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You Can't Die of a Broken Heart

Al Johnson at his exhibit in chashama's new venue, "30 West 8th Street" New York City

a new gallery exhibit of artworks by Al Johnson, Jr., and 3 other chashama artists-in-residence: Lisa Ingram, Caleb Nussear, and Ademola Olugebefola
chashama 30 West
30 West 8th Street @MacDougal
December 12, 2009 -
February 15, 2010
Artist Talk & Reception:
Sat Jan 23, 2-4p
Sat Jan 30, 2-4p
Sat Feb 6, 2-4p
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 11a-7p | Sunday, 1-6p
Contact: aljohnsonartstudio@gmail.com
www.aljohnsonartstudio.com
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chashama's newest venue!
chashama 30 West, 30 West 8th Street in Manhattan, NY

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.

You Can't Die of a Broken Heart
a new gallery exhibit of artworks curated by Al Johnson, Jr., and featuring his works and those of chashama artists-in-residence, Lisa Ingram, Caleb Nussear, and Ademola Olugebefola.
Also featuring the art of Christian March.

December 12, 2009 - February 15, 2010
Reception: Saturday, December 19, 4 - 8p
The following dates have been added for "The Gifts of Art - Harlem Comes to the West Village" Artist Talk & Reception:
Saturday January 23, 2-4p
Saturday January 30, 2-4p
Saturday February 6, 2-4p
Exhibit is open to the public:
Tuesday - Saturday, 11a - 7p
Sunday, 1 - 6p

www.aljohnsonartstudio.com | aljohnsonartstudio@gmail.com details

chashama and Greater Jamaica Development Corporation present
Anthony Newton

painting by "Anthony Newton" for his exhibit at chashama 161

paintings and portraits
curated by Samantha Lewis
chashama Jamaica Studios
90-26 161st Street, Jamaica, Queens
January 2 - February 21, 2010
Reception: January 2, 7-10p
www.gjdc.org
Sponsored in part by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

chashama Jamaica Studios, 90-26 161st Street, Jamaica, Queens

Between 90th Street and Jamaica Avenue, E to Jamaica Center, F to Parsons Boulevard

Jamaica Station on the LIRR.

By car: Take Long Island Expressway (I-495 E) to exit 22A-E to Grand Central Parkway East. Remain on Grand Central Parkway until exit 16 (164th St-Parsons Blvd.) Turn right onto Parsons Boulevard, left onto Jamaica Avenue, then left onto 161st Street. Our building is on the left side of the block.

chashama and Greater Jamaica Development Corporation present
Anthony Newton

curated by Samantha Lewis

January 2 - February 21, 2010
Opening Reception, Saturday, January 2, 7 - 10p

FREE and open to the public

Sponsored in part by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation details

My art is a personal vision of vibrant color that seeks to capture and uplift the essence of inner city America. My work emerges from an autobiographical vantage point - drawing on personal experience and the broader hip hop culture which I am part of. Having formal training at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, I have grounding in realist life drawing, but I infuse this tradition with other influences, such as graffiti, street art, and the commercial imagery found in popular music magazines and CD covers. I sometimes work directly from photo references, but often I file these varied influences through my imagination. I am interested in using the physicality of paint – its color and texture – to explore unseen inner worlds, as well as to confront and challenge racial stereotypes. I see a canvas as a space where I can translate my own personal experiences and struggles into stories that can address larger issues that affect us all. artist statement

Portraits

thumbnail image of "erik (self-portrait)" by Erik Hougen

erik (self-portrait) 57"x78" watercolor on paper 2009
by Erik Hougen
chashama 112 Times Square
112 West 44th Street
February 4 - 16, 2010
Reception: Thursday 4th: 6-8p
Hours:
Thu 4th: 10a-8p | Sat 6th: 11a-5p
Mon 8th: 6-9p | Tue 9th: 10a-6p
Wed 10th: 6-9p | Thu 11th: 11a-9p
Sat 13th: 11a-8p | Mon 15th: 6-9p
Tue 16th: 10a-6p
erikhougen@gmail.com

(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.)

