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Open Studios
Saturday-Sunday , September 29-30, 12 - 5p

at chashama 57th Street Studios
between 57th and 58th Streets on 12th Avenue

chashama (Anita Durst, Artistic Director) is proud to present open studios featuring the work of the visual artists-in-residence in our 57th Street Studios.

chashama's 57th Street location is a newly renovated artists' studios center located in the historic Artkraft-Strauss sign factory at 57th Street and 12th Avenue. The artists in residence at 57th Street were selected from a highly competitive group of applicants in 2006. Work will be available for viewing and sale.

 

chashama supports emerging and underrepresented artists by providing one of the most elusive commodities in New York City: space to create. chashama works with landlords and developers to identify underutilized real estate, which the owner is willing to donate on a short-term, temporary basis, preferring to see underutilized spaces put to good use, looked after and maintained while they are awaiting commercial tenants.

 

For more information, please visit www.chashama.org or contact Visual Arts Program Director Jenny Rogers at jenny [at] chashama.org or at 212.391.8151 x24.

 

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NEW CHASHAMA SPACE AT AVENUE C!

META-MAJESTY

curated by Tracy Candido
Explosivo/chashama, 169 Avenue C
(at 11th Street, M14C, M14D buses, F to 2nd Ave., L to 1st Ave.)
September 28 - October 21, 2007
Thursday - Sunday, 1-7pm
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 7-9PM
FREE and open to the public.

A special event for META-MAJESTY will take place on Friday, October 12th at 8pm featuring a live music performance by FOREST FIRE.

For more information about the exhibition at Explosivo/chashama, click here.
For more about upcoming exhibitions or Explosivo Art visit www.explosivoartshow.com.
FEATURING: Diane Barcelowsky, Dana Carlson, Kate Clark, Jennifer Coates, William Crump, Leslie Miller, Naomi Reis, Saviour Scraps, Jessie Rose Vala.

 

Explosivo/chashama is a temporary platform for contemporary art which follows an interdisciplinary exhibition program curated by Tracy Candido in partnership with chashama. The Explosivo/chashama art space is donated to chashama by the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. UHAB supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing and assisting resident-controlled limited-equity housing cooperatives.

 

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Reliefs and Drawings

by Amanda Branson
at chashama, 217 East 42nd Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, 4/5/6/7 and shuttle to Grand Central)
through October 2007
September:
Thursday 27th 1-4p / Fri-Sat 28th-29th 2-4p
October 2007:
Monday-Saturday October 1-6, 12-6pm (during The Attendents Window installation at 217 East 42nd Street)
Thursday October 11th, 4-6pm
Friday October 12th, 2-4pm
Thursday October 18th, 2-4pm
Friday October 19th, 2-4pm
Saturday October 27th, 2-4pm
Sunday October 28th, 2-4pm
FREE and open to the public.

 

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Art Under the Bridge Festival at D.U.M.B.O

featuring four artists from chashama

 

Tara Parsons: The Innocents Project 
Join Tara Parsons on the Manhattan Bridge, and help her inscribe and release thousands of biodegradable parachutes with the names of innocent victims from the current wars to dissolve in the waters of the East River below. Project can also be viewed from the park under the Manhattan Bridge or from the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Where: Meet on Jay Street & Front Street to walk onto the bridge
When: Saturday Sept.29, 3- 5pm (raindate will be Sunday Sept.30, 3-5pm)
This project was made possible with generous support from chashama, www.chashama.org , and Dissolvo, www.dissolvo.com.

 

Ianthe Jackson: Floating picnic
Exploring the endless possibilities of land and water, Ianthe, Pauline Marcelle & crew enjoy a picnic and other leisurely activities aboard their floating island. Special thanks to Floating the Apple.
Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park.
When: Begins Saturday Sept.29, 3pm

 

Gina Fuentes Walker: Map:Spot On
Gina's map will lead you on a tour that is all about little things. Her installation in next weekend's dumbo Festival Under the Bridge, is entitled Map:Spot On. If you have a copy of the festival brochure, it's listed on the same page as Tara Parsons installation.
Where: Various locations throughout Dumbo
When: Ongoing

 

Michele Brody: Tea House Productions
Providing a moment of spiritual reflection, Michele retrofits the ubiquitous New York street vendor into her own version of the tea ceremony inside of a NYC coffee cart. Thanks to Sympathy for The Kettle, LLC, Divinitea, and Alice's Tea Cup, all of whom donated tea for the project. 

She will be making and serving tea to Festival participants in two locations this weekend:
Friday, September 28 from 6 to 9pm on Water Street between Dock and Main Streets.
Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th from 1 to 9pm on Plymouth Street between Main and Washington Streets, in front of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

 

 

 

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