Upcoming events.

Spirit & Flow: Let It Go
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

ARTIST LAB | Acting: Breaking Mental Barriers
Looking to deepen your performances and break free from self-imposed limitations? Acting: Breaking Mental Barriers is for you.
This interactive workshop is designed for actors of all levels, whether you work in film, TV, or theatre, or are preparing for casting opportunities.

Spirit & Flow: Let It Go
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

REBEL VERSES: Youth Arts Festival
Since 2001, REBEL VERSES is where the next generation of theater artists in New York City showcase their unapologetic and unrelenting creativity.
It’s where collaboration and connections between youth companies and prominent artists are fostered promoting the development of new works in theater.
It’s a curated collection of performances by some of the best youth companies in NYC & beyond who are committed to nurturing and elevating diverse voices, championing artistic excellence, and creating a vibrant community of young artists who are challenging the status quo and shaping the future of theater.

REBEL VERSES: Youth Arts Festival
Since 2001, REBEL VERSES is where the next generation of theater artists in New York City showcase their unapologetic and unrelenting creativity.
It’s where collaboration and connections between youth companies and prominent artists are fostered promoting the development of new works in theater.
It’s a curated collection of performances by some of the best youth companies in NYC & beyond who are committed to nurturing and elevating diverse voices, championing artistic excellence, and creating a vibrant community of young artists who are challenging the status quo and shaping the future of theater.

REBEL VERSES: Youth Arts Festival
Since 2001, REBEL VERSES is where the next generation of theater artists in New York City showcase their unapologetic and unrelenting creativity.
It’s where collaboration and connections between youth companies and prominent artists are fostered promoting the development of new works in theater.
It’s a curated collection of performances by some of the best youth companies in NYC & beyond who are committed to nurturing and elevating diverse voices, championing artistic excellence, and creating a vibrant community of young artists who are challenging the status quo and shaping the future of theater.

ARTIST LAB | Putting Words to Your Art
Have you struggled with writing about yourself and your art? This workshop guides you through the process of creating and editing written materials for application and audition season.
Putting Words to Your Art is an experiential learning workshop led by Robyn Ayers, geared towards emerging and early-career artists.

Spirit & Flow: Look at Me!
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donny. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

Spirit & Flow: Look at Me!
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donny. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

ARTIST LAB | The Block Party
Get your dancing shoes on! Explore the vibrant history of dance through the lens of 1980s and 1990s Hip-Hop culture in New York City. Celebrate the roots of Hip-Hop while fostering a sense of community, creativity, and cultural appreciation.
Utilizing Block Party Dance vernacular as a movement investigation The Block Party highlights and celebrates the cultural significance and the contributions women in Bed-Stuy have made to Brooklyn and Hip-Hop culture during the 1980s and 90s. Engaging participants through storytelling, movement and dance, participants will get their groove on while learning about Hip-Hop culture and music in New York City!

WORK IN PROCESS: Temporary Flesh
Evelyn Tejeda (she/her), originally from the Dominican Republic, is a Dominicana's Got Talent Semifinalist and a Founding Member of the Contemporary Dance National Company of the Dominican Republic, directed by Marianela Boan. Temporary Flesh explores impermanence, identity, and bodily autonomy through dance. Using chairs as extensions of the body, this work questions our origins and the transitory nature of existence

ARTIST LAB | The Well-Rounded Filmmaker
Looking to make your first film or video project, but not sure where to begin? The Well-Rounded Filmmaker is for you.
The Well-Rounded Filmmaker is designed for anyone interested in producing video content, from first-time filmmakers and content creators, to those who have always wanted to explore filmmaking but never had the opportunity. Participants will receive practical insights to every stage of film production, including writing, directing, producing, and shooting a short film using accessible resources.

Spirit & Flow: Mid-Week Wind Down
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

Spirit & Flow: Mid-Week Wind Down
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

Spirit & Flow: Loving Me
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

Spirit & Flow: Meeting the Inner Child
How are you healing? We are excited to announce the return of Spirit & Flow: Nurturing the Inner Child, a workshop series curated by Donnell E. Smith. Kick off 2025 with Spirit & Flow’s monthly workshop series.

