THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE’S EXHIBITION OUTREACH PROGRAM PRESENTS

This Must Be The Place
curated by Sonomi Kobayashi
GROUP EXHIBITION

July 1 – September 26
One Brooklyn Bridge Park
(360 Furman Street, Brooklyn; waterfront side between Piers 5 and 6)

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm, Sunday, 10am – 4pm
ONLINE EXHIBITION

Naomi Lee Baumol, Great Lake Stone
New York, NY: Overhead are clouds, rays of sunlight, the moon, and the galaxy; underfoot is sand, road, beds of leaves, andopen air. This is a place built by artists, through observation and imagination, using the smallest of pencil lines and thebroadest of brushstrokes. Now at the one-year anniversary of its partnership with ChaShaMa, The Art Students Leaguecelebrates a new summer season at One Brooklyn Bridge Park with the group exhibition This Must Be The Place, curated by
League alumna Sonomi Kobayashi. This Must Be The Place honors new directions and frontiers by featuring works by adiverse group of League artists responding to our themes of journey, travel, and exploration. Even if the destination cannot
not be known, the path remains an invitation for all to take the first step.

Featured Artists:
Susana Aldanondo
Naomi Lee BaumolPeter Bogdanos
Steve Danielson
Fran Del Re
Lauren FaulknerHolley Flagg
Christine Frisbee
Kathleen Huggard
Helena La Rota López

Holley Flagg, Star Forming Region

Celeste Maslovsky
Maria Mottola
Marykate O'Neil
Nancy S. Rosen
Tomoko Takeda
Alice Torres
Tina Vora Logan
Rich Wagner
Joyce Weidenaar

Susana Aldanondo, A Dream Away

Tina Vora Logan, Free Flow

About The Curator
Born and raised in Japan, Sonomi Kobayashi, is a New York based artistand independent curator who is interested in science, physics, stars,nature, and spirituality. She has curated successful group exhibitions
including at Williamsburg Art and Historical Center (NYC), Galerie La(Tokyo), and at many pop-up exhibitions in various locations,collaborating with other artists and independent curators in New York
City. As an artist, her artwork has been exhibited in the United States,
Japan, and Europe, including Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (NYC),
Lesley Heller Workspace (NYC), Flinn Gallery (CT), Galerie ARTAe,(Leipzig Germany), The National Art Center (Tokyo), Galerie La (Tokyo,Japan). She received Will Barnet Grant in Printmaking and Meritscholarship at The Art Students League, participated in residencies at
MASS MoCA (MA), Vermont Studio Center (VT), ASL Vytlacil Campus (NY). She received Four-Year Certificate in painting,studied printmaking and sculpture at The Art Students League of NY.
photo by Hiroki Kato, hair by Soh Kogasqka, makeup by Yuka Nishi

sonomiart@gmail.com

www.sonomikobayashi.com@sonomikobayashi

About The Art Students League of New York:The Art Students League of New York has been making high-quality, studio-based art education accessible to all for almost
150 years. Founded in 1875 by a group of independent artists who dreamed of a place where anyone with a passion for art
would have the space to make it, today The League hosts over 100 classes, taught in-studio and online. No applications, noprerequisites, and affordable, month-to-month tuition allow students to find their freedom and pursue their artwork freefrom the constraints of dogma. Our instructors educate students in an environment that values mentorship and collegiality,and centers diverse art-making practices, including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and assemblage. Our ongoing
lineage of accomplished instructors is matched by our legacy of extraordinary students: Artists who have studied or taught
at The League include Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois,
Alexander Calder, Norman Lewis, James Rosenquist, Ai-Weiwei, and many others
theartstudentsleague.org/ | @aslnyc | #aslnyc

About Chashama:
For over two decades, ChaShaMa has played a central role in sustaining New York's vibrant artistic community andincreasing access to the arts for all. ChaShaMa supports artists by partnering with property owners to transform unusedreal estate into space to create and present work and provides free art classes for NYC communities. Annually ChaShaMa
operates 137 subsidized studios, presents 200 free exhibitions and performances, and provides 300 free art classes for
3,500+ participants in the Bronx, Washington Heights, and Sunset Park, and awards$9 million worth of real estate to artists.
chashama.org | @chashama | #chashama

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