Fall 2005
Fractured Atlas Quarterly Newsletter
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Ellen Priest: Artist in Motion
by Krista Apple
Look closer at Ellen Priest's bold, colorful paintings, and you'll find they're not paintings at all. Rather, they are multi-layer, multi-dimensional, low-relief sculptures. Superimposed layers of color and texture create a sense of movement, a heightened awareness of dimension, space, and physical flow. Reflecting the inspiration from which Priest works - the music of American and international jazz artists, from Miles Davis to...
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Windows of Opportunity
by Kristin Bennett and Erich Hahn
chashama fills the emptiness inside . In a city of exorbitant rents and voracious gentrification, chashama is committed literally to opening doors (and many windows) for emerging artists by providing them with the rarest commodity in NYC: affordable space. Theirs is a model example of how to turn the tables in your favor if - and when - corporate development hangs a hefty price tag on real estate. And they begin with a simple,...
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LINC: Creating Affordable Artist Space
Are you trying to focus on your art but worrying instead about getting evicted from your studio? Are you looking for affordable space to work or perhaps create your own live/work digs but don't know where to turn? Do you spend more time worrying about zoning codes, financing, and development than on your own creative process…but feel you have no choice? LINC is working to help you find the answers you need. LINC - short for...
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Space Case Study: Rooftop Films
by Krista Apple
While the rest of us were frantically searching for space at eye level in New York, Mark Rosenberg was gazing in a completely different direction: straight up. The result, Rooftop Films , is a non-profit organization that supports, promotes and screens "daring short films" on rooftops in New York and across the globe. You'll find their summer New York series on the roofs of The Old American Can Factory and Automotive...
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Space Case Study: The Tank NYC
by Krista Apple
When the members of The Tank moved into their dreamy Midtown storefront property in 2003, they knew it wouldn't last forever. But that isn't making the leaving any easier. The Tank - a producing organization whose founding members are filmmakers, poets, visual artists, and experimental musicians - created a solid foundation out of transitory space. Taking advantage of midtown Manhattan's rapidly-changing landscape, the founding...
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Development Desk
It's always a thrill to see an arts group that you've supported or worked with succeed; and no matter what end of the "emerging" spectrum you're at, acquiring permanent work, performance, or exhibition space is a milestone. HERE Arts Center in New York City ( www.here.org ) reached that goal earlier this year when they raised enough capital to purchase their downtown Manhattan home. Founded by Tiny Mythic Theater and Home...
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