How to Create a Residency from Scratch

Back in 2002, dancer and choreographer Jonah Bokaer founded an art space in Brooklyn called Chez Bushwick. As Manhattan and Brooklyn were quickly becoming unaffordable, and many studio spaces were closing, Bokaer seized upon “creative placemaking”—the idea that the arts can play an integral role in community-building—before it became a buzzword. “We have been sustaining […]