Gowanus Souvenir Shop To Close Its Doors At The End Of The Month To Embark On "Next New Adventure"

Owner Ute Zimmermann in front of her Gowanus Souvenir Shop on Union Street 

The Gowanus Souvenir Shop just announced that it will close its doors at 567 Union Street at the end of January to concentrate on its "next big adventure."
Thankfully, the closing of the store does not mean the end to the wonderful, quirky Gowanus merchandise created by the Souvenir Shop. The owners are going to continue to make their wares available online and will partner with other retailers.

The announcement by owner Ute Zimmerman reads:
After four wonderful years of running a storefront, the Gowanus Souvenir Shop is closing its shop doors January 31.
Starting next month we will concentrate exclusively on concocting new Gowanus Souvenir Editions, online sales, getting our products into other stores, and partnering with local organizations on Gowanusy projects.

When we first came up with the idea of the Gowanus Souvenir Shop it was going to be a four-month project. Over four amazing YEARS later we cannot begin to express how much we enjoyed everybody who wandered into our shop, laughed at our jokes, told us their Gowanus stories, sat on our bench, and stuck their head (or their pets) through our faceboard.

We know you are sad, but don't fret! You can still get your Gowanus Fix without getting Gonorrhea. Here's how:
1. Come by the shop before January 31. We have lots of stuff on sale and a very special gift for purchases over $50.

2. Shop at From Here to Sunday which is taking over our shop location and will continue to sell many of your favorite Gowanus Souvenirs!
Please support them and Even Keel!

3. Shop online at gowanussouvenir.com

4. Find Gowanus Souvenirs at a growing number of wonderful local shops, including:
Brooklyn Museum Gift Shop, and  Artists & Craftsman (Interested in stocking us? Get in touch! shop@gowanussouvenir.com)

5. Follow us on Instagram to get the latest news.

Still can't find what you are looking for?
Email us and we will let you know where to find everything else.

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All You Need For A Superfun(d) Holiday Can Be Found At The Gowanus Souvenir Shop

Owner Ute Zimmermann in front of her Gowanus Souvenir Shop on Union Street

The Gowanus Souvenir Shop has to be one of the coolest shops in Brooklyn.  It is filled with witty art, jewelry, t-shirts, decorative items and books, all related to everyone's favorite Superfund site.
Why would you shop for gifts anywhere else? My personal favorite, Joseph Alexiou's Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal, which retraces the waterway's extraordinary history.

From the Gowanus Souvenir Shop:
GOWANUS IS SUPERFUN GIFTING

Three ways to get your Gowanus on this holiday season!
1. Visit the shop
2. Shop online (*check here for delivery cut off dates)
3. Come find it at local holiday markets here

Gowanus Souvenir Shop

567 Union Street

between Nevins & Third

Holiday Hours

Tuesdays-Sundays 10-6 

Monday, Dec. 24 10–4 Open

Dec. 25–Jan 1 Closed

Back open to regular hours: Wednesday, Jan. 2

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Gowanus Souvenir Shop Presents "Ride", An Exhibit Of Debra Pearlman's Work

 (photo credit: Gowanus Souvenir Shop)

A House Called Air, 2013, Acrylic, photographic silkscreen, glass beads on canvas

 by Debra Pearlman

The Gowanus Souvenir Shop  not only sells some very cool items that "riff on the many facets of the canal’s mystifying and troubling yet often humorous and darkly fascinating history", it also serves as a gallery for local artists. Tonight, the Shop is hosting its first opening exhibit of the season, which will feature the work of artist Debra Pearlman.  The opening is tonight.

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Gowanus Souvenir Shop exhibits work by Debra Pearlman

The Gowanus Souvenir Shop is please to present work by the artist Debra Pearlman. The exhibition is entitled “Ride” and runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 2. An opening reception will be held Sept. 15, 6-8 pm
A photo is like a souvenir—a memory, a memento of a brief moment in time. There’s an opportunity to present many responses to this initial photograph: an informal setting and selection of work offers the viewer the chance to experience and reflect on this process. 

Titled RIDE, this installation evokes movement or the implied motion of play, and the objects that support these many activities, all presented here together. Painting, photographs, works on paper, some with text, swings, and a bungee jump caught mid-air in all of these media, invite one to think about play, joy, fear, and anxiety of momentarily casting gravity aside.

Debra Pearlman is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Brooklyn and has shown in New York and internationally, including major installations in

Leipzig, Germany, and Lodz and Krakow, Poland. Her work is included in collections of MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, The Walker Art Center, New York Public Library, the Museum Sztuki, Krakow, and others, and in private collections including that of Francis Greenberger and the Hiram Moody and Sarah Giraud collection. Her awards include a named residency at the Corporation at Yaddo, The Peter Reed Foundation, Dieu Donne, The Foundation for Contemporary Art and the government of Saxony. www.debrapearlman.net.
The exhibition is part of the Artslope Festival.

The Gowanus Souvenir Shop is located at 567 Union Street between Nevins Street and Third Avenue in Brooklyn

 

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