Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling is a place where children and families learn and grow in shared experiences of art and stories.
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The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling provides our culturally rich neighborhood with a space where children and their families grow and learn about Sugar Hill, and about the world at large, through intergenerational dialogue with artists, art and storytelling. Designed to nurture the curiosity and creative spirit of three- to eight-year-old children, Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling provides opportunities to grow as both author and audience, as children engage with the work of accomplished artists and storytellers, and create and share their own.
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During this #GivingTuesday, we hope you will consider making a donation to the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling to ensure that every child, regardless of age, race, income or nationality, has access to the endless possibilities provided by art & storytelling. To make a donation, please visit sugarhillmuseum.org/donations
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
Appropriate safety precautions were followed by the persons present when the photo was taken.
"Derek Fordjour's year long residency at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling in West Harlem introduced new ways of experiencing contemporary art to thousands of children and families from our community. We were restored by Derek's intellect, open mind and powerful heart, and he knows we all are cheering his remarkable success with love, trumpets and joy!" Ellen Baxter, Founder and Executive Director of Broadway Housing Communities
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/arts/design/derek-fordjour-self-must-die.html?smid=tw-share
Woven into his new work at Petzel Gallery are lessons drawn from his own journey to art stardom, and from a year of Black grief.
We're excited to announce Faith Ringgold has generously donated a silkscreen print of Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles to our Online Art Auction!
Faith Ringgold, born 1930 in Harlem, New York, is a painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, writer, teacher and lecturer. She received her B.S. and M.A. degrees in visual art from the City College of New York in 1955 and 1959. Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of California in San Diego, Ringgold has received 23 Honorary Doctorates.
To bid on this fantastic print, go to BHC2020.givesmart.com
Bidding is open through November 17th. All proceeds from the auction will support the many programs of Broadway Housing Communities and Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling.
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Happy Halloween!! We wish everyone a safe and wondrous holiday.
And remember to join us tomorrow @ 1:00 pm for online storytelling with Therese Folkes Plair.
Click the link below for more information and to register!
https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/storytelling-with-therese-plair-nov-1st
#sugarhillmuseum #storytelling #talltales #art #community #LearnFromHome #ArtForKids #NYCKids #childrenmuseum #museumsfromhome
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
Únete a nosotros en línea este domingo 25 de octubre a la 1:00 pm a la Super Narradora Alejandra Hurtado Cicarelli quien presentará Cuentos que Trae el Viento. El programa es totalmente en español, esta será una presentación lúdica que compila historias para familias y niños mayores de 3 años en adelante, las historias serán contadas a través de música y títeres, que retratan la diversidad que se encuentra en toda Latino América. Regístrate hoy @ https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/storytelling-with-alejandra-hurtado
Join us online this Sunday, October 25 @1:00 pm as Master Storyteller Alejandra Hurtado Cicarelli presents Stories that Come with the Wind. The program, which will be presented in Spanish, features a playful compilation of stories for families and children ages 3 and up, told through music and puppetry, portraying the diversity found throughout Latin America. Register today @ https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/storytelling-with-alejandra-hurtado
#storytelling #sugarhillmuseumv #LearnFromHome #ArtForKids #NYCKids #childrenmuseum
#museumsfromhome
Fotos cortesía de la artista.
Photos Courtesy of the Artist
Registrations for tomorrow’s online storytelling and art workshop are still open! Join us starting at 1:00 pm for April Armstrong’s adaption of traditional fairytales and fables. Then at 2:00 pm, Elan Cadiz will lead an a-political art workshop celebrating the power of voting and democracy. Learn more and register @ https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/online-programming
#storytelling #sugarhillmuseum #socialjustice #perseverance #fairytales #vote #democracy #yourvotematters
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
The program will kick off at 1:00 pm with storytelling by April Armstrong. April will share her interactive and engaging program of traditional fairy tales and fables which have been adapted to address themes of Perseverance and Social Justice.
Then stick around for an art workshop hosted by Elan Cadiz beginning at 2:00 pm. Elan will lead an a-political activity celebrating the power of voting, possibility and democracy. Children and families will be prompted to create a community collage all together and will then design their own artwork.
