Bushwick art spaces will be keeping their doors open late on the night of Friday, Mar. 6, for the 12th edition of Beat Nite, as part of Armory Arts Week.
Beat Nite, produced by Jason Andrew and organized by non-profit arts organization Norte Maar, is a late night gallery hop within the Bushwick community.
Visitors and collectors can tour popular neighborhood art galleries throughout Bushwick, during late-night viewing sessions from 6 to 10 p.m.
This year’s edition of Beat Nite is curated by Ben Sutton, a Brooklyn-base art writer and critic.
“Part of what I love so much about Beat Nite is that it always encourages me to go discover galleries I know about but have never actually visited,” Sutton told the Bushwick Daily.
The event beings at host space Norte Maar located at 83 Wyckoff Ave. Visitors will then travel around Bushwick hitting galleries such as the Microscope Transmitter TSA located at 1329 Willoughby Ave., the 99¢ Plus gallery at 238 Wilson Ave. and Centotto at 250 Moore St.
When the viewings are done, the party does not stop. There will be an after-party at The Vazquez, located at 93 Forrest St. from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets for the after-party are $10 at the door and include a drink ticket.
Beat Nite debuted in 2009 when it featured all of Bushwick’s alternative art spaces and galleries—only seven at the time. Now with over 50 galleries and spaces in Ridgewood and Bushwick, Beat Nite selects a special guest curator to select 10 spaces throughout the communities.
For more information about this year’s Beat Nite visit, www.nortemaar.org.
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