Now through December 12, 2010, a new art exhibition at the Old Stone House in Park Slope poses the question: what is the role of artists in shaping an ideal Brooklyn?

At Brooklyn Utopias: Farm City, curated by Katherine Gressel and Derek Denckla, artists respond to the idea of urban agriculture, and the practice of farming in or around a city, as a “utopian” solution for Brooklyn.

Multi-media artist, Andrew Casner, Hernani Dias, Kate Glicksberg, Katherine Gressel, Hugh Hayden, Kim Holleman, Christina Kelly, Jess Levey, Mary Mattingly, Eve Mosher, Scott Nyerges, ORPH, Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy , Dan Sagarin, Eric Sanderson, Tattfoo Tan, Work.AC have created works that explore Brooklyn’s existing urban farming attempts and explore what additional innovations and collaborations are possible.

Walking through the show one ponders the borough’s rich agrarian past and wonders if it can inform a greener future. Issues of scale, universal access, diversity and feasibility for urban farming are also in the mix.

Finally, how can the past, present and future of Brooklyn farming inform future “farm cities?”