Beat Nite returns with its 14th Edition of the self-guided neighborhood art crawl in Downtown Brooklyn featuring galleries, alternative art spaces, and this time the world renowned Mark Morris Dance Center!
Photo: Matty Davis / BOOMERANG (courtesy Norte Maar)
Beat Nite Downtown will be held on Friday, February 26, 6–8pm and is presented in collaboration with BRIC. All participating spaces will be open 6–8pm.
Official after party at BRIC (647 Fulton Street) featuring Beat Nite resident DJ jojoSOUL spinning lively urban tunes from 8–10pm.
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.”
EVENT DETAILS:
Friday, February 26, 2016, 6–8pm
> Download Beat Nite Map <
Official After Party ($5):
BRIC (647 Fulton Street),
8pm-10pm
Participating Spaces:
321 Gallery
321 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
American Medium
424 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
BRIC
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn NY 11217
Clover’s Fine Art Gallery
338 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(3) Galleries at LIU Brooklyn
1 University Plaza @ DeKalb and Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn NY 11201
Humanities Gallery: Humanities Bldg, Ground Flr
Salena Gallery: Library Learning Center, Ground Flr
Resnick Gallery: Library Learning Center, 3rd Flr
Mark Morris Dance Center
Featuring BOOMERANG in open rehearsal
3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
MoCADA Museum
(Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts)
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
UrbanGlass
647 Fulton Street #1
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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