In the summer of 2002 chashama opened its then-newest exhibition gallery with the Peep-Show, an exhibition in the newly-renovated Peep-O-Rama Gallery. With its 24 hour $1 video booths, sex toys & VHS tapes the old Peep-O-Rama was once referred to as a "Porn Palace." When it was closed in July, it became the last porn shop to disappear from 42nd street. Since September 2002 the work dismantling and cleaning the former XXX shop has been a complete volunteer effort by the Chashama artists-in-residence with the payoff being a gallery of their very own.

With this space, chashama has continued to offer outlets to experimental artists who aren't usually granted such mainstream avenues of exposure. The gallery has offered a peep at the artists and their works, many of which were created right down the block in their 42nd street studios. chashama thanks all who have helped to make this venture a success and a source of wonder and excitement to both the artists and visitors.

Joint Exhibit at 121: Final Show
Joey Havlock Visual Arts	Sir Shadow line drawings
Feb.24 - March 8, 2004 www.havlock.com

Clay Hapaz with Paintings clayhap@yahoo.com	Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty Video Works still from "Keeping Things Whole / Snow Blind" by Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty www.automaticrelease.org
EXTENDED Feb.5 - 22, 2004 Reception, Friday, Feb.13, 6 - 9p

Christopher Frommer
The Last Peep Show

a solo painting exhibition of nudes and abstractions
Tuesday, Jan.20 - Thursday, Jan.29, 2004
1 - 8p (except Monday)
Reception: Wednesday, January 21, 6 - 9p
Special Event: Wednesday, January 28th, 6p
a reading of "Modern Living" parts 1, 2, & 3
a new play by Richard Sheinmel
info: c_frommer@att.net

Peter Bill
"The Last Pornography"
video collages

Dec.22, 2003 - Jan.16, 2004
Reception, Dec.22
starting at 6p
pbill23@yahoo.com
www.chashama.org/pbill

Ian Scheller
The Master Programmer
Photo, Print, Painting, Video, Music, Theater
Dec.1 - 15, 2003
Opening Reception Dec.6, 2003, 7 - 8:30p
Closing Reception, Saturday, Dec.13 6 - 8p
ian@ianscheller.com
732-690-6156

Sylvie G. Covey
The Artist As A Voyeur

November 6 - 29, 2003
Reception, Thursday, Nov.6, 6 - 9p
sylviegc@earthlink.net
www.sylviecovey.com

Anthony Molden
Textiles and Mixed Media

October 6 - 17, 2003
antdog68@hotmail.com


chashama and June16.org present
REVERSING THE FLOW: SOUTH AFRICA FEEDS THE SOUTH BRONX
(As featured in this week's NY PRESS)
September 12- 21
SEPT 12: 7 - 9 PM - VIP OPENING
SEPT 13 - 21: 11 AM - 7 PM plus special events (except Sept 15)

IT'S FASHION WEEK - GIVE AWAY YOUR OLD CLOTHES IN STYLE AT TIMES SQUARE'S LAST PEEP SHOW!!

For the first time outside of Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum, Teboho Mahlatsi's film SOUTH AFRICA A TO Z will be shown in its original five-channel installation format as part of REVERSING THE FLOW: SOUTH AFRICA FEEDS THE SOUTH BRONX, a multimedia exhibition and food/clothing drive that draws on the energy of South Africa as a lead up to the country's 10th anniversary of freedom and democracy next year.

The venue is an unusual one: Peep-O-Rama which was the last classic Times Square peep show before it was shut down a year ago and turned into one of five adjacent theatre/exhibition spaces in the Chashama visual arts collaborative.

Chashama and JUNE16 present the exhibit, which runs until September 21 and is the main pick in this week's New York Press. Admission is a can of food or piece of clothing, to be distributed to youth in the South Bronx by Food Bank and other charities.

"South Africa has amazing resources to offer the world," Peter Griffin of JUNE16, the event's main curator, adds, "Our goal is to raise at least $5000 worth of donations for the South Bronx with South Africa as the source and inspiration."

