Join Open Source Gallery and KoKo NYC at our annual Spring Party!
The Spring Party is the time of year when we throw a party to thank all of you who make our work possible – Join us to celebrate our valued supporters, learn about what we do, and hit the dance floor, with live music by Swunky Z, a bombastic locally-based brass band! Learn more and RSVP at open-source-gallery.org/2026-spring-party/
Open Source + KoKo Spring Party
When: Friday, May 29th, 2026
Where: The KoKo Lot, 440 19th St., Brooklyn
How: Free, but please RSVP at KoKoSpringParty.eventbrite.com
We rely on community support to host Open Sound, our free, open-to-all summer music series. Our goal is to raise at least $7000, which will allow us to host 10 nights of Open Sound, including two groups selected through our annual Open Call.
If you want to help, please donate at the link in our bio - any amount helps, and please spread the word! 🎺🎶🎷🎉
#livemusic #fundraiser #supportlocal #artsnonprofit #opensound #freemusic
Open Source Gallery is pleased to announce Rumble ‘n’ Rattle, a project by Albrecht Fersch.
Beginning in April, Fersch will take up residency in the gallery, sourcing materials from the community to transform the space and its occupants into a participatory instrument. The resulting installation will be activated by movement and dependent on the ever-changing relationship between gallery visitors and the machines; bodies will become sound and sounds will become communication, without the need for known language.
Anyone is invited to contribute objects that can make sound and any materials that can be used for costume construction: pots, canisters, sheets of metal, wood, boxes, bells, fabrics, pans, porcelain, pipes, etc. Visitors will also have the opportunity to try on the costumes, create their own soundscapes, and participate in workshops to help create the costumes.
Albrecht Fersch is a sound, performance, installation, and action artist from Berlin, whose art thrives on exchange. Fersch makes art because the world urgently needs to maintain an open, joyful, and unbiased perspective on life. Art is a release valve for the unfamiliar and, at the same time, a mirror of everyday life; it is a means of visualization, a prism of understanding, an instrument of re-ritualization.
Join us to welcome Albrecht on Saturday, April 18th from 7-9pm!
Albrecht Fersch: Rumble 'n' Rattle
April 18 – May 24, 2026
Welcome Party: Saturday, April 18th, 7-9pm
Learn more: open-source-gallery.org/albrecht-fersch
Images and video courtesy of the artist (albrechtfersch.de)
Hey YAS Peeps🐣!
The last weekend of May is our first YACS (Youth and Young Adult Art Collective) Art Showcase!
Join us on Saturday, May 30th and Sunday, May 31st from 7-10pm at Open Source Gallery in Park Slope to highlight the artists in our art program. 🎨🖼️🧑🎨📐🪡
YACS is our newest art program, where LGBTQIA+ identifying youth learned a variety of traditional art media from LGBTQIA+ teaching artists.
This event, like all our events is FREE! Light refreshments will be served!
No RSVP required, just show up and bring your plus ones!
#yacs #lgbtqartists #artshowcase #lgbtartshow #freenycevent
The Open Source Gallery and KoKo NYC Spring Party is coming up at the end of May! We will have beer from @otherhalfnyc , wine from @bignosefullbody and delicious sandwiches from @heritagefoodusa for sale.
The Spring Party is the time of year when we throw a party to thank all of you who make our work possible – Join us to celebrate our valued supporters, learn about what we do, and hit the dance floor, with live music by Swunky Z, a bombastic locally-based brass band! Learn more and RSVP at open-source-gallery.org/2026-spring-party/
Open Source + KoKo Spring Party
When: Friday, May 29th, 2026
Where: The KoKo Lot, 440 19th St., Brooklyn
How: Free, but please RSVP at KoKoSpringParty.eventbrite.com
There’s so much to explore and learn about at the KoKo Lot, and our Spring Party is the biggest public event we host there every year!
The Lot is our outdoor space where we host workshops for kids, including camp KoKo, boat building, house building, medieval times, and of course Soapbox! The Lot is also home to many artistic projects: a garden created with the philosophy of reclaiming urban spaces, a classroom built by participants in our Teens Building the Future Together program, and projects built by artists-in-residence over the past several years.
We hope you’ll come check out the Lot on Friday, May 29 (6-9pm) for the Spring Party and explore all the different things we do!
The Lot is located at 440 19th Street in Brooklyn, between 8th Ave and Prospect Park W. The nearest subway stop is the 15 St-Prospect Park F & G, about an 8 minute walk. The B61, B67, and B69 buses also stop on our block.
RSVP at KoKoSpringParty.eventbrite.com!
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Cocktail Party to raise funds for Open Sound - we had a great time with you! If you couldn't make it, there's still time to donate to Open Sound by visiting open-source-gallery.org/sound-fundraiser! Open Sound relies on community support to keep our summer concerts free for everyone!
A HUGE thank you to the wonderful musicians who jammed out, and to our hosts, Elke and Ben, for organizing such a wonderful event in their beautiful garden! Thank you to all of you who attended and contributed!
The dance will come first, and the music will follow. See you at the reception + performance for Albrecht Fersch's Rumble 'n' Rattle on Saturday, May 2nd from 7-9pm.
Images: Welcome Party in Fersch's work-in-progress installation. Photos by Stefan Hagen.
Join us this weekend for a Jane's Walk! Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by urbanist, author, and activist Jane Jacobs. This year, these guided walks will be making stops at Open Source:
Street / Art Park Slope: Art in Action walk, led by Rich Garr
When: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Where: Park Slope, Brooklyn
RSVP: /events/street-art-park-slope-art-in-action-walk/
Bricks & Brushes, led by Alyssa Fridgen (Open Source Gallery Board Member)
When: Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Where: South Slope, Brooklyn
Saturday RSVP: /events/bricks-brushes-2/
Sunday RSVP: /events/bricks-brushes/
Join us on Sunday (May 3rd) to support Open Sound and share refreshments, drinks, and live music at this garden cocktail party in Windsor Terrace, and bring your instruments to jam out!
To avoid fees, we encourage you to bring cash ($25 recommended donation) to maximize your impact (but we will also accept online/venmo donations).
Cocktail Party to raise funds for Open Sound
When: Sunday, May 3rd, 6-8pm
Where: 119 E 3rd St. (Garden), Windsor Terrace, 11218
RSVP: Sound-Fundraiser-2026.eventbrite.com
Really looking forward to this. MANY folks have come together for it, and it promises to be an incredible event! 🔗 in bio (tho it may be full). & look for more Park Slope walks in the future!
*with attention constantly being diverted nowadays, this walk has a special focus on the importance of archives, and it’s intersection with creative action✊
#mayday #falloffreedom #janeswalk #streetarthistory #parkslope
There's one week left of our Open Call for Open Sound! 🎶🎺🎤 Learn more and apply at open-source-gallery.org/open-call-for-open-sound/ - applications are due by April 30th.
We are seeking musicians/bands to perform during our 2026 Open Sound live music series this summer! Performances will take place on Wednesday evenings between June and September, and we will pay up to four musicians per band. At least one application for performances will be selected by a jury (to be announced).
We rely on community support to host our open-to-all summer music series. Currently, we are planning to host at least five sessions, but are hoping to raise enough money to host ten (with two Open Call performances) - if you'd like to help out, please make a donation!
#opencall #livemusic #callforbands #opensound #callformusic #summermusic
