HARLEM ARTS

ADVOCACY WEEK

“CULTURE IS HARLEM’S BUSINESS”

OCTOBER 4-10, 2010

ADVOCACY. INFORMATION. RESOURCE.

HARLEM ARTS ADVOCACY WEEK

October 4-October 10

The HARLEM Arts Alliance is committed to providing active support, encouragement and pro-motion for the artists and arts organizations serving the greater Harlem community. We recog-nize that a vibrant arts and cultural sector is essential to the economic health and vitality of Har-lem.

HARLEM Arts Alliance’s fourth annual HARLEM ARTS ADVOCACY WEEK runs from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10 offering panel discussions, community forums, guest speakers and special events in various locations around Harlem. Harlem Arts Advocacy Week raises the visibility of the contributions of the arts and cultural community, provides a forum for discussion of important issues, and helps to strengthen the critical link between the arts and the business sectors.

A complete schedule of Harlem Arts Advocacy Week 2010 can be found at www.harlemaa.org

Funded in part by:

Generous Support for this project is

provided by New York City Council

through Council Member Inez Dickens, Dis-

trict 9, Assistant Deputy Majority Leader and

Speaker Christine Quinn.

Our Partners:

HAA Staff Michael Unthank, Executive Director Kim George, Associate Director Joyhdae Albert, Administrative Coordinator Support Staff Volunteers Shaniqua Bowden Juanita Evans, Michelle Walker,

Bernard Bennett Kyoko Uchiki, Shante Skyers,

Deloris Garland Cecile ―Coco‖ Johnson, Myrna Williams

Akoshia Yoba Veronica Pearson, Angela McKee

Acknowledgements

The HARLEM Arts Alliance wishes to thank the following :

HARLEM Arts Alliance Advocacy Week

HARLEM Arts Advocacy 2010 is in memory of HARLEM Arts Alliance member,

the late James Stovall, Broadway Actor.

The actor, director and producer JAMES STOVALL, a much loved and well re-

spected member of the cultural art scene in New York City passed on Sunday

September 26, 2010. A 27-year veteran Broadway performer who worked with

Bob Fosse and was in the original cast of Ragtime, James will be well remem-

bered for his work in the community with such events as the African Burial

Ground National Monument, the American Museum of Natural History’s

Kwanzaa and Black History Month celebrations, his work as artist-in-residence

at the Dwyer Cultural Center, as a founding member of the Actor’s Fund New

Leadership Committee, and for four years of service as executive director of Min-

istry of the Arts & Culture at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem.

A 1981 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta GA, where his classmates were

Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson, Stovall was a native of Baltimore, Maryland.

His father Reverend James H. Stovall Sr. is the Pastor of Full Gospel Baptist

Church of Cooksville, MD.

HARLEM Arts Alliance is saddened by the loss.

Photo Credit: Aubrey Reuben

Natsu Ifill, Founding Board Member, HAA Jewel Kinch Thomas, Riverside Theatre and Staff

Arts & Business Council of New York Howard Dodson, Schomburg Center and Staff

Patricia Cruz and the Harlem Stage Staff Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

Asian American Arts Alliance Museum of African American Cinema

Darryl T. Downing—Harlem Business Alliance—125 Street BID International Communications Association

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Kim Jasmin, JP Morgan Chase Foundation Marcia Sells, Orit Yakvel, Flores Forbes, Columbia University

Lloyd Williams, Patricia Ricketts, Darwin Davis, Winston Majette, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce

Patane Press—Experience Harlem—New Heritage Theatre Group Barbara Horowitz, Founder, Community Works, Co-Director of the

Dwyer Cultural Center American Indian Artists, Inc.

