By Jacqueline Mabey

In collaboration with the blog of Arts in Bushwick

On a rainy day in April, I sat down at Café Ghia with Laura Braslow. Over too many cups of coffee, Braslow — co-founder of Arts In Bushwick, co-lead of Arts In Bushwick’s community projects team, former co-lead organizer of Bushwick Open Studios and current Organizers Emeritus — detailed her history as a part of Arts in Bushwick. What follows is from that and a few other places, a brief personal history of AiB.