The People's Money (2022-2023)
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CD40 Intergenerational, Intercultural Arts Programming with a Social Purpose
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Brooklyn FAM: Intergenerational, Intercultural Arts Programming with a Social Purpose. Description: Brooklyn FAM: Festival of Arts and Music. (IG @bklyn_fam), a new nonprofit run by a team of volunteers and sponsored by PLG Arts, seeks funding for its 2nd annual family festival at the Concert Grove Pavilion on the east side of Prospect Park. The festival's mission is to build community through culturally diverse programming with a high level of audience collaboration in the form of hands-on workshops and activities. All 2022 festival artists are local, self-identify as first and second-generation immigrants, and represent diverse cultures, from South African and West Indian to Chinese (TBD). The program will include dance, puppet theatre, three musical groups, a hand puppet craft activity, and a collaborative public art project. The public art project will invite festival attendees to create magazine collages on upcycled chairs and benches in response to the prompt “What does family mean to you?” The finished pieces will be installed at host businesses on the east side of Prospect Park. As functional art, they will inspire new relationships and vibrant community-building conversations. Brooklyn FAM's 2022 festival fills a significant need for local arts programming that engages <strong>an intergenerational audience in robust intercultural sharing. We expect an audience of at least 400 adults and children and even greater outreach through a festival poster contest, our social media network, and the public art project. City Council support in this crucial second year will help establish Brooklyn FAM’s work as a community-building partner now and, we hope, for years to come!
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