Turnout NYC Episode 5: Community Love Under the Tracks
Turnout NYC is creating new venues for New York's artists. Led by the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, in partnership with cultural community partners from all five boroughs, the project is prototyping flexible and semi-permanent outdoor performance spaces with a season of concerts, performances, workshops, and more. The Turnout NYC video series is documenting how this collaborative model is leveraging public spaces as accessible venues for arts and culture to expand equitable arts access in New York City, and beyond. Videos created by Natalie Romero-Marx, Communications and Storytelling Fellow.
The fifth video in the series goes to Turnout Harlem with Uptown Grand Central & National Black Theatre. Watch how programming under the 125th train tracks amplifies community love.
The Learn to Love Yourself: Silent Disco & Portrait Series featured commissioned, original soundscapes from acclaimed artists and sound designers for an outdoor dance party in tandem with a portrait photography series that invited the community to have their portraits taken by notable photographers. All portrait photographers used the set designed by acclaimed visual artist, Alixa Garcia. Learn more about the artists and view the portrait gallery: https://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/...
Featured in the video:
Photographer Eric Hart Jr @erichartjr
Dj Steph Stylez @djstephstylez
Find the Turnout NYC stage across the Five Boroughs at www.turnoutnyc.org. Turnout NYC is made possible by the Mellon Foundation and the ConEdison Arts Alfresco Series.