STOA

STOA was built to allow people from all walks of life be able to experience art without fear of judgement or exclusion of any kind. Founded by Harrison Love in Brooklyn in 2021, STOA is a public facing art experience (https://www.instagram.com/stoa.bk) that has held free, jury free seasons of open air exhibition and making around the Peristyle in Prospect Park since 2021. Anyone may show work and anyone may make work: there is no jury, no entry fee, and no wall between the artists and the public. Its public programs include the Writing Wall, where visitors add their own words to a shared surface. STOA is now growing from the Peristyle across the south end of Prospect Park, with a permanent base planned in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.