The Crest Hardware Art Show, which has quickly become a Williamsburg tradition, kicks off its fourth year with a bevy of special activities and live performances on June 18 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Crest Hardware
558 Metropolitan Ave. between Lorimer & Union
Saturday, June 18, free, 1:00 – 7:00
Exhibit runs through July 30
www.cresthardwareartshow.com
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You don’t have to know anything about hammers and nails, buzz saws and socket wrenches, to love the Crest Hardware Art Show. For the fourth year, the Brooklyn hardware store has invited more than one hundred artists to fill the fifteen-thousand-square-foot indoor and outdoor space with site-specific works, many of which use the tools of the trade in their compositions. So before reaching for that room freshener, lightbulb, or toilet seat, you better look twice, because it might not be your standard model; it could be a work of art. It’s a blast walking up and down the aisles and through the back garden, finding all the specially created pieces that appear on the shelves and on the walls like regular merchandise and are for sale, at relatively affordable prices. Curated by store manager Joe Franquinha, the son of the original owner, Manny, the show, which runs through July 30, kicks off June 18 with Crest Fest ’11, an afternoon of live music, food and drink, and various activities that benefit the City Reliquary Museum. This year’s music lineup features the Suzan, Emefe, Little Victory, and Gunfight!