2012
BBC Travel, Feb. 9, 2012. Brad Cohen chronicles his trip courtesy of the Bureau of Unknown Destinations for BBC’s The Passport Blog.
The Village Voice, Feb. 6, 2012. Keyana Stevens makes mention of the Bureau of Unknown Destinations in The Village Voice’s Runnin’ Scared blog.
2011
Red Hook Star Revue, Oct. 16 – 21, 2011. The Red Hook Star Revue attends the opening exhibition of the migration year.
Red Hook Star Revue, Aug. 11, 2011. The Red Hook Star Revue reports on the Hall of the Gowanus in “Proteus Gowanus Is a Treasure Trove of Gowanus Canal History”.
Wall Street Journal, Jul. 22, 2011. Reporter Ashlea Halpern dubs Proteus Gowanus the indisputable “king of micro-libraries”
Daily News, Jul. 9, 2011. Artist fixes insomnia in the city that never sleeps by reading strangers bedtime stories profiles artist Madhu Kaza. Her project, Here is Where We Meet, was created for the paradise theme year at Proteus Gowanus.
Daily News, Jul. 7, 2011. Previewing Vertical Player Repertory’s performance of La Calisto, hosted by Proteus Gowanus in our 19th C courtyard, the News says, “In 1651, when La Calisto debuted in Venice, it boasted big-budget scenery meant to conjure awe of the immortals. The Gowanus set consists of a bed, a wooden ladder and a rug.”
Brooklyn-Based, Jul. 7, 2011. In Bedtime Stories for (Brave) Adults, Roseanne Pereira invites Proteus Gowanus artist Madhu Kaza into her bedroom for Kaza’s art project, Here Is Where We Meet. Kaza travels to people’s home to read them to sleep, tip-toeing out the door when the snoring begins.
Brooklyn Eagle, Jun. 23, 2011. Reporter Mike Weiss takes notes as the Gowanus Celebrates the Flushing Tunnel’s 100th anniversary, starting at the old pumping station and ending at Proteus Gowanus.
The Brooklyn Paper, Jun. 23, 2011. Or you can read the Brooklyn Paper’s version which asks the question, “A Parade for the Gowanus?” And answers: “Look, this is Brooklyn!”
Carroll Gardens / Patch.com, Jun. 13, 2011. A short video gives a taste of the Proteus Gowanus annual benefit party, Paradise Bizarre, an extravaganza of performance, music, food and wine.
NewYork Post, Apr. 21, 2011. The impending arrival of a Superfund sample of Gowanus sludge in the Hall of the Gowanus is described in the article, Gowanus Museum Gunk-Ho.
Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 21, 2011. In this article about the Fixers Collective, The Art of the Fix-It, the writer details the jubilant reaction when a mortally ill blender is fixed.
Carroll Gardens, NY Patch, Feb. 4, 2011. A blog post on Proteus Gowanus, The Old Man of the Canal, features the gallery as a whole calling it, “the beating heart of a thriving arts community”.
Carroll Gardens, NY Patch, Jan. 13, 2011. A blog post on the Fixers Collective, If It’s Broken, They’ll Fix It, describes a Fixers meeting where a broken clock and a jammed suitcase handle challenge the skills of all those attending.
2010
Citywide, Dec. 19, 2010. The blog for NYU’s student-run radio station, WNYU, carries an interview with Sasha Chavchavadze, Founder and Creative Director, and Tammy Pittman, Director, about Proteus Gowanus and its many projects and partners-in-residence.
The Huffington Post, Dec. 2, 2010. HuffPost writes about the Fixers Collective and posts a video by Damiano Beltrani called Brooklyn Workshop Fosters the Art of Repair.
artnet Magazine, Nov. 9, 2010. Scroll down this page to see a note about Proteus Gowanus’ participation in the NY Artbooks Fair, sponsored by Printed Matter and located at MOMA PS1.
The Huffington Post, Oct. 15, 2010. Proteus Gowanus is listed as one of “Ten ‘Cabinets of Curiosities’” from around the world.
New York Magazine, July 12, 2010. Proteus’ project-in-residence, the Fixers Collective, is listed in an article on “The New Collectivism – Where to Share Everything.”