Register for one or both events by clicking the links below!
https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/storytelling-april-armstrong/
https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/intergenerational-art
Check out the online rendition of Black is Beautiful: From Carlos Cooks to Covid 19 on BHC's new website. Visit @ https://www.broadwayhousing.org/now-on-view
The exhibition, co-curated by Ana-Ofelia Rodriguez and Moses Suarez, features decades of powerfully moving protest art by the artists of BHC's Rio Galleries. And remember to join us on November 16th at our Virtual Gala honoring Ana-Ofelia and her legacy. RSVP @ http://bhc2020.givesmart.com/
Artwork by Moses Ros-Suarez
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
"Luis Miranda, father of Lin-Manuel, has been a friend and champion for Broadway Housing Community’s mission since its inception in the early 1980s. Luis believes in the practice of justice, equal education, immigrant rights, and democratic values. As long standing activist community residents in Washington Heights, the Miranda family supports local cultural arts and civic innovation. BHC and the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling are grateful for the creative and political power the Miranda family shares so generously." Ellen Baxter, Founder and Executive Director, BHC
Learn more about the HBO documentary Siempre, Luis.
Please join us on November 16th at 7PM for our 2020 virtual gala honoring Ana-Ofelia Rodriguez, the longtime Director of Community Development at Broadway Housing Communities. RSVP @ http://bhc2020.givesmart.com/
"Ana-Ofelia Rodriguez is a passionate activist for the cultural arts who has enriched the mission of BHC by embedding the arts into the everyday work of advancing social justice in our community. Ofelia is a scholar, a treasure, and a warrior who nurtures the minds, hearts and souls of artists and the youth and families BHC serves. " Ellen Baxter—Founder and Executive Director
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#artinaction #housing #community #art #storytelling
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
Join us at 1:00pm for a virtual art workshop featuring printmaking with nature! Discover how to create prints and textures with food, seeds, leaves and other elements from nature. Even if you didn't pre-register you can still join @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83881600425?pwd=UjZEZVNRZzRqVGNSRS9Ed3ZvRTFTQT09
(The Zoom link will allow access to workshop starting at 1:00pm today)
#sugarhillmuseum #artisttalk #keepcreating #art #climateweeknyc #climatechange #environment #childrenmuseum #museumsfromhome #nyc
Photos by Tatiana Arocha
We are excited to announce the premiere of I Breathe a Forest: Tatiana Arocha and the Environment, a prerecorded Studio Visit and Artist Talk with @arocha.tatiana. Virtually explore the exhibition Respiro un Bosque/ I Breathe a Forest at #sugarhillmuseum and go behind the scenes to learn how the artwork was created! View now @ https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/tatiana-arocha-and-the-environment
And join us tomorrow September 27th at 1:00pm for a virtual art workshop featuring printmaking with nature! Discover how to create prints and textures with food, seeds, leaves and other elements from nature. Register @ https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/design-with-nature-arocha
#sugarhillmuseum #artisttalk #keepcreating #art #climateweeknyc #climatechange #environment #childrenmuseum #museumsfromhome #nyc
Artwork by Tatiana Arocha & Photos by Timothy Lee
On Monday, November 16th, Broadway Housing Communities and the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling will hold their annual benefit as a virtual event. This year’s benefit is in tribute to Ana-Ofelia Rodriguez, BHC’s longtime Director of Community Development and founder of three Rio Galleries. Under her inspiring leadership, many renowned Upper Manhattan artists have exhibited their work in our three galleries, and a selection of this art will be auctioned at the event. All are invited, and there is no cost to register and view the artwork. RSVP @ http://bhc2020.givesmart.com/
#communityinaction #broadwayhousing #sugarhilllmuseum #bhc #supportforthearts #communitybuilding
#artinaction #housing #community #art #storytelling
We are pleased to present I Breathe a Forest: Tatiana Arocha and the Environment, a virtual Artist Talk and Studio Visit with artist, designer and environmental activist Tatiana Arocha. Watch the
video of the program on our website starting on Saturday September 26, 2020 at 1 pm (EST).
#sugarhillmuseum #artisttalk #keepcreating #art #climatechange #environment #childrenmuseum #museumsfromhome #nyc
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“They keep telling me about how it’s a shame that Black parents have to have ‘the conversation’ with our children, how we have to explain if a cop stops you, don’t reach for the glove compartment, don’t talk back...Well, we’ve had the conversation for decades, “It’s time we have a conversation with America”
Reverend Al Sharpton at the March on Washington, August 28, 2020
Many protesters came to inspire their children and pass down a legacy of action against racial injustice.