Janette Hawkins, Jasmine Heatley, Candace Jackson and the staff at the Dwyer Cultural Center

Kathleen Hughes Asian American Arts Center

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance 1209 Enterprises-Frank Waters

Karen Witherspoon, The City College of New York Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Tamara Tunie Coalition of Theatres of Color

HAA Board of Directors

Voza Rivers, Chair Lloyd Williams, Vice– Chair

Linda Walton, Secretary Patricia Boyd, Treasurer Garland Lee Thompson

Geoffrey Eaton Gerri Warren-Merrick Gregory A. Thomson

Robin Verges Willie Walker

Donna Walker-Kuhne

HARLEM Arts Alliance wishes to thank its funders: Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

Development Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Con Edison,

New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts and

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Location: Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, West 120th Street

HARLEM Arts Alliance Special Advocacy Symposium

We must come together to generate the level of support we need to realize our cultural aspirations, to support our artists and to secure our arts organizations for the future.

9 am

Breakfast and Sign-In

Welcome

Performance: Trav’lin , The Musical: excerpts by cast members:

Doug Eskew and Brenda Braxton

Voza Rivers, Chairman, HARLEM Arts Alliance

Council Member, Inez Dickens, Assistant Deputy Majority Leader

Council Member Robert Jackson

Special Recognition Award

Howard Dodson, Chief Historian

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Performance: Andre De Shields, excerpt from his solo performance as Frederick Douglass, ―Mine Eyes Have Seen Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance‖

Special Advocacy Announcements

Community Based Arts Organizations Speak:

“Strengthening Our Network to Support Our Community Arts Needs”

Moderator: Linda Walton, Vice President of Programming, Jazzmobile, Inc.

Panelists: Kim Jack Riley, Arts Horizon LeRoy Neiman Art Center, Grace Aneiza Ali, Dwyer Cultural Center, Loren Schoenberg, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Virginia Johnson, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jewel Kinch-Thomas, Riverside Theatre

Saturday October 9, 2010

HARLEM Arts Alliance

Artz, Rootz, and Rhythm Concert Series

Location: Jackie Robinson Park, 145th Street and Bradhurst Ave.

1PM –5PM

Host: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, the “Empress of Entertainment”

October 9th, 2010

Featured Performers:

Keith Gamble

Solomon Hicks

Michael Isaacs

Sasso Japan

Kalunga Neg Mawon

Tevin Thomas Group

Yaffa Cultural Center Drummers

Monday, October 4, 2010

Location: Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, West 120th Street

“Supporting The Arts in Communities of Color”

Moderator: Ty Jones, Actor and Producing Director, The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Inc.

Panelists: Andrea Louie, Asian American Arts Alliance,

Jessica Thorpe, African American Cultural Collective, Buffalo, NY ,

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute,

Deidre Scott, Managing Director Bronx Council on the Arts,

Linwood Oglesby, Newark Arts Council

Introduction: Cast Members of “FREE MAN OF COLOR” the new comedy by

John Guare at Lincoln Center

Remarks by Kathleen Hughes, Assistant Commissioner

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Close Meeting and Photo Opportunity

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

HARLEM Arts Alliance/Black Dimensions in Art Visual Art Exhibition

“Trash to Treasures”

Collaborative Exhibition

Upstate/Downstate

Special Opening Reception

Hamilton Landmark Gallery

467 West 144th Street

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Arts Advocacy Week Opening Reception

Hosted by: Dance Theatre of Harlem and the HARLEM Arts Alliance

Location: Dance Theatre of Harlem, 466 West 152nd Street, Studio 4

Monday October 4, 2010 Friday October 8– Sunday 10, 2010

Strivers Art Circuit Tour

A Self-guided, walking tour of Harlem Art Venues

&

Artist Studios

Free to the Public

The tour is from 130th Street to 145th Street and from 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue

Opening Reception

Strivers Gardens Gallery

300 West 135th Street

Friday, October 8

6PM –8PM

Tour Dates: Saturday, October 9 from 9AM –5PM

Sunday October 10 from 9AM—5PM

For complete schedule, please visit www.harlemaa.org. Postcards available

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Location: Harlem Stage, The Gatehouse, 150 Convent Avenue at West 135th St.

