Hi-ARTS is at the pulse of Hip-Hop culture. Founded as the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in 2000
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Hi-ARTS (formerly known as the Hip-Hop Theater Festival) is a leading organization within the urban arts movement. For fifteen years, Hi-ARTS has consistently broken new ground, advancing urban art by empowering artists to develop bold new works, while creating a lasting and positive impact on urban communities. Hi-ARTS is adding to the legacy of the HHTF at an exciting stage of growth that engage
s Hip-Hop while creating the new urban arts. With the move to our new home at PS 109, Hi-ARTS is poised to grow into new realms of artistic creativity, advocacy and service to the arts and the communities in which we live. Our commitment to this work has developed an audience that is equally unique within the landscape which is young and ethnically and racially diverse. Located at the center of creative and community practice in El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, Hi-ARTS engages arts and culture both locally and nationally.
🚨 NYC Dance Artists Opportunity! 🚨
ATTN: NYC Dance Artists
MADC seeks 3 dance artists to fill the role of Company Artists to rehearse and perform in our upcoming 2024-25 season. There is an open call to attend on August 27 & 28 10am-1pm.
You can click the below link for more info and to register:
https://forms.gle/1zcGApgA4YdG7aDC8
🎨📝 Attention young artists! Journal 2 Journey (J2J) is back again this year! J2J is a New York City-based, pre-professional, creative youth development program that presents poetry in a three-dimensional way by allowing youth to re-imagine and re-define their poetry as theatrical one-act plays.
🖋️✨Developed in partnership with and Hi-ARTS, six youth participants between the ages of 16 to 20 will participate in a PAID 12-week intensive, where they will be working collaboratively with professional theater artists to refine their writing and devise a theatrical production.
🌟✍️ J2J is designed to inspire young artists to imagine the possibilities of writing that expand beyond traditional forms, styles, and genres while providing a platform that celebrates young voices. Previous participants have gone on to pursue successful careers as stage actors, playwrights, and designers.
📅💻Learn more about J2J and apply now at https://bit.ly/journal2journey
❗❗Deadline is September 6, 2024, 11:59 PM
📣 Manhattan artists and arts organizations! Applications for
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 2025 Manhattan Arts Grants and SU-CASA program are now live. Apply by September 10, 2024 at 5pm.
Manhattan Arts Grants: https://lmcc.net/resources/manhattan-arts-grants/
SU-CASA: https://lmcc.net/resources/artist-residencies/su-casa/
📽️Hang with us this Thursday at 7 pm for "Conference Call: Moving Image The Long Way." Bring your pillows, blankets, snacks, and drinks for a comfy night in! 🛋️🍿 "The Long Way" is a Video Screening of works by artists who attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
🎥"The Long Way" features artists Ximena Diaz, Santiago Forero, Nicholas Fraser, Joe Harjo, Cyriaco Lopes, Nicolás Mastracchio, Rocio Olivarez, and Carlos Vielma, curated by Jesus Benavente.
⭐Curatorial Statement by Jesus Benavente, "To go the long way requires an acknowledgement of time and its use. It’s an acknowledgment that the shortest and most direct way isn’t the best way for a particular trip. The long way provides an opportunity to appreciate what passes us by. To have the difficult conversations we have been avoiding. Or because the normalized route just isn’t available."
🗓️Thursday, August 1
🕖7 pm - 8 pm
📍Hi-ARTS
🆓This event is free and open to the public, register at https://www.hi-artsnyc.org/events/conference-call-moving-image
📞✨Join us next Thursday for Conference Call: Moving Image The Long Way. In partnership with the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, "The Long Way" is part of "Conference Call Moving Image," a six-part series of video screenings curated by members of the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance and selected through an open call process.
🎥"The Long Way" features artists Ximena Diaz, Santiago Forero, Nicholas Fraser, Joe Harjo, Cyriaco Lopes, Nicolás Mastracchio, Rocio Olivarez, and Carlos Vielma, curated by Jesus Benavente.