Portraits
by Erik Hougen | erik hougen@gmail.com

Opening reception: Thursday 4th: 6-8p

Thursday 4th: 10a-8p | Saturday 6th: 11a-5p
Monday 8th: 6-9p | Tuesday 9th: 10a-6p
Wednesday 10th: 6-9p | Thursday 11th: 11a-9p
Saturday 13th: 11a-8p | Monday 15th: 6-9p
Tuesday 16th: 10a-6p

Portraits, presented at chashama, is a survey of watercolors from three stages, showing my technical and conceptual experimentation. The first watercolors were created from stills of my sister hiking in the Appalachian mountains. They were only black and white, but laid the foundation for creating a dialogue between the digital video and handmade painting.

In my recent body of work I have been exploring a traditional approach to the portrait. By using only frontal head shot poses in my paintings, I have been able to concentrate on the process to capture the life and personality of my subjects. details

Although the end product of my work is typically large-scale watercolors on paper, my process often begins with video stills from the films I make. I reproduce these video stills by separating them into Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (CMYK), color separation maps. I then "manually print" each separation map using very transparent washes of watercolor. Composed of loose, drippy brushwork, these large-scale works are explorations of a technical imaging process. They are intended to invite the viewer to question the method and origin of the image, as well as the relationship between manual process and photographic reproduction. artist statement

Erik Hougen was born in Bismarck, North Dakota and moved to New York City in 2006 to pursue a career as an artist. He graduated with a M.F.A. in Printmaking from Pratt Institute in 2008, and since graduation has worked for Pace Prints as a printer, and as an artist assistant for Takashi Murakami. Erik also operates a silkscreen studio where he prints editions for local artists and co-founded SHO Gallery in 2009. He lives and works in Downtown Brooklyn. bio

Old and New

an exhibit installation by Courtney Puckett
chashama 266 Window Space
266 West 37th Street
February 4 - 21, 2010
Viewable 10a-6p daily
Opening reception: Feb.5, 6-9p
Closing reception: Feb.19, 6-9p
Doors open to the public:
Sat, Feb.6 & Feb.13, 12-6p
www.cpuckett.com
courtneygpuckett@gmail.com

chashama 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/shuttle to Times Square; M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St.

Old and New
by Courtney Puckett

February 4 - 21, 2010
Viewable from the street 10 to 6p daily

Opening reception: February 5th, 6-9p
Closing reception: February 19th, 6-9p

Open to the public: Saturdays, February 6th and February 13th, 12 - 6p

http://www.cpuckett.com/ | courtneygpuckett@gmail.com details

On the Andean island in Lake Titicaca, residents weave houses and public buildings out of lake reed. This month at chashama's 266 window gallery, Courtney Puckett creates another world of public and private space weaving, stitching, wrapping, and knotting sculptures from what she finds scouring thrift stores and the closets of friends-old clothes, used towels, bed sheets-the lake reed of Brooklyn.

Bookending Fashion Week and located in the garment district among the window displays of colors, patterns, and textures, Puckett's installation speaks to a historic use of unconventional materials, craft techniques typically associated with women's work, and the more recent challenge to the definition of sculpture. Puckett's world is full of curious creatures and objects reminiscent of function but inevitably abstract relics, much like the process-oriented abstractions of Eva Hess or the whimsical objects of Claus Oldenburg. about Old and New

Courtney Puckett, born in Winter Park, Florida, received a BFA in Painting in 2002 from Maryland Institute College of Art and attended the Center for Art and Culture in Aix-en-Provence, France. After attending University of New Mexico for a year, she received a MFA from Hunter College in 2007 and attended the Glasgow School of Art. Courtney has been an Artist-In-Residence at Vermont Studio Center and at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Recently, Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Denise Bibro's Platform Space in New York, Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn, D.U.M.B.O Art Center's Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn and at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. In 2008, She curated the exhibition Yellow in Chelsea, New York. In 2010 Courtney will have solo exhibitions at Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn and at Valencia Community College in Florida. bio

2nd Annual
Achievement Awards Presentation

by the Harlem Arts Alliance
chashama West Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
February 10, 2010, 7 - 9p
Honoring:
Aleathia Brown
Sandra A.M. Bell
Wilhelmina Obatola Grant
(The event is free to Harlem Arts Alliance Members whose dues are current as of 02/05/2010.)
RSVP at: rsvp@harlemaa.org
www.harlemaa.org

chashama West Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
(between Amsterdam & Morningside Avenues
Trains: 1/A/C/B/D to 125th Street station
Bus: #100, 101, 104, M60, Bx6 to 125th & Amsterdam)

Harlem Arts Alliance in association with chashama presents
2nd Annual Achievement Awards Presentation

