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SUMMARY:Symposium Program: Naming the Wound & Breaking the Spell
DESCRIPTION:Symposium Program: \nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026 12:00 – 6:00pm \n(Guests to dress in white on this day) \nThe April 25 symposium will feature a keynote address by Busi Peters-Maughn\, Founder of Women Healing and Empowering Women (WHEW). The program will also include conversations with community organizations La Morada\, a mutual-aid kitchen and Oaxacan restaurant in the South Bronx\, New York City\, and Patrice Solomon-Ortiz\, Founder and CEO of SASS HARLEM INC. (Sistahs About Something Serious). \nThe symposium will celebrate a dynamic group of artists and makers whose work is rooted in social justice\, healing\, and restorative practices\, including: Milagros Batista\, master knitter and founder of Batista Collections; Dillon Gardner; Wilhelmina Grant Cooper; Dionis Ortiz; Madeline Rivera; and activist artist Marcos Saavedra. \n● 12:00 – 12:30 – Opening Libation + Refreshments \n● 12:30 – 1:45 – Keynote Presentation (Interactive) \n● 1:45 – 2:00 – Break/Transition \n● 2:00 – 2:30 – Soul Work Talk (Milagros Batista & Madeline Rivera) \n● 2:30 – 3:30 – Workshop (Soap Making/Knitting/Live Painting) \n● 3:30 -3:45 – Break/Transition/Refreshments \n● 3:45 – 5:00 – Artist and Wellness Presentations (Patrice Solomon/Wilhemina Grant) \n● 5:00 – 5:30 – La Morada: Social Entrepreneurship Conversation \n● 5:30 – 6:00 – Music – El Enjambre Folclórico \n● 6:00 – Until – Food Catered by La Morada \nNaming the Wound & Breaking the Spell is an exhibition that respond to the layered truths\, contradictions\, and acts of self-definition articulated in the poem A Black Woman Speaks by Beah Richards Centering themes of truth-telling\, embodied memory\, racial reckoning\, and collective repair\, the exhibition foregrounds voice as resistance\, storytelling as survival\, and truth as something lived\, claimed\, and continually re-imagined. A community of artists are invited to engage through bold\, intimate\, and expansive visual responses that honor complexity\, memory\, and becoming. The Exhibition will showcase artists from the Kevin Taylor Collection of works and the Armand-Paul Family Collection to include works from artists Carlos Martiel\, Renée Cox and many more. \nNaming the Wound & Breaking the Spell:\nSeeing\, Telling the Truth\, and Dismantling What Harms \nPresented by:West Harlem Arts Exhibition 2026\, a collaboration of the Centro Cívico Cultural Dominicano and Children’s Art Carnival (CAC)\, in participation with Women Healing and Empowering Women’s (WHEW) Beah Ripple Movement \nExhibition Dates: April 17 – May 11\, 2026 \nOpening Reception: Friday\, April 24\, 2026 6:30 – 9:00pm (Learn more & RSVP) \nSymposium: Saturday\, April 25\, 2026 12:00 – 6:00pm \nArtists: Jenna Arvelo\, Milagros Batista\, Chris Cortez\, Renee Cox\, Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper\, Elmer Guevara\, Eli Kaufman\, Dillon Gardine\, Zarina Khan\, Carlos Martiel\, Yoo Yeon Nam\, Dionis Ortiz\, Madelyn Rivera\, Anya Paintsil. Marco Saavedra\, Patrice Solomon\, Starkim\, Araceli Zuniga
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/opening-reception-naming-the-wound-breaking-the-spell/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Wordz N' Colors with Aleathia Brown
DESCRIPTION:Wordz N’ Colors \nAleathia Brown Master Teaching Artist\,\nVisual and PoeticStorytelling Artist will workshop together the writings of Poetic Thinkers into the Art. Call it painted collage works that visually are inspired by poetic stories. In this session the Group of Adult Participants will engage their own words and thoughts\, some may write a verse or 2\, name the artwork each are creating can be profoundly poetic. This is National Poetry Month so channeling the energy verbally and visually lifts the creative pathways.\n\nIf feeling the vibe and flow some may recite a few lines for the fun of it! Stay focused it’s a fun family like energy that I keep in safe beautiful space for Grown Ups to enjoy.\n\nFun and stretching Your mind is Adult Wellness. Non-Artists and Creative’s welcomed at the table. Playlist by DJ Masai inspires the participants to open up and share with less trepidation.\n\nCommunity near and far Your sponsoring a ticket or 2 for this session allows Me to gift a seat at the table for someone unable to pay wanting and needing the experience as a beautiful escape.\n\nLight Refreshments\nPlaylist by DJ Masai\nMaster Teaching Artist Guidance by\nAleathia Brown of\nAleathia’s Original Artworks\naleathiab.art@gmail.com\n\nPayment Link\n\n\nWordz N’ Colors workshop\nhttps://square.link/u/Sc5CJX4g\n\n\nArt Workshop\nWordz N’ Colors\nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026\n6-9pm\nChildren’s Art Carnival\n62 Hamilton Terrace\nHarlem NY\, 10031\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAleathia Brown\n  \nInstagram: @aleathias_original_artworks \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/wordz-n-colors-with-aleathia-brown/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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