Bushwick Open Studios Moves From June to October
Bushwick Open Studios, a decade long open studio weekend, is moving from the summer month of June to October - and with good reason. I love going to see all of the great art going on in Bushwick and the chance to enter some artist workspace makes BOS a must do.
Unfortunately, many real estate developers think so too and the summer months are the time when real estate is easily bought and sold and these people can blend into the general artsy crowd. October is less so and those who come to celebrate the art and the neighborhood AS IS can do so in October.
Here's the crux:
It’s been 10 months since BOS2015. Remember how insane it was? VIP parties, brands and billboards everywhere, Chris Rock selfies, even Fat Joe singing at a block party. “Baby Basel–esque,” you might have called it. But … you know most of that had little to do with Bushwick Open Studios, right? The agglomeration of mostly unaffiliated events the weekend became known for was because BOS — and Bushwick itself — have become twin magnets, drawing events that drew still more events. A lot of these do fit under the expansive Arts in Bushwick umbrella and were created by friends and allies, but many others were just hangers-on.
And it’s not just other art events and parties that have begun capitalizing on BOS’s popularity. During the meeting, AiB volunteer Nicole Brydson shared a rather ominous reason some AiB members voted for the October dates: the sentiment they’d heard expressed that “real estate is sold in the summer, art is collected in the fall.” In other words: summer open-studio events are ideal browsing conditions — if you’re shopping for real estate. Whereas fall events can be more studio-focused and conversational, so, ostensibly, real-estate types would have a harder time blending in.
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