2023
NY1 Artists, developers work to beautify Gowanus amid construction boom
Hyperallergic After Flood Damage, Gowanus Artists Carry On
Brooklyn Downtown Star Despite Massive Flooding, Arts Gowanus’ “Open Studios” Art Fair Prevailed
Brooklyn Magazine SCENES FROM GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS, ONE OF BROOKLYN’S BEST ART PARTIES
BK Reader Explore Gowanus With Open Studios Tours
Brooklyn Paper Forging ahead: Arts Gowanus moves forward with Open Studios despite devastating flood damage
BK Reader Explore Gowanus With Open Studios Tours
Brooklyn Magazine FOR ARTS GOWANUS, THE SHOW MUST GO ON
TimeOut New York Best Things to do This Weekend
Hyperallergic Heavy Rains Flood Dozens of Artist Studios in Brooklyn
Fox5 Art destroyed by flooding at Brooklyn studios
The Gothamist Destroyed Gowanus mural has been rebuilt, says local arts organization
Brooklyn Paper Arts Gowanus presents new public Pride Month outdoor exhibition
News12 ‘Together We Will.’ Artwork in Brooklyn commemorates Pride Month
Brooklyn Eagle Arts Gowanus announces Patterns Gala

2022
Hyperallergic Six Artists I Discovered at Gowanus Open Studios
Brooklyn Paper Gowanus Open Studios to highlight arts community ‘in the face of rezoning’
Hyperallergic Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement Concerns
WNYC Interview with Johnny Thornton about Gowanus Open Studios
Hyperallergic Gowanus Open Studios Returns for Its 26th Year
Queens Ledger Arts Gowanus hosts 26th annual Gowanus Open Studios
Brooklyn Magazine Gowanus Open Studios
TimeOut New York 13 Best Things to do This Weekend
Artsy Gowanus Open Studios
The Gothamist Get lost in the Gowanus art scene
NYC Unplugged Gowanus Open Studios
Brooklyn Paper Community Help in Park Slope seeks local artists, funding to replace iconic mural on 4th Avenue building
Brooklyn Magazine BK50 BROOKLYN'S 50 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE 2022 - Johnny Thornton
TimeOutNY Arts Gowanus ArtWalk
News 12 Brooklyn Arts Gowanus ArtWalk returns to Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn Paper City’s largest public art gallery, Arts Gowanus’ annual ArtWalk, returns to Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn Magazine ARTS GOWANUS CHIEF JOHNNY THORNTON: ‘I’M ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR MORE’
Patch Artists Imagine A 'Utopia' Along The Gowanus Canal In New Exhibition
Brooklyn Paper More than 200 local artists project their vision of ‘Brooklyn Utopias’ in Gowanus
Brownstoner Hundreds of Artists Imagine a Better Brooklyn at Gowanus Exhibit ‘Brooklyn Utopias’
The Affordable Art Fair INTERVIEW WITH TRACI JOHNSON & JOHNNY THORNTON
Artnet Here’s What You Need to Know About the 20th Edition of the Affordable Art Fair New York
Hyperallergic Affordable Art Fair NYC Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
Brooklyn Paper ‘BROOKLYN UTOPIAS: ALONG THE CANAL’ SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR SPRING EXHIBITION

