paintings, drawings and photographs plus mixed media and electronic installations by graduate students Austin Furtak-Cole, Alan Goodrich, Shannan Lee Hayes, Jin-kang Park, Veronica Pena and Nalani L. Williams, reception 7-9 p.m. Feb. 14
Friday, January 23
Saturday, January 17
Artful Inaugural Ball
if you are in the NYC on Jan 19th check stop by and check out my interactive piece entitled "Change". It is going to be a fun event and a great way to start the new year.
January 19, 2009 is the eve of President Barack Obama's Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Let us join together to express our Vision for the Future. With an artful Inaugural Ball, we will ring in a new era and establish a direct conversation with the Obama Administration on how art and culture can help strengthen the country.
This is part of a national network of events which are an official part of the Inauguration. This event will receive media and web promotion from the Obama transition team. Coordinated by Arts for Art, Action Arts League and Theater for the New City, the celebration brings together arts and community, and encourages participation in New York's vibrant cultural scene.
The event encourages participants to create music, art or costumes that reflect a "Vision" for a better America. It will include performances and activities early with a dance party breaking out later.
The event will take place at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue between 9th and 10th streets. The admission for the latter portion of the evening is an affordable ($5 or $10). There will also be an inexpensive bar.
Between 7pm and 9pm, THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY will present its part of the Pre-inaugural Celebration. This portion of the evening will be FREE to the Public. Theater, Dance and Song by some of the Community's Finest Performers, Choreographers, and Theater Companies. Curated by MARY TIERNEY, it will include performances by:
ROD RODGERS DANCE COMPANY
CRYSTAL FIELD, ELIZABETH RUF and CLARA MALDONADO
PATRICK FENTON
JUAN RULFO
and MORE
Come and Enjoy! It is a New Era! Bring your Dreams with you!
ArtsPolicyNow
presents
A Day of Dreams
A series of arts-led participatory community visioning events
to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama
as the 44th President of the United States
1. Dancing to Harmony Workshop SOLD OUT
Venue: Dance New Amsterdam – 280 Chambers Street
January 19th 2:00pm – 5:00pm FREE
The Pillar: Racial harmony, diversity, community
Participating Community Groups: Afro-Brazil Arts, Dance New Amsterdam, Dance Parade, Grand Street Settlement, Society for the Educational Arts
A diverse group of 25 kids from New York’s Lower East Side will participate in a facilitated group discussion to tell President Obama their dreams for racial harmony, diversity and community and how dancing together can help realize those dreams. The discussion will be interspersed with short performance pieces by 4 dance groups: African, Capoeira, Korean, and Turkish/Kurdish.. A choreographer will create a short dance piece based on themes from the discussion. The kids, the dancers and life sized puppets will all learn the dance and perform it to live music. The dance will be videotaped and a 5 minute video piece on the entire event will be broadcast on our website.
2. Urban Empathy: Living with Compassion in the Big Apple
Venue: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, 594 Broadway, Room 401
January 19th 2:00pm – 3:30pm FREE
The Pillar: Communication and Social Cohesion
Participating Community Groups: Brooklyn Nonviolent Communication, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
What do you do in challenging situations where someone says something you don't like, find offensive, or disagree with? In this fun, interactive workshop you'll get to explore challenging situations you've found yourself in and see how the outcome can be different when we listen for what really matters to the other person---and yourself. This workshop will be led by Dian Killian, co-author of the new graphic novel, URBAN EMPATHY: TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES OF COMPASSION ON THE STREETS OF NY.
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (212) 254-3511 www.moccany.org
3. The Rage of Nature: Water Under Attack – A Teach In
Venue: Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center/Milagro Theater, 107 Suffolk St.
January 19 7:30pm FREE
The Pillar: Art and Community Environmental Activism
Participating Community Groups: International WOW Company, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, The Partnership for a Global New York,WATERUNDERATTACK.COM, The Catskill Mountainkeepers and the National Resources Defense Council
The Hydraulic Fracturing drilling process uses millions of gallons of water infused with a mix of 275 toxic chemicals called “Fracking Fluid” to blast holes into a deep bed of shale, fracturing the strata and releasing gas. Although Halliburton and other companies that created the process will not disclose the chemicals used in “Fracking Fluid,” environmental scientists and health experts have discovered that the chemical mixture in the fluid, which very easily contaminates ground and surface water as well as underground aquifers, contains chemicals that cause severe health problems such as brain damage, cancer, breathing and internal organ failure and a long list of chronic effects
The event will feature a program of speakers, film clips from “The Rage of Nature” by Josh Fox/International WOW , a discussion to raise awareness about the threat of drilling in NY’s watershed and to further the activist network working on the issue. Q and A will follow the main presentation
International WOW Company (917) 913-9610 www.waterunderattack.com
4. Inauguration - Hip Hip Hooray! Poetry for America
Venue: FusionArts Museum, 57 Stanton Street, NYC
January 19th 8:00pm-10:00pm FREE
Pillar: Poetry and Community Visioning and Expression
Participating Community Groups: FusionArts Museum
The community will enjoy live performances by poets Steve Dalachinsky, Eliot Katz, Big Mike, Tsaurah Litzky, Nancy Mercado , Elizabeth Smith, Nathan Versace. Community Participation will be encouraged with an Open Mic - "Give a shout out to Barack about your dreams for the future"
FusionArts Museum 57 Stanton St. (Forsythe & Eldridge) (212) 995-5290 www.fusionartsmuseum.org
5. FREEDOM’S RING - DREAMS FOR A NEW ERA
Venue: Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue, (between 9th & 10th) NYC
(212) 254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net
January 19th 5:00pm – 1:30am (various events)
MAKING DREAM ART & HIP HOP (Kids & Youth) 5pm – 7pm (FREE to All)
Curated by LES Girls Club, LES Power of Peace Anti-Violence Youth Coalition, Arts for Art & Vision Festival
PERFORMANCES – DANCE, SONG, THEATER 7pm – 9pm (FREE to All)
Curated by Mary Tierney with Crystal Field, TNC
ADMISSION AFTER 9pm: $5 or $10
JAZZ CONDUCTIONS 9pm – 10pm
music * dance * voice
Arts for Art & Vision Festival (212) 254-5420 www.visionfestival.org
DREAM COSTUME INAUGURAL BALL 10pm and on
$5 Dream Costume $10 Without Cheap beer & wine
Participating Community Groups: Action Arts League, Kostume Kult, Dance Parade, Disorient DJ's, Arts for Art/ Vision Festival, Groove Hoops, ANIMUS, Metal Tiger, Tribes, plus more being added daily. Participatory Costume Party – Dancing - Art Installations – Live roaming video collectives
For much more info on how to participate go to http://www.actionartsleague.org/inauguration/
For more information on ArtsPolicyNow and our campaign to bring about a cogent national arts policy, please visit www.artspolicynow.com
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