In this special episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with Anita Durst founder of Chashama, an organization that supports artists by providing affordable workspaces to visual artists. Chashama offers over 200 free art spaces, 250 shows a year, 200 work spaces for artists, and classes for local communities to take part in. Chashama helps a lot of artists stay in New York through a simple application process on their website. Check them out and share!!
"One no is one step closer to yes." -Anita Durst
Guest: Anita Durst has been a star, a muse, and a patron of the avant-garde performing arts and emerging arts scene in New York City, since she was 18.  She is the founder and Executive Director of Chashama. Her passion for renovating space began in 1989 through her collaborations with Annie Hamburger of EnGardeArts, and Reza Abdoh of Dar a Luz. Anita has assisted more than 12,000 artists through space grants, production stipends, and administrative and technical support. She has produced and presented over 2,500 productions and has transformed over 85 temporarily vacant buildings into multi-arts complexes. She was awarded a “Young Visionary Award” by The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations, and was honored by A.R.T./New York in 2008. At Chashama, Anita is responsible for the vision and direction of the organization.
https://chashama.org/ (https://chashama.org/)
For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit http://www.superfine.world/ (www.superfine.world )
IG: https://www.instagram.com/chashama/ (@chashama)
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Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow
Executive Producer/Producer : Kelsey Susino
Written by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James Miille
Audio Edited by: Federico Soler Fernandez