BINGHAMTON, NY. Broome County Arts Council (BCAC) is pleased to present August’s First Friday Art Walk from 6PM to 9PM, along with the Trolley Tours in Downtown Binghamton on August 2nd, 2024. Tours depart from Phelps Mansion Museum at 6PM and 7PM and are free, highlighting local architecture and Binghamton sights! Some locations have varying hours, please check the details below. Printed brochures will now be available at participating locations! Most exhibitions are free and open to the public. This month’s First Friday participating open galleries and creative spaces include 18 locations:
● The Artisan Gallery: Home to Home: A Refugee’s Journey. Ellen M Blalock. Home to Home: A Refugee’s Journey is a record of the difficulties to survive through hard times, and of living between two cultures. It is also a celebration of the family’s love and commitment to one another. (6pm-9pm)
● The Art Path Gallery: Glenda Blake: A Legacy. Glenda Blake. (6pm-9pm)
● Artful Child Gallery: Aspiring Artist Workshop. Youth artists of NoMa. NoMa’s Aspiring Artists (Ages 8-12) is a Pilot Program funded by the Broome County Youth Bureau and launched in April 2024. The Aspiring Artist Workshop ran for 6 weeks focusing on a different aspect of creative expression each week. (6pm-9pm)
● BCAC’s Artist in Residence: Smoke Signals. Marc Newton. During his month-long residency at BCAC, Marcus explored urban areas designed for both ecological life and pollution control, such as retention ponds, landfills, and parking lots. Using natural and synthetic materials foraged from these spaces, he created paper from plants and
microplastics, prints from soot and road salt, and various photographs. The works in Smoke Signals combine these materials and places to reimagine the warning signs of a changing landscape.
● Atomic Tom’s: Art by Meg Reynolds. (6pm-9pm)
● Anthony Brunelli’s Fine Arts: Main Gallery: Summer Salon. Project Space: Animalia by Ester Curini. Main Gallery: Join us for our Summer Salon at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts featuring works by Giles Alexander, Jeffrey Equality Brooks, Anthony Brunelli, Javier Bellomo Coria, Antonio Cazorla, Daniel Cuervo, Bruce Evans, A.J. Fries, Tom Martin, Gelos Michialidis, Sharon Moody, Thomas Pfannerstill, Peter & Madeline Powell, Scott Prior, Nadine Robbins, Peter Roth, Cesar Santander, Stephanie Schechter, Roger Watt, Doug Webb.
● The Bundy – 2nd Floor Gallery: Flow State. E.K Dof. From the artist: “My best work, and really most if not all of my art is created in a place where I enter this “flow”. Its like a calm consumes my soul and the only way that I can communicate is through color and texture on canvas. The way the canvas accepts each and every individual emotion and stroke is something I will carry gratitude for forever. The way that I paint my last stroke and take a step back, not knowing anything I have done to create such a soulful piece is all credited to the beauty of “flow state.” I learned that after going through therapy I had different resources but they just didn’t quite work. I turned to vices that were the least beneficial to healing my pain until I turned to the canvas. The day I pulled out whatever old paint I could find and turned to the canvas changed my life forever. The canvas and paints healed me and continue to everyday. Life is an ocean and the next wave might pull you under and I’m so grateful that I found that painting would become my life jacket.” (Opens at 6pm)
● The Bundy – 3rd Floor Gallery: Whispers of the Wild. Clay Smith. “Whispers of the Wild” invites you to embark on a visual journey through the serene and uncharted realms of nature. This collection captures the delicate interplay of light, shadow, and texture that forms the heartbeat of our planet’s most untouched landscapes.
Each photograph is a testament to the timeless beauty and intricate patterns that exist beyond human intervention, encouraging viewers to reconnect with the earth’s innate splendor and to listen to the silent stories told by the natural world.
● Binghamton Photo: Photography Retrospective. Bill Mutch. Exhibiting work from the last 50 years. (6pm-9pm)
● The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier: Scoops of Summer. St. Anthony’s Learning Center. Indulge your senses in a delightful celebration of creativity and sweetness at our upcoming gallery exhibit, “Scoops of Summer.” Featuring an array of vibrant artworks crafted by the talented students of St. Anthony’s Learning Center summer camp, this charming showcase captures the essence of summer through the lens of ice cream-inspired imagination. (4pm-7pm)
● Lost Dog Cafe & Lounge: Artworks by Susan Macdonald. Silent Auction for her works.
● The Cooperative Gallery: Kindled, Rebecca Austin, and Waterfall, Carolyn Gilligan. (5pm-9pm)
● Just Breathe, Exhale Gallery: Cannabis Collection & Vinyl Vibes, featuring Sonni. Welcome to the Exhale Gallery at Just Breathe. We are the first legal cannabis dispensary in upstate New York. The Court Street shop opened as a CBD store in July 2021 in tandem with an initiative to expunge the justice records of eligible Broome County residents. We aim to grow our community outreach and education with art, music and entertainment. This month’s featured artist is: Sonni, an Argentinian Street Artist (10am-10pm)
● Orazio Salati Studio and Gallery: Maidens of Nature. Sardar Kestay. Colorful figurative abstractions paintings from Sardar’s homeland, Kurdistan. (6pm-9pm)
● Phelps Mansion Museum: The Phelps Mansion will be hosting psychic readers and manion tours. (6pm-9pm)
● The Roberson Museum: Placid Thoughts From Inside Her Eyelids. Anna Warfield. Last opportunity to view Anna Warfield’s text-based soft sculptures from fabric, which act like concrete poems in physical space, the form and text work together to create meaning. She engages with ideas related to the body, sexuality, Femininity, and
relearning. (5pm-9pm)
● STAP: First Friday Extravaganza. STAP Prevention Services is hosting a resource fair, sharing local resources, educating the public, local vendors also selling their wares. Mobile Services offer Narcan training on site. (6pm-9pm)
● Pop-up venue! Art In Motion: Porsche enthusiasts from across the region will park their Porsches on State Street for this year’s “Art in Motion” display. From the organizer: “Automotive design is a complex and intricate process that requires an incredible amount of creativity, technical knowledge, style, and attention to detail. Interesting and high-performance cars qualifies as an art form, especially the Porsche marque.”
● Trolley Tours: Tours leave from the Phelps Mansion Museum at 6 PM and 7 PM. Tours are FREE and highlight
local architecture and Binghamton sights! The Broome County Arts Council is proud to continue First Friday with the generous support of the Broome County Government and City of Binghamton. Updated exhibition information and a Google Map are available on our website: https://broomearts.org/in-the-community/first-friday/.
Downtown Binghamton Locations featuring cultural or arts activities and exhibitions should reach out to the Broome County Arts Council to learn more about inclusion in the First Friday Art Walk!
CONTACT: Zoha Khan, Programs and Marketing Coordinator, Broome County Arts Counc
P: 607-723-4620 ext 102 | E: zkhan@broomearts.org