC, located within this very space, has had the pleasure of partnering with the Harlem School of the Arts on various creative projects and knew their talented artists would be perfect for capturing the essence of this remarkable building.

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FASHION WEEK BROOKLYN X COPE NYC CONTENT CREATION

COPE NYc 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206

December 2 | COPE NYC

BLUE WAVE EXPERIENCE EPISODE 2

COPE NYc 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206

July 30 | COPE NYC

Blue Wave is back on July 30! COPE NYC X BK STYLE Foundation presents ‘Blue Wave Episode 2.’ We could not resist after a successful Blue Wave Experience kick off in March, included soiree, featured music performances of Brooklyn Finest DJS, local vendors selling all things blue, runways, art shows, accompanied by food and drinks from local businesses and raising awareness of Denim Day.

12 to 7 pm Meet the local Vendors

12 to 7 pm Denim Swap bring your denim and swap for another.

12 to 8 pm ‘It Blue Me Away.’ at our THE IW GALLERY First Floor.

4 to 10 Pm BLUE WAVE EXPERIENCE first rooftop party, Line up of DJS with gorgeous NYC views.

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NYC DESIGNX AN AFTERNOON OF ART!

COPE NYc 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206

May 20 | COPE NYC
1 - 5pm | Old Pfizer Building - Acumen, 630 Fushing Ave, Brooklyn | Open to public
Festive Art and Design Afternoon
Presented in partnership with Villa Albertine, Valerie Goodman Gallery, Parsons The New School, Brandon Haw Architecture, Harlem School of the Art and PS 373 K. Come assist to a festive afternoon of group exhibitions with local and international designers, artists, art students, and the community.

1 pm - 2:30 pm at the Penthouse.  Join us at the penthouse for the inauguration of French artist, Jacques Jarrige's site-specific sculpture, Pfizer Cascade,  curated by Vida Sabbaghi to take place on the roof of the building. This will be part two of the ongoing installation that started with the lobby sculpture a year ago as a collaboration with Valerie Goodman Gallery and COPE NYC.

We will offer a toast alongside two custom spatial systems for Blue, a striking presentation commissioned and curated by Vida Sabbaghi.  Blue emphasizes the emotional impact of this color while foregrounding its historical connotations. The exhibition is presented in a subtle way throughout the interior, interacting with visitors at their own pace.

2 pm - 4 pm in the Lobby. Villa Albertine residents Manuela Paul-Cavalier and François Xavier Richard present the work they have been developing throughout a series of workshops with the Harlem School of the Arts, and PS 373 K’s students.

1 pm - 5 pm at IW GALLERY  (1st Floor).  We will celebrate the many accomplishments of incredible young individuals at Parsons Scholars Senior Capstone exhibition.

4 pm - 5 pm at the Brandon Haw Architecture Studio (3rd floor) We will experience a unique opening. The studio is a key part of the growing nexus of creative talent within the 630 Flushing community. BHA maintains a diverse international portfolio ranging from entire city masterplans, residential condominiums, and family housing projects, to offices, interiors, and furniture.

Blue Wave Experience

COPE NYc 630 Flushing Ave, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The Blue Wave Experience brought to you by Bk Style Foundation and COPE NYC, is a smorgasboard of creatives, makers, and brands bringing all things blue.

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2022 thrive fest

COPE NYC& THE IW GALLERY, 630 Flushing Ave, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Brooklyn Arts Council presents . . .

Thrive Fest 2022 

Abundance, Sustainability, and Growth

October 27th, 2022 

2:30 to 7:30pm 

Hosts: COPE NYC THE IW GALLERY, First Floor and  630 Flushing Avenue Lobby , Brooklyn NY 11206

Gathering Artists, Financial Advisors, Funders, and Cultural Entrepreneurs 

Exchanging Tools, Strategies, Connections 

Pipelines to Power, Opportunity, and Inspiration 

Presented with Community Partners COPE NYC and Brooklyn Style Foundation 

Brooklyn Arts Council is presenting Thrive Fest 2022 to empower Creatives to THRIVE financially.

Are you or do you know a Creative that wants to grow financially?  

