NURTUREart

910 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY 11211

 
History
In 1997, George J. Robinson founded NURTUREart Nonprofit Inc. to realize his vision of an organization dedicated to helping emerging artists. He began by mounting guerilla exhibitions in donated spaces whenever and wherever possible, starting a slide registry in a filing cabinet in his Washington Heights apartment. As the Artists’ Registry grew exhibits took place in all corners of the city from the United Nations and Citibank to empty Lower East Side storefronts. In 2003 NURTUREart opened a gallery space of its own in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, creating the exciting opportunity for a full season of exhibitions by collaborating emerging curators and artists from the registry. In 2006 NURTUREart found a bigger and better permanent home on Grand Street in East Williamsburg and long time volunteer and trustee Karen Marston took the helm as Executive Director, and in 2007 Benjamin Evans joined the team as Gallery Director. With the help of many dedicated volunteers NURTUREart has grown into the dynamic organization it is today, playing a vital role in the cutting-edge emerging art community.