Weeks After Fire, Red Hook Open Studios Returns Defiantly

Weeks After Fire, Red Hook Open Studios Returns Defiantly

Red Hook’s artist community is no stranger to life-altering disasters. In 2012, when Hurricane Sandy’s deluge left the coastal Brooklyn enclave five feet underwater and without power for weeks, artists held benefit exhibitions of storm-damaged work. In its aftermath, several artists established an open studios event to celebrate their resilience. Last month, weeks before the event’s 10th anniversary edition, a five-alarm fire ripped through a hi…