Westbeth Flea Market See another artist page. Westbeth Courtyard Summer Garden 2024. Terry Pruinton and Kurt Kelly designers of lthe Westbeth Beautificaiton Committee The Westbeth Beautification Committee, a subcommittee of the Westbeth Artists Residents Council, has been a Westbeth tenant volunteer organization for the past 35 years. Since 1984, the Committee has held an annual WESTBETH FLEA MARKET dedicated to fundraising for projects that benefit Westbeth, the neighborhood community, local charities and disaster relief. Flea Markets are held twice a year. Winter Flea Market . Always held on Election Day, followed by a weekend to include Veteran’s Day, and then the following weekend with a one-day $10 Bag Sale. Dates are dependent on the Election Day calendar for each year. Spring Flea Market. Dates usually in May for one weekend. $10 Bag sale the following weekend. SALE AND DONATIONS INFO: westbethfleamarket@gmail.com We welcome clean, usable donations. We do not accept large TVs, upholstered furniture, pillows and anything that is torn, stained, broken, or not in working order. You can leave your donations in the blue bin in Westbeth basement, or contact us by email. Generally we cannot pick up donations. For donations of affordable art, please contact Parviz Mohassel at bravoparviz@yahoo.com A TRADITION OF GIVING Entrance Canopy. Design and Installation – Christina Maile/Parviz Mohassel Since 1984, the Beautification Committee not only uses the funds raised by the Flea Market to enhance the public areas of Westbeth, design and maintain gardens, and provide low-cost or free classes and workshops, but also as a way for donors, customers and Westbeth residents to give back to the community. We have formed relationships with neighborhood charitable organizations such as the Migrant Families Project at PS 3, Project Renewal an organization that takes care of homeless men and women, Holy Apostles Church, Dress for Success, disaster relief organizations and others to provide after our sales, free clothing, housewares, toys, books and health aids. After every sale, all books are given away free, some to prisons and neighborhood community centers organizations, etc. All remaining items are donated to the Salvation Army. In this way, the donations to the Flea Market reinforce our ties to each other, to the cultural mission of Westbeth, and to the needs of the community. HISTORY The first Flea Market raised money to build cedar planters to protect the trees along Bethune St. Since then, the annual Flea Market has funded Westbeth’s public gardens, restoration projects, low cost Feldenkrais classes, and most recently a PEN Women’s Literary Workshop. RECENT PROJECTS Feldenkrais Class PEN Women’s Literary Workshop New racks for Bike Room BARGAINS GALORE Fine Art and more at the Flea Market Westbeth is a home to artists – painters, dancers, actors, writers, sculptors, musicians and more. What they donate to the Westbeth Flea Market are the things they have found to be amusing, beautiful, useful, and astonishing. You will find here not just and incredible array of books, objects, clothes, artwork, etc, but an artistic aesthetic which reflects not only what Westbeth artists have collected passionately for themselves, but what they have created out of passion. Our customers include families, techno nerds, artists, set designers, students, art collectors, bargain hunters, book lovers, musicians, people in need of cool (and warm) clothing, treasure seekers, and dreamers. At the Westbeth Flea Market, you will find the extraordinary. At very affordable prices. COLLECT LIKE AN ARTIST! Thousands of books: art, bio, history, novels, non fiction, poetry and more Clothing and Electronics Furniture Household Linens and Christmas Children’s books and toys Jewelry and musical instruments Original artwork ORIGINAL ARTWORK Regularly, families of deceased artists donate original artwork to the Flea Market where they find new appreciative owners, thus maintaining a legacy of the artist’s work, and their time at Westbeth. The Flea Market has sold works by Ralph Dubin, Jane Bolmeieir, Patrick Sullivan, and more. Watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, fine art prints, sculpture, at prices affordable for all art collectors. HAPPY BUYERS Customers from the neighborhood, across the city, and from around the world return again and again. Many have remarked on feeling a sense of community when they walk through the doors. The Flea Market has also acted as an introduction to the cultural events at Westbeth – art exhibits, performances, music and dance festivals. We have been featured in Time Out, the NY Times, DNA Info, and the Villager. More recently Neighborhood Slice broadcast a TV episode featuring the Westbeth Flea Market. We are a neighborhood legend. SELECTED PROJECTS FUNDED BY FLEA MARKET Gallery Lighting for Lobby Planter boxes and benches on Bethune and Bank Sts. Historic restoration of 12 of Westbeth’s 19th c lanterns Center Courtyard Garden Stone wall – design, and installation by Beautification Committee Exterior Bulletin Board design Beautification Committee Future Project – Wayfinding Hallway Signage CONTACT INFORMATION If you would like to donate clean, usable goods to the Flea Market, or if you would to be on the email list for future sales and events, contact westbethfleamarket@gmail.com all photos Christina Maile