Beat Nite All Stars, curated by James Panero

Beat Nite 9: All Stars
art spaces and galleries stay open late
curated by James Panero

produced by Jason Andrew
organized by Norte Maar

Fri, Oct 25, 6-10pm

After party at English Kills, 10pm-12am

Beat Nite …the most underground, exciting, and fiercely independent pockets of the New York art world. -ARTINFO

Beat Nite… Best Neighborhood-Wide Gallery Nite. -L Magazine

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Jason Andrew and Norte Maar bring back the late night in Bushwick with a limited edition of Beat Nite, featuring just 10 art spaces selected by guest curator of the night, James Panero, art critic and Executive Editor, The New Criterion. Beat Nite: All Stars will be held Friday, October 25, and selected spaces will be open 6-10pm followed by a huge after party at the venerated English Kills Gallery.

Beat Nite made its neighborhood debut in February 2009, featuring all of Bushwick’s alternative art spaces and galleries—at the time, only seven. The event grew into a biannual occurrence offering an awesome neighborhood-wide event that many have labeled “half art stroll, half bar crawl.” With over 50 galleries and alternative spaces now in Bushwick/Ridgewood, since 2012 Beat Nite has focused on a selection of the community’s many great offerings.

Beat Nite: All Stars highlights the new and emphasizes the alternative. Continuing these intentions we invited noted art critic James Panero to select spaces. Beat Nite: All Stars features just 10 art spaces and reflects his decision to include new spaces that have opened in the past year with some of the neighborhood’s veteran galleries: an “all star” lineup representing the art nexus of Bushwick / Ridgewood at its best.

__________________________Selected Spaces

Centotto

250 Moore Street, #108
Brooklyn, NY  11206
www.centotto.com

English Kills
114 Forrest Street, #1
Brooklyn, NY  11206
www.englishkillsartgallery.com

Lorimoto
16-23 Hancock Street
Ridgewood, NY  11385
www.lorimoto.com

Outpost

1665 Norman Street
Ridgewood, NY  11385
www.outpostedit.org

Schema
92 St. Nicholas Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11237
www.schemaprojects.com

Signal
260 Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11206
www.ssiiggnnaall.com

Silver Projects
796 Broadway, FL2
Brooklyn, NY  11206
http://silverprojects.org/

Storefront Ten Eyck
324 Ten Eyck Street
Brooklyn, NY  11206
www.storefrontbushwick.com

Theodore Arts
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY  11206
www.theodoreart.com

Valentine
464 Seneca Avenue
Ridgewood, NY  11385
www.valentinegallery.blogspot.com

God and Me at Yale

James writes: 

Please join me on October 18 for the "The Future of Conservatism," the third annual conference of the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale. I will be speaking about Buckley's mentorship on a panel alongside Neal B. Freeman and Lawrence Perelman, moderated by Linda Bridges. I am honored to join an afternoon and evening lineup that includes Jonah Goldberg, Michael Barone, Craig Shirley, Professor Robert P. George, Bret Stephens, Roger Kimball, Rich Lowry, Heather Mac Donald, Professor Steven Smith, and Professor E. Donald Elliott. Those interested in attending this free event should contact Lauren Noble (Lauren [at] BuckleyProgram.com).

The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program was founded in 2010 by a group of Yale undergraduates under the guidance of Professor Donald Kagan. The program officially launched in the spring semester of 2011 with a mission is to promote intellectual diversity on Yale's campus. Affiliated with Yale, The Buckley Program is an independent non-profit that relies on the support of individuals in order to operate programs like this every year.

NURTUREart benefit 2013

I have long admired the work of NURTUREart, an art non-profit now located in the heart of Bushwick at 56 Bogart Street that is "dedicated to nurturing new contemporary art by providing exhibition opportunities and resources for emerging artists, curators and public school students." One way that NURTUREart connects to the greater arts community is through its annual benefit, where hundreds of artists and collectors come together each year and, for the price of admission (as little as $225), you get to take home a work of art.

I am always excited to see the artists selected for exhibition, which includes many familiar names from the Bushwick art scene. These benefits therefore offer an excellent way to assemble an art collection on a budget. In a recent interview with Artspace, Barry Hoggard and James Wagner describe how they have built a major collection through benefits "like NurtureArt or Momenta. Those are the main ones we've been involved with."

This year I am honored to serve as a juror reviewing artist submissions to the benefit. The call for artists is open until September 1. Tickets are also now on sale for the gala evening on October 28. Don't miss out on this fun event for a worthy cause.

-IN THE PRESS

Take a look at the Wall Street Journal's account of the great benefit evening, "Throwing Elbows at an Art Show." 

Attendees of NurtureArt's annual benefit on Monday night maneuvered a juried collection of 265 works of art with focus and diligence, quickly claiming pieces to call their own. For $275, ticket holders could bring home a work of art of their choosing, and for $175 more, they could select a second work.

"The ability to get art from NurtureArt is one of the best things you can do as a collector," James Panero, one of the event's four jurors, said. "The artwork that is donated is at a very high quality and it tends to represent many Brooklyn and Bushwick artists."

Read the entire account here