New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

The Villager Immigrant artists depict their experience by ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH

Immigrant artists depict their experience

Young immigrant artists are getting some much needed space in an Upper East Side apartment building.

Some commercial space at the St. Tropez building on 340 E. 64th St. has officially been transformed into a new gallery by Chashama, a nonprofit organization that finds unused real estate for artist gallery and studio use. City Councilmember Ben Kallos, who funded all four of the exhibitions scheduled to occupy the gallery, has allocated a total of $80,000 to the nonprofit over the last three years.

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