🗓️Thursday, August 1
🕖7 pm - 8 pm
📍Hi-ARTS
🆓This event is free and open to the public, register at https://www.hi-artsnyc.org/events/conference-call-moving-image
From our Friends 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏿 Urban Word
Join us for an evening of powerful dialogue at Urban Word NYC's Summer Series event, "Poets & Politicians." This community-oriented conversation will feature Harlem’s own NY State Assembly candidate, Shana Harmongoff, and the National Youth Poet Laureate, Stephanie Pacheco, a dynamic poet and activist from the Bronx.
Our youth are frustrated and disenchanted with the political process, often feeling unheard and ignored by politicians. This event aims to bridge that gap, fostering a meaningful conversation even amidst differing opinions. Inspired by Shirley Chisholm’s powerful words, we ask: “What is the alternative? What can we offer these beautiful, angry, serious, and committed young people?”
Let’s come together to strategize and explore how our youth can remain politically active and engaged in a system they’ve lost faith in. Your voice matters—let’s amplify it.
Date: Friday, July 26th
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St Nicholas Ave, New York, NY 10030
Admission: Free with registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA9MGMw-Jwf0fUpiUEG33UbMTv6ExwkgDFxqEJXLTkqJcUdQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
🖥️🧐Only a few days remain to apply to our CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY LAB residencies. Apply now for our '24-'25 residency season!
✏️CRITICAL BREAKS is a residency program for Artists who are in a pivotal phase of developing new theater and/or performance work.
✏️SKY LAB supports artists who center the community in their artistic process.
🌱Learn more and apply today at bit.ly/hiartsopportunities
📸 Image Credit: Stephine Morales (1-2), Johnathan Lewis (3-4), Eleanor Kipping (5-6), Prince Hamadi (7-8)
We have good news, we have extended the CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY LAB Application deadline to Saturday, July 27, 2024. So you have time to hit up the beach this weekend and get still your application in on time. WE'RE LOVING what we're seeing - keep 'em coming, fam!
CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY LAB are both designed to support artists who are in a pivotal phase of developing new work, with approximately 50 hours of flexibly scheduled time in our space (in-person, virtual, or hybrid). Apply at h-artsnyc.org!
FROM OUR FRIENDS | Lincoln Center
J.PERIOD Live Mixtape: Teachers & Storytellers Edition
Featuring: KRS-One & Slick Rick — Aug 9, 8pm — Free & Open to the Public
Brooklyn DJ and producer J.PERIOD (The Hamilton Mixtape) is renowned for his "audio-biography" mixtapes—featuring icons like Nas, Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill,…
🎨✨ Have you applied to our CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY Lab residencies yet? You have until Saturday, July 20th to apply. Hi-ARTS offers Artists of the Global Majority the time and space to experiment, play, and focus on the next stage of their projects. CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY LAB residencies are designed to support artists in a pivotal phase of developing new work.
🔗📅 It's all about process! Learn more about our residencies and apply today for our 2024-25 season at bit.ly/hiartsopportunities
From our Friends // Dancing While Black
Join Dancing While Black Masterclasses for the Masses workshop with the illustrious Charmaine Warren!
Saturday, July 6th at 4-5:30pm at BAAD!
Register at https://bit.ly/3RUypRI
Artists! Take advantage of this opportunity and RSVP!
How would $500 or $1000 per month, no strings attached, change your life?
What would you do with a guaranteed income?
Want to learn more about Guaranteed Income generally and weigh in on an IndieSpace pilot program?
Join IndieSpace, in collaboration with Creatives Rebuild NY, to learn more about Guaranteed Income and to help IndieSpace think through the nuts and bolts of an itty bitty mini GI pilot program that will launch in the fall.
