Chez Bushwick, an artist-run organization based in Brooklyn, is dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary art and performance, with a strong focus on new choreography. Since its inception in 2002, the organization has been acknowledged as a new model for economic sustainability in the performing arts, offering New York City's only $5 subsidy for rehearsal space, and thereby fostering the creation, development, and performance of new work. Chez Bushwick is also responsible for a number of monthly performance programs that encourage artistic freedom, collaboration, and creative risk-taking.

   Photo © Matthu Placek, 2005

Community & Coalition Building

Chez Bushwick is a 2009-2010 recipient of a Rockefeller New York City Cultural Innovation Fund award, toward the goal of launching CAPITAL B: Coalition of Art & Performance Initiatives Towards A Livable Bushwick. This group of artists, local residents, nonprofit organizations and small businesses in the Bushwick sector of Brooklyn, is united and committed to arts-based economic development and urban revitalization. (Website to follow)