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Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop)
Saturday, August 12th
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Arts Connection Residency House
Governor’s Island
408B Colonel’s Row
Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop) is a drawing session presented by Kut The Rug Institute in partnership with CUE Art Foundation and Arts Connection. The event is part of a series that connects movement, mark making (drawing), and music. This session (Volume 5) features Bboy Spydey and popper Mr. Ocean as drawing models. DJ KS 360 will deliver the soundtrack, and Noelle Salun will demonstrate drawing techniques to use to track, trace, and transmit movements by the dancers. Aurora Hidalgo will serve as the session time keeper. The drawing session will be followed by a gallery walk for sketchers and dancers to see the results of their collaboration in real time.
Plain paper, clipboards, and pencils will be provided; attendees are encouraged to bring their own favorite materials and art supplies (paper, pastels, markers, ink pens) to add color, flavor, and soul to their drawings.
This program is free and open to everyone. No RSVP is required. More information can be found here.
About the Organizer
Lafotographeuse (Amanda Adams-Louis) is a Brooklyn based photographer, educator, curriculum/program designer, cultural producer, house music aficionado, club kid and street dance scholar. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute and is a Studio Art alumna of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Born in the U.S. and raised in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, Lafotographeuse’s oeuvre is informed by her experiences living, learning, and creating between multiple continents and cultures during her formative years. Her creative practice exists at the nexus of art, education, and archive.
Her bodies of work celebrate dance forms developed from movement vocabularies, music, and performance traditions defined by Black, LGBTQIA, and Latinx communities in New York City. Lafotographeuse collaborates with dance artists to create images, exhibitions, workshops, and panels that highlight Black pleasure, play, leisure, and joy in motion. Her imagery, research, and production work is dedicated to illuminating the legacies of indigenous NYC dance subcultures developed to the sounds of Disco, Funk, House, Hip-Hop, R&B, Philly Soul, and other musical genres from the African diaspora.
Credits
“Sketching with Street Dancers” is created and produced by Lafotographeuse. This session, Volume 5, is co-produced by Mugen. It will be documented by Bboy Static, and the sound system is provided by Karlala Soundsystem. The event venue is courtesy of Arts Connection, who serves as a partner of the event along with CUE.
Traveling to Governor’s Island
Ferries to Governor’s Island are available from Manhattan Battery Maritime Terminal daily and from Brooklyn (Pier 6 and Red Hook) on weekends. Ferry schedule and fare information can be found here.
The program will be held at the Arts Connection Residency House at 408B Colonel’s Row on Governor’s Island.
When exiting the ferry from Manhattan, walk straight ahead and then make a right on Andes Road. Once at the end of that road, make a left onto Tampa Road which will lead into Colonel’s Row. The Arts Connection house is on the left side of the houses at 408B with an Arts Connection banner displayed in front.
See a map of Governors Island and the location of the Residency House on Arts Connection’s website here.