February 10, 2010, 7 - 9p

This year HAA inaugurates Member Recognition Awards to:
Aleathia Brown with the Artist Development Award for her commitment to the growth of Harlem artist

Sandra A.M. Bell with the Community and Culture Award for her leadership and connecting culture with community

Wilhelmina Obatola Grant with the Arts and Action Award for her outstanding efforts to increase awareness through the arts

Entertainment by The Tyrone Birkett Group

Catering by Amor Cubano

RSVP at rsvp@harlemaa.org
(include Member Celebration in the subject line)

The event is free to Harlem Arts Alliance Members whose dues are current as of 02/05/2010.

www.harlemaa.org details

The Harlem Arts Alliance is a non-profit service organization committed to nurturing the artistic growth and organizational development of artists and arts organizations primarily in Harlem and surrounding communities. HAA mission statement

Art/Song

Visual Music Exhibition & Performances by
Jay Alan Zimmerman &
Lisa Ingram
chashama 112 Times Square
112 West 44th Street
February 23 - March 16, 2010
Hours: Tues - Sat, 2-7p
Performances every Wed & Sat, 7p
Live painting by Lisa every Tue & Thu
www.jayalanzimmerman.com
www.lisaingram.com

chashama 112 Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
(between Broadway & Sixth Avenue
Subway: 1,2,3,7,B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W to 42nd Street, shuttle to Times Square.
Bus: M104, M42 to Sixth Ave., M5, M6, M7 to 43rd St.)

Art/Song
Visual Music Exhibition & Performances by
Jay Alan Zimmerman &
Lisa Ingram

February 23 - March 16, 2010
2-7pm, Tuesday - Saturday

Performances every Wednesday & Saturday at 7p
Live painting by Lisa every Tuesday & Thursday

Broadway singers will have their voices converted into imagery during this free performance and exhibition series. Using layered video projections of real-time frequency analysis software, deaf composer Jay Alan Zimmerman will rehearse and present songs from his shows while attempting to re-train his brain to "hear" the shapes created by the voices of Ryan Allen, Raissa Katona Bennett (Phantom), Melvin Bell III (Black Nativity), Emily Cramer, Andrea Dora (Tarzan), Kelly Ellenwood (Phantom), Matt Lutz, Sierra Rein, Gabrielle Stravelli, and violinists Blair Lawhead, Bryony Straud-Watson, and Heather Vixler.

Called Art/Song, the project is a collaboration with abstract painter Lisa Ingram, who has further interpreted these vocal images of vowels and phonemes into a series of watercolor paintings and collaborated with Zimmerman on an installation of his destroyed synthesizers.

Open rehearsals will be every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon with free performances at 7p. The gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 2-7p, with some artworks and multimedia installations on view 24 hours a day. details

Jay Alan Zimmerman is the composer/author of several full-length stage musicals including JAY ALAN ZIMMERMAN'S INCREDIBLY DEAF MUSICAL - selected "Pick of the Fringe" by The Washington Post, Smokin!, J@Z at the Zipper, as well as the award-winning short film musicals PAWNS and LOVE BURNS. He has been commissioned to compose works for stage, film, and dance, and wrote numerous children's songs published by Mondo Music and Warner/Chappell. about Jay Alan Zimmerman

Lisa Ingram studied painting with the art-world legends Ross Bleckner and Sean Scully and has since exhibited her work in numerous museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe. This includes solo exhibitions at Soho Myriad Galleries, Atlanta GA; 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY; The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA; and many others, as well as group shows and collaborative projects at Fusion Arts Museum, New York, NY; The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY; and Suyama Art Space, Seattle, WA. Her oils, watercolors, and limited edition prints are owned by countless private collectors and corporations around the world including Disney, Guggenheim Productions, Mandarin NYC, and Marriot Resorts. about Lisa Ingram

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.

chashama is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and an award from the New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with the City Council: Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Delegation, Council Member Sara Gonzalez and Council Member Daniel Garodnick; and with funds from A.R.T./New York, Carnegie Corporation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Dramatists Guild Fund, Peg Santvoord Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Steinberg Charitable Trust, Tides Foundation, and through private donations from individuals. Also supported in part with goods and materials provided through donations to Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/NYC Department of Sanitation/NYC Department of Education.

chashama is the recipient of a 2009-2010 National Endowment for the Arts Recovery Act grant.

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