FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK
November 1st, 2024 6PM – 9PM
Established in the early 2000’s by a creative trio of women dedicated to the arts, the First Friday Art Walk filled downtown Binghamton with a litany of art exhibitions and other creative happenings on the First Friday of every month. Almost 20 years later, First Friday continues to platform local artists, gallery owners, and musicians. In 2020 the Broome County Arts Council adopted the First Friday Art Walk and is proud to help preserve this community building tradition with the generous support of Broome County Government and City of Binghamton.
Please check this page for information on participating locations. Some galleries have different open times – check below for more details.
“THERE’S NOTHING TO DO IN BINGHAMTON, NY” is an all-too-familiar complaint of the Southern Tier town. Broome County Arts Council’s First Friday rebrand, including new logos, a bright new color palette, kitchsy slogans, tote bags, art cards, and stickers, revitalizes the historic First Friday Art Walk and shows all the nay-sayers what they’re missing. 2023 First Friday rebrand encompasses colors and imagery from the Downtown Arts District. First Friday logos were generously created by designer Kari Bayait.
STATE STREET
Atomic Toms | 196 State Street
Atomic Jam with John Kanazawich
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | Events at Atomic Toms
Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts | 186 State Street
Spatial Archetypes
by Linda Sokolowski
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/28/24
Explorations in Collage, Prints, and Drawings by artist and Binghamton University Professor Emerita.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | anthonybrunelli.com
Orazio Salati Studio & Gallery | 204 State Street
Holiday Show
Greg A. Chianis, Cindy Henret Fern P. Lynn, Yates Studios
On view: 12/06/24 – 1/26/25
Ceramics, photography, fiber & mixed media art, copper paintings, felting, and painting.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | oraziosalati.com
Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) | 208 State Street
First Friday Extravaganza
STAP Prevention Services
On view: 12/06/24
The Identity youth center is hosting a health fair in recognition of World AIDS Day. Stop by for free HIV/STI testing, free food and drink, and a warm space to bundle up! We will also be hosting local vendors selling wonderful art pieces and crafts!
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | stapinc.org
Cooperative Gallery 213 | 213 State Street
Please check the venue’s website for the most up-to-date information.
Open First Friday 5PM – 9PM | cooperativegallery.com
BCAC Artisan Gallery | 223 State Street
Elegy
Andrea Kastner
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/28/24
Andrea Kastner is a Canadian painter whose work focuses on the overlooked corners of urban spaces and the sacred nature of rejected things. Her work deals with a sense of dislocation within the urban landscape and an unsettled vision of constructed space.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM| broomearts.org/artisan-gallery
BCAC Art Path Gallery | 223 State Street
Exhibition
James Schutt
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/27/24
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM| broomearts.org/art-path-gallery/
BCAC Artful Child Gallery | 223 State Street
Scrap Paper
Maxfield Zietsman
On view: 11/01/24 – 12/25/24
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM| https://broomearts.org/artful-child-gallery/
BCAC Artist in Residence Studio | 223 State Street
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM| broomearts.org/artisan-gallery
WASHINGTON STREET
Old Barn Market | 258 Washington Street
Artwork by Lilly Powell
Musician: Denpa Dollhouse
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/25/24
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | oldbarnmarket.com
Garland Gallery | 116 Washington Street
Please check the venue’s website for the most up-to-date information.
Open First Friday 6PM- 9PM | garlandgallery.com
WATER STREET
Lost Dog Cafe & Lounge | 222 Water Street
The Latest
Victor Lay
On view: 11/01/24 – 12/23/24
Open First Friday 12PM – 10PM | lostdogcafe.net
MAIN STREET
Binghamton Photo (1st floor gallery – adjacent to the Bundy Museum) | 32 Cedar Street
Twenties
Kojo Senoo
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/31/24
Kojo Senoo is a life-long New Yorker and working-class photographer. Formerly a photojournalist for Pipe Dream, he now shoots exclusively on 35mm and medium format film.
An alumni of the Binghamton University Sociology Department, he previously exhibited “Rolling Stock”, documenting a cross-country train trip, at Binghamton Photo gallery and “To Live for the Revolution”, featuring the history of organizing in Broome County, at the Bundy Museum.
Currently, he works as a photographer in New York City and at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | bundymuseum.org
The Bundy Museum | 129 Main St
Bundy Museum 2nd Floor Gallery:
Please check the venue’s website for the most up-to-date information.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | bundymuseum.org
The Bundy Museum | 129 Main St
Bundy Museum 3rd Floor Gallery:
Portals
Colette Chermak
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/31/24
Colette Chermak (b. 2001, Binghamton, NY) is a multimedia artist who reinterprets the everyday experience. She documents the sublime, overwhelming beauty of a moment, reflecting on the immediacy, ephemerality, and fragility of nature; she reimagines the mundane, manipulating classic techniques to create illusory scenes. Using photography, painting, and found materials, Chermak employs a variety of filters – some inherent to technology, others of her own design – within her work, disrupting traditional perception of the world. In her pursuit of the ‘fleeting moment,’ Chermak contemplates vulnerability of the self, interpersonal relationships, and confronts the wider conflict between environmental destruction and human demise.
