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A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)

You're walking down the Morgantown Catwalk and see someone you feel like you've seen somewhere before, but can't quite place. Later that night you're inside a crowded gallery and recognize that person's name or face on the press release, and realize you're at their show! Bushwick is like Manhattan only in the sense that everywhere […]

A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)
Scene from "Seeking Space" inside The Active Space during Bushwick Open Studios 2014 (Photo by Katie Killary)

A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)

You're walking down the Morgantown Catwalk and see someone you feel like you've seen somewhere before, but can't quite place. Later that night you're inside a crowded gallery and recognize that person's name or face on the press release, and realize you're at their show! Bushwick is like Manhattan only in the sense that everywhere […]

A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)

You’re walking down the Morgantown Catwalk and see someone you feel like you’ve seen somewhere before, but can’t quite place. Later that night you’re inside a crowded gallery and recognize that person’s name or face on the press release, and realize you’re at their show! Bushwick is like Manhattan only in the sense that everywhere you go, you spot a well-known celebrity artist/curator/gallery owner (and the occasional celebrity). To better acquaint you with our artsy hood, we’ve put together a selection of spaces and faces that will help you become more ‘in the know’ before that newbie shine wears off…

There are over 50 galleries and alternative art spaces in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Some situated along the Bushwick-Ridgewood border, others at the edge of BedStuy, and many amid…

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