SAW alumni archive
Since launching in 2010, the Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk has paired local artists with neighborhood merchants along 5th Avenue. This page revisits past editions of the walk, highlighting the artists, host shops, and streetside collaborations that shaped each year.
2015 SAW
Featured partnerships between artists and 5th Avenue merchants. Photos by Teri Brennan.
Liz Atzberger
Installation at Dante Zeller Tuxedo & Menswear. Photo: Teri Brennan.
Jeannine Bardo
Installation at Long’s Wines & Liquors. Photo: Teri Brennan.
Artist & merchant pairings
Additional 2015 installations connecting visual artists with Bay Ridge storefronts along 5th Avenue.
About the archive
Each annual SAW documents the pairing of a visual artist with a local business, turning the storefront window into a short-term gallery. Past editions include:
- First SAW launched in 2010 along 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
- 3rd Annual SAW began in May 2012.
- 4th Annual SAW launched on May 18, 2013.
- 8th Annual SAW kicked off in April 2017.
For press mentions and recent news, visit the Updates page. For a current-year map of artists and merchants, see the Artists page.
Looking back through the history of the Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk reveals how a single avenue can become a living gallery when artists and merchants collaborate. Year after year, vacant windows and doorway alcoves along the corridor transform into temporary studios, inviting passersby to slow down and look closer at their own commercial strip. Each edition builds on the last, layering new murals, sculptures, and multimedia interventions onto a shared memory of creative exchange. The result is a rolling archive in which the street itself acts as curator, preserving the conversations between makers and shopkeepers that have shaped the neighborhood since the walk first began.