Journal 2 Journey: En Route
After several months of hard work, collaboration, and rehearsal, Journal 2 Journey's Youth Artists are ready to share their work. Join us for an evening of expression, creativity, and the celebration of their journey.

WORK IN PROCESS: Afroborinqueño
Reynaldo Piniella (he/him) is an actor, writer, activist and educator from East New York, Brooklyn. Afroborinqueño is a solo theater piece about Arturo Schomburg, the man who mentored Langston Hughes, had beef with the founder of the NAACP, and is credited with inventing the term “Afro-Latino.”

WORK IN PROCESS: The Stranger
Yang Sun is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and director, working in the intersection of movement, color, and poetry. "The Stranger" sits at the intersection of dance and installation, delving into the stories of immigrants and resident aliens in the United States across generations.

Ofrenda: Community Altar
Join us throughout the month in activating, maintaining and contributing to our ofrenda. This Community Altar will serve as a collective space for remembrance, reflection, meditation, and communal mourning. We invite you to visit and contribute offerings for a loved one

Opening Ceremony: Altar Activations
Hi-ARTS invites you to The Art of Remembrance: Días de los Muertos Celebration! Through Ofrenda (Community Altar), The Art of Remembrance: Shrine-Making Workshop, and our Opening Ceremony, this celebration of the departed serves as a collective expression of our love and Remembrance.

The Long Way
Conference Call: Moving Image marks the second iteration of Skowhegan's alumni exhibition program, inviting members of the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance to curate exhibitions featuring alumni artworks selected through an open call process. This project aims to create meaningful and impactful experiences for both artists and curators, as well as showcase the richness of the Skowhegan community to a broader audience.
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[Work In Process] Around the Way Gurl
Utilizing Block Party Dance vernacular as a movement investigation Around the Way Gurl highlights and celebrates the cultural significance and the contributions women in Bed-Stuy have made to Brooklyn and Hip-Hop culture during the 1980s and 90s. Around the Way Gurl includes ensemble and solo work, video projection, and a live DJ.
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[Work In Process] Homenaje a los Rumberos
While in residence at Hi-ARTS, Curtis will continue the development of and addition of choreography to Homenaje a los Rumberos. Homenaje a los Rumberos is an original music composition that pays homage to the rich legacy of traditional Afro-Cuban Rumberos and serves as a heartfelt tribute to Rumbero's living and past.
In addition, Curtis will work with collaborators to create a multimedia performance work that will celebrate the masters who shaped Cuban Rumba’s rich history.
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[Work in Process] Storytelling from a Visual Eye
Jourdan Ash (she/her) is a New York creative who works via her online platform True To Us, to center Black and Brown womxn as the foundation of the streetwear and sneaker industry. Jourdan uses her creative practice to bridge the gap between consumers and brands while opening the doors for those seeking a variety of opportunities within the streetwear and sneaker industry.

Beyond Punishment: Stories of Justice & Healing
The world premiere of Beyond Punishment: Stories of Justice and Healing, an original interview-based theater performance co-produced by the Justice Beyond Punishment Collaborative (JBPC) and Ping Chong and Company!
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adrift// adieu [Work in Process]
Centered around the research collected by Espii and her collaborators during her time as a SKY LAB Artist. adrift//adieu invites guests to step into the research and development process of her immersive sonic and augmented reality installation.

Film Screening: CIDADE CINZA (GREY CITY)
As the closing for our OPEN HOUSE, join us for an screening of CIDADE CINZA (GRAY CITY), curated by 2023 ONE WALL MOVEMENT Muralist N. Carlos J. Following the screening will be a Q&A session with N. Carlos J. and 2022 ONE WALL MOVEMENT Muralist Mattaya Fitts. ONE WALL MOVEMENT is a public art initiative that commissions muralists, graffiti artists, writers, and street artists to create a large-scale mural.

