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 subsidized, affordable 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)