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!

Our next meeting is THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 16! Come out to debrief the Festival, get involved in our upcoming projects, or just hang out!

Meeting Details:
Arts In Bushwick Post-BOS Meeting
Wednesday, July 16
8pm
222 Varet Street, #3C (between Bogart and White St, near the Morgan L train stop)
2-4pm

Get Directions from HopStop

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Hope to see you there!

Bushwick Open Studios ‘08 was hot– and we don’t just mean the weather! A great big thank you to all of the participants, sponsors, and everyone who came out and braved that crazy heatwave to enjoy the festival- we couldn’t have done it without you!

In order to help us out with next year’s festival planning, we’d love it if you, as a BOS 08 participant (artist or attendee) would take a small survey about your personal experience with the event. Your feedback is important to us, and will give us a chance to make next year’s festival even better.

If you have photos of the art, artists or the neighborhood from the BOS ‘08 to share, please consider adding to the Arts in Bushwick/Bushwick Open Studios Flickr Pool! Also check out the tons of photos uploaded by other festivalgoers- a great way to see any studios you might have missed!

For some other perspectives on BOS ‘08 (cause we know it must have been hard to get to all of it):

Overview by Artcal, plus slideshow

So much great coverage of the festival from BushwickBK! Amazingly thorough, and not to be missed!

BOS Music Festival (BushwickBK) plus a ton of youtube videos…

We are already beginning to plan our next event, which will most likely occur in late fall of 2008. As always, we’re searching for new people, new ideas, and support of all kinds! If you’re interested in getting involved, or have proposals to bring to us, we’re open! Just email volunteer@artsinbushwick.org, or come to one of our open meetings.