Hot Wood Arts

Specialties

Hot Wood Arts Center is an artists collective that provides affordable work space, exhibition opportunities, and creative support to working members of the arts community in Brooklyn. By bringing creative people together from the typically disparate fields of the visual and performing arts and providing them a quality space in which to work together, Hot Wood hopes to encourage collaboration, inspiration, and friendship in an urban environment that typically promotes competition and isolation.

The Center is a 7,000-square-foot space inside the Civil-​War-​era Beard Street Warehouse building in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It contains 16 artist work spaces, a shared work area with tools and other equipment, an art gallery, and a stage for performances. One-​year leases are granted to 15 artist tenants, who are known as the facility’s «residents» and receive, in addition to 24 hour access to their work spaces, a number of other benefits including free wi-​fi, electricity, use of common areas and too

History

Established in 2010.

The Center is a 7,000-square-foot space inside the Civil-​War-​era Beard Street Warehouse building in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It contains 16 artist work spaces, a shared work area with tools and other equipment, an art gallery, and a stage for performances. One-​year leases are granted to 15 artist tenants, who are known as the facility’s «residents» and receive, in addition to 24 hour access to their work spaces, a number of other benefits including free wi-​fi, woodshop access, constant exposure to viewers and more. Each work space is fitted with a glass door, so tenants can curate the visible, gallery portion of their studios as they see fit. During gallery shows, the facility is open to the public from 1:00 — 6:00 on Saturday and Sunday and during any gallery opening or performance events, and residents will be encouraged to continually display their work.

Meet the Business Owner

Megan S.

Business Owner

The Hot Wood Gallery is curated by Megan Suttles, and focuses mostly on non-​resident artists, although residents are considered if their work fits the theme of the show. Megan curates between five and seven shows per year, and each show has an opening event featuring a musical performance in keeping with the show’s theme.