Arts group breathing new life into vacant Harlem properties.Chashama has announced that it will be making 1,500 s/f of space available to artists in Central Harlem. Visual artists, painters and performers will be invited to use the spaces as work and rehearsal studios at highly subsidized sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. rates while these properties are in their pre-development stage. Artists using the spaces will be asked to invite the public in to see their work on occasion. Chashama was given the opportunity to manage the spaces by HEC HEC Hautes Études Commerciales HEC Hautes Etudes Commerciales (French) HEC Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center (Davis, CA) Real Estate Group, a Harlem-based real estate firm. HEC principal Adrienne Collier said, "We want these spaces to be put to good use by a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . It is an opportunity for our organization to give to the arts community." Anita Durst durst v. Archaic A past tense and a past participle of dare. , Chashama's founder and Artistic Director, stated, "Artists need space all over New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , not just downtown or in Chelsea. We're thrilled to be able to offer these spaces in Harlem." Chashama is meeting with local arts organizations and politicians to get input on how the spaces can best match local needs. Chashama is also meeting with other landlords and developers in Harlem to identify other spaces that can be made temporarily available to artists. The new Chashama spaces are located at: 2471 Frederick Douglass Blvd., 2016 Adam Clayton Powell Adam Clayton Powell can refer to:
In addition to the new Harlem spaces, Chashama maintains a changing roster of other spaces that it makes available to artists for free or at highly subsidized rates. These currently include rehearsal space at 200 E. 43rd St. and at 2909 Queens Plaza Queens Plaza can mean the following:
Chashama is a non-profit theater arts organization that supports emerging and underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. artists by providing them with free or highly subsidized space to work and perform. Chashama works with landlords and developers to identify underutilized real estate, which the owner is willing to donate on a short-term, temporary basis. Chashama assumes all administrative and insurance responsibility for the loaned space and converts them into temporary theaters, galleries, artist studios and rehearsal spaces. Chashama was founded in 1996 by Anita Durst and has worked with many real estate owners and developers, including The Durst Organization, Newmark & Company, Forest City Ratner, George Comfort & Sons, Brause Realty, and C & K Properties, as well as HEC Real Estate Group. |
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