chashama supports thriving cultural communities by transforming temporarily vacant properties into spaces where art can flourish. By recycling and repurposing buildings in transition, it invests in neighborhoods, fosters local artists and sustains a vast range of creativity and culture.
Its Windows Program, for instance, is a year-round cycle of installations and performances staged in a variety of vacant storefront windows.
The Residency Program awards production and space grants, stipends and technical support to select theater artists.
Through these and related programs chashama has supported and presented hundreds of original works since its founding in 1995.
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Mon, June 18, 2012 – Tues, June 19, 2012 chashama is having an afterparty following the gala on June 18 with hosts Andrew Andrew. Open bar with beer and sake provided by Harlem Brewery and JOTO.
Fri, June 22, 2012 – Sat, July 7, 2012 "bait and switch" presents artists whose work captures the viewer's attention then pulls the rug out from under them. These artists deliver fresh perspectives on familiar means, leveraging a known medium, image or source material, and subverting it to their own means.
"Recent Work" by Carmelo Midili
Wed, May 30, 2012 – Sun, June 10, 2012 Sicilian artist Carmelo Midili's "Recent Work" is an exhibition of assemblage sculptures.