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM | bundymuseum.org
COURT STREET
The Exhale Gallery @ Just Breathe Cannabis Dispensary | 75 Court Street
The Hunny Suite
Brandy Brown
On view: 12/06/24 – 12/28/24
This exhibit will feature surreal paintings, digital art, and fiber art.
Open First Friday 10AM-10PM | justbreathelife.org/
Phelps Mansion Museum | 191 Court Street
Student Piano Recital
Students of Jessica Farrell and Tara Elliot
On view: 12/06/24
The piano students of Jessica Farrell and Tara Elliot will be joining together to perform some holiday music to start off the season! We would love to have you join us on Friday, December 6th at 7:00pm. This event is open to the public, and we hope to see you there!
Open First Friday 6PM – 9PM |phelpsmansion.org
FRONT STREET
Roberson Museum and Science Center | 30 Front Street
Please check the venue’s website for the most up-to-date information.
Open First Friday 12PM – 9PM | roberson.org
MORGAN ROAD
The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier | 60 Morgan Road
A Fantasy Village of Gingerbread!
Open to public entries
On view: 12/06/24 – 1/05/25
It’s that time of year to get out your aprons and put on your chef’s hat to whip up a batch of gingerbread for this year’s Holiday Exhibit, A Fantasy Village of Gingerbread! Anyone can participate from children to adults or individuals, businesses, and groups. Use your imagination and creativity to bake and decorate a building, house, or structure from one of your favorite fantasy tales – as you make a little magic for this oh, so delicious, holiday display.
Open First Friday 4PM – 7PM | thediscoverycenter.org
RIDE THE FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY
The Trolley Tours have concluded for the 2024 Spring/Summer season. Stay tuned for more information.
The Trolley leaves from Phelps Mansion Museum at 6PM and 7PM, touring downtown Binghamton and up to the Bundy Museum of History and Art, and returning to the Phelps. Parking is available at the Phelps Mansion Museum.
The Trolley Tour is FREE and highlights local architecture and Binghamton sights! Stops along the way include State Street, The Robersom Museum, Kilmer Museum, and Bundy Museum. The Trolley is operated by Broome County Transit and sponsored by the City of Binghamton / Binghamton Local Development Corporation (BLDC). Additional support is provided by volunteers of the Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST).
THERE’S NOTHING TO DO IN BINGHAMTON, NY
Is an all-too-familiar complaint of the Southern Tier town. Broome County Arts Council’s First Friday rebrand, including new logos, a bright new color palette, kitchsy slogans, tote bags, art cards, and stickers, revitalizes the historic First Friday Art Walk and shows all the nay-sayers what they’re missing.
2023 First Friday rebrand encompasses colors and imagery from the Downtown Arts District. First Friday logos were generously created by designer Kari Bayait.
Parking includes (limited) street parking on State St., Washington St., Court St, or Metrocenter Parking. There is free parking near the Phelps Mansion. Parking garages also available for use include:
State Street Ramp
142 State Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
- First 1 hr. or less. – 2.00 dollars
- $1.00 – dollar each additional hour
- 5.00 Event Parking
Amenities:
- 24 hr. Parking Garage Access
- 12 levels of parking
- Monthly parking accounts available.
- Event Parking Availability
Washington St Ramp
119 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
- First 1 hr. or less. – 2.00 dollars
- $1.00 – dollar each additional hour
- 5.00 Event Parking
Amenities:
- 24 hr. Parking Garage Access
- 6 levels of parking
- Monthly parking accounts available.
Collier St. Parking Lot
73 Collier Street, Binghampton, NY 13901
- First 1 hr. or less. – 2.00 dollars
- $1.00 – dollar each additional hour
- 5.00 Event Parking
Amenities:
- 24 hr. Parking Access
- Restricted monthly parking accounts available
GET INVOLVED
Pop Up or New Subscriber?
Review the Participant Information sheet and purchase your annual subscription or pop-up below! All new First Friday subscribers or pop-ups must contact Zoha Khan with their First Friday event details at (607-723-4620) or zkhan@broomearts.org.
*Please note all new subscribers/pop-ups must have their information to BCAC ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE of their exhibition or event.
A Broome County Arts Council membership does not include a First Friday subscription. Broome County Arts Council members do receive significant discounts on First Friday subscriptions.
BCAC encourages the public to follow CDC guidelines for safe social gatherings. More information can be found on the CDC’s website here.
THANK YOU FIRST FRIDAY SPONSORS