Learn more here: https://www.indiespace.org/updates/guaranteed-income-for-indie-theater-artists
RSVP for our July 16 workshop held over Zoom: https://forms.gle/J3VQt49n9pfacjZz5
RSVP for our July 17 in-person workshop: https://forms.gle/97m1KYuuSVYfiPTLA
We believe in guaranteed income and want to tell the world that we think this is THE game changer artists (and everyone) needs to stabilize in such a tumultuous time.
🚨Calling all Artists and Creatives🚨
How are you healing? Let's find out. Join us this Saturday, June 29th for Spirit & Flow: Healing the Healers, an experience curated by Donnell E. Smith (.iam). 🧘🏽✨
Experience meditation🧘🏿♀️, breathwork🌬️, sound bathing🎶, yoga🧘🏾♂️, reiki🌟, and tarot/oracle reading🔮. This gathering is designed to rejuvenate you: The Artist🧑🏿🎨, who so generously pours into the world 🌎 and those around you. A trained practitioner guides each element committed to facilitating harmony between your inner dialogue and outward expression. 🎭
🗓️Saturday, June 29
🕚11am-2pm at Hi-ARTS
🎟️Free | Donations accepted
🔗Limited Capacity. Register at bit.ly/spiritflowsummer2024
🚨Artist Opportunity🚨
TCG is proud to launch Funds for the Dolls! Created by TCG and led by trans women of color (TWOC) leaders in the performing arts, we are specifically committed to investing in TWOC performing or theatre artists who are looking to develop their artistry further and have a commitment to their craft.
Want to learn more and apply? Head to the link to get started: https://i.mtr.cool/kdcpqjrtmx
Thank you to everyone who showed up and came out to our recent [WORK IN PROCESS] sharing by SKY LAB artist Najee Omar(), while in residence with Hi-ARTS, Najee worked on the development of "Little Black Book," a tapestry of stories reflecting the nuances, challenges, and triumphs of Black Q***r Men and their love journeys.
Thank you, Najee for allowing us here at HI-ARTS to support your work and being vulnerable with us in sharing your stories and emotions. Your creativity inspired us all and we're honored to be a part of this journey. We are all excited to see how "Little Black Book" evolves and touches even more people.🤎✨
Cinematographer & Editor: Raishad Momar ()
Photographer: Hamadi Price ()
Check out our CRITICAL BREAKS Alum Curtis Turney "Tony" next performance this coming Monday!
Thank you for sharing community Curtis!!!
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🎉We did y'all!🎉 we made it to our first goal! Thank you to everyone who donated to get us to our first milestone! As promised here's our Executive Director Aaron L. McKinney doing The W*P by The Real J. Dash!
We need $500 more to get more body -ody -ody from our Executive Director Aaron! 💪🏾
🙌🏿Help Us Reach Our Goals! Every donation counts and will go to supporting and empowering artists of the Global Majority! 🌍🎨
🔗bit.ly/4aq5Vpr🔗
Did you get your Blended City Glitter Ball tix yet??!!
Blended City proudly presents our annual Pride extravaganza, The Glitter Ball, taking place at the historic Stonewall Inn on June 6th.
🎉 Exciting News! We're launching a fundraiser with a twist! 🎁✨
🚀 How It Works:
1️⃣Donate to our organization — ANY AMOUNT counts!
2️⃣For each goal we reach, our ED, Aaron L. McKinney will dance a TikTok dance! 🕺💃
3️⃣The higher the goal, the wilder the dance! 🌟🔥
🎯 Funding goals
$500: W*P by J.Dash
$1000: Body -ody -ody by Megan Thee Stallion
$1500: Water Dance by Tyla
$2500: WAP by Cardi B
🙌 Help Us Reach Our Goals! Every donation counts and will go to supporting and empowering artists of the Global Majority! Stay Tuned, follow us for updates, and get ready to laugh, cheer, and dance along as we hit each milestone! 🎶✨
🔗 Donate at bit.ly/4aq5Vpr
If y'all ever came to a Hi-ARTS event or interacted with us, you've probably heard that our staff are also working Artists too! 🎨 Just like we uplift our alums with upcoming projects, we want to shine a spotlight on our staff's incredible work! 🌟 Our Development Associate, Nikhil Mahapatra, has two play readings this month! 📚
Written by our very own Nikhil and Co-Directed by Rajiv Co-Directed by Rajiv Joseph and Kiran Merchant, "American Hunger" tells the story of two Asian restaurants vie for culinary dominance in their rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Crown Heights, while their children begin to question the choices that will make—or break—their prospects as a continuation of the ambitions of their immigrant parents. 🍜🏆
ℹ️ South Asian Playwrights Festival | 80 Greenwich St.
