I've gotta keep my Cape Cod tan going and am heading to the beach Saturday with some friends who are in from out of town, but if I hadn't already made those plans, I'd be on the bus headed to the Salon WE-ARE-FAMILIA at Open Space in Beacon.

Addressing the spatial tropes of domesticity and familial dynamics, WE-ARE-FAMILIA will transform Open Space into a "living room" of seamlessly integrated furniture, art and design including new works by Holly Stevenson, Yoh Nagao, Peter Kienzle for Superette, Jesse Brown, Marc McAndrews, Hisham Bharoocha, Amy Rupple, Chris Yormick, Nightwood and SEEE.

WE-ARE-FAMILIA will also debut its Keepsake Box No. 5 of 25, entitled "Video Box" (designed by Fabian Bedolla and Jennifer Garcia), an elegant assembly of found objects and discarded furniture fragments retrofitted with a video touch screen to showcase films by Parisian director Olivier Babinet and Brooklyn, New York's video artist Rashaad Newsome.

WE-ARE-FAMILIA is a global network of emerging painters, printmakers, illustrators, T-shirt designers, graphic designers, industrial designers, fashion designers, directors, photographers, sculptors, architects and musicians dedicated to creative studies based on the concept of family. Cofounded and spearheaded by New York Creative Director Jennifer Garcia, WE-ARE-FAMILIA consists of over 50 creators that have come together to explore the powerful, complex ties which consciously and unconsciously touch all that we experience as humans.

For more information on WE-ARE-FAMILIA, check out their site. For more information on Saturday's event, check out Open Space's site. If you're coming from the city, reserve a $45 all-inclusive day pass for 2-way transportation via school bus, a DIA Beacon tour, and free BBQ by emailing rsvp@we-are-familia.com.

WE-ARE-FAMILIA Salon
Various Artists
Open Space / Beacon NY
07.11 - 09.06.09