Culture is Harlem’s Business

Host: Gerri Warren-Merrick, President, Warren Merrick Communications

9:30am

Breakfast and Sign In

Welcome by Patricia Cruz, Executive Director, Harlem Stage

“Building Arts and Business Partnerships in Harlem”

Moderator: Patricia Ricketts, Vice President of Programming

Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce

Panelists Kevin Walters, Creole Restaurant; Frances Hill, Urban Stages,

Jonelle Procope Apollo Theater Foundation, Laveen Naidu, Dance Theatre of Harlem,

Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theatre, Regina L. Smith, Harlem Business Alliance

“Business Volunteers for the Arts

Leveraging the talents and skills of our business community‖

Moderator: Fran Smyth, Manager of Arts Services, Arts & Business Council of New York

Panelists: Marcia Sells, Columbia University,

Karen Witherspoon, The City College of New York,

Rasul Miller, Black Equity Alliance,

Joseph Wemple, Maysles Institute

Arts and Business Leadership Luncheon

Remarks: Kim L. Jasmin, Vice President, Northeast Region Community Relations

Manager, JP Morgan Chase Foundation

Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St, Nicholas Avenue at 123rd Street

Host: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Actress,Comedian 2:30pm

"A Conversation with Members of the Coalition of Theatres of Color"

Moderator: Voza Rivers, Co-Founder, Executive Producer, New Heritage Theatre Group

Panelists: Carl Clay, Black Spectrum Theatre Co.; Woodie King, New Federal Theatre, Sade Lythcott, National Black Theatre

Thursday, October 7, 2010

HARLEM Arts Alliance Member Night at the Theatre

“Through the Night”

Starring Daniel Beaty, Union Square Theatre, 100 East 17th Street

HAA Member 1/2 price Discounted Ticket

8PM

(Discount Code will be provided to HAA members via email)

Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue on West 123 Street

Host: Debra Spencer, Arts Management Specialist

12:30pm

Arts Marketing Luncheon

Remarks by: Will Maitland Weiss, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of New York, a division of Americans for the Arts

Presentation by: Naomi Grabel, Director of Marketing and Creative Services at Carnegie Hall

Strategic Alliances

“Marketing Harlem As A Cultural Destination”

Moderator: Fritz Désir, Design Strategist and Adjunct Faculty Member,

New York University

Panelists: Rick Thompson, Apollo Theater Foundation,

Arthur Barnes, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Neil Fox, Neil Fox Consultancy,

Sara Villagio, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jeff Burns, Jr., Independent Marketing and

Advertising Professional

5:00pm

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd

“Preserving a Sense of Culture in a Changing Community”

Keynote: Howard Dodson, Chief Historian

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Moderator: Michael Unthank, Executive Director, HARLEM Arts Alliance

Panelists: John Reddick, HarlemOneStop.com; Patricia Cruz, Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall, Voza Rivers, New Heritage Theatre Group , Vincent Morgan, TD Bank,

Regina Smith, Harlem Business Alliance

HARLEM ARTS Advocacy Week Closing Reception

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,

Langston Hughes Auditorium & Foyer

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St, Nicholas Avenue at 123rd Street

3:30 pm

Comparing Notes: “Building Local, State & Regional Arts Service Networks”

Moderator: Shayla Titely , Coordinator, Membership and Development Projects

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Panelists: Sandra Garcia Betancourt, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance,

Laurie A. Cumbo, The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts,

Diane Fraher Thornton, American Indian Artists, Inc.,

Pritha Singh, Rajkamari Cultural Center

Harlem Community Arts Fund Artist Showcase Moderator: Grace Aneiza Ali, Associate Director, Dwyer Cultural Center

Panelists: Jonathan McCrory, Theatre Production, Les Joynes, Visual Artist

Upper Manhattan Arts Service Team (UMAST) Presentation Michael Unthank, Executive Director, HARLEM Arts Alliance

Sandra Garcia Betancourt, Executive Director and CEO, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance

Presentation: L. Joy Williams , Campaign Manager, 1% for Culture

5pm

Portrait of Harlem Exhibition Series

Photographer: Lenore Browne presents a panel discussion

Location: Countee Cullen Branch Library Auditorium/Community Room

104 West 136th Street, New York NY

6:30pm

Business Volunteers for the Arts Reception

Location: Dwyer Cultural Center. 258 St. Nicholas Avenue

Hosted in Partnership with Arts & Business Council of New York