📅 Friday, May 17
⏰ 7:30 pm
🎟️ Free Admission | bit.ly/3UCWYmG
Can't make it to that one or want to see more of Nik's work? Nik's play "unfortunately people will die but that’s okay because they might come back later if you believe in that sort of stuff personally I don’t but you should do what you need to do even if it means leaving me behind" will be apart the Clubbed Thumb Summerworks' Early-Career Writers' Group Reading Series. 🎭
ℹ️ 2024 ECWG Reading Series | 195 E 3rd Street b/w A & B
📅 Friday May 24
⏰ 3 pm
🎟️ Free admission | bit.ly/3K4A2YG
🔗 Check out the link in bio to learn more about each reading!
🎨✨ At Hi-ARTS, we are dedicated to empowering our artists to develop their work! For the next two months, show your support for SKY LAB Artist Jourdan Ash by purchasing an original work from "Storytelling through a Visual Eye", a WORK IN PROCESS that took place at Hi-ARTS in February 2024. Shop prints and paintings at the link in bio. 🖼️✨
👩🏾🎨🎨 Produced during her SKY LAB residency at Hi-ARTS, Jourdan invited her community to join her in a collaborative exploration of what a creative practice can be outside of the boundaries of product and profit. Throughout her time she ideated and directed collaborative photography sessions: Details; Girlhood; and produced a series of paintings. 🖌️🌟
📲🔗 Each work is hand signed by Jourdan and ready to purchase, head to the LINK IN BIO!!
From our Friends 🫱🏽🫲🏿 Belongó Afro Latin Jazz
🌟 Calling all music lovers! Mark your calendars for a historic event on June 7th at The Town Hall. Grammy giants Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Yamandu Costa, and Hamilton de Holanda are joining forces for a one-of-a-kind performance, pushing the boundaries of tradition and creating an electrifying blend of Latin Jazz, chorinho, and samba. Don't miss this incredible night of musical innovation – reserve your seats today 👉🏾 https://bit.ly/4abZgin
🌸Amidst spring blossoms, we wrapped up two more residencies this season! Today we want to extend a heartfelt appreciation to CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri L. Stokes! On April 27, we hosted "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party," a WORK IN PROCESS by Cheri L. Stokes. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed their support! 🎉
💃🏿Cheri graced our studio during her CRITICAL BREAKS residency focusing on the development of "Around the Way Gurl," a movement investigation that highlights and celebrates the cultural significance and the contributions of women in Bed-Stuy have made to Brooklyn and Hip-Hop culture during the 1980s and 90s. 🎶
We're wrapping up and April with a bang! 💥 Here's Robyn and their top poetry pick of the month! 📚 What's your favorite poem? Drop it in the comment below! 👇💬
Thanks, y'all for showing up to our [WORK IN PROCESS] sharing on Saturday! We had a blast 🎉 Keep an eye out for that post soon!
Before April ends, we wanted to share the rest of our staff picks for !📚️ Here's Debbie on "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 📓
From our Friends 🫱🏾🫲🏿 Symphony Stage
Join Symphony Space on May 4, at 3 pm for an unforgettable extravaganza as an incredible roster of artists pays tribute to the legendary Prince, through a nonstop celebration and exploration of the icon and the work he created, championed, and inspired. Electrifying sounds, joyful collaborations, and brilliant performances await.
