ATTENTION: CHASHAMA IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 266 W 37TH STREET, 112 W 44TH STREET and 679 THIRD AVE VENUES. DEADLINE: JULY 13, 5P. See details below.
About the Windows Program:
The Windows Program is a hallmark public art initiative of chashama, enlivening vacant storefronts with multi-disciplinary performances and visual installations. There is no limit to what you can do in a window: Butoh dance, paint portraits, display visual art, modern dance, puppetry, the list is infinite! The program creates an ideal situation for artists to further develop new and old work in a flexible environment. Performances and installations may be interactive, allowing audience members to creatively contribute to the work made and form a relationship with chashama artists. Through presenting work in unexpected public places, the Windows Program helps build a broader audience for contemporary art and performance.
266 W 37th: This window space is located on a Garment District block with heavy daytime foot traffic, and it is fully equipped with theatrical sound and lighting. If you are proposing a visual art installation, please consider this. For a complete floor plan and technical specs, please go to http://www.chashama.org/266w37/index.php.
112 W 44th: This installation/window space is within the tourist zone of Time Square, close to Bryant Park, and often has packs of theater goers passing by. It is a large space with a wide window, and a back room for costume changes or additional set pieces. Track lighting normally used for exhibits can be refocused into the space and controlled from the back room. A sound system is not currently installed, but may be in the future. For a complete floor plan, please go to http://www.chashama.org/112w44/index.php.
679 3rd Avenue: The building is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 43rd Street with three 7x12 and two 4x12 windows on the 3rd Avenue side, and fifteen windows facing 43rd Street ranging from approximately 4x12 to 4x10.
*NEW* Attention current applicants to our Windows Program: subject to availability, chashama is now offering a $50/week rental of a Sprint wireless broadband router (with $50 deposit).
APPLICATION DEADLINES
For projects August through December, 2009,
applications are due into chashama's offices by
5p on July 13, 2009.
Timeline & Conditions:
MAIL OR DELIVER COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO:
chashama, ATTN: Windows Programming,
201 East 42nd Street, Suite 3225-29, New York, NY 10017
Required Application Materials:
Note: chashama no longer returns submitted materials, and no longer offers stipends to artists selected.
Download Window application form (PDF format)
Download Window Program Fall/Winter 2009 guidelines (PDF format)
For more information, please email your questions to Programming Director Janusz Jaworski at janusz@chashama.org.