"Open Spaces" a one day art festival on December 2, 2007 12noon to 8pm

Arts in Bushwick presents a day of group shows in galleries and alternative art spaces.

"Open Spaces" a free, one day festival of group shows in alternative spaces and art galleries, takes place December 2nd in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The purpose of Open Spaces is to foster connections within the Bushwick arts community, create forums for artists to show their work, and to cultivate curatorial opportunities for individuals in the neighborhood. Over thirty galleries, private residences and local businesses will be hosting curated group shows of local artists. These spaces will be open to the public from 12 to 8 PM. The creative energy and diversity of the Bushwick art community will be presented through an impressive variety of media: performance, visual art, installation, dance, poetry, music and more. In addition to the myriad forms of art and entertainment, a panel discussion featuring representatives of Bushwick's diverse stakeholders will open a dialogue regarding gentrification and sustainable development. Open Spaces will continue into the night with live music, sketch comedy, and a dance party.

Below is a map and listing of all the Open Spaces.

1 Art Smart! - Wyckoff Starr, 30 Wyckoff Ave
2 Small Works Nano Vision - Art by Design, 385 Troutman St #105
3 The Age of Uncertainty - Deep in the Woods Studios, 476 Jefferson St #210
4 Rudy Streak Trapeze Studio's Circus O'Love - Ruby Streak Trapeze Studio, 382 Jefferson St #3A
5 The Zoo - 318 Jefferson St #2L
6 Corrupted Realities II - 538 Johnson Av #212
7 3rd Ward Members Salon - 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Av
8 Punctuated Equilibrium, V 2.0: American Chimera - The Lair, 134 Grattan St
9 Asperger's First Worley Works Exhibition Space - 117 Grattan St
10 Hodgepodge - 100 Thames #416
11 Wut Up Doc(Umentation) - Studio 23 57 Thames St #3B
12 The Etsy Show: A Crafty Community - Pocket Utopia Gallery, 1037 Flushing Av
13 Goes To Show - 330 Melrose St 2nd Fl
14 The Bushwick Arts & Neighorhood Sustainability Forum - Bushwick Impact, 69 Central Av
15 Strained Eye Art Space - 94 Evergreen Av #2L
16 On It - Olin / Curtis, 114 Forrest St #2C (Buzzer #9)
17 Knucklehead Blues - English Kills Gallery, 114 Forrest St
18 Mixed Media, Collage, Painting - Cook Street Sound, 210 Cook St. #302
*19 In Your Presence: An Interactive Art Event - 222 Varet St #3C
20 Woonsocket Show - Ad Hoc Art, 46 Bogart St #1G
21 Permanent Present - Studio 215, 1 Grattan Street
22 Diamonds And Pearls - Gallery 222, 56 Bogart St #222
23 Instruction Sites, Visionary Crosswalks & (Entitled) - Public spaces between Morgan Av & Jefferson St L train stops
24 Multimedia Performance, Slide Show & Art Sale - Studio 304, 304 Boerum Av
25a Above And Across: The McKibbin Lofts Show - Potion Cafe, 248 McKibbin St Loading Dock
25b The Hospitium - 248 McKibbin St #1J
25c Photography - 248 McKibbin St #1L
25d TBA - 248 McKibbin St #2D
25e Grand Tour - 248 McKibbin St #2J
25f "I Painted Over Andy Warhol (Montauk)" - 248 McKibbin St #3Q
26a The Gallery Studio Presents: Pistachios, Pickles, Pepper & Parsley - The Gallery Studio, 255 McKibbin St #506
26b Visual Arts and Live Music - Hole, 255 McKibbin St #406
26c Fingered - 255 McKibbin St #207
26d The Lafff Show - The Ground Sound, 255 McKibbin St #207. At this location only from 7-9pm $5 suggested donation.

After 9pm join us at The Ground Sound for the Open Spaces closing party.

Background information about Arts In Bushwick

This past June, Arts in Bushwick organized Bushwick Open Studios, a three day long arts festival. BOS 07 proved to be a great success featuring an estimated 400 artists and performers. As an aspect of BOS 07, several artists turned their lofts into temporary gallery spaces for and hosted group shows. This generous gesture provided opportunities for numerous artists to collaborate, network, and show their work in various exciting alternative spaces. Out of this exercise, the concept for Open Spaces was born. Inspired by the success of BOS 07, Arts in Bushwick has invited neighbors to put together interdisciplinary group art shows as part of the Open Spaces event.

Centered around the Morgan and Jefferson stops on the L train, Open Spaces will be easily accessible by foot within the one day period. More than 30 separate locations are hosting shows, featuring over 200 artists. Open Spaces is a unique opportunity to see incredible art in the neighborhood where it is created.

Arts in Bushwick is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to promote and support local artists, serve the community at large through arts education and creative accessibility, and to help organize all residents and stakeholders in Bushwick in fighting development-driven displacement and working towards an integrated, sustainable community.

Arts in Bushwick "Open Spaces" 2 December artsinbushwick.org

Media contact: Maggie Pounds
857-204-4163
maggiep@artsinbushwick.org

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