Tuesday, August 23, 2011

SOUTH BRONX UNITY FEST! 8/27 @ BROOK PARK




This Saturday August 27th, we will be participating and supporting the South Bronx Unity Fest at Brook Park. Rebel Diaz, Division X, and others will be rocking! Its free! Bring the family! Come by and spend a summer afternoon in The Bronx with us!

SUMMER YOUTH CELEBRATION!!!

Check out the Summer Youth Celebration at RDACBX!!!

RDAC-BX + Urban Art Beat Summer Youth Celebration! from Anusha Mehar on Vimeo.




For 7 weeks, RDAC-BX and Urban Art Beat worked with youth ages 14-24 around youth empowerment, community organizing, critical writing, song writing, audio production, video recording, and photography. Our goal was to build community using artistic approaches, for the youth to walk away from the program having gained hard earned skills and confident in their own capabilities to channel their strengths and to CREATE the media they consume. Our summer together culminated in a final Summer Youth Celebration on Tuesday, August 16th at the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective Hip Hop Community Center in the boogie down South Bronx. Youth performed their original songs and poems, exposed their photographs, fundraised by selling a 13 page newsletter filled from cover-to-cover with content they came up with, and debuted a 15 minute short film using footage they recorded that so beautifully captured their summer experience. It's among the 1st of many dope events to come this year!
Thanks to our homey Eddie Pages for the ill video piece!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

RDAC-BX + Urban Art Beat Present: A Summer Youth Celebration!

RDAC-BX and UAB invite you join us for our Artivist Summer Program Showcase!

Come celebrate the accomplishments of NYC’s dedicated Artivists (Artist+Activist) that have been Growing and Proving by showing your support at this FREE ALL AGES EVENT!

The Event will start with @ 5:00PM with limited slot Open Mic.
All open mic spots are on a 1st come 1st serve basis & must be connected to the theme of “Community, Communication or Unity” and appropriate for all Ages.

Our Artivists will then showcase media they have been working on over the summer along with their music and poetry.

We will be featuring Live Music and Dance by Teaching Artists and Youth. To close off the event their will be a “Q and A” that will allow you to get more information on the Program and the Participants!

Feel free to Pass this invite on and bring all friends and Family!

See you there!