Ti Atis | HCX and P.S. 189, the Bilingual School

Haiti Cultural Exchange first started working with P.S. 189 in May 2010 when we partnered with Brooklyn for Barack to provide FREE youth arts workshops for kids ages 3-18, each Saturday. We served over 350 children, with 40 workshops ranging from the performing to visual to musical arts, including arts therapy workshops for the 30 children P.S. 189 accepted after the January 2010 earthquake.

Haiti Cultural Exchange has extended their stay with P.S 189, by providing transportation to our October 16th SELEBRASYON all-day festival in Chelsea, so the children and their families could experience the Haitian art exhibit and participate in craftmaking.

In November 2010, HCX established the Ti Atis after school program at P.S. 189 to bring teaching artists to the school in an effort to preserve and celebrate Haiti’s cultural heritage.  Currently, thanks to a grant from the Citizens Committee of New York, HCX is working with students, teachers, parents and volunteers to create a collaborative outdoor mural project and renovation of the arts room at P.S. 189.

If you would like to volunteer or make a donation of supplies, please email regine@haiticulturalx.org