Humanitarian Award: Danny Glover, Actor/Activist
“Harlem, a Global Crucible for Arts and Culture”
Lifetime Achievement: Vy Higginsen, Producer, Activist, The Mama Foundation
Arts Leadership Award: Mikki Shepard, Arts Administrator
Artist performances and presentations
Note: refreshments served at 9:00 AM.
Participate for a full week of dialogue, arts and cultural tours, exhibitions and open forums to build support for the arts in Harlem and in communities of color see the schedule below:
HARLEM ARTS ADVOCACY WEEK 2012
HARLEM ARTS SUMMIT
Harlem At The Crossroads: Sustaining our Arts and Cultural Resources
Monday October 1st 9:30 AM
Summit Kick-Off at Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York
between West 133rd and 135th Streets on Convent Avenue
“The Case for the Arts in New York State,” Lisa Robb, Executive Director, New York State Council on the Arts
“Harlem Now: The State of the Arts in Harlem” Ken Knuckles, CEO, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation
Keynote, “Harlem, a Global Crucible for Arts and Culture,” Danny Glover, Actor/Activist
Performances:
Noelle Higginson, vocalist, and Vincent Bohanon, pianist— “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Michael Green, actor—monologue, “After Midnight” (Dr. King’s rebuke of the War in Vietnam)
Excerpt from Colman Domingo’s “Wild With Happy” directed by Obie winner Robert O’Hara
Free admission
1:00 PM
“New Orleans in Harlem” Second Line Parade
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue
5:30 PM
Harlem Art Summit Opening Reception
Hosted by The City College of New York
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue
Free admission
6:30 PM
A Conversation with Harlem Arts Leaders: “Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Promise”
Hosted by City College of New York
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue
Introduction by Tamara Tunie, Actress, Philanthropist
Panelists:
Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Yvette L. Campbell, President and CEO, Harlem School of the Arts
Patricia Cruz, Executive Director, Harlem Stage/The Gatehouse
Moderator: Katti Gray, Multimedia Journalist | Writing + Editing Consultant
Free admission
Tuesday, October 2
12:00 PM–2 PM
Film Screening and Discussion
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music that Changed America
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
The Savoy Ballroom was the home of the amazing Lindy Hop dancers, and the first venue in America where Blacks and Whites could dance and socialize together. It had a huge, but largely unheralded social impact. The film focuses on band leader and drummer Chick Webb, who led the Savoy Ballroom’s house band; Webb virtually invented modern drumming and built the hottest band of the 1930’s.
Excerpts from the film and panel discussion, featuring:
Jeff Kaufman – Director, The Savoy King
Dr. Richard Gale, son of Moe Gale owner of the Savoy Ballroom
Ms. Gertrude Jeannette, Actress
Norma Miller, Swing Dance Master
and special guests
Moderated by Savoy King Executive Producer Voza Rivers
Free admission
6:00 PM
OPEN HOUSE: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
Welcome: Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad “Living Culture: Reconnecting our Young People”
The Next Generation of Voices: Discussion and Open Forum- Moderator, Esther Armah, International Journalist/ Playwright and special guests, including jazz journalist and producer Greg Thomas
Harlem Arts Showcase—Participating Organizations:
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Harlem School for the Arts
Apollo Theater Foundation (Stars of Tomorrow)
Harlem KW Project
Movement Theatre Company
Impact Repertory Theatre
Free admission
Wednesday, October 3
Harlem’s Film and Media Network: Cultivating New Voices, Telling Our Stories
Luncheon and Panel Discussion
12:30–3:00 PM
Manhattan Neighborhood Network El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center
175 East 104th Street
A networking luncheon and panel discussion focused on Harlem-based film and media organizations that offer a new take on Harlem as a creative center. How do these organizations interact within the ecology of independent film/media development and distribution? Conversation will highlight efforts to provide access and resources for our community’s filmmakers, to offer training and mentoring opportunities for young people, and to give voice to fresh perspectives on issues that affect us all. Screening will include selected excerpts from the work of emerging filmmakers.
Host: Iris Morales, Director MNN’s El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center
Guest Speaker: Alyce Myatt, Director, Media Program, National Endowment for the Arts
Panelists: Marcia Smith, Producer, Firelight Media; Taneshia Nash Laird, Chief Marketing Officer, My Image Studios Harlem (MIST); Leslie Fields-Cruz, Vice President of Operations and Programming, National Black Programming Consortium; Moikgantsi Kgama, Founder/Director, ImageNation
Moderator, Jacqueline Glover, Vice President, Documentary Films, Home Box Office
Free admission
6:30–8:00 PM
U.S. Premiere Film Screening
MIST Harlem, 40 W. 116th Street
Otelo Burning, a beautiful, coming-of-age drama by award-winning filmmaker Sara Blecher. This new South African feature film presents a gripping story of township kids as they discover surfing—a newfound freedom through water. Otelo Burning was chosen as the Opening Night selection at the Durban International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Golden Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival. The film won two of 13 nominations including Best Cinematography and Best Child Actor (Tshepang Mohlomi) at the 2012 African Movie Academy Awards. The film makes its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York’s new MIST Harlem presented by Autonomous Entertainment and The Turner Group.