This event is FREE and no tickets are required. Drop in for a bit or stay awhile 👉🏼 bit.ly/4ddMsuI
So many amazing moments from that night!
You KNOW we love to have a good time! Link up with us on April 27 at Hi-ARTS for "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party" with Cheri L. Stokes!
For "The Block Party", Cheri will lead audiences in a multigenerational community dance workshop. Like the block parties of the 80s and 90s, there's gonna be dance, music and fellowship in a casual but upbeat atmosphere.
Take a trip down memory lane, wear your best styles from the decades, and come ready to move and have a good time. ALL generations and families are welcome. No dance experience needed.
Visit hi-artsnyc.org for more info!
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📞✨Join us next Thursday for Conference Call: Moving Image The Long Way. In partnership with the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, "The Long Way" is part of "Conference Call Moving Image," a six-part series of video screenings curated by members of the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance and selected through an open call process. 🎥"The Long Way" features artists Ximena Diaz, Santiago Forero, Nicholas Fraser, Joe Harjo, Cyriaco Lopes, Nicolás Mastracchio, Rocio Olivarez, and Carlos Vielma, curated by Jesus Benavente. 🗓️Thursday, August 8 🕖7 pm - 8 pm 📍Hi-ARTS 🆓This event is free and open to the public, register at the LINK IN BIO
📞✨Join us next Thursday for Conference Call: Moving Image The Long Way. In partnership with the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, "The Long Way" is part of "Conference Call Moving Image," a six-part series of video screenings curated by members of the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance and selected through an open call process. 🎥"The Long Way" features artists Ximena Diaz, Santiago Forero, Nicholas Fraser, Joe Harjo, Cyriaco Lopes, Nicolás Mastracchio, Rocio Olivarez, and Carlos Vielma, curated by Jesus Benavente. 🗓️Thursday, August 1 🕖7 pm - 8 pm 📍Hi-ARTS 🆓This event is free and open to the public, register at https://www.hi-artsnyc.org/events/conference-call-moving-image
STAFF SPOTLIGHT | Eleanor Kipping, Marketing Manager Hi-ARTS Staff are artists — in everything they do! Check out what our very own Marketing Manager @elfelicia is up to. Eleanor Kipping is curator of "When the Eye Speaks," a screening taking place at the Center for Performance Research this Thursday, July 24, 2025 featuring the work of Ronald Hall (A '16), Jack Hogan (A '19), Yasi Ghanbari (A '18), Zhiyuan Yang (A '17), Jordan Wong (A '22), Kearra Amaya Gopee (A '18), and Steven Cottingham (A '15), curated by Eleanor Kipping (A' 18). "When the Eye Speaks" explores the use of moving image and the desktop essay as a means to provoke identity, place, gender, and the geopolitical implications of surveillance through the use of monologue, performance, object making, the Internet, and screen recording. This screening is taking place as a part of Conference Call: Moving Image, a series featuring the moving image works nearly 30 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Alumni and curated by five members of the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance. I would love to see you there. Continue below to learn more and register. Fun fact: Conference Call also has a screening taking place at Hi-ARTS. Curated by Jesus Benavente, on August 1! Tap that link in bio and RSVP to both! Image credits: Ronald Hall (courtesy); Jack Hogan (courtesy); Yasi Ghanbari (Kay Hickman); Zhiyuan Yang (courtesy); Jordan Wong (courtesy); Kearra Amaya Gopee (Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.); Steven Cottingham (courtesy); Eleanor Kipping (Nathan Dumas)
