Late Night Art Returns to DUMBO This Fall

Art in DUMBO announced the lineup for the First Thursday Gallery Walk taking place on Oct. 2, with exhibitions, artist talks, live performances and receptions across the neighborhood’s galleries and cultural spaces.

Each First Thursday offers a chance to explore DUMBO’s creative community while enjoying waterfront views, neighborhood bars and restaurants and late-night gallery hours. The event is free and open to the public.

A free Insider’s Tour, running from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, will guide visitors through select shows. This month’s stops include Platform Project Space, Lucky Risograph, A.I.R. Gallery and Loop of the Loom. Registration is required, with the group meeting in the lobby of 20 Jay St. at 6:30pm.

Featured Exhibitions

• A.I.R. Gallery (155 Plymouth St.) presents Until I Get It Together by Abbey Williams, a two-channel video installation responding to Nina Simone’s 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival performance and Once Again I Fall Into My Feminine Ways by Maxine Henryson, a photographic journey spanning decades and continents. On view through Oct. 12.
   
• AMR Art DUMBO (53 Bridge St., Suite 706) presents Decennial by Elizabeth Bick, a decade-long photographic study of the Roman Pantheon during the summer solstice. On view through Nov. 15.
   
• Center for Cuban Studies/Cuban Art Space (20 Jay St., Suite 301) presents Immortal Cuba: Artists Take On Their Heroes, exploring the legacies of Cuban icons through contemporary interpretations. On view through Oct. 11.
   
• Creatively Wild Art Studio (98 Water St.) showcases Tyler Scott and Austin Aura: Instructor Showcase, blending digital illustration and 3D model making. On view through October 2.
   
• CSB Fine Arts (81 Prospect St., Suite 104) debuts Essence of Being by Samuel E. Vázquez, whose works draw on New York City’s street culture of the 1970s and ’80s. On view through Nov. 3.
   
• Empire Stores – Lobby Gallery (55 Water St.) presents Light & Shadow by Andrew Fennell, a minimalist meditation on emotion through light and form. On view through Nov. 2.
   
• Gallery GAIA (79 Hudson Ave.) presents Yellowstone by Ursula Clark and Richard Brachman, a photographic series spanning 12 years in Yellowstone National Park. On view through Oct. 26.
   
• Loop of the Loom DUMBO (197 Plymouth St.) presents Kyō-ai: Living Indigo from Kyoto by Riku Matsuzaki, reviving Kyoto’s centuries-old indigo tradition. On view through Oct. 5.
   
• Lucky Risograph (20 Jay St., Suite 217) presents Dreamscapes: Group Book Launch and Studio Exhibition featuring Chenxin Luo, Chenyi Luo, Xinyi Yang and Qin Shen.
   
• Platform Project Space (20 Jay St., Suite 319) presents WILD, a group show of paintings and sculptures celebrating organic growth and unprogrammed form. On view through Nov. 1.
   
• Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth St.) presents For those who share mornings and evenings by Chang Yuchen, reflecting on distance and memory through video and Dead Parrot Radio by Armando Guadalupe Cortés, a sound plus sculpture installation exploring communication and migration. On view through Dec. 14.
   
• SoRA Sanctuary Gallery (55 Washington St., Suite 736) presents Raffard-Roussel’s Meet My Printer, an investigation into the gestures and codes embedded in everyday machines. On view through Dec. 18.
   
• Springs Projects (20 Jay St., Suite 311b) presents Subway Riders, a group show of artist interventions on New York City subway maps. On view through Nov. 22.