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Summer Fun: Clothes Art
Have you ever made a picture without pencils, pens, or paint?
Introducing: CLOTHES ART
In this video, Ivana will show you how to make art with your everyday clothes!
See if you can make a picture of our planet Earth. What else can you create using just your clothes? Can you create a butterfly or a flower? An animal? Or, even a person?
Send us a photo of your creation and we will share your artwork in our #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery!
Share it with us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/SingingWinds
Direct Message us on Instagram:@singing_winds
We look forward to seeing what you create!
The Singing Winds Virtual Playground
In response to COVID-19 pandemic closures in 2020, Singing Winds summer teen leaders created the Virtual Playground – a series of online events and videos for children and their families.
Free art supplies were distributed in Albemarle Playground so that families could do the projects at home.
Click on “The Singing Winds Virtual Playground” in the menu at the bottom of the home page to see more.
Each summer, The Singing Winds brings free arts & crafts, games, science projects, and storytelling programs to Albemarle Playground in Kensington, Brooklyn.
This year, The Singing Winds Virtual Playground will be online!
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from July 21 – August 20, the Singing Winds Summer Team will post new activities for children and families via email, facebook, instagram, and YouTube.
If you enjoy the activity, and create the project at home, you are invited to post your creation to the #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery.
The Lions and Dragons Dance
The Singing Winds presents “The Lions and Dragons Dance – a children’s celebration of the Lunar New Year” featuring special guests from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute.
2020 is the Year of the Rat! Come celebrate the Lunar New Year with Lion Dance, Fan Dance, Kung Fu, music, and stories from China. With a special presentation by the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute, “The Lions and Dragons Dance” will introduce you to some of the legends and traditional customs associated with this ancient celebration.
Recommended for all ages! Wear Red!
Free Admission
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
Where: PS 230 auditorium, 1 Albemarle Street
When: Friday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Juha and His Donkey
Goha and His Donkey, illustrated by the Al-Fattoh family of tentmakers
The Singing Winds presents “Juha and His Donkey – Stories, Music and Dance from the Middle East” featuring storytelling in Arabic and English.
Join us this Saturday, and hear traditional tales from the Middle East and an original Arabic translation of a contemporary story – “How Leo Learned to be King,” by Marcus Pfister. Calligraphy and mosaic projects. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Arabic music, and join the dance!
Please note that we will be dancing in separate groups for boys and girls.
Free Admission
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
WHERE: PS 230 multimedia room, 425 McDonald Avenue, nearest subway – F train (Church Avenue)
WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Thank you, NYSCA!
We are proud to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded us a 2020 Project Support grant through the Special Arts Services program. Thank you! We are so grateful for the support that has been offered to the Singing Winds: Storytelling from Around the World program.
The Singing Winds Dancers
The Singing Winds Dancers from PS 230 share the stage with Ballet Nepantla at Casa Cultural’s Dia de Los Muertos celebration in Kensington.
Ballet Nepantla explores the in-between-ness of cultures within the realm of dance, harmonizing contemporary ballet with traditional Mexican folk dance.
Dia de Los Muertos: Casa Cultural
Family Workshops: Avenue C Plaza
Singing Winds: Kites Workshop at Avenue C Plaza
“Love was IN THE AIR at the ArtBuilt Mobile Studios Kites workshop yesterday @ Avenue C Plaza!!! Thank you blessed partners: Arts & Democracy, Jill Reinier/The Singing Winds, and The Kensington Stewards!” – Esther Robinson, ArtBuilt Mobile Studios
The Lions and Dragons Dance
The Singing Winds presents “The Lions and Dragons Dance – a children’s celebration of the Lunar New Year” featuring special guests from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute.
2019 is the Year of the Pig! Come celebrate the Lunar New Year with Lion Dance, Fan Dance, Kung Fu, music, and stories from China. With a special presentation by the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute, “The Lions and Dragons Dance” will introduce you to some of the legends and traditional customs associated with this ancient celebration.
Recommended for all ages! Wear Red!
Free Admission
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
Where: PS 230 auditorium, 1 Albemarle Street
When: Friday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Juha and His Donkey
The Singing Winds presents “Juha and His Donkey – Stories, Music and Dance from Yemen” featuring storytelling in Arabic and English and special guest Mohamed Hael, playing oud and keyboards.
Join us this Saturday, and hear the lessons of Juha and the Wise Man. Calligraphy and clay projects. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Arabic music, and join the dance!
Please note that we will be dancing in separate groups for boys and girls.
Free Admission
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
WHERE: PS 230 multimedia room, 425 McDonald Avenue, nearest subway – F train (Church Avenue)
WHEN: Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Juha and His Donkey
The Brooklyn Paper
Día de Los Muertos
Hummingbird Festival
Peacock Garden at Avenue C Plaza
Photos by Cynthia Fortozo
Summer Storytelling Series
Singing Winds at Avenue C Plaza
Photo Gallery: Kite and Boat-Making at Avenue C Plaza
with Artbuilt Mobile Studio and the Kensington Stewards