Hi-ARTS

Marketing Associate | 2020-2023
Marketing Manager | 2023-Present
New York, NY

Founded in 2000 as the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and re-emerging as Hi-ARTS in 2011, we’ve been supporting artists for over twenty years. Through Artistic Support, Civic Engagement, Public Programming, and Creative Education, we empower Artists of the Global Majority to develop new work while creating a lasting impact on their communities.

SELECT PROJECTS

Fall 2023 OPEN HOUSE

Fall 2023 OPEN HOUSE is a unique initiative designed to showcase the breadth and depth of our vibrant programming, foster community engagement, and celebrate the creative endeavors of our talented residents and alumni artists. OPEN HOUSE will welcome our audiences, neighbors, and artistic community into our space through a series of creative engagements for artists and the public. All of this and more will take place from our home at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in East Harlem!

OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL

Hi-ARTS in partnership with Artspace PS109, Washington Houses, and as part of Festival New York, Hi-ART presents the Outdoor Film Festival. The Outdoor Film Festival is a 3-day series of interactive workshops, readings, and film screenings centered around themes of trauma and intergenerational healing as it relates to Black and BIPOC communities living in New York City. The entirety of the festival is free and open to the public and takes place outdoors in Washington Houses and ElBarrios Artspace garden.

ONE WALL MOVEMENT

ONE WALL MOVEMENT is a public art initiative that centers the voices and talents of muralists, writers, and street artists who self-identify as BIPOC, PGM (People of the Global Majority), women, femme, transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender non-conforming. Taking inspiration from Nas’ hit “One Mic,” ONE WALL MOVEMENT was developed to provide public visual artists with a canvas to work freely and create an organic reflection of their lived experiences rather than set restrictions on their subject matter.