Free Show and Community Discussion, October 11th

As you may have heard, Hip-Hop Theater Festival founder Danny Hoch is touring his show “Taking Over” prior to its opening at the Public Theater. Hoch takes on gentrification and affordable housing in this show, spurring debate about the future of our city and its obsession with economic expansion. Cultural institutions around the city have teamed up to bring this show to neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx FREE OF CHARGE. The shows will each have an accompanying community discussion, which will be documented. We’re helping the Hip Hop Festival get the word out about this awesome neighborhood show and discussion in Williamsburg, sponsored by el Puente. Read the rest of this entry »

BETA Spaces MIXER!

WHEN: THIS Wednesday, Sept 24 8:00-10:00pm
WHERE: The Bushwick Department of Public Works, 330 Melrose St, 3rd Floor GET DIRECTIONS

FOR: CURATORS, ARTISTS, or ANYONE INTERESTED IN SHOWING/ PRESENTING/ PRODUCING ART WORK IN THE UPCOMING BETA SPACES ARTWALK (NOV 9)

Come out to meet, drink, chat and collab with other participants of BETA spaces, if you are an artist seeking space to show or a space seeking artists to fill your space… Now is the time to mix it up and get things started!

Remember, the deadline for submitting a show to BETA spaces is OCTOBER 1st. Questions? Email steve@artsinbushwick.org

Wanna help us out? Download a mixer flier, print and post it in your building!

BETA Spaces (Bushwick Exhibition Triangle of Alternative Spaces)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 2008 from 11am to 7pm

BETA Spaces is a day of multi-disciplinary group art shows, which encourages artists to transform the private and public spaces of Bushwick into exhibition spaces: living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, studios, streets, subways, sidewalks, and gardens. The festival will take place within a 10-block triangle south of Johnson Street, east of Bushwick Avenue, and west of Jefferson Avenue. The compact geographic nature of the festival is designed to provide the public an unbeatable opportunity to visit dozens of venues and experience hundreds of artists within a short period of time. (In comparison, our annual Bushwick Open Studios Festival (BOS) usually features 100+ locations spread geographically across 3 square miles!)

Participants please contact steve@artsinbushwick.org with

- the address of your space
- the title of the show
- a brief 50-word description of the exhibition

We strongly encourage each space to exhibit as many artists as possible, but we want to stress that all decisions reside with the curators. 

WE ARE LOOKING for anyone interested in hosting a group show in their space, curators who may have an idea for a show but not a space, and artists to participate in the festival.  The deadline for submitting an exhibition space is WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1st, and curators must finalize the name and theme of their shows by October 10th.

To download a flier with this information, click here.

There will be an open meeting this Wednesday, September 17th at 476 Jefferson St #202 for anyone interested in planning or participating in BETA Spaces. Click here to get directions from HopStop

Stay tuned—at a time and place TBA during the week of 9/22 we will be hosting a Mixer to provide spaces, curators, and artists a chance to meet with each other and talk about their BETA space projects!