Thrive Fest 2022 is the moment you’ve been waiting for to connect with financial advisors, service providers, other entrepreneurs and funders exchanging resources, strategies, and inspiration for financial success.  

In addition to conversations with Homebuying advisors, marketing experts, and digital app founder/entrepreneurs, BAC will also debut Thrive Brooklyn, a new digital multi-media resource guide and an ever-expanding pipeline to power, tools, and insight for Thriving in the cultural sector.  The day begins with a screening of the web series, STYLE: Pathways in Entrepreneurship, featuring visionary fashion entrepreneurs charting paths of bravery and success with business models that interrupt inequity. Imara Jones, founder of TransLash, closes the day with her Keynote conversation.

On Oct 27th come get tips on successful crowdfunding, Business Plan modeling, winning grants, and more. 

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thrive-fest-2022-tickets-425795966197

Power up your abundance at BAC’s Thrive Fest 2022

Schedule: https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/events/thrive-fest-2022

The Third Eye Residency Project 

COPE NYC, 630 Flushing Avenue, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The Third Eye Residency Project developed by Michela Martello was selected by COPE NYC for its experiential, unchartered nature. It involved creatives of all ages interested in artmaking. Artist in Residence, Michela Martello, invited artists to use various processes to create art, including being blindfolded and using the hand not typically used. The artists used flattened white cardboard boxes as canvases. The choice of this familiar material as the backdrop for untapped creativity complimented the unknown outcomes of the process. The unusual shapes of the flattened boxes were used to create a collective mural titled, “She Wore Her Vibes Like an Invisible Crown” and individual works. Working towards mutual goals through a multi-sensory platform can provide new perspectives of creative outcomes.

September 19 - October 3, 2021, 4 to 6 pm

Viewing by appointment only. Please schedule in advance and reserve your time slot here: https://calendly.com/cope-nyc/third-eye-residency-project?month=2021-09

Left Unsaid, Miss (in) Personae 

5th floor, 630 Flushing Ave Brooklyn, NY 11206 July 4 -18, 2021

Left Unsaid, Miss (in) Personae

Parsons School of Design’s Fine Arts Exhibition Committee is pleased to present “Left Unsaid, Miss (in) Personae,” an exhibition in partnership with COPE NYC featuring Parsons young artists, alumni, and faculty. The group show will highlight a variety of media including paintings, sculptures, book arts, installation, and performance. Left Unsaid brings together nineteen artists whose works provoke/investigate what is left unsaid and missing in personae, as a methodology for exploring their individual concerns. Presented today against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, these artists’ engagements investigate the themes in which words are at constant risk of misinterpretation in the cyber-networks of the pandemic world.

Opening, by invite only, July 5, 6 - 9 pm.

Viewing by appointment only. A curator will be present during 30-min appointment. Please reserve your slot at: https://calendly.com/25eastgallery/30min

SNEAKERS US!

Sneakers US!

Teens created their own sneaker designs with beads. Their artistic contributions show us how design can be used to convey a personal message to learn and grow from. We are happy their works are part of the global fashion event, Swapataria.

Bridging Communities through Art is a multidisciplinary program that helps foster positive experiences and enhance wellbeing through a safe nurturing environment for self and group expression. The program includes art making, exhibitions, performances, artist talks, and opportunities to interact with other artists. Bridging Communities through Art offers creative platforms where individuals can see their imaginative ideas come to life. 

without end

"without end"

"without end" a site-specific installation created by artists in residence, Ty Allen, Aria Han, Khaska Dottin, Elle Gillete, Wheedong Daniel Kim.

We’re currently living in unsure times due to the global pandemic. Now our world features new rules and regulations that we are struggling with (or refuse to accept). We hope for a cure or vaccine so things will return to normal. We’re living in limbo, doing the best we can; taking precautions to keep ourselves and loved ones safe.

Light is the main feature of this installation, serving as a metaphor for the precious time we have together, the moments we have in unsure times, with the possibility of returning to isolation. The video recordings and sounds during quarantine show how the light still exists in an empty environment, waiting for society’s return.

By appointment only.

