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Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 6:30pm to Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 8:30pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

 

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Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo. The classes are focused on developing your creativity and drawing skills and learning the tools to design unique characters and visualize imaginary worlds.
Date: Wednesdays, September 27 until October 18
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Recirculation, a project of Word Up 876 Riverside Drive @ 160th St. New York, NY 10032
Age: 10-17
Content: basic storytelling structure, geometric drawing process, paneling design, and storyboard knowledge
Gabriel Castillo is a Dominican artist based in New York, working as an illustrator, painter, and creative director, specializing in the development of comics and graphic novels, animation, and concept art for cinema. Gabriel is the founder and creative director of LITEVISUAL, a studio of illustrators and designers specializing in the production of literature and graphics novels, and is the writer and illustrator of PALMA SOLA Liborio Mateo, El Origen, published by DWA Press.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Word Up Community Bookshop’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Hispanic Society – Viva México: A Celebration of Art and Music

Time & Location

Sep 16, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hispanic Society Museum & Library, Broadway between 155th & 156th Streets, NY, 10032

About the event

Join us for an afternoon of live music with live soulful tunes by the fabulous Claudia Valentina Montes and art-making activities that everyone can enjoy.

 

Explore the Hispanic Society’s exhibitions, A Collection without Borders and Anatomy of a Fresco: Drawings of José Clemente Orozco.

 

3 pm – Performance by Claudia Valentina Montes

3 – 5 pm – Art Making Workshops

 

Mexican folk art pop-up shop

 

About the Workshops

In celebration of Mexican Independence, the Mexican flag’s green, white, and red colors will inspire our creativity in artmaking.

 

Art supplies will be provided (until supplies last).

 

About Claudia Valentina Montes

Claudia Valentina Montes is a singer, dancer, and songwriter with a unique sound. Born in LA to Mexican and Jamaican parents, she studied music and dance from a young age in NY. She has performed at venues like Joe’s Pub and Carnegie Hall and has toured with bands like Flor de Toloache, Dan Zanes, and Jarana Beat. In 2019, she headlined the closing of the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, and in 2021, launched her first single, “Fall in Time.” Claudia’s music is deeply rooted in Mexican traditions and draws from her diverse background. She evokes reflection and takes her audience on an emotional journey, with influences ranging from Chavela Vargas to Joni Mitchell.

 

About the Hispanic Society Museum and Library

The Hispanic Society of America was founded in 1904 by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) to establish a free, public museum and reference library to study the art and culture of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines. The collections of the Hispanic Society are unparalleled in their scope and quality outside of Spain, addressing nearly every aspect of culture in Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America, into the 20th century.

 

About Mano a Mano Mexican Culture Without Borders

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders (MexCulture) is a New York-based non-profit organization 501(c)(3) dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and promoting the understanding of Mexican traditions.

 

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders presents this program in collaboration with the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.

Word Up: Uptown Kid Lit 2023 – Inwood Hill Park

Sunday, September 10, 2023 – 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Pat’s Lawn (near 218th St.)
Inwood Hill Park
New York, NY 10034

 

Word Up is hosting Uptown Kid Lit—a mini children’s book festival—in Inwood Hill Park! Stop by for workshops, author readings and signings, story times, and FREE school supplies!

Uptown Kid Lit was originally conceived as a one-day children’s book festival for the Uptown community. In 2019, our first year, we held the fest on a sunny day on Pat’s Lawn in Inwood Hill Park, welcoming 27 authors, a dozen community groups, and 1,000+ kids and their families. In 2020, Uptown Kid Lit had been reimagined as virtual programming throughout the summer with a daily virtual summer camp with a dozen Uptown arts and culture organizations, a book club for youth ages 13-25 and story time in the park. Last year we shifted our focus to comics and held Uptown Comics Fest. This year we’re bringing the mini children’s book festival back to the park!

Featured authors & artists:

Jennifer Baker (Forgive Me Not)
Gabriel Castillo (PALMA SOLA Liborio Mateo, El Origen)
Ella Céron (Viva Lola Espinoza)
Stacy Davidowitz (Chance to Fly, Camp Rolling Hills series)
Michael Diaz (@JuanBago)
Melisa Fernández Nitsche (Cantora: Mercedes Sosa, the Voice of Latin America)
Jerise Fogel (Plants of My Neighborhood / Plantas de mi Barrio)
Reynaldo García Pantaleon
Jyoti Gupta (Different Differenter: An Activity Book About Skin Color)
Ellen Hagan (All That Shines)
Victor LaValle (Victor LaValle’s Destroyer, Lone Women)
Luz Maria Mack (The Secret of the Plátano / El Secreto del Plátano)
Alexandra V. Méndez (What the Jaguar Told Her)
Lissette Norman (Plátanos Go with Everything / Los plátanos van con todo)
Margaret Peot (The Science of Light: Things that Shine, Flash, and Glow)
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris (Plátanos Are Love)
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Makeda Makes a Birthday Treat, Operation Sisterhood)
Jorge Santos (Soy Bella)

Full schedule coming soon!

LOCATION: Pat’s Lawn is located at the northwest corner of Inwood Hill Park off of Indian Road and 218th Street in Inwood, NYC. You can take the A to 207 St., the Bx7 to 218th St., and the M100 to Broadway and W 220 St.

ACCESSIBILITY: The closest entrance to the venue at 218th Street and Indian Road is wheelchair accessible. The event is on a grass lawn. Masks are required for this event and people are encouraged to socially distance themselves.

SPONSORSHIPS: If you would like to be a sponsor of this event, please email us at UptownReads@WordUpBooks.com. Sponsors will be featured in our promotional materials.

Morris-Jumel – ConEd Family and Community Day: Make Your Own Harvest Wreath

When:
Sat. September 9, 1 – 3 PM
Where:
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Free

The leaves in Roger Morris Park are turning, and we’re ready to celebrate! Come by Morris-Jumel Mansion to celebrate the coming of Fall and the harvest season by making your own foam harvest wreath.

This event is free and open to the public. All supplies will be provided on a first-come, first served basis. Masks are optional inside the Museum.