Grand Street Community Arts http://grandarts.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:23:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Grand Street Kids Club Summer 2010 http://grandarts.org/programs/youtharts/ http://grandarts.org/programs/youtharts/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:01:18 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1172 http://grandarts.org/programs/youtharts/feed/ 0 Vacant Lot Project http://grandarts.org/programs/vacant-lot-project/ http://grandarts.org/programs/vacant-lot-project/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:36:17 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1164 http://grandarts.org/programs/vacant-lot-project/feed/ 0 Grand Street Community Arts Center http://grandarts.org/about/gsca/ http://grandarts.org/about/gsca/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:10:41 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1155 http://grandarts.org/about/gsca/feed/ 0 Two Additional Grand Beginnings this Month! http://grandarts.org/two-additional-grand-beginnings-this-month/ http://grandarts.org/two-additional-grand-beginnings-this-month/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:57:14 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1102 Normally we do Grand Beginnings every first Thursday of the month, but this month, we are adding two additional Grand Beginnings to the calendar! Join us for an hour and get a tour of the building and watch us present our programs, projects, and events. If you want to know more about Grand Street Community Arts, this is a great introduction to what we do! You might find a way you want to get involved, too! Meet us at the Arts Center on 68 Grand Street to begin the tour and presentation.

Additional Dates:

June 17, 2010: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
June 24, 2010: 8 AM – 9 AM

]]> http://grandarts.org/two-additional-grand-beginnings-this-month/feed/ 0 22nd Annual Freihofer’s Walk a Success! http://grandarts.org/22nd-annual-freihofers-walk-a-success/ http://grandarts.org/22nd-annual-freihofers-walk-a-success/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:29:09 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1098 Our walkers put on their walking shoes and did the 22nd Annual Freihofer’s Community Walk, a 3K walk in the heart of downtown Albany. Each walker found friends and supporters to sponsor their walk and have, combined, raised over $1,000 dollars for GSCA. All of the proceeds will go toward the Youth Arts: Grand Street Kids Club 2010 Summer Program. This program provides inner-city youth the opportunity to learn about various forms of art while socializing with other children their age. Children also get the chance to visit the New York State Museum and go swimming at the Lincoln Park Pool. If you are interested in registering your child, see the Youth Arts Program page. Thank you to all of our walkers!

]]> http://grandarts.org/22nd-annual-freihofers-walk-a-success/feed/ 0 September 10, 2010: 3rd Annual BoardedUP Exhibition & Silent Auction http://grandarts.org/september-10-2010-3rd-annual-boardedup-exhibition-silent-auction/ http://grandarts.org/september-10-2010-3rd-annual-boardedup-exhibition-silent-auction/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:40:36 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1091 Join us for our 3rd Annual BoardedUP Exhibition & Silent Auction

September 10, 2010 | 7:0o PM – 9 PM (closing bid at 9 PM)

Our BoardedUP Series is a 6-month outdoor art exhibition that features the art work of local area artists. They paint on a plywood board that is hung in the Madison Avenue facing windows. Our BoardedUP Series rotates once a month from March through August. The BoardedUP Exhibition & Silent Auction features all of the boards displayed during the 6-month series and also smaller 9×9 boards that were displayed during our 1st Friday of Albany BoardedUP Exhibition.

]]> http://grandarts.org/september-10-2010-3rd-annual-boardedup-exhibition-silent-auction/feed/ 0 August 27, 2010: Out of the Margins: Readnex Squad/Marcus K. Anderson http://grandarts.org/august-27-2010-out-of-the-margins-readnex-squadmarcus-k-anderson/ http://grandarts.org/august-27-2010-out-of-the-margins-readnex-squadmarcus-k-anderson/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:35:18 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1089 The Readnex Poetry Squad & Marcus Kwame Anderson
Friday, Aug. 27th, Workshop 5-6pm FREE, Performance 7:30pm $5-20
Embracing the eternal tradition of conveying knowledge orally, audiences nationally and around the globe have been captivated and moved by the art of writing and the power of music of  The Readnex Poetry Squads  as they continue to uplift urban communities with their universal message and sound influenced by Hip-Hop, Soul, Latin and Caribbean music. Joining them with a live art painting and an exhibition of his work is local artist legend Marcus  Kwame Anderson.
www.myspace.com/readnex www.marcuskwame.com

]]> http://grandarts.org/august-27-2010-out-of-the-margins-readnex-squadmarcus-k-anderson/feed/ 0 August 6, 2010: 1st Friday of Albany/BoardedUP Exhibition http://grandarts.org/august-6-2010-1st-friday-of-albanyboardedup-exhibition/ http://grandarts.org/august-6-2010-1st-friday-of-albanyboardedup-exhibition/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:22:56 +0000 admin http://grandarts.org/?p=1082 Stop by Grand Street Community Arts for 1st Friday of Albany and check out our new BoardedUP Series, featuring 9 new works of art by local area artists. Each artist paints a board for our boarded-up windows on the side of our Arts Center, former St. Anthony’s church. Also, stop inside and see previous art work from the months before as well as smaller painted boards. If you see a smaller painted board you like, you can purchase it!

Date: August 6, 2010
Time: 5 PM – 9 PM
Location: GSCA, 68 Grand St., Albany, NY

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Friday, June 18, 2010
Workshop 5-6pm FREE
Performance 7:30pm $5-20 sliding scale
Hosted by local artist Taina Asili, www.TainaAsili.com

This internationally acclaimed Ensemble from Philadelphia presents a complete and unique experience of a cappella harmonies and traditional West African percussive rhythms. They are a vivacious, all-women performing arts ensemble and have performed to standing ovations at the Women & Earth Conference, Ghana, West Africa, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., the National Women’s Music Festival and many other venues throughout the country and abroad. The “Voices Of Africa,” share the joy of their music, which spans the African Diaspora, through traditional African and African-American songs, message music, gospel and inspirational percussive rhythms. www.VoicesofAfrica.net

The Workshop: Workshop includes a demonstration of VOA music and instruments; West African percussion patterns; hands on interactive with participants and ends with a drum circle. The vocal and percussion presentation spans the African Diaspora.

West African Percussion Instruments Used:

The drum we use in our workshop is the sakara drum, a small hand held drum made in Nigeria, West Africa. It provides excitement for those who hear and play them. As a matter of fact, this drum is so easy to play that everyone can participate who has a drum. Participants will observe other traditional percussion instruments such as the Sekere (shay-ka-ray), sangba drum, djundjun, djembe and Agogo (ah-go-go), the double headed bell, being played. According to the time allotted, participants will also experience,

West African Dance; West African Songs; and West African Storytelling. Workshop will end with a drum circle, an Interactive, which includes West African percussion patterns utilized during the workshop.

OUT OF THE MARGINS 2010 presents three performances and workshops from June until August hosted at Grand Street Community Arts, promoting creative exploration and expanding diversity of expression.
Grand Street Community Arts, 68 Grand St., Albany, NY, www.GrandArts.org

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