seaport culture district

Chinese New Year Celebration

January 22, 2017 by Rachel Witzel

Chinese New Year Celebration

The China Institute invites families to celebrate The Year of the Rooster, a signature New Year Celebration. In the afternoon they will open their doors to families for New Year-themed workshops and activities including dumpling making, storytelling, and lantern-making. They also welcome families to learn about language classes and summer camp. In the evening guests are welcome to a fun night time party featuring a lion dance, food, and live music. We hope you won’t miss this unique celebration of the Chinese culture.

Date: Saturday, February 4th [Read more…] about Chinese New Year Celebration

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Breathing Water Family Event

October 9, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Breathing Water Family Event. Start off the series of free family art workshops every Saturday this October. This event series is inspired by water and appropriately located at the Seaport.

This Saturday you are invited to make a bio-sand filter in a bottle. Experimental learning will allow children to learn through the use of sand and water to explain how water is filtered in the wild. You and your children will have time to test and play around with your very own mini-model. This workshop will help teach your kids a complex concept in a simple and enjoyable way.

OHorizons will be at this Saturday’s workshop. OHorizons is a non-profit organization that provides water filters around the world for clean drinking water for the developing world. Come enjoy their demonstration on water filters and listen to their stories about water issues everywhere.

Families are also invited to bring their children to enjoy touchable-art. This week Teresa Diehl’s Breathing Waters will be featured. Stop by every Saturday for the rest of the month to learn more about the relationship that Lower Manhattan has with water through crafts and educational workshops.

Date: Saturday, October 10th [Read more…] about Breathing Water Family Event

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Art Start Family Workshop

October 9, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Art Start Family Workshop. Make your way to the Seaport this Saturday for a morning of making a homemade checkerboard! Add to your family game nights with your very own masterpiece, this may even spark an interest and motivate your children to learn the game or for you to refresh your memory.

You’ll be able to choose your own colors as you design your custom made checkerboard. Your children will be happy adding to their collection of games and toys, and being able to say they made it all by themselves or with the help of their family.

Art Start focuses on the youth of NYC through free creative workshops open to the public in different venues, inside homeless shelters, programs, and other youth agencies. Art Start is a member of the Seaport Culture District. An outdoor light-and-sound installation in Cannon’s Walk is currently featured at the South Street Seaport.

Date: Saturday, October 10th [Read more…] about Art Start Family Workshop

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Art Start Family Art Workshops

September 4, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Art Start Family Art Workshops! Art Start is one of the innovative partners of the Seaport Culture District! They will be hosting free family art workshops every Saturday this Fall! This weeks workshop is featuring Dream Pillows!

Join Art Start for some arts and crafts family fun! Come share your favorite dream by drawing it on pillow cases! Children can use the pillows for sleep or just as decoration! Hopefully seeing them every night before bed will make them come true!

Art Start is a kid-friendly addition to the Seaport Culture District! This award-winning organization used creative art projects to restore the hopes of homeless youth. Art Start will partner with Rosemont Press and Arup to host Portrait Project. This entails a light-and-sound-installation in Cannon’s Walk offering an inspiring and enlightening look at the hopes and dreams of Art Start teenagers. Art start is also partnering with Fast Ashleys Studios, Anyway Reps and DCOY Studios.

The Howard Hughes Corporation recently unveiled the Seaport Culture District, a new group of partners and organizations bringing culture to Lower Manhattan. From mid-August to December, the Culture District will provide authentic NY cultural experiences through food, fashion, entertainment, art, design, history and more! This is the best way to represent the vibrant and unique bustling downtown neighborhood that we all know and love!

Date: Saturday, September 5th [Read more…] about Art Start Family Art Workshops

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Seaport Culture District Welcomes Art Start!

August 13, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Seaport Culture District Welcomes Art Start! The Howard Hughes Corporation recently unveiled the Seaport Culture District, a new group of partners and organizations bringing culture to Lower Manhattan. From mid-August to December, the Culture District will provide authentic NY cultural experiences through food, fashion, entertainment, art, design, history and more! This is the best way to represent the vibrant and unique bustling downtown neighborhood that we all know and love!

Art Start will be the kid-friendly addition to the Seaport Culture District with a convenient and familiar location at Cannon’s Walk. This award-winning organization used creative art projects to restore the hopes of homeless youth. Art Start will partner with Rosemont Press and Arup to host Portrait Project. This entails a light-and-sound-installation in Cannon’s Walk offering an inspiring and enlightening look at the hopes and dreams of Art Start teenagers. Art start is also partnering with Fast Ashleys Studios, Anyway Reps and DCOY Studios.

Keep your eyes open for upcoming educational programs for ages K through 12 at the Seaport Culture District!

Date: Monday, August 24th through December 2015 [Read more…] about Seaport Culture District Welcomes Art Start!

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