Arts & Music Festival ¡Hacia Afuera! Returns to East Harlem

Written by Carol Cain on 25 August 2010

This Saturday and Sunday, August 28 & 29, 2010, from 12:00 – 5:00 pm, the grassroots group Art for Change will once again host ¡Hacia Afuera! at the White Playground located on 105th St & Lexington Ave.

This free outdoor Art & Music Festival is one our family enjoyed attending last year, and though our travels will keep us away this time around we hope that you and yours will make it.

¡Hacia Afuera! is a weekend-long festival celebrating art, music, food, and performance. The festival is being produced in partnership with local artists and social justice organizations. With outdoor art exhibition featuring art by Patricia Cazorla & Nancy Saleme, Esperanza Cortes, Aissa Deebi, Roberto De Jesus, Laura F. Gibellini, Marissa A. Gutiérrez-Vicario, Alejandro Endoke Makuendo Guzman, Gabriel Pacheco, Tara Parsons, Michael Pribich, Elisa Pritzker, Gabriel Reese. Live performances by Camila Meza Trio, Genesis Be, George Trivino, La Bruja, Los Mas Valientes, The Stepkids, Los Chamanes. PLUS Storytelling by Bobby Gonzalez, Live Theater by Coatlicue Theater Company, Arts and Crafts for kids, Film Screenings, Drumming Workshop and food from local street vendors.

¡Hacia Afuera! is made possible with support by Mount Sinai Hospital, Community Board 11, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Hope Community Inc, Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Taller Boricua. The programs of Art for Change are supported by The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Association of Hispanic Arts, Council member Melissa Mark Viverito, Materials for the Arts, the AFC founders collective and by a group of committed volunteers.

For more information: visit http://www.artforchange.org/events/833-2/