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PLAYDATE FEATURES BLACK LOVE FEST NYC!

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Join us for a FREE fun filled family day of art exhibitions, art-making, and more! This month Sugar Hill will feature Black Love Fest NYC in partnership with The New Museum and the Black Love Committee.

Black Love Fest NY 2018
Black Love Fest NY is a free one-day celebration that builds upon work initiated in the The Black School by sharing student artwork with the community. BLF NY is a public event, creating a gathering space for all people who share in love for the well-being and self-determination of Black people. BLF NY will also include music performances, art installations by professional artist, hands-on art making workshops for all ages. The purpose of this project is to illustrate the positive impact of collective action.

Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago 
ON view NOW, The Salon

This exhibit features recent works by more than 80 artists with roots in more than a dozen islands of the Caribbean. Curated by Tatiana Flores and presented in conjunction with Columbia University's Wallach Art GalleryRelational Undercurrents was initially conceived as part of The Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA and debuted at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. Relational Undercurrents encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation and performance art. 

Leslie Jiménez: Catch the Light!
On view NOW, AIR Studio

Leslie Jiménez: Catch the Light! features a surprising mix of framed drawings, hand-painted murals, and glass sculpture installation. Each of the delicately fabricated works in Jimenez’s first solo museum exhibition uses everyday materials like thread, paint, fabric, mylar and glass to highlight moments from her daily life in Washington Heights.

ANA MENDIETA: Thinking About Children’s Thinking
On view NOW, The Legacy Gallery

Enter conceptual Cuban artist Ana Mendieta’s world through sound art, videos and photographs, about collective and individual experiences. Guest curated by Amy Rosenblum Martín. 

SUNDAY FUNDAYS WITH FLOR
1:00 - 2:00pm, The Living Room

Hello, Hello, Hello! The fabulous Flor Bromley will perform musical tales. 

Later Event: August 19
SUNDAY FUNDAYS