The New York Times, March 26, 2010. A description of the Hall of the Gowanus and Reanimation Library, two projects in residence at Proteus Gowanus. Along the Gowanus a Cultural Workshop Thrives
The New Yorker magazine’s March 8th edition contains an article by Patricia Marx called “Borough Haul.” Proteus Gowanus is said to be “the kind of place whose founder could get a MacArthur genius grant.” She adds that PG “has the best gift shop in the world.”
On March 3rd, Grist.org, an online environmental news organization, posted two videos and stories about our Fixers Collective: “Ask Umbra about turning a broken umbrella into a tote bag” and “Ask Umbra Visits the Fixers’ Collective.” Both videos were picked up by the Huffington Post.
On March 3rd, the New York Times Online, reacting to the EPA’s official designation of the Gowanus as a Superfund site, referred to us in two articles; “Let’s Put On a Gowanus Art Show” and “It’s Polluted, but the Canal Is Home, and Inspiration.”
In the February 18-24 edition of Time Out NY, our Study Hall program, offering a quiet place for writers, thinkers and dreamers to work, was featured as one of four places in NYC where you can “Enjoy absolute silence”.
A ‘Disgusting and Beautiful’ Exhibit By Erin Durkin, The Daily News, January 26, ’10. An article about Proteus’ new Hall of the Gowanus, a mini-museum and gallery dedicated to the Gowanus Canal and its environs.
The Fixers’ Collective: Repairing the World, One Lamp at a Time. An overview of the Fixers’ Collective, a Proteus Gowanus project in The Brooklyn Rail.
2009
A Special Group That Fixes What’s Broken. A visit to the Fixers Collective. Lauren Glassberg reporting for WABC-TV Eyewitness News.
The Art of the Repair by Penelope Green, published in the NY Times, October 8, 2009. A description of the Fixers Collective at work and the characters therein.
Lots a’ Fixins. By Alison Levy, published in Artslant, New York, June 2009. A description of Proteus Gowanus and its Projects In Residence, including The Morbid Anatomy Library, Reanimation Library, Observatory and the Fixers Collective.
Resurrecting Brooklyn’s Great Social Visionary. By Phoebe Neidle, published in The Brooklyn Eagle, April 28, 2009. A review and description of “The Social Vision of Alfred T. White”, published this month by Proteus Gowanus’ publishing arm, Proteotypes, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Historical Society.
Broken Chair Reacts to Economic Crisis. By Joyce Hanson on Goodgirl Blog, April 26, 2009. Joyce took her broken chair on a long journey by public transportation to the Fixers Collective where it found new life. “Wow,” she says. “There is hope after all.”
Blog Review of Tom La Farge’s “Administrative Assemblages.” By Doug Messerli of Green Integer, April 6, 2009. A review of La Farge’s first pamphlet in the upcoming 13 pamphlet series, “13 Writhing Machines” which, Messerli says, “promises not only to be an utterly entertaining presentation of various formal systems of literary writing, but an illustrative example of how to get writers, young and old, to experiment with new and empowering systems outside the scope of realist psychological narrative.”
Don’t Toss It Fix It. Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, April 3, 2009. Proteus Gowanus’ Fixers Collective was featured on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show and filmed for its website video.
2008
An Image to Behold. By Amy Karafin, published in Time Out Magazine, May 14, 2008. A description of a Proteus event titled “An Afternoon of Arcane Media,” presenting images using antique media and projectors including magic lanterns and a Nic projector.
2007
Down by the River by Caitlin Jones, published online Wednesday, September 19th, 2007. A general and generous description of the gallery.
Exhibit Mingles Books and Art At Proteus Gowanus Gallery by Brooklyn Eagle, published online 06-07-2007. Sasha Chavchavadze and Maddy Rosenberg are interviewed about the Libraries Show.
Organization Profile: Proteus Gowanus (opens as pdf) By Peter Wallace, published in the Brooklyn Arts Council Newspaper, Spring 2007. An article describing the gallery, its mission and non-profit collaborators.
2006
The Artistsbook Library at Proteus Gowanus. Maddy Rosenberg, featured in Umbrella Magazine
Best of New York 2006: Proteus Gowanus. Best Proof That The Gowanus Arts District May Not Be Entirely A Real Estate Fiction — Proteus Gowanus. A review of the gallery by the Village Voice.
Cold War Memories, Burning Bright. A review of the Museum of Matches from The New York Times September 17, 2006.
