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2010

The New York Times, March 26, 2010. A description of the Hall of the Gowanus and Reanimation Library, two projects in residence at Proteus Gowanus.  Along the Gowanus a Cultural Workshop Thrives

The New Yorker magazine’s March 8th edition contains an article by Patricia Max called “Borough Haul”. Proteus Gowanus is said to be “the kind of place whose founder could get a MacArthur genius  grant.” She adds that PG “has the best gift shop in the world.”

On March 3rd, Grist.org, an online environmental news organization, posted two videos and stories about our Fixers Collective: “Ask Umbra about turning a broken umbrella into a tote bag” and “Ask Umbra Visits the Fixers’ Collective”. Both videos were picked up by the Huffington Post.

On March 3rd, the New York Times Online, reacting to the EPA’s official designation of the Gowanus as a Superfund site, referred to us in two articles; “Let’s Put On a Gowanus Art Show” and “It’s Polluted, but the Canal Is Home, and Inspiration”.

In the February 18-24 edition of Time Out NY, our Study Hall program, offering a quiet place for writers, thinkers and dreamers to work, was featured as one of four places in NYC where you can “Enjoy absolute  silence”.

A ‘Disgusting and Beautiful’ Exhibit By Erin Durkin, The Daily News, January 26, ‘10. An article about Proteus’ new Hall of the Gowanus, a mini-museum and gallery dedicated to the Gowanus Canal and its environs.

The Fixers’ Collective: Repairing the World, One Lamp at a Time.  An overview of the Fixers’ Collective, a Proteus Gowanus project.

2009

Lots a’ Fixins
By Alison Levy, published in Artslant, New York, June 2009
A description of Proteus Gowanus and its Projects In Residence, including The Morbid Anatomy Library, Reanimation Library, Observatory and the Fixers Collective.

Resurrecting Brooklyn’s Great Social Visionary
By Phoebe Neidle, published in The Brooklyn Eagle, April 28, 2009
A review and description of “The Social Vision of Alfred T. White”, published this month by Proteus Gowanus’ publishing arm, Proteotypes, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Broken Chair Reacts to Economic Crisis
By Joyce Hanson on Goodgirl Blog, April 26, 2009
Joyce took her broken chair on a long journey by public transportation to the Fixers Collective where it found new life. “Wow,” she says. “There is hope after all.”

Blog Review of Tom La Farge’s “Administrative Assemblages”
By Doug Messerli of Green Integer, April 6, 2009
A review of La Farge’s first pamphlet in the upcoming 13 pamphlet series, “13 Writhing Machines”  which, Messerli says, “promises not only to be an utterly entertaining presentation of various formal systems of literary writing, but an illustrative example of how to get writers, young and old, to experiment with new and empowering systems outside the scope of realist psychological narrative.”

Don’t Toss It Fix It
Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, April 3, 2009
Proteus Gowanus’ Fixers Collective was featured on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show and filmed for its website video.

2008

An Image to Behold
By Amy Karafin, published in Time Out Magazine, May 14, 2008
A description of a Proteus event titled “An Afternoon of Arcane Media” , presenting images using antique media and projectors including magic lanterns and a Nic projector.

2007

Down by the River
by Caitlin Jones, published online Wednesday, September 19th, 2007.
A general and generous description of the gallery

Exhibit Mingles Books and Art At Proteus Gowanus Gallery
by Brooklyn Eagle, published online 06-07-2007.
Sasha Chavchavadze and Maddy Rosenberg are interviewed about the Libraries Show

Organization Profile: Proteus Gowanus (opens as pdf)
By Peter Wallace, published in the Brooklyn Arts Council Newspaper, Spring 2007
An article describing the gallery, its mission and non-profit collaborators.

2006

The Artistsbook Library at Proteus Gowanus
Maddy Rosenberg, featured in Umbrella Magazine.

Best of New York 2006: Proteus Gowanus
Best Proof That The Gowanus Arts District May Not Be Entirely A Real Estate Fiction – Proteus Gowanus A review of the gallery by the Village Voice

Cold War Memories, Burning Bright (opens as a PDF)
A review of the Museum of Matches from September 17, 200