Overview:
Brooklyn Youngsters’s Museum and Haiti Cultural Alternate will rejoice Haitian Heritage Month with Ti Atis, a daylong cultural occasion that includes Haitian dance, storytelling, printmaking and culinary actions for households.
Brooklyn Youngsters’s Museum, in collaboration with Haiti Cultural Alternate (HCX), is celebrating Haitian Heritage Month with Ti Atis, a family-focused cultural occasion on Could 9.
The daylong Selebrasyon! celebration will characteristic Haitian dance, storytelling, arts workshops and meals demonstrations designed to introduce youngsters and households to Haitian tradition by means of interactive actions.
Organizers stated attendees can anticipate hands-on experiences impressed by Haiti’s inventive traditions, together with printmaking, folkloric dance and storytelling rooted in Haitian tradition.
“The Haitian Diaspora is an important a part of our Brooklyn neighborhood, and we’re honored to rejoice Haitian heritage with a day of creativity and connection,” Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of Brooklyn Youngsters’s Museum, stated.
Brooklyn Youngsters’s Museum – 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Packages scheduled all through the day embrace:
Style of Haiti: Pikliz-making with Rogers Burgers
11-11:30 a.m. and a pair of:30-3 p.m.
Households will discover ways to put together pikliz, a spicy Haitian condiment made with pickled cabbage, carrots, onions and peppers. Members will go away with a jar of pikliz and a recipe card.
Solèy prints with Nica Drice
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Artist Nica Drice will lead a cyanotype printmaking workshop the place households can create sun-printed art work impressed by Haitian tradition utilizing recycled and pure supplies.
Tales and video games with Justine A. P. Louis
1-2 p.m.
Writer and educator Justine A. P. Louis of VivLiv Books will host interactive storytelling, video games and crafts centered on Haitian and Caribbean traditions.
Mizik and dance with Robenson Mathurin
3-4 p.m.
Dancer and choreographer Robenson Mathurin will introduce households to Haitian folkloric dance by means of music, rhythm and motion whereas explaining the tales behind every dance.
The occasion begins at 11 a.m. at Brooklyn Youngsters’s Museum in Crown Heights. Normal admission tickets value $15 and embrace entry to all applications. Admission is free for youngsters youthful than 1.
Extra info and tickets can be found on the museum’s web site: https://www.brooklynkids.org/programs/ti-atis-little-artists/.