How Artists Are Using Plywood as a Canvas for Protest
As protest signs and street art proliferate in the growing movement for social justice, a new nonprofit is helping artists and activists maintain ownership of their work
NOW ON VIEW at Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling
Black Is Beautiful: From Carlos Cooks to Covid-19
The Exhibition is visible from the public plaza on the corner of
West 155th Street and St. Nicholas Ave.
Please social distance and wear a mask while on the plaza
Black Is Beautiful: From Carlos Cooks to Covid-19
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
Public Plaza at 155th Street and St. Nicholas Ave.
Exhibition Premiere: Sunday, August 16th at 4PM
Please social distance and wear a mask when visiting the exhibition
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling (SHCMAS) is proud to host a new exhibition created by Broadway Housing Communities and the Rio Galleries, in partnership with The Plywood Project. The exhibition is titled: Black Is Beautiful: From Carlos Cooks to COVID-19. Original, plywood and mixed-media, murals created by nine renowned community artists will cover the glass walls of the SHCMAS at 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The exhibition opens Sunday, August 16th at 4PM. Please visit: https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling and Broadway Housing Communities are excited to announce this year's rendition of the Children's March for Justice now on exhibit at https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/
We stand up for educational and housing equity! We stand up for access to the cultural arts! We stand up for nurturing children’s creativity! We stand up for giving children a voice! What do you stand up for?
Check out the Children's March for Justice virtual exhibition available on the Museum's website starting July 28th. #socialjustice #sugarhillchildrensmuseum #childrenareourfuture #equality #changethroughart #creativeplacemaking
Every year, Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling and Broadway Housing Communities commemorates the Children's March for Justice. This year we celebrate with a short video detailing the history of the March, available on the Museum's website starting July 28th. #socialjustice #sugarhillchildrensmuseum #childrenareourfuture #equality #changethroughart #creativeplacemaking
FREE VIRTUAL FESTIVAL – “You could think of this as Woodstock for the under 12 set” The New York Times - Don’t miss Sugar Hill Children’s Museum master storytellers Flor Bromley and Reza Salazar’s live, bilingual, interactive performances this weekend, June 20th and 21st, at the 15th Annual NYC KidsFest Virtual Festival (Show Times – 5:00PM). Flor’s story is about everyday superheroes. Reza tells a rhythmic tale about the longest elevator ride, while children’s book illustrator Josefina Hernandez draws the characters as they board the elevator in the story. @nyckidsfest @florbromley @reza.salazar @josefinahernandezart @ Washington Heights
FREE VIRTUAL FESTIVAL – “You could think of this as Woodstock for the under 12 set” The New York Times - Don’t miss Sugar Hill Children’s Museum master storytellers Flor Bromley and Reza Salazar’s live, bilingual, interactive performances this weekend, June 20th and 21st, at the 15th Annual NYC KidsFest Virtual Festival (Show Times – 5:00PM). Flor’s story is about everyday superheroes. Reza tells a rhythmic tale about the longest elevator ride, while children’s book illustrator Josefina Hernandez draws the characters as they board the elevator in the story. @reza.salazar @florbromley @josefinahernandezart @nyckidsfest @ Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum is proud to have been featured in a video homage to Giraffe Path/Hike the Heights – AKA Heal the Heights 2020.
City Life Is Moving Bodies, CLIMB, is a coalition of uptown nonprofits and social justice warriors who, for the past 16 years, have produced Giraffe Path/Hike the Heights. This community-based initiative was founded on the belief that all communities, regardless of socioeconomic background, are entitled to access to safe parks and neighborhoods – essential components of community health. Every year, on the first Saturday in June, thousands of uptown New Yorkers hike through the city’s green spaces to Highbridge Park’s Sunken Playground for a day of entertainment, music, dancing, sports, and art making. Traditionally children arrive with giraffe’s they have made at home or during in-school workshops.
Since Sugar Hill Children’s Museum opened, we have been facilitating ambitious family friendly art making at the festival. This year participants hiked remotely, from all over the country, as individuals or in small (social distanced) groups, spontaneously connecting through Zoom and Facebook live.
We look forward to many more years of art making in the service of our uptown community.
