Michael James Freedman is a Gowanus-based artist whose expressive, vibrant paintings focus on environments and people he experiences in Brooklyn and beyond. An artist for more than 30 years, Freedman works small scale in brush and ink and gouache watercolor as well as creating large-scale oil paintings and portraits. Recent one-man and group shows have combined art and philanthropy as well as multidisciplinary art (photography, painting, short video, and interactives).

Meredith Kurnov is editor and publisher of Macaroni KID Brooklyn NW. Covering all things family fun, events, local businesses, and kids programs in Brooklyn and beyond, Macaroni KID Brooklyn NW is a go-to resource for local families. Find out more by subscribing to their free weekly newsletter, or visiting them on their website, Instagram, or Facebook. As a local mom to a 2nd and 4th grader, she and her family are often out on Atlantic Avenue enjoying all that it has to offer!

Marj Kleinman (she/her) is a visual storyteller and the founder of Stoop Stories, a community collective that connects New Yorkers through documentary storytelling and programs, with a mission to increase social connection, preserve neighborhood stories, and revitalize communities through stoop culture and intergenerational connections. As a proud native Brooklynite still living in her childhood brownstone, she is deeply committed to passing on her parents’ legacy of 1970’s Brooklyn stoop life.