Art in DumboBrooklyn, NY (November 10, 2025) - In collaboration with Art in DUMBO and the DUMBO Improvement District, Shop the Studios returns on Saturday, December 6 from 1–6 PM, inviting the public to step inside the creative heart of Brooklyn’s most dynamic arts neighborhood. 

Shop the Studios opens the doors to DUMBO’s thriving network of artists, designers, and makers whose studios are rarely accessible to the public. From painters and sculptors to jewelers, clothiers, and multidisciplinary creators, visitors are encouraged to explore the neighborhood’s diverse range of artistic expression and connect directly with the people shaping its creative landscape.

Offering a rare glimpse behind the scenes, Shop the Studios celebrates the ingenuity and innovation that define DUMBO’s artistic community. With more than 80 artists and galleries participating this year, every purchase directly supports local creators and helps sustain DUMBO’s creative spirit. Guests can meet the city’s top artists, discover one-of-a-kind works, and shop holiday-priced originals perfect for gifting. New this year, select artists will offer a preview on Thursday, December 4 from 5–8 PM, held in conjunction with DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk.

Each year, Shop the Studios draws over 1,000 visitors to DUMBO, generating thousands of dollars in art sales and supporting the neighborhood’s small businesses. With more than 20 additional artists joining this year, the 2025 edition marks the largest Shop the Studios to date. In 2024, over half of participating artists reported sales—a testament to the event’s growing impact on the local creative economy.

Transforming the neighborhood into a lively, art-filled marketplace, the event will coincide with the DUMBO x Brooklyn Flea Holiday Market in the Archway, the iconic 45-foot-high plaza under the Manhattan Bridge that draws thousands of visitors each season. Together, these programs create a weekend-long celebration of art, design, and community, encouraging market-goers and neighbors alike to experience DUMBO as a living canvas of creativity.

Below, please find a list of highlights and sample participating artists and studios:

A.I.R. Gallery, 155 Plymouth Street

A.I.R. Gallery is offering postcards from their annual postcard exhibition for sale while showing two new exhibitions.

A.I.R. Gallery is a permanent exhibition space that supports an open exchange of ideas and risk-taking by women artists to provide support and visibility. As an artist-run organization, A.I.R. fosters involvement through multiple tiers of representation: New York, National, Adjunct, and Alumnae Artists. A self-directed governing body, the organization is an alternative to mainstream institutions and thrives on the network of active participants. Collaborations and partnerships with outside organizations and individuals ensure a platform informed by a diverse community and representative of broad views. A.I.R. maintains a gallery space in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, and exhibits the work of hundreds of women artists each year. @airgallery / airgallery.org

Cuban Art Space, 20 Jay Street 301

The Cuban Art Space will be selling paintings, works on paper, ceramics, vintage Cuban posters, books, vintage clothing, and more. In addition to the gallery, the space features hundreds of objects for sale, ranging from $20 and up.

The Cuban Art Space is incorporated within the Center for Cuban Studies to promote the work of Cuban artists, especially those living and working in Cuba, and to educate the U.S. public about Cuba’s cultural life. From its beginning, CCS has stressed the importance of Cuban art and culture. Our collection of more than 10,000 posters, photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, ceramics, and other examples of the visual arts in Cuba, plus thousands of slides, catalogs, and other information about Cuban artists, provides a unique look into the country’s evolution. Many of these works are available as exhibits that travel around the country. @center_for_cuban_studies / centerforcubanstudies.org 

Peter Drake, 55 Washington Street, Suite 254 

Drake will be offering atmospheric and reductive landscapes that capture the beauty and simplicity of the north woods. 

Drake's “Waiting for Toydot”, an MTA Arts & Design permanent public art commission for the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Massapequa Station opened to the public in 2015. “Waiting for Toydot” features 18 art glass windows and 5 ceramic/glass mosaics installed throughout the train station and is seen by over 6,000 commuters daily.

Drake maintains an active studio practice in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has had 28 solo exhibitions and is represented by Linda Warren Projects, Chicago / Los Angeles, Healy Contemporaneo, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas. His work is held in private, corporate and public collections including the Whitney Museum of Art, Phoenix Museum of Art, MOCA LA, Weatherspoon Art Museum, L.A. County Museum, Microsoft, Kirkland and Ellis and the Progressive Collection among others. His work has been written about in the New York Times, Art in America, Newsday, Huffington Post, Art & Antiques and numerous other publications

Peter Drake was born and raised in Garden City, Long Island and lives in Manhattan. @peterdrakeart

Samantha Dion Baker, 45 Main Street, Suite 1001

Baker  will be offering books and small prints, as well as original artwork, for sale.

Samantha Dion Baker graduated from The Cooper Union in New York City and spent over 20 years working as a graphic designer. Now a full-time illustrator and artist, her favorite thing to do is wander the city streets and travel with her family, drawing all of the things she does, eats and sees on the pages of her sketch journal. Originally from Philadelphia, Samantha lives and works in Brooklyn with her husband and two boys. She is the author of Draw Your Day, The Draw Your Day Sketchbook, Draw Your World, and Draw Your Day For Kids!  @sdionbakerdesign

NowHere Studio Program, 20 Jay Street, Suite 434

NowHere’s Artist-in-Residence, Hiroshi Masuda, will be offering large-scale paintings and small prints, as well as printed bags and other items.

