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Art & Social Activism Presented by Nicholas Cohn Art Projects at chashama LIC: 26-15 Jackson Ave (Image: Dana Levy, Florida Store, 2012) Did you enjoy seeing the billboards of Times Square filled with artwork? Looking for more opportunities and events like Art Takes Time Square? If you would love to stay in the loop about future artist opportunities from chashama and our friends, update your preferences and receive our newsletter to get the latest schedule of shows, news and arts opportunities like internships, artists residencies and grants, FREE gallery and performance spaces, and exclusive invitations to events around NYC. Please update your subscriptions preferences here or unsubscribe (hopefully not!).  We hate spam too! So we only send out a newsletter once a month with occasional invites and special announcements for our events (like open studios, our annual Gala, or parties). chashama announcements: chashama will be participating in GOBrooklyn's Open Studios Event on September 8 - 9. Stay tuned for an official invite for a chance to view over 85 visual artist studios at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Find your favorite chashama artist and register now on the GOBrooklyn website to vote on your favorite Brooklyn Studio artist for a community curated exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. CURRENT & UPCOMING CHASHAMA EVENTS Liberty in the Forest by Jae Kyung Kim chashama 266 West 37th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave) July 26 - August 18, 2012 Jae Kyung Kim's exhibition of mixed media paintings and installation presents a visceral expression of the artists' thoughts and emotions. Liberty in the Forest explores the themes of fantastic nature and the vibrancy of life through energetic shapes, rhythmic brush strokes and vivid colors. Assembled on a wall with fifty pieces of paper, visitors can view this reflection of Kim's thoughts and desires through chashama's midtown window space.    Liberty in the Forest  @ chashama 266   Under the Mattress by Billy Frey  chashama 303 10th Avenue (between 27th and 28th Streets) August 2 - 25, 2012 Opening Reception: August 2nd, 5:30-8pm Using vintage materials and imagery, Under the Mattress features the works of artist Billy Frey. With bold and often complex patterns of re-appropriated images, he offers us tales that are humorous, darkly disturbing, playful, perverse and fantastical. Under the Mattress @ chashama 303   Art and Social Activism presented by Nicholas Cohn Art Projects  chashama LIC: 26-15 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens August 1 - 25, 2012 Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 1, 6-9pm Roundtable Discussion Series: 3 Wednesdays - August 8: "Art and Community Development", August 15: "Art and the Environment", August 22: "Art and Identity" Closing Party: Saturday, August 25, 1-9pm with a performance by Joshua Seider In collaboration with chashama, Nicholas Cohn Art Projects will transform an industrial building in Long Island City into a venue for socially motivated visual art. Art and Social Activism presents a group exhibition featuring an international roster of artists working in a range of media, from painting and sculpture to video and performance, connected by their focus on social issues of national and global concern.  Art and Social Activism @ chashama 26-15 Jackson Ave (Image: Dana Levy, Florida Store, 2012) Overlove/Underpass directed by choreographer Catherine Gallant chashama @ Anita's Way Through Block (connecting W42nd & W43rd Streets between Broadway & 6th Ave) Performances w/live music: August 15th & August 17th, 6-7pm Overlove/Underpass brings energy and wonder to the understated beauty of this architectural thoroughfare. Fruit weilding goddesses oversee the pulse of daily life while fierce improvisators inscribe the splayed space. This new group work includes twelve dancers and envelopes three duets from Ms. Gallant's critically acclaimed meditation on romantic love, An Absurd Vice.     Underlove/Overpass @ chashama - Anita's Way Resolute Geometries by Roy Secord chashama 45 Broadway (between Rector & Morris Street) May 30 - August 30, 2012 Resolute Geometries is a selection of current, painted work by chashama studio artist, Roy Secord. Overtaking the lobby of 45 Broadway, the large scale paintings explore the intersection of geometries and color. The works are inspired by primitave art and decoration, esoteric symbolism and device, and technologically-advanced structure and system. The lobby of 45 Broadway is open to the public. Resolute Geometries @ chashama 45 Broadway Resound 2 by Carl Auge  chashama 461 West 126th St (between Amsterdam & Morningside Ave) August 19 - 27, 2012 Opening Reception: August 19th, 5-9:30pm Artist Carl Auge's solo exhibition Resound 2, features oil on canvas works that seek to express the conflicting task of creating visual equivalents of sound.    Resond 2 @ chashama 461 CHA-OPPORTUNITIES Interested in promoting creative spaces for artists in NYC? chashama is currently looking for new talent to join our dedicated team of interns for the fall semester. If you're interested, please send us a resume and cover letter.  We're looking for a few talented artists to fill our artist residency at our beautiful Pine Plains, NYchashama North location for the September session! Do you like writing about the NYC Arts Scene? Interested in emerging artists and art in non-traditional spaces? We're looking for interesting content to pass on to our artist community and writers for our blog. If you'd like to learn more or submit a sample, contact us. Searching for FREE exhibition space in NYC? Our next deadline for exhibition applications is November 15th at 5pm. For more info, visit: chashama.org