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 Citizens Committee for 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.

Thanks to Citizens Committee for New York City, the renovation of the arts room at P.S.189 was a phenomenal success. Read more about the renovations in the HCX Archives. Click here to see photos!

We are now launching into the second leg of our project. The Ti Atis Collaborative Mural will consist of 5 Friday after school art workshop sessions with 6th through 8th grade students at P.S.189. During those 5 weeks, guided by a teaching muralist, they will plan out the visuals of the mural that wil be erected on the handball court of the school’s playground. On May 12th and June 9th & 16th, we will be constructing the mural with our student artists and volunteers.

UPDATE!
5.11.2012

Our Ti Atis have been churning out some fantastic ideas for this mural! As of this Friday, we have settled on the theme of the mural: “Love is not just a word but a way of life.” What a wonderful inspirational message to build in a community! Great job, guys!

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