Join the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum and Carla & Keyes for “Colonial Crossroads,” a Pinkster celebration!
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 at 6PM
Colonial Crossroads is a family friendly interpretation of African and European traditions and instruments that influenced each other during the Colonial period. The audience is encouraged to participate in call-and-response and body percussion techniques. Jim is a multi-instrumentalist who uses baroque guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer and recorders to perform European music from the Colonial Era. Carla represents the African side of Colonial America through stories and songs performed on Shekere and Djembe.
¡Únase al Museo Dyckman Farmhouse y a Carla & Keyes para “Colonial Crossroads”, una celebración de Pinkster!
El martes 21 de mayo de 2024 a las 6 p.m.
Colonial Crossroads es un evento familiar donde se interpretara tradiciones y instrumentos africanos y europeos que se influenciaron mutuamente durante el período colonial en America. Invitamos a la audiencia a participar en técnicas de llamada y respuesta y percusión corporal. Jim es un multiinstrumentista que utiliza la guitarra barroca, la mandolina, el dulcimer de montaña y las flautas dulces para interpretar música europea de la era colonial. Carla representa el lado africano de la América colonial a través de historias y canciones interpretadas con Shekere y Djembe.
Celebrate Earth Day with the Dyckman Farmhouse’s “Growing Uptown: Earth Day Edition!”
Monday, April 22, 2024 at 4:30 PM.
Materials are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
What better way to celebrate the earth than by learning how to grow your own food? Join us to learn how to transform empty egg cartons into seed trays, and kickstart your own at-home garden. There is no cost to this event, but trays and seeds will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. This is part of the Dyckman Farmhouse’s “Growing Uptown” initiative, which aims to minimize food insecurity by empowering residents of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx to grow their own food!
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
¡Celebre el Día de la Tierra con el “Growing Uptown: Edición del Día de la Tierra” de el Dyckman Farmhouse!
Lunes 22 de abril de 2024 a las 4:30 PM.
¿Qué mejor manera de celebrar la tierra que aprendiendo a cultivar su propia comida? Únase a nosotros para aprender a transformar cartones de huevos vacíos a bandejas de semillas y comenzar su propio huerto en casa. Este evento es gratuito, pero las bandejas y las semillas se proporcionarán por orden de llegada. Esto es parte de la iniciativa “Cultivando Uptown” de Dyckman Farmhouse, que tiene como objetivo minimizar la inseguridad alimentaria al empoderar a los residentes del Alto Manhattan y el Bronx para que cultiven sus propios alimentos.
Cheyney’s McKnight’s “The Ancestor’s Future: An Afrofuturist’s Journey Through Time,” explores community bonds, community healing, and community adaptability. McKnight speculates on a distant future while looking to the past and present to inform us on how Black Americans may get to a future where Black bodies and communities reap the full benefits of their creativity, ingenuity, resources, and labor. As part of this exhibition, Cheyney has developed a series of performance art pieces to engage with the community.
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
June 22nd, 11AM-1PM
June 29th, 11AM-1PM
How do Black descendants of those enslaved in America envision the future of sites of enslavement? Join Afrofuturist, Artist, and Historical Interpreter Cheyney McKnight in her exhibit, The Ancestor’s Future: An Afrofuturist’s Journey Through Time at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. The exhibit is a personally curated journey from the past of Black America to the future of the African diaspora that uses clothing and set design to center the descendants in the conversation. The public is invited to join Mcknight along with other descendants over a cup of tea in a conversation about the African experience in America’s past, how it is impacting the present, and hear speculations about the far future of the Diaspora through the lens of descendants.
Cheyney’s McKnight’s “The Ancestor’s Future: An Afrofuturist’s Journey Through Time,” explores community bonds, community healing, and community adaptability. McKnight speculates on a distant future while looking to the past and present to inform us on how Black Americans may get to a future where Black bodies and communities reap the full benefits of their creativity, ingenuity, resources, and labor. As part of this exhibition, Cheyney has developed a series of performance art pieces to engage with the community.
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
June 22nd, 11AM-1PM
June 29th, 11AM-1PM
How do Black descendants of those enslaved in America envision the future of sites of enslavement? Join Afrofuturist, Artist, and Historical Interpreter Cheyney McKnight in her exhibit, The Ancestor’s Future: An Afrofuturist’s Journey Through Time at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. The exhibit is a personally curated journey from the past of Black America to the future of the African diaspora that uses clothing and set design to center the descendants in the conversation. The public is invited to join Mcknight along with other descendants over a cup of tea in a conversation about the African experience in America’s past, how it is impacting the present, and hear speculations about the far future of the Diaspora through the lens of descendants.