⚠️ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS⚠️ 🧑🏿🎨✨ Hi-ARTS is now accepting residency applications for the Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 season!! We offer Artists of the Global Majority a space to experiment, play, and focus on their art through our CRITICAL BREAKS and SKY LAB residencies. ✏️CRITICAL BREAKS is a residency program for Artists who are in a pivotal phase of developing new theater and/or performance work. The residency aims to provide artists with time and space to concentrate on a specific project and/or element of a project. This is an ideal for works that have already been started, and/or have perhaps received some institutional support, but are still in need of additional concentrated focus, funding, and space. ✏️SKY LAB is for artists who center the community at the root of creative development, research, and consideration. This may include relationship building, deep listening and discussion, experience design, community collaboration, storytelling, and other interdisciplinary methods and practices that take place alongside and in relation to an artist’s identified community. 🗓️ Application Deadline is Saturday, July 20, 2024, 11:59 pm EST. Learn more about our residencies and apply at bit.ly/hiartsopportunities 🔗
As we prep for a creative and intense summer filled, with art,🎨 work,🖥️, and even more art! 🖼️ We took the time to make sure our home here in @elbarriosartspace is lively and healthy!🌿 We spent the day re-potting the plants in space.🌱 Just like we encourage our artists to grow and develop🌼, we want to ensure those philosophies apply to our staff and plants!🌻 Have you taken the time to ground yourself this spring? 🌸
Thank you to everyone who showed up and came out to our recent [WORK IN PROCESS] sharing by SKY LAB artist Najee Omar (@najeeomar), while in residence with Hi-ARTS, Najee worked on the development of “Little Black Book,” a tapestry of stories reflecting the nuances, challenges, and triumphs of Black Queer Men and their love journeys. Thank you, Najee for allowing HI-ARTS to support your work and being vulnerable with us in sharing your stories and emotions. Your creativity inspired us all and we’re honored to be a part of this journey. We are all excited to see how “Little Black Book” evolves and touches even more people.🤎✨ Cinematographer & Editor: Raishad Momar (@raishadmomar) Photographer: Hamadi Price (@princehamadi)
Thank you to everyone who showed up and came out to our recent [WORK IN PROCESS] sharing by SKY LAB artist Najee Omar(@najeeomar), while in residence with Hi-ARTS, Najee worked on the development of "Little Black Book," a tapestry of stories reflecting the nuances, challenges, and triumphs of Black Queer Men and their love journeys. Thank you, Najee for allowing us here at HI-ARTS to support your work and being vulnerable with us in sharing your stories and emotions. Your creativity inspired us all and we're honored to be a part of this journey. We are all excited to see how "Little Black Book" evolves and touches even more people.🤎✨ Cinematographer & Editor: Raishad Momar (@raishadmomar) Photographer: Hamadi Price (@princehamadi)
🎉We did y'all!🎉 we made it to our first goal! Thank you to everyone who donated to get us to our first milestone! As promised here's our Executive Director Aaron L. McKinney doing The WOP by The Real J. Dash! We need $500 more to get more body -ody -ody from our Executive Director Aaron! 💪🏾 🙌🏿Help Us Reach Our Goals! Every donation counts and will go to supporting and empowering artists of the Global Majority! 🌍🎨 🔗bit.ly/4aq5Vpr🔗
🎉We did y’all!🎉 we made it to our first goal! Thank you to everyone who donated to get us to our first milestone! As promised here’s Aaron doing The WOP by @therealjdash We need $500 more to get more body -ody -ody from our Executive Director Aaron! 💪🏾 🙌🏿Help Us Reach Our Goals! Every donation counts and will go to supporting and empowering artists of the Global Majority! 🌍🎨 🔗LINK IN BIO🔗
🎉 Exciting News! We're launching a fundraiser with a twist! 🎁✨ 🚀 How It Works: 1️⃣Donate to our organization — ANY AMOUNT counts! 2️⃣For each goal we reach, our ED, Aaron L. McKinney will dance a TikTok dance! 🕺💃 3️⃣The higher the goal, the wilder the dance! 🌟🔥 🎯 Funding goals $500: WOP by J.Dash $1000: Body -ody -ody by Megan Thee Stallion $1500: Water Dance by Tyla $2500: WAP by Cardi B 🙌 Help Us Reach Our Goals! Every donation counts and will go to supporting and empowering artists of the Global Majority! Stay Tuned, follow us for updates, and get ready to laugh, cheer, and dance along as we hit each milestone! 🎶✨ 🔗 Donate at bit.ly/4aq5Vpr
