10/30/2023 0 Comments Powder elsewhere brooklynIn a message on their website announcing the closure, Silent Barn asks “Opening an aboveground, up-to-code space in NYC (or anywhere) comes with limitless challenges-financial, structural, emotional. Even after hitting their goal of $30,000, the money only covered one month of expenses, so the collective eventually made the decision to officially close their current location. It attempted to broaden horizons, open conversation, and unite all who visited through art and education in many varying forms.īut ultimately, Silent Barn ran into the familiar struggles of venues of its kind-we got our first taste of the end in the closing months of 2017, when the collective had an emergency fundraising drive. According to its website, Silent Barn defined itself as a “continually-evolving collective” and was committed to creating a safe space for people of all ages, backgrounds, races, and sexualities, especially for those who might feel unwelcome elsewhere. It was cooperatively directed by over 70 volunteers (known as “chefs”). Silent Barn began its life in Queens in 2005, and then moved to Brooklyn in 2012. Silent Barn was especially unique in that it wasn’t just a music venue, but also a true community center-it offered residential and studio space for artists, and hosted regular exhibits and panels, a zine library, a synth shop, as well as the grassroots arts program for young people of color, Educated Little Monsters (which is now raising funds to open a new community space-read more and learn how to help here). So as of Sunday, April 29th, another one bites the dust, and by that I mean New York is losing another DIY venue with Bushwick’s Silent Barn shutting down.
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