NowHere is a multipurpose hub in Soho supporting NYC-based Japanese creators across disciplines, existing to help emerging talent explore their maximum potential by providing them with the means to showcase their practice and expand their network. 

NowHere’s 2025 artist-in-residence is Hiroshi Masuda. Saitama-born and Brooklyn-based, Masuda’s vibrant, cartoon-inspired paintings weave together pop culture, Buddhism, and the Japanese concept of mitate (見立) (“seeing anew”). His art playfully juxtaposes symbols and objects, delving into social, political, and cultural themes with depth and a sense of humor. @hiroshimasud / nowhere-nyc.com

Rowan Renee, 20 Jay Street, Suite M10D
Rowan Renee is offering small fused glass works, silver gelatin prints, and tintypes. The artist may also be offering walk-in tintype portrait sessions.

Rowan Renee creates site-specific installations that are the culmination of months or years of research within communities, landscapes or archives. Their work addresses legacies of violence within the family, the state and the criminal legal system, especially their impact on women, LGBTQ+ and incarcerated people. They have a deep relationship to material across a broad range of processes including printmaking, stone carving, weaving, welding, wood-working and kiln-fused glass. They conceptualize craft as care-work to transform experiences we cannot put into words.

Their solo projects have been presented at The Green-Wood Cemetery (2023), KODA (2022), Smack Mellon (2021), FiveMyles (2021), Aperture Foundation (2017), and Pioneer Works (2015), and their installation, No Spirit For Me (2019), was included in Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration at MoMA PS1. Their work has been recognized through numerous awards and fellowships, including the Jerome Hill Foundation, the Harpo Foundation, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2023, they were awarded the Art for Justice Fund Artist Fellowship.  Over the past 10 years they have been renovating a Sandy-flooded bungalow as a living sculpture, conceptual artwork and experimental artist space in the Rockaways. In early 2025, they plan to host their first programs as the KODA x Stilt City Retreat. @brooklyntintype / rowanrenee.com

Below is the full list of the 2025 participating artists and galleries:

A.I.R. Gallery, AMR Art DUMBO, David Atkin, Wes Aderhold, Baci Studio, Andrius Alvarez-Backus, Samantha Doin Baker, Bahar Behbahani, Nassim Behi, Melanie Berardicelli, Joe Bloch, Dennis Bourke, Brooklyn Sewing Academy, Davide Cantoni/Makers Collective, Shannon Carroll, Ally Cotton, Creatively Wild Art Studio, CSB Fine Arts, Cuban Art Space, Maya Dixon, Peter Drake, S Emsaki, Jen Ferguson, Jack Florczyk, Priscilla Fusco, Nick Gebhart, Gentile Artefacts, Ghazal Ghazi, Ernesto Gonzalez, Philip Greenberg, Tony Griego, Gabrielle Guthrie, April Hannah, HANNAYOO WORKS, Maggie Hinton, Susan Homer and David Atkin, Hudson Wilder, Sarah Ingraham, Darien Johnson, Dale Kaplan, Helena Kozuchowicz, Sara Laimon, Matthew Li, Loop of the Loom, Lucky Risograph, Abraham Lule, Sarah Matthews, The Meadow, Craig Anthony Miller, Emily Nam, NAOMI NOMI, Søren Nellemann, Talya Nelson, Garett Nelson, Celia Nicolson, NowHere Studio Program, Kristin O'Connor, Anne Patterson Studio, Cade Pemberton, María Elena Pombo, Zoë Pulley, Dejana Pupovac, Rowan Renee, Jennifer Riley, Katie Heller Saltoun, Eoin Schnell, Vivian Scott, Sesame Letterpress, Narelle Sissons, Smack Mellon, The Space Collective, Audrey Stone, Stump Gallery, Leonard Ursachi, Amadi Williams/Sahar Studios Inc., Merewyn Wirth, Christopher Wynter, Stephen Woodburn, T. Kelly Wilson, Lucy Murray Willis, Willow Faith Art, ZAROLAT, Theresia Zhang, Stephanie Zimmer.

Printed maps featuring studio locations, descriptions, and price points for the Saturday event will be available at the DUMBO x Brooklyn Flea Holiday Market in the Archway, as well as in the lobbies of 20 Jay, 68 Jay, and 55 Washington Street. Guests can also preview the map online at artindumbo.com and find information on local dining and travel options at dumbo.nyc.

The event is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. For more details, visit here.

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About Team Dumbo / The DUMBO Business Improvement District

Team Dumbo, a Business Improvement District founded in 2006, is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and promoting DUMBO, Brooklyn — a different side of New York - where quintessential historic charm meets creative Brooklyn at its very best. Team Dumbo is made up of members that include commercial tenants of the neighborhood and property owners, working together to amplify Dumbo’s creative and innovative vibe through programming, public art, public space management, beautification, advocacy, and many other initiatives. dumbo.nyc / @dumbo_brooklyn

About Art in DUMBO

Art in DUMBO is a community resource providing information about art events, happenings, galleries, and residency programs in DUMBO, Brooklyn. artindumbo.com / @art_dumbo

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