Walk on White Street

Battery Dance Company performs on the world's stages, teaches, presents, and advocates for the field of dance.

Battery Dance Company is dedicated to the pursuit of artistic excellence and the availability of the Arts to everyone. An integral part of the fabric of New York City for 30 years, Battery supports the creative process; educates children in the New York City schools; enriches the general public through local programs and performances, national and international tours, and international arts exchange programs.

ACCESS THEATER is a not-for-profit theater company founded in 1992 by Artistic Director Jacqueline Christy, currently under the direction of Producing Director Stephen Speights.

ACCESS THEATER is based in a landmark, turn-of-the-century textile warehouse, with two performance spaces - a 64 seat Black Box theater and a non-traditional, multi-use loft space called The Gallery.

ACCESS THEATER is committed to the production of new work, with emphasis on plays that are provocative and grapple with current issues. It assists new and emerging artists with workshop and production opportunities and provides support for young theater companies and producers in the form of low-cost rehearsal and performance space. Access Theater has produced hundreds of new plays, performance pieces and exhibitions, many of which have gone on to Off-Broadway runs, American regional theaters, UK theater, and feature film development. Past productions include the premiere of TAPE by Stephen Belber (now a feature film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), BRIAN DYKSTRA: CORNERED AND ALONE (produced by Access at the Triad Theater), and BUSTED JESUS COMIX by David Johnston, co-produced with Blue Coyote Theater Group in the company's inaugural production as Resident Company at Access.

ACCESS THEATER was recently recognized by The New York Times as "one of the theaters to pay attention to in downtown New York."

Manhattan Children's Theatre is committed to producing affordable, high quality theatrical experiences for both children and families. It exists to ensure that the community has access to important works of Classic Literature and timely, poignant New Work, ultimately providing a live theatrical experience that encourages reading, critical thinking, curiosity of the world today and the world of tomorrow, as well as communication between children, their families and their educators.

Soho Photo: A Photographer's Place Since 1971

Soho Photo Gallery has come a long way and about eight city blocks since its establishment in 1971 by a dedicated group of New York Times photographers. They believed there was a real need in the photographic community for a cooperative where serious photographers could exhibit their work and exchange ideas, learn, and grow as artists.

The Early Years
The group rented a loft space at Prince Street and West Broadway, located in the heart of Soho, New York's soon-to-be trendy artists' district. A newspaper advertisement that announced the opening of the Soho Photo Gallery (the founding fathers liked the sound of the name) drew a core group of some 40 photographers of varied interests and talents; Soho Photo was in business and now there was an alternative to the more commercial galleries uptown. The gallery wasn't fancy, but it had four walls and lots of warmth. And month-long shows by members and guest exhibitors would insure there was always something new at Soho Photo.

After one year, with membership growing and pressed for more space, the Gallery moved to West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, next door to the Quad Theater. André Kertesz, who was among the Gallery's regular visitors, said, "What Soho is doing is more important than Stieglitz's work to promote photography in his day and in his gallery."

Gallery Expands, Moves to TriBeCa.
In 1979, Soho Photo relocated to TriBeCa and its current location- 15 White Street- a former egg warehouse that would soon provide greatly expanded exhibition space.

After months of clean-up and construction work by Gallery members, Soho Photo now had a mezzanine space for guest exhibitors as well as a downstairs gallery with enough room to accommodate four one-person exhibits simultaneously, plus three smaller 'spotlight' shows, and individual work. With a current and still growing membership of more than 100 photographers, the Gallery's added space has proved to be a necessity.