Choreo-CoLab: Contemporary Movement & Choreography
We will explore movement through the embodiment of realism, sound, connection, and joy. The time spent together will include individual improvisational play, communal play, modern-based forms to support mobility and expansion, and a movement combination that will integrate my foundational passions - musicality, texture, mechanics, isolation, pathways, and storytelling. As an educator and class leader, my hope is to also evoke senses of physical and somatic freedom by prioritizing clear direction, and positive reinforcement!

ISRAEL: Act One + An Unexpected End
Join SKY LAB artist Claudia Luna Fuentes of theurbanX.org for an intimate walking tour in which participants will join the artist on a walk through the outdoor areas surrounding Hi-ARTS, and Hi-ARTS Gallery and Studio Spaces. She will share her process, and discuss her works and observations and welcome walkers to see traveling on foot as an act of resistance.

Choreo-CoLab: Freestyle Fusion Technique
Focuses on using all parts of your body when freestyling using Levels, Spacing & Musicality of various styles of Dance.

Walking Tour: Un vasto paisaje de ruinas (A Vast Landscape of Ruins) by Claudia Luna
Join SKY LAB artist Claudia Luna Fuentes of theurbanX.org for an intimate walking tour in which participants will join the artist on a walk through the outdoor areas surrounding Hi-ARTS, and Hi-ARTS Gallery and Studio Spaces. She will share her process, and discuss her works and observations and welcome walkers to see traveling on foot as an act of resistance.

SKY LAB: CDMX x NYC
CDMX x NYC will feature the work of Mexican artists Claudia Luna Fuentes and Pepx Romero, artists currently in residence with theurbanX.org, SKY LAB Residents under the support of Hi-ARTS.

Choreo-CoLab: Afro-Cuban Folkloric
Afro-Cuban Dance can be described as the plethora of dances that stem from the product of the transformation on Cuban soil of the dances of various African ethnic groups that arrived in Cuba through the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade. The dances can be religious or secular but are always inextricably linked to music and song and are characterized by a deep connection to the ancestors. We will begin by warming up the body in preparation for an intense class. Then we will move across the floor building up movement phrases based on some of the many traditional Afro-Cuban Dance styles.

Choreo-CoLab: All Styles Fusion
Choreo-CoLab is taking place as part of Fall 2023 OPEN HOUSE. Kicking off in September 2023, OPEN HOUSE will begin with a Block Party featuring a Live Acoustic Electric DJ set by CRITICAL BREAKS Alum Zane Rodulfo, followed by a Work in Process of BRICKS by Charlene Jean, OPEN HOUSE will feature local vendors and artists and serve as a community gathering and celebration. In the weeks that follow, we will engage our community with dance, music, and much more! All of this will take place from our home at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in East Harlem!

Choreo-CoLab: Brazilian Samba for Carnival
Brazilian Samba for Carnival
September 19, 2023, 6-8 pm
Teaching Artist: Régine Bellinger
Technically known as “Samba no Pé” or “Passista Style Samba”, Brazilian Samba for Carnival is not a class to miss! Instructor Régine Bellinger trained for five years in Rio de Janeiro under the direction of George Louzada and Alex Coutinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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BRICKS [Work in Process]
We are kicking off our OPEN HOUSE with a BLOCK PARTY! Featuring a LIVE Acoustic Electric DJ set by CRITICAL BREAKS Alum Zane Rodulfo followed by a Work in Process of BRICKS by Charlene Jean, and will feature local vendors and artists and much more. Check out our full lineup below and register for all with one Day Pass!

BLOCK PARTY
We are kicking off our OPEN HOUSE with a BLOCK PARTY! Featuring local vendors, a live DJ, Work in Process performances, art and more! Check out our full lineup below and register for all with one Day Pass! Free and open to all!

Community Celebration and Mural Reveal
Join us for the reveal and celebration of A Flower Grows in Harlem by ONE WALL MOVEMENT muralist N. Carlos J.

Journal 2 Journey | Rebel Verses
After several months of hard work, collaboration, and rehearsal, Journal 2 Journey's Youth Artists are ready to share their work. Join us in August for the final Journal 2 Journey performance as a part of Rebel Verses, a festival showcasing the next generation of theater artists in New York City. Tickets: $23