Powerhouse Arts: A lifeline for the creative community welcomes you on May 31!

Keeping in step with Epicenter’s priority of making the arts accessible and amplifying the important role it plays in building community, I recently joined the Community Advisory Council of Powerhouse Arts (PHA), a nonprofit organization committed to creative expression. PHA’s facility hosts an extended network of art and fabrication professionals and educators who work together to co-create and share artistic practices vital to the wellbeing of artists and their communities.

Nitin Mukul with exhibitor Thorsten Dennerline at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair.

The Council serves as a cornerstone of PHA’s commitment to creating culturally relevant and community-led programming. By actively seeking community input, the council ensures that PHA’s programming, resources, and offerings resonate and are accessible to a diversity of individuals, creating an organization that reflects and celebrates the richness of our communities in Gowanus and New York City.

The Powerhouse Arts building (right) on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Credit: Nitin Mukul

PHA is housed in a former 117-year-old power plant that is a wonder in its own right, and May 31st is Powerhouse Arts Community Day. Join PHA for a day of discovery and creative expression. Celebrate our community with a full day of hands-on activities, artist-led workshops, performances, and behind-the-scenes access to our historic Gowanus facility. Community Day happens once a year and is free and open to all.

Here’s what’s in store:

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