Opening December 1st, 2020 1 - 3 pm

Contact for in-person appointments: withoutend2020@gmail.com

In-person appointments, please wear mask and practice 6 ft. social distancing.

Virtual Expo

“Art Meets Fashion”

Virtual Expo

“Art Meets Fashion”

BK Style Foundation, Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo (BBFL), and COPE NYC, all Brooklyn based organizations, are collaborating on a virtual exposition series for artists and designers on a bilingual platform in English and Japanese. Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo hosts the Art Meets Fashion Virtual Exposition for local and international consumers from October 15 to October 28. It will run in the US and Japanese markets during Fashion Week Brooklyn.

Art Meets Fashion’s creative communities of sustainable artists and designers provide an explosive palette of bravura, appealing to both local and international markets. 

COPE NYC introduces artists: Yun Mo Ahn, Nina Edwards, Paola Martínez Fiterre, Carla Goldberg, Katelyn Kopenhaver, Sascha Mallon, Sui Park, Mary Tooley Parker, Renee Phillips and Aubrey Roemer’s work offer Photography, Fiber Art, Sculpture, Painting, and Mixed Media.

BK STYLE introduces designers: Clockwork NY, Design in Textiles by Mary Jaeger, HOOD Goodie, L’Oracle, Martina Dietrich Couture, Emma McClelland, Amalya Meira, Musicci, FullyPrivilege, Sbshades, Xyarnés, and Zyem LLC.

To support the artists COPE NYC is sponsoring them with a one year BBFL membership.

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EVERYTHING HAS A VORTEX

AUGUST 23RD TO SEPTEMBER 29TH 2019 A1 Gallery, Siao-Long Cultural Park

Everything Has A Vortex

Italian artist, Michela Martello, and Japanese artist, Shigeru Oyatani, now New York creatives, inspired by their common study of Tibetan Buddhism, are recreating the Mandala of the Vajra Dance with an installation at the Siao-Long Cultural Park

Both artists express spiritual research in their art. The installation draws on local folk and contemporary culture with references to the native tribes of Taiwan, specific to Tainan area’s ritual activities.

A Mandala represents a symbolic way to link different traditions and cultures beyond barriers of time or education. This Mandala reflects on the idea of one’s inner balance in harmony with an external balance. Everything starts from a center, like a vortex that begins when the inner self is connected through the movement of body and mind.

The artists integrate the 5 elements of existence: fire, water, air, earth, and space with the mandala. Recreating the Mandala of the Vajra Dance will offer visitors the opportunity to participate in a dance called the Dance of the 6 Spaces. The artists will demonstrate the dance in which all participants can benefit without necessarily knowing or practicing Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that contact with this dance can open the path to samsaric liberation.

Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art Book Launch Party

July 25th 6:00-8:00 PM THE DEDALUS FOUNDATION 25 E 21st Street, Floor 4

Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art Book Launch Party

The Dedalus Foundation hosted a conversation and reception for Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art. Edited by Alice Wexler, SUNY New Paltz and Vida Sabbaghi, COPE NYC the book offers fresh and innovative approaches to the arts in education and society.

Promoting the expansion of art in society and education, this book highlights the significance of the arts as an instrument of social justice, inclusion, equity, and protection of the environment. Including twenty-seven diverse case studies of socially engaged art practice with groups like the Black Lives Matter movement, the LGBTQ community, and Rikers Island, this book guides art educators toward innovative, transdisciplinary, and diverse methodologies. A valuable resource on creating spaces for change, it addresses the relationships between artists and educators, museums and communities.

Opening with an interactive performance by artist Chin Chih Yang, the evening will provide an opportunity to come together and discuss issues about the relationships between artists, educators, museums, and their communities in relation to social justice, equity, and protection of the environment.

Photo Courtesy of Erika Fujyama and COPE NYC.

Sustainability & Technology Take Center Stage at Fashion Week Brooklyn this Season Fashion Week Brooklyn Proves That Sustainability is Sexy in FW 2019 Collections

COPE NYC is delighted to host and co-organize Fashion Week Brooklyn, April 10–13. Sustainability & Technology will take center stage. 

