The Harlem Arts Alliance’s 11Year Anniversary Celebration

 

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 1^st 9:30 AM

Summit Kick-Off at Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York

between West 133^rd and 135^th 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. 116^th 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, 125^th 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, 135^th 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 & 7^th, 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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