Introduction by Voza Rivers, Chair, HARLEM Arts Alliance
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at http://www.charged.fm/userevent/item/456/otelo-burning-premiere-event-at-mist-harlem.
Thursday, October 4
6:00 PM
Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street
Caribbean Crossroads of the World: The Creative Process
Presentation and discussion of the collaborative process involved in developing this unique exhibition in partnership with El Museo del Barrio and Queens Museum
Viewing of Exhibition and Reception
Free admission
Friday, October 5
1:00 PM–4:00 PM
Harlem Site Visit- Imagining America
“Harlem: At the Crossroads”
Harlem’s global reputation as a center for arts and culture is unparalleled and its mystique has served as a magnet for both artists and audiences for decades. This is a guided trolley tour focusing on three outstanding Harlem Arts Institutions: the Studio Museum in Harlem, the world-class institution that has been a catalyst for promoting the work of artists of artists of African descent; The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a leading institution that has collected, preserved, and provided access to materials documenting black life; and Harlem Stage/The Gatehouse, a vibrant center for the performing arts celebrating and supporting artists of color from Harlem and around the world.
Presentations will focus on the new and unique partnerships between the arts, business, and educational institutions that fuel Harlem’s current resurgence and lay the foundation for new models to sustain Harlem’s artistic preeminence into the future.
1:00 PM Studio Museum in Harlem
Museum Visit and Gallery Tour
Exhibition: Caribbean Crossroads
2:00 PM The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Visit to Exhibitions and Presentations
3:00 PM Harlem Stage/the Gatehouse
Harlem Stage Visit and tour of the Gatehouse
Presentation: BID ON CULTURE Annual Banner Competition
Barbara Askins, President and CEO, 125th Street BID
Wayne Benjamin, Director, Residential Development, Harlem Community Development Corporation
Pat Cruz, Executive Director, Harlem Stage/The Gatehouse
Panel discussion: Jazz Shrines. Model for Collaboration and “landmarking” Harlem’s legendary role in emergence of Jazz
Participating organizations:
Jazzmobile, Apollo Theatre Foundation, Harlem Stage, Columbia University
Free admission
6:00–8:00 PM
Strivers Art Circuit Annual Art Tour Opening Reception
Aaron Davis Hall, 135th Street & Convent Avenue
This is the fifth year of this self-guided art/gallery tour exhibiting the work of a wide diversity of artists drawn from throughout the Harlem community in galleries, studios and alternative spaces in and around the Strivers Row area. Sponsored by the HARLEM Arts Alliance, the tour takes place over Saturday and Sunday October 6 & 7th, 2012
Host: City College of New York
Free admission
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Art & Activism: Using Art for Social Change
RAW SPACE, 2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (between 121st & 122nd Street)
Join ImageNation for a panel discussion and sneak peek at scenes from the new film Middle of Nowhere, directed by Ava DuVernay. Middle of Nowhere opens October 12th in select cities nationwide.
RSVP to 212-340-1874.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
12:00 PM–6:00 PM
Strivers Art Circuit Annual Art Tour
Various venues, Strivers’ Row
See artists at work at their studios and visit galleries in this self-guided, walking tour of art venues in the Harlem’s Strivers’ Row corridor. Designed to increase exposure for Harlem artists, the event affords participants the opportunity to view and purchase artwork.
To RSVP, call (347) 735-4280 or visit http://www.harlemaa.org/?page=SAC.
4:00 PM
Concert: In the Spirit: What’s Your Groove? Hip-Hop, R&B and Blues
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue Concert featuring Legacy, Impact Repertory Theatre, Kwame and the Uptown Shakedown
Presented by New Heritage Theatre Group in Association with HAA and City College of New York
Free admission (RSVP 212-926-2550)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
12:00 PM–6:00 PM
Strivers Art Circuit Annual Art Tour
Various venues, Strivers’ Row
See artists at work at their studios and visit galleries in this self-guided, walking tour of art venues in the Harlem’s Strivers’ Row corridor. Designed to increase exposure for Harlem artists, the event affords participants the opportunity to view and purchase artwork.
To RSVP, call (347) 735-4280 or visit http://www.harlemaa.org/?page=SAC.
3:00 PM
New Heritage Theatre Group in association with New Federal Theatre and the HARLEM Arts Alliance
Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue
The Summit concludes with a blues and jazz concert drawn from the plays, poems and narrative writings of jazz artist and poet Bill Harris.
Free admission (RSVP 212-926-2550)
Harlem Arts Summit 2012 is presented by HARLEM Arts Alliance in collaboration with the following Partner Organizations:
Aaron Davis Hall
Columbia University
The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
125th Street Business Improvement District
Studio Museum in Harlem
The City College of New York
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Harlem Business Alliance
Harlem Stage/The Gatehouse
Caribbean Cultural Center
Harlem Community Development Corporation
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation
New Heritage Theatre Group
MIST Cinemas
MNN – El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center
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