- Oct 1, 2020
Flushing Town Hall Goes “Back to School” with Global Arts for Global Kids At Home!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Karin Venegas, karin@anatgerstein.com, 347-361-7049
Sandra Tharas, sandra@anatgerstein.com, 718-793-2211
(Flushing, N.Y.) — As teachers, families, and “pods” throughout New York City and across the country settle into this new semester of homeschooling and remote instruction, Flushing Town Hall launches new Global Arts for Global Kids content through its FTH at Home! virtual programming initiative.
The beloved, arts education series will run daily, Monday through Friday, for 10 weeks and offer 50 free lessons, videos, and accompanying worksheets developed by Flushing Town Hall’s Education department and Master Teaching Artists. This new version of the series is sponsored by the Guru Krupa Foundation.
Commencing on October 5 at 2:00 PM, students will have the opportunity to engage with a new topic, art form, or region of the world each week:
Week 1: Indian Dance & Yoga with Abha Roy
Week 2: Mexican Folkloric Dances and Wardrobes with Alberto Lopez
Week 3: Mini Art Museums with Famous Artist Portraits with Suzanne DeMarco
Week 4: Pop Jazz Express with Angela Rostick
Week 5: Shadow Theater with Karen Oughtred & Spica Wobbe
Week 6: Ivory Coast KouKou Dance with Vado Diomande
Week 7: Call & Response: World Drumming in English and Spanish with Martin Vejarano
Week 8: Fairy Tales with Robin Bady
Week 9: Chinese Dance & Culture, Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai with Ling Tang
Week 10: Toy Theater with Karen Oughtred & Spica Wobbe
Teachers, students, and families can access this content on Flushing Town Hall’s website, as well as on its Facebook page, and YouTube channel.
New this semester, Flushing Town Hall is excited to offer additional, interactive programs for a small fee that can be scheduled in advance for student groups of up to 30 participants at a time. Meet the Artist and Jam with the Artist will enrich the Global Arts for Global Kids series with live, virtual interactive workshops with master teaching artists.
For educators who miss the vital, communal experiences that pre-pandemic assemblies provided, Flushing Town Hall is now offering Virtual Assemblies, featuring live and pre-recorded performances, demonstrations, and live interactive Q&A sessions with musicians, dancers, and artists.
Assemblies can be scheduled and tailored to meet each group’s desired format - be it for a whole school, single class, or homeschooling “pod.” All assemblies are rooted in NYS Common Core Learning Standards and Blueprint Benchmarks and customizable for Zoom, Skype, Google Classroom, or other such platform.
“We believe in the power of the arts to build resilient communities, schools, and families” says Gabrielle M. Hamilton, Director of Education & Public Programs at Flushing Town Hall. “Please join us in rebuilding our Queens community by celebrating global arts with NYC artists. Until we see you at FTH theater, we hope you’ll support our diverse artists at any of our online programs.”
Although we cannot list every donor, Flushing Town Hall is grateful for all gifts received and wishes to thank everyone for their ongoing generosity.
Flushing Town Hall greatly appreciates the supporters of our current campaign, Step Up for Flushing Town Hall, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are able and willing to help, please click here to learn more and donate today. Special thanks to our Step Up Campaign donors with gifts of $100 and above: Karen Argueta, Maria Arias, Henry Assael, Christopher Banks, Barbara Banks Schwam, Beverly Bartow, Carol Bennett, Seth Bornstein, Larue Brathwaite, Anne Bresnahan, Claire Bullard, Jenna Capeci, Calvin Chan, Dongshin Chang, Christopher Chen, Cecilia Cheng, Amy Chin, Jacob Eichenbaum, David Fesser, Ellen Fisher-Turk, Karen Fitzgerald, Paul Foster, Andrew Garson, Howard Graf (Graf & Lewent Architects), Heather Harrison, Alan Heilbron, Susan Hennessy, Timothy Hosking, Ming-I Huang, Raymond Jasen, Carmen Jimenez, Andrew Karp, Adrienne Kivelson, Bob Kodadek, Saul Kupferberg, Stephanie Lee, Anne Lewent, Judith Lewent, James Liao, Jeri Lim, Stephanie Long, Martha Ma, Frank Macchio, Rob Mackay, Sandra Mann, Pamela Marquez, William McClure, Steven Mecca, Cynthia Merkle, Lee Nash, Sandra Nash, Rochelle Nechin, Albert Niu, TeHsing Niu, The Ong Family Foundation, Jessica Peña, Kimberly Phelan, Mary and Oscar Pollock, Ryan Powers, Richard Quatrano, Jeffrey Schneider, Roslyn Schwersenz, Tina Seligman, Dominique Sellers, Alice Sharp, Thomas Simmons, Mike Sperendi & Jan Schneider, Jean Tatge, Marsha Toma, Veronica Tsang, WAC Lighting, Tai-nin Wang, Jill Ward, Daryl Ware, David and Elsie Werber, Robert and Karla Wishnick, Lucy Wong, Jon Yanofsky, Mimi Yeung.
