NYC Performing Arts Spaces Blog

Free Semi-Outdoor Space in Bed-Stuy!

Posted by anonymous user, on April 19, 2010 - 0 comments

Tags: performance space, free space, brooklyn

Via our friends at the Brooklyn Arts Council:

 

SUPERFRONT BK is accepting proposals from local non-profits, community groups, arts programs, or other civic-minded groups that could use a semi-outdoor space this summer. The 1,000 sq ft space is located behind a storefront on Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and will be free to the chosen organization.

 

SUPERFRONT will orchestrate the design and construction of this temporary space in the beginning of July for the winning organization’s use, and the space will open to the public from July 9 through August 15, 2010.
 

Deadline for entries: May 8, 2010.  For more information, click here.

Performance Opportunity: Raw Space in Former Williamsburg Firehouse

Posted by anonymous user, on March 17, 2010 - 0 comments

Tags: performance space

Interested in presenting your work in an untraditional raw space in Greenpoint/Williamsburg? 

The Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center (NTHCCC) seeks artists to present their work in the organization's future home: the currently vacant Engine 212 Firehouse.

Chosen works will be presented on April 9th, May 7th, June 11th and August 6th, 2010 as part of the NTHCCC Art Happening Series.
 

All applicants MUST attend a site visit on Saturday, March 20th from 2-4pm before submitting their proposal. 

Deadline for applications is March 31st, 2010.  Download application (PDF).

 

Questions? Contact Jackie Moynahan, Art Happenings Producer, at arts@nthccc.org or 516-647-9555.

Blogging from The Road: Paramount Theatre, Seattle

Posted by anonymous user, on February 6, 2010 - 0 comments

Tags: theatre, performance space, blogging from the road

Courtney Jones worked at NYCPAS as Assistant to the Director for two years before embarking on the national tour of “WICKED” as an ensemble cast member. She is a graduate of SUNY Purchase College and has danced professionally in New York City with Jennifer Muller/The Works, among others. This is her eighth blog from the road (click "blogging from the road" in our tag cloud [right column] to see all her blogs!).

 

Believe it or not, five straight weeks of sunshine in San Diego left me yearning for a gloomy day, so heading to Seattle was actually quite exciting.  The moment I stepped into downtown Seattle, I immediately felt rejuvenated.  I remember thinking if my alma mater, SUNY Purchase, were its own city, it would be downtown Seattle.  Youth groups rallying on the street, local musicians playing their music on every corner and lots of energy. 

I was so inspired by Seattle that I did something I had not done since I had been on tour.  I contacted an old professor of mine who I knew had completed his MFA in Dance at the University of Washington to find out if there were any dance studios where I could take a class as a visitor.  He referred me to a wonderful space called Velocity Dance Center (thanks, Michael!). 

Professionally, Seattle brought changes to the cast of Wicked: we said goodbye to both Myra Lucretia Taylor, who played the lovely Madame Morrible, and Lenny Wolpe, who played The Wizard (see photo of cast on their final performance).  And we welcomed Randy Dawson and Richard Kline of "Three’s Company" fame!

 

The Paramount Theatre had a lovely charm, however the backstage layout proved to be more than difficult.  With only one elevator and the women’s ensemble dressing room on the fifth floor, visits to and from the dressing room were nearly impossible.   If you did decide to wait for the elevator, you would be waiting a very long time and risked the possibility of getting trapped, which happened on more than one occasion (sorry, Shanna!).

Since we were in the “Emerald City” and had played the house before, the audiences were knowledgeable and really great.  The staff members at nearby restaurants were used to our time constraints between shows -- they showed us great respect, and got us in and out with lovely service.  I would also like to thank the Taphouse Grill for letting me celebrate my 28th birthday there with the entire cast -- we had an awesome time. 

For those who have never visited Seattle, make sure you make it down to the Pike Place Market and, although I regretfully did not make it there, don’t forget the Space Needle.  Seattle was a beautiful and exciting city to play.  Thanks, Seattle.  I will definitely be back!

RFPs for New City Initiative

Posted by anonymous user, on October 5, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: performance opportunities, nonprofit organizations, performance space, economic impact

Thanks for our friends at ART/NY for this heads up.  Following up on Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris' announcement last week at the Crain's "Future of New York" conference, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in conjunction with NYC Economic Development Corporation, have announced RFPs for the five initiatives to strengthen the cultural sector in New York City.  (Read the Mayor's press release here.)  These five initiatives include increasing access to city properties for visual arts and performances, job training for displaced arts workers, and low-cost studio space at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in cooperation with Chashama. 

New City Hall Initiatives to Support Artists in NYC

Posted by anonymous user, on October 1, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: performance opportunities, nonprofit organizations, performance space, economic impact, conference

Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris announced at a Crain's "Future of New York" conference on Wednesday a series of five new initiatives to support new exhibition and performance space in New York City.  Details forthcoming, but Crain's wrote up the announcement on its website yesterday.