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Jumping for Joy at Making History

by Nicole Durbin

The crowd at Making History Has buying art ever made you overwhelmingly happy? Multiply that feeling by a few hundred, spread it through a crowd, and you’ll have a sense of what it was like to be at Making History, Arts in Bushwick’s 10th-anniversary benefit raffle. People literally jumped up and down with excitement as their raffle numbers were called. Each ticket holder is guaranteed one of the…

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BOS Benefit Raffle & Art Presale

by Ruth Nineke

Despite the dreary weather Sunday night's Arts In Bushwick BOS Benefit at Grace Exhibition Space at 840 Broadway drew a remarkable turnout. With more than 100 guests, and featuring the works of over 50 neighborhood artists, the event was delightful precursor for this year's festival weekend.

Various pieces – ranging in style and medium from ink to painting, collage, sculpture, and laser-print – were raffled off at $60 a ticket. The raffle portion of the evening kicked off at 8:00 and was announced by the incomparable, Dr. Lisa. Nearly every work sold, and several enthusiastic and generous patrons picked up their very own Limited Edition “Bushwick Map 2013” signed by the artist, Loren Munk.

Featured artists in attendance included Charles Laib Bitton - whose ink illustrations explore balance and dimension (pictured above; photo courtesy the artist); designer Sessa Englund – whose paintings address conflicting emotion by way of textures; Olivia L. Barr – whose two part series on love letters includes her grandfather’s writings to her grandmother printed by laser onto cloth; and Dean KindAndGenerous – a tattoo artist who practices on pig skins, and preserves them in resin.

Also in attendance were ritualist Emily Tepper, digital artist Makeba Laurent Van Noten, and BOS organizers Holly Shen Chaves, Samantha Katz, Lauren Ann Smith and Lucia Rollow.

The event was sponsored by Supreme Digital, with catering services provided by Citizen Mominette, and refreshments from Brooklyn Brewery and Big Tree Bottles.