About Us
Boardmembers
- Ellie Balk
- Kennis Baptiste
- Natasha Harsh, Secretary
- Kathleen Hayek, President
- Wendy Jones
- Melissa Lee, Treasurer
- William McMillian
- GG Stankiewicz
- Valerie Williams
Contact
Office address:
SONYA
305 Vanderbilt Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Mailing address:
South Of the Navy Yard Artists
P.O. Box 381082
Brooklyn, NY 11238
email: info@sonyaonline.org
phone: 718-705-4911
Directions
Bet. Lafayette Ave. & Dekalb Ave.
C or G train to Clinton Washington.
B69, B38 buses
Hours
by appointment: 718-705-4911
Members Application &
SONYA Events Registration
SONYA
South Of the Navy Yard Artists, (SONYA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization of visual artists living, creating, and/or exhibiting in the Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, Wallabout, and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn. We are as diverse and dynamic as the community we serve. Our geographic boundaries are the area bounded by Flushing Ave. on the north (including the Navy Yard), Bedford Ave on the east, Atlantic Ave on the south and Flatbush on the west.
The SONYArtist members are creating and exhibiting all the time, both locally and elsewhere. By joining our mailing list, or joining our SONYA Circle of Friends, or becoming a SONYArtist member, you become part of the SONYA network and will be the first to know what we’re doing and where. And save the date… every 3rd weekend in May the SONYA Studio Stroll is the best opportunity for you to become part of our creative process, be the first to see our latest work and learn how our art is made. Be there!
Mission
In the belief that art and community nurture each other, our mission is to recognize, support, and celebrate the visual arts and artists within our community by bringing people together in an environment that encourages exploration, dialogue and enjoyment of the visual arts. SONYA offers a full season of exhibitions, studio tours, education events and public programs, open to the public each year.
History
SONYA was founded in 1999 by three local artists, in response to the need for a unified artist collective. SONYA began its first year with nineteen members and what was to become an annual event, the Studio Stroll. To date SONYA has grown to over fifty members, many of whom open their creative spaces to visitors during the Studio Stroll, the 3rd weekend in every May.
SONYA provides a variety of services to member artists and the community including: solo and small group art exhibitions, art business seminars; an email newslist; an online gallery and arts resource listing; and artist-run workshops.
The membership of SONYA, 60% women, 40% men, 50% mid-career, reflects the multi racial, and cross-generational constituency of our four communities.
SONYA is an active participant in our community, partnering with other local community groups to present group exhibitions at local venues such as: the Natman Room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; the Windows on Myrtle Gallery (Myrtle Ave Revitalization Project); ElevenTen Gallery (Pratt Community Action Council); Goloborotko’s Studio, (Brooklyn Arts Council); Corridor Gallery (Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation); and the Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass.