Near the Jefferson stop this past weekend, chalk arrows on the sidewalks pointed to “art and beer,” leading the way to small gatherings in Ridgewood…
Our Big Fat Guide to Mardi Gras and Carnival in NYC
Carnival has already been pretty wild this year, and it hasn’t even started in earnest. Down in New Orleans last week, the satirical Krewe du…
A ‘Barebones’ Bushwick Open Studios Drew a Smaller But Stronger Crowd
This past weekend, attendees of Bushwick Open Studios had their pick of more than 400 participating art spaces around the Bushwick-Ridgewood area. The weather for the new October iteration of…
Bushwick Arts Festival Didn’t Exactly Do Open Studios Like a BOS
For Luis Martin, the curator of a small gallery project inside East Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Brush Studios called Paranthesis Art Space, this last weekend was the culmination…
Bushwick Artists, Get In on This Group Portrait of the ‘Very Magical’ Art Scene
A riddle: how do you get all the artists in Bushwick in the same place at the same time? Tell them that everyone is going to…
Bushwick Open Studios Revamp Underway to Bring in ‘Natives,’ Dodge Corporate Interests
Wednesday night, Bushwick Open Studios organizers convened at the local community and activist space Mayday, for a “town hall meeting,” and their first coordinated public appearance…
Gallery’s ‘Bushwick 200’ List Sparks White-Hot Gentrification Debate
If you thought the season for “top 10” lists was over, think again: a Bushwick art gallery, Fuchs Projects, has stirred up some controversy with…
Some Bushwick Open Studios Details Dropped
A press release from Arts in Bushwick paints the broad strokes for this year’s Bushwick Open Studios, coming June 5-7. There aren’t many details just…
Microscope Focuses in on a New Gallery Space in Bushwick
It wasn’t easy for Elle Burchill and Andrea Monti to find a space in Bushwick to house their expanding gallery, Microscope. The two started looking…
Bushwick Open Studios Guide: How to Do BOS Like a Boss
Bushwick Open Studios is happening this weekend and once again local artists will open their private studio doors to the public for a few days…