Past Press

2021
CBS New York Thousands Show Up For Event Showcasing Gowanus Artists
TimeOut NY Best Things to do in NYC
Hyperallergic Your Guide to Explore the Unfamiliar at Gowanus Open Studios
Brooklyn Paper GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS RETURNS FOR ITS 25TH YEAR
Brooklyn Magazine ‘NOWHERE ELSE FOR US TO BE PUSHED’: GOWANUS ARTISTS WEIGH IN ON THE REZONING
Hyperallergic Gowanus Open Studios Is Back With Over 400 Artists, Businesses, and Venues
Brooklyn Paper GOWANUS ARTISTS GRAPPLE WITH AFTERMATH OF IDA FLOODING
Brownstoner City Council Hears From Locals, Pols on Controversial Gowanus Rezoning
Brooklyn Paper FLOODWATERS THREATEN ART, LIVELIHOODS AT ARTS GOWANUS
Patch Brooklyn Gowanus Open Studios Will Return In October: What To Know
BKLYNER Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art
Patch More Than 100 Portraits To Celebrate BK At Park Slope Playground
2020
Good Morning New York Arts Gowanus ArtWalk
News 12 Brooklyn Arts Gowanus ArtWalk
Hyperallergic Arts Gowanus ArtWalk
Bklyner Arts And Business Meet On Atlantic Avenue
TimeOut NY Best Things to do in NYC (ArtWalk)
The Red Hook Star Revue Shuttering Of Affordable Studios Forces Artists To Relocate During Pandemic
Brooklyn Eagle Gowanus artists get the axe
NEWS 12 Gowanus artists displaced from studios during pandemic
BKLYNER Gowanus Artists Forced To Look For New Space During Pandemic
ArtHag Shuttering Of Affordable Studios Forces Artists To Relocate During Pandemic
Brooklyn Paper DOZENS OF GOWANUS ARTISTS TO LOSE STUDIO SPACE AS NON-PROFIT SHUTTERS
Park Slope Reader Pandemic Targets Gowanus Artists
2019
Wall Street International Arts Gowanus director Johnny Thornton steps in as director of a new Brooklyn-based gallery
Hyperallergic From Domestic to Introspective, Highlights From Gowanus Open Studios 2019
Bklyner. GOS 2019: 400+ Artists, Disco Balls, Giant Ants & More
Core77 Framed by Rezoning, A Portrait of Our Top Pit Stops
Brownstoner Soak in the Art of Brooklyn at Gowanus Open Studios
Artnet Editors’ Picks: 22 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World
Hyperallergic Preview The 23rd Annual Gowanus Open Studios
Bklyner. Preview of Gowanus Open Studios, Oct. 19-20
2018
Park Slope Reader Gowanus Open StudiosHyperallergic Review (2018) Artists Paint a Mangled and Messy Image
Hyperallergic Review (2018) Reality and Artifice Collide at Gowanus Open
Bklyner. (2018) Weekend Art Events
Broadway World || Brooklyn (2018) Spaceworks - New Interactive Website
Brownstoner (2018) A Weekend of Art
The Red Hook Star & Revue (2018) Things to do this October
Hyperallergic (2018) This Year’s Gowanus Open Studios
Bklyner. (2018) Visit The Studios Of 400+ Gowanus Artists
NY1 (2018) sneak peek at a pop up gallery in Brooklyn
Hyperallergic Event (2018) Meet the local artists!
NY Metro Parents (2018) Announcement
Daily News (2018) New arts digs for Engels
Download the Press Release for GOS 2018
2017
Hyperallergic (2017) Colorful and Immersive Experiences at the 2017 Gowanus Open Studios
New York Times (2017) What Makes a New York Bagel?
Hyperallergic (2017) Your Concise Guide to GOS 2017
Brooklyn Based (2017) Gowanus Open Studios is Here At Last
Brownstoner (2017) 6 Artists to See at This Year’s Edition of Gowanus Open Studios
South Brooklyn Network (2017) 25 Years of Gowanus: As it WAS, As it IS - AFTER SHOW Sale
Broadway World (2017) More than 25 Artists to Open Spaces to the Public at GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS 2017
Brooklyn Paper (2017) Biting commentary: Creepy art with political agenda
South Brooklyn Network (2017) Gowanus Open Studios
Hyperallergic (2017) - Your Concise New York Art Guide for Fall 2017
The Bridge (2017) - Why Everyone Wants a Piece of Gowanus
2016
HyperAllergic (2016) – Figures in the Industrial Landscape at Gowanus Open Studios 2016
Brooklyn Eagle (2016) – Gowanus Open Studios 2016 wows art lovers
Park Slope Stoop (2016) – Over 350 Local Artists Welcome Visitors During Gowanus Open Studios 2016
Brooklyn Eagle (2016) – Gowanus Open Studios to feature hundreds of artists this weekend
Brooklyn Paper (2016) – Go Gowanus: Artists to catch at neighborhood’s Open Studios
DNA Info (2016) – Gowanus Open Studios to Host Record Number of Artists Despite Evictions
Hyperallergic (2016) – Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016
WNYC - (2016) - Life After Eviction in Gowanus
2015
Hyperallergic (2015) – From Giant Steel Angels to Titillating Collages, Favorites from Gowanus Open Studios 2015, by Ben Sutton
Art F City (2015) – This Week’s Must See Events: A Weekend of Gowanus Open Studios
Hyperallergic (2015) - We Are Experiencing Hyper-Gentrification: Gowanus Art Community Sizes up its Future
Brownstoner (2015) - Gowanus Artists Displaced From Studios
DNA Info (2015) - Dozens of Artists Losing Gowanus Studios
ArtFCity (2015) - Over 100 Artists and Small Businesses Forced Out of Gowanus Buildings
Park Slope Stoop (2015) – Meet Amazing Artists Aplenty This Weekend at Gowanus Open Studios
South Brooklyn Network (2015) – 19th Annual Gowanus Open Studios 2015
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (2015) – Gowanus Open Studios This Weekend
2014
Hyperallergic (2014) – All Systems Go at Gowanus Open Studios
Art in Brooklyn (2014) – Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19
AMNY (2014) - Q & A with Abby Subak: Director of Arts Gowanus
6 Sq. Ft (2014) - 10 New York Neighborhoods for Artists Now
Fodor’s – Listed under “Things to Do” in NYC
2013
Hyperallergic (2013) - This Weekend: Gowanus Open Studios
Park Slope Reader (2013) - An Art Scene, A Plan, A Canal: Gowanus
Park Slope Patch (2013) - Community Corner - Gowanus Open Studios 2013
Observer (2013) - Gowanus Whole Foods Determined to Fulfill Every Brooklyn Stereotype
The New Yorker (2013) - A Whole Foods Grows in Brooklyn
Time Out New York (2013) - The Gowanus Whole Foods Partners with Arts Gowanus
2012
New York Times (2012) – Gallerists to the People, by William Grimes
Time Out New York (2012) – Something to do on a Perfect Weekend
DNAinfo New York (2012) – Gowanus Open Studios Tour Features Workspaces of 150 Artists, by Leslie Albrecht