Puffin Brooklyn

After three decades of operating out of Teaneck, NJ, the Puffin Foundation was delighted to expand in April of 2025 with the opening of a satellite office in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

In addition to being a workspace, the new office has a storefront gallery area for art exhibitions, intimate performances, and meetings of community organizations. We are thrilled to be establishing a presence in Brooklyn, NYC, where many of our grantees live, and where an excellent bagel is always within walking distance.

Wearable sculptures in window by Sunny Allis

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Puffin Brooklyn is located at 227 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NYC, between President and Carroll.

When exhibitions are on display, visitors are welcome on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays between 12 & 5. (Check our social media or contact us directly for changes due to weather etc.)

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Puffin Brooklyn periodically displays art, hosts performances, and allows group use of our space for projects that align with our mission and have a social justice, activist, or civil rights focus. Grantees and NYC residents are prioritized. To inquire, please fill out an interest form.

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Catch "Gray Zones: Unmaking the Myth of a Polarized Nation" before it closes! On view in Brooklyn for just one more day. On Saturday, 8/15, we'll be open from 11-5. But if you can't see it in NYC, you'll have another opportunity when the show moves to The Puffin Cultural Forum, in Teaneck, NJ, in the fall. Don't miss this powerful exhibit, which features the work of @nina_berman @shepreebright @ista_maza @dannywilcoxfrazier @jordangalephoto @ronhaviv_vii @brooklynn.kascel @eakirklandphoto @zunleephoto @jonlowenstein @carlosjavierortiz

Puffin Brooklyn is at 227 5th Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Please join us on Thursday, August 20th for a free screening of Happy in the Bronx. Directed by Nancy Siesel @magnoliapetunia, this 27 minute documentary tells the story of a Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy who was held in captivity for 49 years.

After the screening, Nancy will lead a panel discussion and/or an audience Q&A.

This event is free and open to the public but please note that space is limited and attendees will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. Doors open at 6:!5, event begins at 6:30.

Puffin Brooklyn
227 5th Avenue (Btwn President & Carroll)

Come see Gray Zones: Unmaking the Myth of a Polarized Nation in its final days at Puffin Brooklyn!

Viewing hours are on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00am - 5:00pm, through August 15th.

Gray Zones is curated by Danny Wilcox Frazier and features work by Nina Berman, Sheila Pree Bright, Danny Wilcox Frazier, Jordan Gale, Ron Haviv, Tyrel Iron Eyes, Brooklynn Kascel, Erin Kirkland, Zun Lee, Jon Lowenstein, and Carlos Javier Ortiz.

This exhibition challenges viewers to reconsider traditional lines of division. It is an invitation to see ourselves in each other, regardless of race, class, or other differences. It is a reminder that solidarity is not only possible but necessary if we are to continue as a nation. Catch it before it's gone!

The Puffin Foundation Brooklyn presents Gray Zones: Unmaking the Myth of A Polarized Nation. Curated by VII Foundation's Danny Wilcox Frazier and featuring Nina Berman, Sheila Pree Bright, Tyrel Iron Eyes, Danny Wilcox Frazier, Jordan Gale, Ron Haviv, Brooklynn Kascel, Erin Kirkland, Zun Lee, Jon Lowenstein, Carlos Javier Ortiz. We're at 227 5th Ave in Park Slope (11215), open Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun from 11-5. Please come visit!

Gray Zones: Unmaking the Myth of a Polarized Nation

Opening Reception Sat 6/20/26, 12-5 pm
Panel discussion with photographers and curator @dannywilcoxfrazier at 1 pm

On view 6/20 - 8/15
Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun from 11 am - 5 pm (except July 4)

At Puffin Brooklyn: 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Featured here, photos by Danny Wilcox Frazier (@dannywilcoxfrazier) from Lost Nation

Slide one: John Neumann works on an old pickup, Neumann ranch, Cactus Flat, South Dakota. John shot himself on June 9, 2019. He left behind a six-month-old son, Stetson, and fiancée, Tabatha Swartz. The lack of access to healthcare in rural South Dakota was central to the cowboy’s death. Stetson will take over the ranch when he turns 18, John’s wish for his son. 2008
Slide two: Home Defense, Cowles (population 30), Webster Co., Nebraska. Webster County has lost 61% of its population over the past century. (2017)

Documentary photographer and filmmaker Danny Wilcox Frazier focuses his work on marginalized communities both in and outside of the United States. Frazier has photographed people struggling to survive the economic shift that has devastated rural communities throughout the U.S., including in his home state of Iowa.

With his photographs from Iowa, Frazier documented those individuals continuing to live traditional lives in rural communities across the state, people challenged economically but often unwavering in their conviction to stay. The project was awarded the Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize and was published in 2007 as Driftless. After completing the book, Frazier directed and co-produced with MediaStorm an Emmy nominated documentary by the same name.

Frazier’s photographs are in public and private collections, including: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Duke University’s special collections library, Honickman Foundation, and Smithsonian, National Museum of American History.

Danny will be at the opening on 6/20 and hosting the panel discussion! We hope you'll be able to join us.

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