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Art In Bloom: A Paint & Sip Fundraising Event
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STooPS Art & Community invites you to celebrate our newest chapter with Art In Bloom, a special Paint & Sip fundraising event. Whether you are a seasoned artist or picking up a brush for the first time, this workshop is designed to help your creativity blossom.
The Experience:
Led by the renowned artist Ladie Ovila, this vibrant workshop will guide you through the artistic process in an atmosphere of joy and inspiration. Ladie Ovila is the visionary behind ART SO BROOKLYN and Mut’Sun, bringing two decades of industry expertise and a passion for fashion-forward, colorful expression to our community canvas.
As you paint, enjoy a curated selection of wine and small bites included with your ticket.
Why It Matters:
This is an art class with a purpose. All proceeds directly support STooPS Art & Community in our mission to provide high-quality workshops, programming, and events that make art accessible to everyone in the Brooklyn community.
"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? ...Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared." — Tupac Shakur
Event Details:
When: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Where: The Laundromat Project | 1476 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11216
Ticket Price: $45 per person
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Space is limited! Secure your spot today via Eventbrite:
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STooPS is committed to honoring and
amplifying Black and BIPOC people and culture!!
STooPS is born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY-a historically black neighborhood- and conceived by our Founder, Kendra J. Ross -a black woman. While we are committed to unifying everyone in our neighborhood, we are also intentional about lifting the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. This means featuring BIPOC artists, supporting small, local black owned businesses, and creating alliances with organizations that similarly are led by and service BIPOC folks. We do this as a means to do our part in undoing the systemic racism that has been perpetuated in all the threads of our society. We encourage our white neighbors, businesses, attendees, and leaders to be intentional in doing work within their own communities to raise up and honestly support BIPOC people. We all should make shifts in how we work to recognize and take steps to undo the racism that has affected all our humanity.
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Pictured above is STooPS alumni artist Taja Lindley performing excerpts of her work “This Ain’t A Eulogy.” where she created a tapestry of 86 trash bags that names each of the 86 unarmed Black people killed by the police since Amadou Diallo in 1999. She performed this in 2015; we are saddened that this year her tapestry would need to lengthen. However, we are honored to feature artists whose work speak to the activism we support and practices we embody inside our organization.