With the apartment show phenomenon, the ubiquity of large-scale site-specific art projects, or exhibits in say, convents, today it’s pretty much par for the course to see art in non-traditional spaces.  If you’re a curator, this has cut nearly everything else that’s hard about curating out of the picture, so now all you need to do is volunteer your apartment or stairwell for BETA Spaces art festival and you’ve got yourself an art show.

"The festival offers curators an opportunity to re-imagine (non) traditional exhibition spaces to present innovative contexts for artwork," writes Arts in Bushwick organizer Steve Weintraub. Happening this November 8 for one day only, and constrained to the 15-block area bordered by Bushwick and Johnson Avenues and Starr Street — two blocks deeper into the neighborhood than last year’s — it’s easier to handle than Bushwick Open Studios.  My favorite work in last year’s BETA Spaces was Rachel Higgins‘ lofted bean bag chair in María Hernández Park. Though the location is outside of the borders specified, AiB is willing to make some exceptions on a case-by-case basis.

Arts in Bushwick is accepting submissions for curated projects, with a deadline of October 5, but it will be extended if you submit your project, say, nowish. Their website is down, but you can find information on AiB’s Google docs.