Since 1995, chashama, a non-profit arts organization, has provided opportunities for performing and visual artists by awarding grants, producing shows and providing subsidized studio, rehearsal and performance space.
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- Location:
- New York, NY, 10017
- Phone:
- 212-391-8151
- Mon - Fri:
- 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
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- John Cichon
chashama West Harlem Studios Gallery
Wednesday, December 2 at 1:00pm - You Can't Die of a Broken Heart
chashama 30 West
Saturday, December 12 at 10:00am - Semi Boneless
chashama 141
Monday, December 14 at 12:00am - Seasonal Music at Anita's Way
Anita's Way
Friday, December 18 at 3:00pm
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chashama 141Created about 2 weeks ago
chashama 30 WestCreated about 2 weeks ago
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Seasonal Music
a new free music program featuring celebrated Soprano Malesha Jessie
Anita's Way at One Bryant Park (throughway between Broadway & Sixth Avenue, 42nd & 43rd Streets / Subway: 1,2,3,B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W to 42nd St., 7 & shuttle to Times Square. Bus: M104, M42 to Sixth Ave., M5, M6, M7 to 43rd St.)
Performances:
Mo...ndays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 3 - 6p
December 18 - 23, 2009 and January 4 - 14, 2010
The Durst Organization and chashama announce that celebrated Soprano Malesha Jessie will sing seasonal music every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm from December 18th to the 23rd and from January 4th to the 14th in Anita's Way at the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. Anita's Way is the mid-block passage that connects 42nd to 43rd Streets between 6th Avenue and Broadway and is anchored at the north end by Henry Miller's Theatre and on the south end by Aureole Restaurant.
Noted for her rich vocal color and striking dramatic presence, Malesha Jessie is a performer of both the operatic and concert stages. Her engagements include the Boston Pops Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Malesha has been Artist in Residence with the Los Angeles Opera with roles in Don Carlo's, Manon, Porgy and Bess and in Puccini's Suor Angelica. Ms. Jessie received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Arts from the Flora L. Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from California State University, Fullerton.
www.maleshajessie.com | malesha@maleshajessie.com
a program of free music featuring celebrated Soprano Malesha Jessie
Time:3:00PM Friday, December 18th
Location:Anita's Way
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"Semi Boneless"
An Interactive Art Installation by Artist Robert Stratton
at chashama's latest venue:
chashama 141, 141 East 33rd Street
December 14, 2009 - January 12, 2010
Viewable 24 hours a day
The artwork entitled "Semi Boneless" transforms the storefront window into an electronic interactive canvas that senses hand mov...ements through the window glass, allowing the viewer to interact and influence the behavior of the piece- art that begs to be touched.
Robert Stratton's work explores algorithmically generated patterns, forms and colors influenced by the hands and gestures of passers-by. "I am fascinated by the concept of rigid, mathematically generated processes being randomly influenced by random, organic happenstance" says Stratton. "The Sensacell interactive system allows me to transcend the boundaries of the traditional art installation; this piece truly becomes part of the neighborhood."
Robert Stratton received a BA in Art and Communication from Oberlin College, and a MFA in Computer Art from School of Visual Arts. Robert was one of the founding partners of Rare Medium, a web development company started in 1995 that grew to over 1000 employees with 10 offices around the world. Robert continues to pursue ventures in art, interactive media and technology.
www.madbutter.com
Interactive Technology provided by Sensacell Inc.
Contact: contact@sensacell.com | www.sensacell.com
Exhibition space generously provided by Stonehenge Partners, Inc. | www.stonehengeny.com
corner of 33rd Street & Lexington Avenue: 6 train to 33rd Street
M34 bus to Lexington Ave | M98, M101, M102, M103 buses to 34th Street
An Interactive Art Installation by Artist Robert Stratton
Time:12:00AM Monday, December 14th
Location:chashama 141
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You Can't Die of a Broken Heart
a new gallery exhibit of artworks by Al Johnson, Jr., and other chashama artists-in-residence
NEW chashama space!
chashama 30 West
30 West 8th Street @MacDougal Street
December 12, 2009 - February 10, 2010
Reception: Saturday December 19, 4-8p
Hours: Tue-Sat, 11a-7p | Sunday, 1-6p
Contact Al: xf...rames@gmail.com
Go to: www.aljohnsonartstudio.com
chashama proudly announces the latest addition to its venues, chashama 30 West, our 1st venue in the West Village! Al Johnson, Jr., of our 461 West 126th Street art studios, will host the exhibit and sale of artworks by himself and other chashama artists through January 10, 2010, 10a - 8p daily.
