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May 03, 2011

12th Annual SONYA Studio Stroll

Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15

12pm-6pm both days,
Rain or Shine

Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, Wallabout and Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Free and open to the public!

Each artist and group are looking forward to making your visit with them the most memorable of the Stroll. With hundreds of great works of art on display, you can easily start or add to your own art collection.

Preview the artwork here in our SONYArtist Registry. Follow the links on each artist’s page for more information about them, or contact them directly.

Start any place you’d like and plan your own tour! Look for the balloons and our new sandwich boards tagging the Stroll studios, galleries and art-hosting merchants open free to the public.

Artists

Pamella Allen, Ellie Balk, Mary Chang, Sadikisha Saundra Collier, Chris Davis, Kerri Ferrara, June Gaddy, Kathleen Hayek, jayson keeling, Ryan Ketchum, Richard Lebenson, Kathleen Migliore-Newton, Matthew Miller, Ragnar Naess, Douglas Newton, Jim Porter, Joan Reutershan, John Scheffler, Peter Angelo Simon, Jorge A. Valdes, Valerie Williams, Iram Yeates, and more!

Organizations, Galleries, & Museums

Artists of 35 Claver Place, Corridor Gallery, Hadas Gallery, MoCADA, and NARS Foundation, Young Artists Klub

Navigate The Stroll On Your iPhone Or iPod Touch
You can plan your Stroll itinerary on your smart phone! With the pocket-sized version of our website, you can search the Stroll Artists by media categories, sample the artists’ works, find their location and get walking directions to their studio from wherever you are.

On your iphone, just go to: sonyaonline.org, or scan the QR tag on any Stroll poster, and sample away!

Get Your Maps Here
Don’t have an iphone or ipod touch? Don’t worry, our printed map and our new website work just fine for planning your Stroll visits. You can download the Stroll map or pick up one at any of the following locations during the Stroll:

• Tillie’s —248 DeKalb Ave. at Vanderbilt Ave, 

• MoCADA —80 Hanson Pl. at S. Portland Ave, 

• Outpost Café —1014 Fulton St., or 

• Any Stroll studio/gallery

Or you can simply explore our lovely neighborhood and stop in at any studio bearing the SONYA multi-colored balloons, and Studio Stroll sandwich boards. Enjoy!

Hungry After the SONYA Stroll?
Your Stroll Map gets you access to many Myrtle Avenue lunch and dinner specials! Check out the Restaurant Guide and start planning!

Wrap it Up!
Stroll Closing Party on Sunday, May 15, from 6:30-midnight, SYNERGY, 1101-3 Fulton St.

All Stroll Artists, their assistants, and Strollers are invited! Help us celebrate a dozen years of the SONYA Stroll and pick up your winning bid from the Prelude Auction. SYNERGY has graciously agreed to host this event. Winning bids from the Prelude Auction will be announced and there will be music and delicious tastings from area restaurants.

Our thanks to you and our sponsors for supporting our local visual arts and artists! Please patron our local merchant sponsors who have generously supported the Stroll and the visual arts of our community: Classon Walls, MARP, McMillian & Furlow and Tillie’s.

The SONYA Studio Stroll is funded, in part, by public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs. This event is made possible with public funds by the New York State Council on the Arts. In Kings County, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).