🌸Amidst spring blossoms, we wrapped up two more residencies this season! Today we want to extend a heartfelt appreciation to CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri L. Stokes! On April 27, we hosted "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party," a WORK IN PROCESS by Cheri L. Stokes. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed their support! 🎉 💃🏿Cheri graced our studio during her CRITICAL BREAKS residency focusing on the development of "Around the Way Gurl," a movement investigation that highlights and celebrates the cultural significance and the contributions of women in Bed-Stuy have made to Brooklyn and Hip-Hop culture during the 1980s and 90s. 🎶
We're wrapping up #NationalPoetryMonth and April with a bang! 💥 Here's Robyn and their top poetry pick of the month! 📚 What's your favorite poem? Drop it in the comment below! 👇💬
Thanks, y'all for showing up to our [WORK IN PROCESS] sharing on Saturday! We had a blast 🎉 Keep an eye out for that post soon! Before April ends, we wanted to share the rest of our staff picks for #NationalPotryMonth!📚️ Here's Debbie on "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 📓
📚April at Hi-ARTS is a whirlwind of creativity! It’s #NationalPoetryMonth and to celebrate we sat down with our team to share their poetry picks! 📖 Plus, don’t miss our upcoming [WORK IN PROCESS] Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party by CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri L. Stokes, this Saturday, April 27! 🆓 RSVP at the link in bio!
You KNOW we love to have a good time! Link up with us on April 27 at Hi-ARTS for "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party" with Cheri L. Stokes! For "The Block Party", Cheri will lead audiences in a multigenerational community dance workshop. Like the block parties of the 80s and 90s, there's gonna be dance, music and fellowship in a casual but upbeat atmosphere. Take a trip down memory lane, wear your best styles from the decades, and come ready to move and have a good time. ALL generations and families are welcome. No dance experience needed. Visit hi-artsnyc.org for more info!
You KNOW we love to have a good time! Link up with us on April 27 at Hi-ARTS for "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party" with Cheri L. Stokes! @brookcee1 For "The Block Party," Cheri will lead audiences in a multigenerational community dance workshop. Like the block parties of the 80s and 90s, there's gonna be expect dance, music, and fellowship in a casual but upbeat atmosphere. Take a trip down memory lane, wear your best styles from the decades, and come ready to move and have a good time. ALL generations and families are welcome. No dance experience is needed. Tap that link in bio for more info!
Currently a SKY LAB Artist in Residence at Hi-ARTS working on the development of “Little Black Book”, Najee Omar is an award-winning writer, performance artist, and organizer. Named a New York Times Visionary! Get to know Najee a little better here!
🌟Join us next Saturday, April 27th, for [WORK IN PROCESS] "Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party" CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri L. Stokes for a multigenerational community dance workshop. Like the block parties of the 80s and 90s, participants can expect dance, music, and fellowship in a casual but upbeat atmosphere. Take a trip down memory lane, wear your best styles from the decades, and come ready to move and have a good time. 🆓ALL ages and families are welcome. No dance experience needed. Register at bit.ly/4cMHTXS
🤔 How much do you know about "Around the Way Gurl?" 🌟We sat down with CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri L. Stokes to talk about the project she's working on during her Hi-ARTS residency! Don't forget to register for Cheri's [WORK IN PROCESS] on April 27th! 📝✨ 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/4cMHTXS
👀Here's a sneak peek at what you can expect during our next [WORK IN PROCESS]🚧. Our CRITICAL BREAKS ARTIST Cheri L. Stokes recently had the opportunity to lead a small workshop with 13 students from Florida State University's (@floridastateuniversity) dance program 📚💃🏾 🪩Join us on Saturday, April 27, at 1 pm for Cheri's [Work In Process]: Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party. Learn more and register at bit.ly/4cMHTXS 📲🔗
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