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September 2024
Garden as Catalyst
Brooklyn/ NY- Create your own artwork with a selection of papers inspired by the colors, shapes, and textures of the Old Stone House gardens.
Let the garden guide your creative adventure. Before embarking on an afternoon of creative making, take a look or walk through the gardens. Use that experience and mix it with a selection of prepared papers to create your own artwork.
This is not a how-to workshop. This is an invitation to observe and use your intuition to create.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Old Stone House, Brooklyn
In partnership with the Old Stone House of Brooklyn, the workshop is funded by the Support for Artist Grants from the New York Council on the Arts. Material support provided by Blick Art Materials https://www.dickblick.com
August 2024
Papermaking with Plants from the Old Stone House Gardens
Brooklyn/ NY- Join artist, Tyshawn Henry for the first of two public engagements for “The Garden Archive Project.” The exploration of materials plays an important role is Tyshawn’s creative practice. As a volunteer at the Old Stone House, she works with plants grown in the gardens. From working with found objects especially in nature as well as natural fibers and dyes, the question emerged can any of the discarded plant waste be used in the art making process.
On Friday August 30, 2024 at the Old Stone House participants are welcome to explore, plants, pulps and handmade paper making at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn from 11am-1pm. Free to participate. Space is limited. please sign up here.
Note: all the plants materials used in the hand papermaking process comes from plants discarded during maintenance. Plants are removed under the direction of the Director of Gardens and Garden Coordinator.
In partnership with the Old Stone House of Brooklyn, the workshop is funded by the Support for Artist Grants from the New York Council on the Arts.
Credit: Staten Island Advance/Sonya Gugliara , July 27, 2024
SOURCE: https://www.silive.com/news/2024/07/photos-staten-island-enjoys-nycs-summer-streets-celebration.html
Summer Streets Staten Island July 2024, Photos by Tyshawn Henry
July 2024
Updated August 2024
Summer Arts is a series of mostly inter generatational hands ons visual arts making workshops in New York City. It is administered by artist and community teaching artist Tyshawn Henry (She/Her)
Tyshawn received a City Artist Corps grant in 2021 from the City of New York. The purpose was to bring engaging arts experiences to our neighborhoods. After a series of painting events in a local park, feedback from neighbors was they wanted to participate. Summer Arts brings arts making opportunities to New York City residents.
The objective is to provide free access and experience of hands on arts making experiences in our communities. Fourteen to 16 events are planned over a course of seven weeks. They will take place in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.
Dates
July 27, 2024, 7am-3pm, In partnership with Summer Streets with NYC DOT Staten Island
- Glenwood Place Rest Stop (Clove Rd and Broadway).
July 28, 2024, In partnership with the Columbus Amsterdam BID-
August 13, 2024, In partnership with MRHS
The Garden Archive Project at Old Stone House
August 30, 2024
September 21, 2024
Sunset Park "Let's Make Art Together" Dates- TBD
Bay Ridge" Let's Make Art Together" Dates- TBD
Programming is supported by funds from Citizens Committee for New York City, New York Council for the Arts- Support for Artist Grant, Brooklyn Arts Council- Brooklyn Arts Fund, Blick Art Materials. Thank you to funders for making artmaking accessible to our communities.
December 2023
Tyshawn Henry Awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists Grant
Brooklyn/ NY– Tyshawn Henry received a Support for Artists grant From the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support her creative work. Sponsored by The Old Stone House of Brooklyn, this award will fund The Garden Archive Project.
Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the state.
Governor Kathy Hochul said, “Research confirms what we’ve always known here in New York: arts and culture are a powerhouse, with a staggering return on investment for our economy and our communities. Nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences generated $151.7 billion in economic activity nationwide in 2022 and New York’s unparalleled arts and culture sector is leading the way to benefit our residents, our students and our visitors every day. I commend these grantees on their achievements and look forward to their contributions in the coming year."
NYSCA Chair Katherine Nicholls added, “Thanks to the unwavering support of Governor Hochul and our Legislature, NYSCA is so proud to support the work of organizations and artists from all across New York. Spanning the entire breadth of the arts and culture sector – from world-renowned performers to after-school programs, from long established museums to community arts collectives – these organizations and artists together are a powerful driver of health, tourism, economy and education for our residents and visitors. On behalf of Council and staff, congratulations to Tyshawn Henry and thank you for your perseverance, your creativity and your tireless service to New York State.”
About the New York State Council on the Arts
The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award $127 million in FY 2024. The Council on the Arts further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson
Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, Twitter @NYSCArts @NYSCouncilontheArts