Directions-- corner of MacDougal Street: A,B,C,D,E,F,V to West 4th station (exit at rear of station), 1 to Christopher Street station, walk down Greenwich Avenue to West 8th.
new chashama exhibit space in the West Village
Time:10:00AM Saturday, December 12th
Location:chashama 30 West
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chashama will be opening a new studio for visual artists in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Applications are available online at http://www.chashama.org/downloads/chasha
Deadline is January 11th - postmark
or January 12th at 5pm - delivered to the office
Time:11:25PM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:The studio is in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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"Photo with Santa Days"
Bideawee, Inc., a leading pet adoption and animal welfare organization serving the New York metropolitan area, will host its annual "Photo with Santa Days" for kids, families and pets on three days in Manhattan at Bideawee's Holiday Home on Third:
chashama 679 Window Space, 679 Third Avenue
*1 bloc...k east of Grand Central, corner of 43rd Street & 3rd Avenue; 4,5,6,7 and shuttle train to Grand Central | M101, M102, M103 to 42nd Street*
December 9 - 31, 2009
Photo Days:
Friday, December 11, 11am - 2pm
Saturday, December 12, 11:30am - 4pm
Open through December:
Wed - Fri, 11a - 6p
Saturdays, 10a - 4p
Bideawee friends and families are welcome to sit on Santa Claw's lap for a holiday photo and special gift. Bideawee Pet Therapy dogs will also be on hand to pose for photos.
All participants can enter the drawing for a $50.00 gift card good towards the purchase of pet supplies. Guests can enjoy hot chocolate and special holiday treats.
Donations of unopened food, bedding, toys and other items for Bideawee pets residing in its shelter will be accepted on site during the event.
There is a $10 fee per photo to help support Bideawee animals in its care and ongoing and educational programs.
Bideawee Holiday Home on Third will be open to the public on Wednesdays through Saturdays every week during the month of December 2009. Bideawee Holiday Home on Third is a special project "made possible in part by chashama, inc."
For more information, call 212-532-4455, ext 239; or visit: www.bideawee.org
at Bideawee's Holiday Home on Third
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:chashama 679 Window Space
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ann and alexx make dances - Greatest Hits!
a combination of performance, dance on film, original sound score, photography and light installation organized by
Ann Robideaux & Alexandra Shilling
chashama 112 Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
*between Broadway & Sixth Ave. / Subway: 1,2,3,B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W to 42nd St...., 7 & shuttle to Times Square. Bus: M104, M42 to Sixth Ave., M5, M6, M7 to 43rd St.*
December 9 – 20, 2009
Installation viewable from the street 24/7
Performances:
Saturday - December 12, 6 - 9p
Sunday - December 13, 2009, 5 - 8p
Friday - December 18, 2009, 6 - 9p
Saturday - December 19, 6 - 9p
Admission: By donation
For a retrospective of five years of choreography, chashama's store front is turned into one big dance event by ann and alexx make dances. An homage to the great Merce Cunningham, choreographers Ann Robideaux and Alexandra Shilling take dance material from five years of dance making, cut it up and combine it by chance to make one new site-specific dance event at chashama 112.
ann and alexx make dances Greatest Hits event includes:
Live Dance Performance: Amir Levi, Kate Patchett, Alexandra Shilling, Devika Wickremisinghe, Mimi Yin and several guest artists dance while audience members are encouraged to take photos and videos of the performance. Audience members may submit photos/video as a part of ann and alexx make dances' next multi-media work.
Interactive Light Installation by Lightexture: architect Yael Erel and lighting designer Avner Ben Natan collaborate to intersect light, shadow and choreography. See more at www.lightexture.com/gallery (click on Light intersecting movement)
Dance on Film: created by ann and alexx make dances screen in a back room.
www.alexxmakesdances.com | annandalexx@gmail.com
A performance installation by Ann Robideaux & Alexandra Shilling
Time:12:00AM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:chashama Times Square Art Space
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John Cichon
a photographic series of puddles captured on the streets of Chicago and New York
chashama West Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
*between Amsterdam & Morningside Aves | Trains: 1/A/C/B/D to 125th Street station | Bus: #100, 101, 104, M60, Bx6 to 125th & Amsterdam*
December 2, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Re...ception: Sunday, December 13, 2 - 5p
Hours: Wednesday - Thursday 1-6p, Saturday - Sunday 12-5p
jjc03@mac.com
John Cichon was born in Hammond, Indiana in 1973. Living in Northwest Indiana, he grew up with the contrasting urban decay of the steel industry alongside the beauty of the Lake Michigan coastline. Nature, culture and the environment have always been latent or blatant concepts. His continual questioning of the environment around him is evident in much of his work.
In this series, Landscapes, he explores the surface of the urban environment through the reflected image of puddles. Approaching his subject as a work of art, he creates an image or abstraction that captures the fleeting phenomenon of accumulated water and detritus. These images are about transition and place. They capture those fleeting moments in time when thought and awareness seem to coalesce.
John graduated from Indiana University in Gary, Indiana with his Bachelors in Art and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana with his MFA. He currently lives and works in New York, NY.
Sponsors: Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance(NoMAA), The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone(UMEZ), and The JPMorgan Chase Foundation
a photographic series of puddles captured on the streets of Chicago and New York
Time:1:00PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:chashama West Harlem Studios Gallery
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The Residency @ chashama #1
Panoply Performance laboratory's
Workforce/Forced Work
December 10 through 13 & 17 through 20, 2009, 7p
chashama 217 Art Space, 217 East 42nd Street
1 1/2 blocks east of Grand Central, btwn 2nd & 3rd Aves; 4,5,6,7 and shuttle train to Grand Central | M15, M101, M102, M103 to 42nd Street
Ticket pri...ce is sliding scale: $5-15.