Flushing Town Hall is a not for profit organization which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York State Assembly Member Ron Kim; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Mayor Bill de Blasio; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; Council Members Costa Constantinides, Daniel Dromm, Barry Grodenchik, Peter Koo, Karen Koslowitz, Paul A. Vallone, and Jimmy Van Bramer; and the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.
Support for our programs is also provided by Acrobuffos/Seth Bloom & Christina Gelsone, Angela An, Robin Bell-Stevens, Viviana M. Benitez, Dongjiang Bi, Cathay Bank, Douglass Chan, Amy Mak Chan, Calvin W. Chan, Sharon Chen, Ginger Chinn, Dr. Hsing-Lih Chou/New York Institute of Culture and the Arts, Con Edison, Crossings TV, Exploring the Metropolis, Kuang-Yu Fong/Chinese Theatre Works, Barbara Garii, Matthew Goldner, Howard Graf & Kathy Donovan, Guru Krupa Foundation, Lily Han, Heather Harrison, Belinda Pilin Hsu, Alice & Steve Huang, Hung Pin Hung, Investors Foundation, Raymond D. Jasen, the Jim Henson Foundation, Ellen Kodadek, the Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Nelson Lee/Flushing Bank, Janet T. Leow, Anne Lewent, James S. Liao, Emily Lin/Lin & Loveall Foundation, Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Frank Macchio, Materials for the Arts, William McClure/Queens College, Mets Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Jassy Z. Min, New York Chinese Chorus, Northwell Health, TeHsing Niu, Carlos Ortiz, Queens Art Education Center/Arthur Liu, Richard Quantaro, Queens Courier, Resorts World, Camillo Reyes, RuDance/Asian American Dance Sport Corp., Dominique Sellers, Helen Shieh, Richard Siu, Curtis Smith, Mike Sperendi & Jan Schneider, Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Michael Tang, Veronica Tsang, Tai & Tony Wang/Glow Foundation, Jay Wegman, Constance Wingate, Lucy Wong, Anna Wu, Minwen Yang, Hank Yeh, Sandy Yeh, Shane Yeh, and Angela Qi Zhang.
Special thanks to Calvin W. Chan, Raymond D. Jasen, Ellen Kodadek, Anne Lewent, William McClure, and TeHsing Niu for underwriting a portion of FTH at Home: Global Arts for Global Kids series I.
About Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall (FTH), a Smithsonian affiliate, presents multi-disciplinary global arts that engage and educate the global communities of Queens and New York City, in order to foster mutual appreciation. As advocates of arts equity since 1979, we support local, immigrant, national, and international artists, developing partnerships and collaborations that enhance our efforts. As a member of New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), we serve to restore, manage and program the historic 1862 landmark on behalf of the City of New York. FTH celebrates the history of Queens as the home of Jazz, by presenting the finest in Jazz performance. We are committed to arts education and hands-on learning, for the arts-curious, arts enthusiasts, and professional artists. We serve one of the most diverse communities in the world and strive to uphold the legacy of inclusiveness that has defined our community since the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657.
For more information:
(718) 463-7700 x222
137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing, NY 11354
