 As part of the annual City of Water Day, that celebrates New York's miles of coastal treasures, 530 to be exact, please join the Friends of Tompkinsville Park, the Preservation League of Staten Island and the Staten Island Urban Center for a walking tour of Tompkinsville's martime (both historic and current), coastal protection and infrastructure systems. The historic waterfront town turned urban village strategic geographic location made it essential for many of these structures. Starta at Lyons Pool (6 Victory Blvd-Across from Bay Street Landing)
https://waterfrontalliance.org/city-of-water-day/  Announcement from the
Friends of Tompkinsville Park Request for Artist Proposal: Deadline Extended to September 7th, 2020 The Friends of Tompkinsville Park are seeking an artist who will create and spearhead a Participatory Art project in Tompkinsville Park themed around Peace, Justice, and Healing. We announce our Request For Proposal briefing to provide artists information about a rare opportunity for a local artist to assist the community with a Participatory Art Project at Tompkinsville Park. We are seeking proposals from artists that would engage our community in the creation of an art installation in the park (for display up to 1 year). Budget for project is $5,000 (this should include an artist fee) Proposal deadline and details to be shared at RFP Briefing. For more information, please RSVP to TompkinsvilleParkFriends@gmail.com. Participatory Art Project Goal The goal of this participatory art project is to promote Tompkinsville Park as a space for our community that can offer renewed feelings of peace, justice, and healing. Our park and local community have endured the effects of continual drug trafficking as well as alcohol and substance abuse in the park, which has detracted from it’s beauty and constrained community participation and enjoyment. Tompkinsville Park is adjacent to a transportation hub for buses and a train station nearby and it is often the center of resource distribution such as health service information, census data info, and COVID 19 mask giveaways. The park is also the space for community celebrations such as the St. George Festival, Winter Solstice Radiant Revelry with Honk NYC, impromptu drumming and meditations, and numerous park clean ups . Over the years Tompkinsville Park has been the meeting point for several social justice activist efforts of which we are most proud of. The park sits in the center of a vibrant and multicultural corridor of small businesses and restaurants and we believe it has so much potential. Thank you, From the Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group The Tompkinsville Park Participatory Art Project RFP is funded by Citizens Committee of NYC and Partnership For Parks Catalyst Grant. The fiscal conduit for Friends of Tompkinsville Park is Canvas Institute. (Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group Members include: Bobby Digi, JoAnn Sacks, John Kilcullen, Katie McCarthy, Kelly Vilar, Steve Jones in consultation from Ted Enoch of Catalyst Program of Partnership For Parks, Carmine Raimondi, City Parks Foundation, and the NYC Parks Dept)  Staten Island Urban Center invites you to a presentation and community conversation on the waterfront, Tompkinsville Park, and recreation opportunities in support of Our Urban Town: Reimagining Our Waterfront Community. As an underdeveloped part of the borough, the North Shore is in need of a new econometric plan for the future that considers deeper socioeconomic issues including poverty, lack of affordable housing, limited access to recreation and park facilities, education inequities, health disparities, and numerous neighborhood environmental issues. This session will feature a presentation from community artists and leaders followed by a facilitated community visioning conversation about how to advance priorities for local open space, recreation opportunities, and parks. This community presentation and conversation is the third event in a series of conversations and workshops as part of the Livable Neighborhoods Program (LNP). LNP, a program of the Municipal Art Society of New York, helps local leaders develop the knowledge and tools that they need to participate effectively in public land use review processes and engage in creative, community-based visioning and advocacy. By registering for this workshop, you will also be registered and notified about all upcoming workshops and discussions in this series. Thank you for joining the conversation. LNP is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.  Announcement from the
Friends of Tompkinsville Park Request for Artist Proposal The Friends of Tompkinsville Park are seeking an artist who will create and spearhead a Participatory Art project in Tompkinsville Park themed around Peace, Justice, and Healing. Please join us on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom as we announce our Request For Proposal briefing to provide artists information about a rare opportunity for a local artist to assist the community with a Participatory Art Project at Tompkinsville Park. We are seeking proposals from artists that would engage our community in the creation of an art installation in the park (for display up to 1 year). Budget for project is $5,000 (this should include an artist fee) Proposal deadline and details to be shared at RFP Briefing. For more information, please RSVP to TompkinsvilleParkFriends@gmail.com. Participatory Art Project Goal The goal of this participatory art project is to promote Tompkinsville Park as a space for our community that can offer renewed feelings of peace, justice, and healing. Our park and local community have endured the effects of continual drug trafficking as well as alcohol and substance abuse in the park, which has detracted from it’s beauty and constrained community participation and enjoyment. Tompkinsville Park is adjacent to a transportation hub for buses and a train station nearby and it is often the center of resource distribution such as health service information, census data info, and COVID 19 mask giveaways. The park is also the space for community celebrations such as the St. George Festival, Winter Solstice Radiant Revelry with Honk NYC, impromptu drumming and meditations, and numerous park clean ups . Over the years Tompkinsville Park has been the meeting point for several social justice activist efforts of which we are most proud of. The park sits in the center of a vibrant and multicultural corridor of small businesses and restaurants and we believe it has so much potential. Thank you, From the Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group The Tompkinsville Park Participatory Art Project RFP is funded by Citizens Committee of NYC and Partnership For Parks Catalyst Grant. The fiscal conduit for Friends of Tompkinsville Park is Canvas Institute. (Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group Members include: Bobby Digi, JoAnn Sacks, John Kilcullen, Katie McCarthy, Kelly Vilar, Steve Jones in consultation from Ted Enoch of Catalyst Program of Partnership For Parks, Carmine Raimondi, City Parks Foundation, and the NYC Parks Dept) Join us for Upcoming Workshop and Discussion Series on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 4pm Registration: http://www.tinyurl.com/OURURBANTOWN To see the full length 30 minute documentary go to: https://www.siurbancenter.org/community-development.html  Resistah Radio Presents Celebrando Puerto Rico: A Tribute to Puerto Rican Music Thru the Ages6/14/2020  |
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