New York’s hippest borough shines again as it does each season with a new version of Fashion Week Brooklyn titled, The Cycle of Design, which pays homage to sustainability in fashion, innovation, and entrepreneurship. COPE NYC is a partner for the Tech and Sustainability panel discussion, a stand-alone event on April 8 at Hudson Yards.

The focus on Sustainability has become ever more important in light of the conversation the global community is having about a Green New Deal. We must think more deeply about where our clothes have come from. Rick Davy, founder of Fashion Week Brooklyn said SAP, a multinational corporation that bridges the gap between customers, employees and brands in a new frontier in tech, is hosting the Tech & Sustainability panel discussion, curated by GFX at The Hudson Yards.

The renewed energy and focus has brought forward the attention of people like Mr. Patrick Duffy — former Vogue model now turned pioneer and champion for sustainability in fashion, as well as American media companies such as NowThis that primarily distributes video news content to mobile devices and social platforms, especially Snapchat.

The Brooklyn Public Library will host a panel discussion on retail and eCommerce. Key among other partnerships for showcasing young talent, and for raising awareness about sexual assault, specific to Denim Day NYC, are location host and co-organizer COPE NYC, Lytehouse Studio,  Levy NY, the Brooklyn Nets and The Muse Brooklyn.  

The season will close out with a celebration on April 14th to save The Muse Brooklyn, and the 10th Anniversary of designers and influencer Stevie Boi, theme of the closing event is “Projext Culture”, creating an experience in music, dance, artist performance, aerialist, and carnival dancers, with event headliner artist Booka Banks and other international artists and acts to follow suit.

A full lineup of the FW2019 events is included in the link available here:

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Event Schedule FW2019 Collections

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KOllision Fashion Show 2019 Presented by COPE NYC and Minika Ko

March 9th, 4:30PM - 8:00PM at 630 Flushing Avenue 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11206

COPE NYC and Minika Ko

KOllision: Fashion, Art, and Technology Collide

Brooklyn, NY - On Saturday, March 9th, COPE NYC and Minika Ko will present the collaborative fashion show, KOllision, in celebration of the International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. KOllision seeks to challenge preconceptions and explore ideas. Artists of all mediums will envision the female power of the future using Minika Ko’s ready-to-wear collection as a canvas. Their wearable works of art will be featured on the runway, and will also be available for charity auction. This event’s fundraising goal is to support model and activist, Mari Malek’s Stand for Education’s campaign #nopadnoschool. Malek hopes to supply 1000 girls in South Sudan with a year’s worth of menstrual hygiene and feminine products. The fundraiser will also support COPE NYC’s outreach program which will extend to designing family rooms for Little Flower Children and Family Services of NY.

The event-packed pre-show party kicks off at 4:30 pm. Come sip wine, mingle, and enjoy live music. Meet model and philanthropist, Mari Malek of Stand For Education at the HerStory talk. Enjoy COPE NYC’s Obsessive Sea art exhibition. Check out the pop-up shop for KOVASKY: the New York City based high performance fashion wear for the power woman on the go.

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Featuring Artists

81Neutronz | A-Natural | Aislinn Foley | Amanda Sommers | Anu Sieunarine | Ashley Liu | Aubrey Roemer | Ben Cockerham | Brooklyn Buzzy | Caitlin Caliendo | Cass Jones | Chandelle Heffner | Danielle Eden | Erika Fujyama | Habiba Trisa | Jace Kaufman | Jacob Baron | Joseph Loli | Josephine Barreiro | Kanika Tibrewal | Lady K Fever | Lauryn McCrimon | Lawrence Gabriel Castillo | Leah Osann | Lesley Wamsley | Lindsey Miller | Lysem Kilen | Mary Tooley Parker | Melita Osheowitz | Miri Orenstein | Natie | Nina Edwards | Philippe Numa Jr. | Rania Cornelia & Maddy Blumen | Renee Phillips | Sadaf Padder | Sui Park | Sumo Bunni | Tanu Vasu | Thunderlily | Tzuting Tsai | Vanessa Sun | Yen Yen Chou