Reservations: panoplylab@gmail.com with the subject line TICKETS (we're sorry, but tickets MUST be paid for at the door)
The Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL) will present their 70 minute documentary performance Workforce/Forced Work as part of the Residency @ chashama. Opening December 10, the piece contains live performance, clay animation, and an intricate, sample-driven soundscape and live music.
Workforce/Forced Work documents the emotional and physical patterns of American workers and uses them to map connections between private, personal experience and public, political structures. Using multi-layered rhythms of crude video, stop motion clay animation, music, sampled sound, and live performance, the piece pulls the everyday grind into the realm of sur-reality and excruciatingly sincere emotional reaction.
Text, direction, and design by Esther Neff
Composition and sound design by Brian McCorkle
Performed by: Meredith Kitz, Herbie Go, and Chelsea O'Connor
Additional video by Meredith Kitz
Four songs funded by 'The Work Office'.
Company website: www.panoplylab.org
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as by an award from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Also made possible by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space program, which was created with lead support from the September 11th Fund.
The Residency @ chashama #1
Time:7:00PM Thursday, December 10th
Location:chashama 217
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Bio{luminescent}Sphere
a transformative, site-specific installation & interactive performance by
aricoco & Natalia Zubko
chashama 266 Window Space
266 West 37th Street
(between 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7 to Times Square; M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St.)
Installation on view dai...ly
December 6 - 11, 2009
Opening: Sunday December 6, 4 - 7p
Interactive Performance at 5p
Additional Performance, Thursday, December 10, 4 - 6p
FREE and open to the public
www.aricoco.com | princessaricoco@hotmail.com
www.nataliazubko.com | nzubko33@yahoo.com
The combination of the warm, glowing installation, and the performance of the "firefly's" blinking, lighting their own path - searching for a place to play and rest, will beckon passerby's to join in the search and become fireflies themselves.
Natalia Zubko explores ideas of light and perception, redefining/creating a space for the fireflies that is calm, quite, and almost spiritual. The emergence of this environment's existence in the mid-town location, its flood of cold artificial lights that can often feel harsh and almost threatening, will create a counterpoint: a softly illuminated, peaceful resting point.
Subtle pulsating lights in the installation will summon the blinking Firefly, aricoco. The audience/participants will be invited to become "fireflies" and respond to her lights as well as light their own path as they search for a place to play and rest within the glowing, interactive installation.
FREE and open to the public
a transformative, site-specific installation & interactive performance by aricoco & Natalia Zubko
Time:4:00PM Sunday, December 6th
Location:chashama 266 Window Space
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**on the site of chashama's original West Side theater space**
September 21, 2009, 6-9p; after party: 9p-12mid
Honoring Gary M. Rosenberg, Esq.
Jr. Honoree: Gavin Steinberg
Catering by Aureole
Featuring a performance extravaganza with over 30 unique artists and visual and interactive installations.
83 new photos
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chashama 217 Art Space
217 East 42nd Street
October 22 - 26, 2009
featuring dozens of films, short & full-length, from all over the world
Contact cFF Director Rick Kariolic:
rick@chafilmfest.com
cFF 2009 schedule: http://chafilmfest.com/2009/schedule.htm
The Festival of the Worlds provides a forum for global expression thr...ough filmmaking. It is a platform for a spectrum of political, cultural and philosophical ideologies presented in an environment designed to foster creative and intellectual expansion. Our goal is to explore both the differences and the similarities of the international community in order to become a more educated population, one that is more capable of avoiding negative historical cycles and more willing to push us into a sustainable future.
We expect this year's festival to reach an audience of over 1000 people in venues that embrace today's global nature, including museums and international theaters (which we are currently seeking). The festival is designed to cultivate a community of filmmakers who can share, network, and help to build each other's vision. chashama Film Festival is dedicated to the art of film and the existence of uncensored outlets.
FESTIVAL OF THE WORLDS
Time:11:00AM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:chashama 217
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chashama 217 Art Space
217 East 42nd Street
October 5 - 15, 2009
12 - 8p daily
presentation & discussion of "Visionary"
by Alex Salzman
Tue, October 13, 6:30p
"Princess", a performance by Aimee Lutkin & Jeneva Zentz
Thu, October 15, 8p
VisCap | Bad Rep | Frogbiscuit Media
sonofanobody@yahoo.com
www.sonofanobody.com
Visual and Digital Arts by Pamela Enz
Time:12:00PM Monday, October 5th
Location:chashama 217
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coordinated by Silvana Magda (917-528-8151)
chashama 217 Art Space
217 East 42nd Street
October 4th, 2009 5p
$10 in advance | $15 at the door
www.talentobrasil.com
A talent show featuring singers, musicians, bands, models, dancers, actors, TV personalities, comedians, sports announcers and more.