#healtheheights
Hike the Heights
Did you?
in memory of George Floyd
Did you see him die
articulating his own death in a few words?
did you see him die
silently reviewing in his mind
the tragic history of his people,
scratching with his trembling fingers
the dried blood of southern lynchings,
as his lips murmured profound pain?
did you see him die?
your dog and cat saw him gasping for air
while the news appeared on your flat screen TV,
did you?
where do we place this body now
so the mark of his blackness
can't disturb the “comfort” of our lives?
do we keep going as usual
or do we pause... just for a moment...
and see ourselves in his shattered eyes?
who's going to cleanse his chest with myrrh
and anoint his forehead with long prayers
before the sunset veils the stain of his death?
how do you respond to injustice
when the sharp edge of its dagger
slices the flesh of another, not your own?
how do you respond?
did you see him die
crushed under the weight of prejudice,
forcefully plunged against the pavement
and articulating his own history
in three words: "I can't breathe!"?
did you see him?
did you...?
©Dió-genes Abréu
May 2020
New York
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Dió-genes Abréu and Fanesha Fabre are longtime artistic collaborators with Broadway Housing Communities, which has proudly exhibited their works in the Rio Galleries.
Abréu is a Dominican artist, writer and photographer; he has lived in New York since 1983. His books of poetry include Poems for the Living and For Women Without Makeup. His prose works include Perejil, El Ocaso de la “Hispanidad” Dominicana, an examination of Dominican cultural and immigrant identity; Engañifas, Discurso y Práctica Social, a critical analysis of the lives of prominent Dominicans; and A Pesar Del Naufragio, about domestic violence in Washington Heights.
Fabre is a visual and musical artist whose creative work, since 2017, has focused on the art of illustration. She is the daughter of the legendary Dominican painter and sculptor, Vicente Fabre.
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#TBT to our last playdate with holiday shadow puppets. Our playdates are free family days with art making, storytelling, and thematic activities. Celebrate Dr. MLK Jr. at our next playdate: https://tinyurl.com/qoo2mzq
Join us tomorrow for our Sunday Playdate from 10:00 am - 6:30 pm for a day filled with interactive art making, performances, and discussion.
LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN! Triple threat, dancer, singer, Master Storyteller Alexander Elisa presents his interactive interpretation of Maurice Sendak’s classic “Where the Wild Things Are”. Alexander can be “experienced” Saturdays at 1:00 - and daily in his capacity as a Visitor Services Representative in the museum galleries.
Join us this weekend for a sensational Sunday Funday. At 1:00 PM Erik Barragan will take us all on an another engaging bilingual musical storytelling journey.
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Calling all tots, teens, and in betweens! 🗣 Enjoy a family movie day TOMORROW at 2pm for KID FLIX at Sugar Hill in partnership with New York Int'l Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) 🎬 We will be screening the best short films from 2017’s New York International Children’s Film Festival. #sugarhill #kidflix #movieday #harlem #familyday 🎥 : Courtesy of NYICFF
Enerolisa Nunez y su Grupo de Salve LIVE at Sugar Hill!
Getting ready for our Peace (on earth) March at 5pm! Join us
Story time has started at our monthly play date! What better way to bring in the holidays than with some fun? We’ll be here until 5pm we’ll see you here!
Flor Bromley-Mass LIVE at #sugarhill #halloween
Repertorio Español live at #sugarhill #halloween
Our #Halloween celebration this Sunday just got #slimier with @unicorn_slimeeees ! Join 12 year-old Mireia for a special #slime workshop at 3pm #fluffy #cloud #tween #nailart #coolkids | Free with Museum Admission
Bodoma Garifuna Culture Band live at Sugar Hill!
LIVE! Patience Higgins Band at #NightsatSugarHill #FREE - till 8pm
LIVE! Patience Higgins Band at #NightsatSugarHill #FREE - till 8pm
LIVE from #SummerCamp at #SugarHill with Armando Batista
Join artist Elisa Huberman for #live illustrations of characters based on our visitors' wildest imagination-- in support of creative minds of all abilities! #art #sugarhill #welovekids
LIVE! Story Hour with the magnificent Carletta!
Live story time with Armando Batista
We're live from Sugar Hill!
NOW! Live from Night at Sugar Hill! 6-8pm - join us!
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