SOUTH AFRICA A TO Z is presented by the African Film Festival. WBAI's Elombe Brathe w/S6K, Frederick Douglass Academy II, Sustainable South Bronx, NYU Metro Center, and Yebo Yebo Communications, among others, will also all display multimedia work. More info at www.june16.org.

The gallery will be open from 11 am to 7 pm each day with special events some evenings. The opening on Sept 12, at 7 PM features South African wine donated by the RSA Consulate, and other surprises.

JUNE16 is a community of more than three-dozen organizations creating public awareness of Youth Day as a call to action throughout the year. Youth Day is a commemoration of the Soweto Uprising of 1976, when over 20,000 young people took to the streets of Soweto, a township outside Joburg, to protest the apartheid policy of inferior education for blacks. This year JUNE16 held its first Youth Day rally in Crotona Park, the Bronx. This exhibition represents the next step in the long-term project.
www.june16.org

Random Access
curated by chashama artist-in-residence
Alissa Wagner

August 7 - 20, 2003
Opening Reception Tuesday, August 12th, 7-10p

Mixed Emotions
Ulises Ramos y Ramos
paintings and drawings


December 21, 2002 - January 4, 2003
Opening Saturday, December 21, 6 to 9p
The Gallery will be open every weekday 6-8p or upon request: you may make arrangements at 135 W.42nd Street
Saturdays and Sundays 2-6p

Cross Sections

by
Sara Auster, The Butcha, Barbieo Barros Gizzi, Bill Hardy, Keith Kelly, Anton Lopez, Gregory MacAvoy, Jonathan Phelps, Noah Post, & Washinmachine
December 9 - 20, 2002
Reception for the Artists with film screenings and live music
Friday & Saturday, December 13th & 14th at 8p

"Urban American Dreams in Asian influence"
A presentation of artists whose works display Urban American perspectives often surprisingly inspired by traditionally Asian art forms, sytles and cultures.


Adren Hart, photographer
Jason Scott Jones, video artist/painter
Wed - Sun, Dec.4-8, 1 - 7p

Sponsored by DUGGAL, FCR Systems, imagenation, LOMO, Sapporo, TRACE Magazine
For more information go to www.glaphics.com
or call 917.361.3629
cover image by Jason Scott Jones

Dream Drawing Series 1
and other unconscious creations
by Janusz Jaworski
"On July 26th, 2001, I fell asleep 22 times holding a brush over a piece of paper
Each time I woke up, I put a new paper under my hand.  Since that night, 2 drawings have disappeared"

November 19-30
Opening Reception, Wednesday, Nov.20, 6-9p
OPEN Tues-Sat, noon - 6p
more info: www.chashama.org/janusz

Peepshow II
a new exhibition in the newly-renovated Peep-O-Rama Gallery
by Peter Bill, j-sun burns, and Kathleen Vaughan Foster
November 1-18th
Opening Reception
Thursday, nov. 14th, 6-9.
Live music. Food. Drink.
Admission is 25 cents
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays, 3 - 6p

Peep Show I
chashama's 1st exhibition in the newly-renovated Peep-O-Rama Gallery
Showcase of chashama artists-in-residence
October 17-November 4

Opening Reception
Thursday, Oct. 17th, 6-9.
Live music. Food. Drink.
Admission is 25 cents.
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays, noon - 6p

Featured artists in Peepshow I:

Ophir Agassi	Veronica Evanega	Jose Landoni
Rebecca Akan	J. Morgan Eresh	Anton Lopez
Sara Auster	Anaïs Frilet	Kate O'Donovan Cook
Peter Bill	Clay Hapaz	Mike Oliver
Elaine Benavides	Janusz Jaworski	Juana Page
j-sun burns	Ron-Jean Gilles	Phil Ristaino
Mr. Clown	Jason Scott Jones	Ulises Ramos y Ramos