The NYC Festival of Young Artists & Leaders Announced

The NYC Festival of Young Artists & Leaders a free outdoor festival featuring over 200 young artists, ages 12-21

Check out the amazing free workshops at the Festival -
opportunities to move your art forward and to learn something new

'Real Life' workshops for young playwrights, filmmakers, fashion designers. Professional advice on auditioning & portfolio review.
Turning your hand to stage combat, manga drawing, hula hooping,
artmaking with recycled materials, tagging T's.

Learn! Do! and then check out everything else you'll find at the Festival,
including two stages of dance, music, spoken word, theater and circus!

FREE Saturday, June 11th 12 - 5pm
The East 4th Street Cultural District (East 4th between Bowery & Second Ave)
Produced by Downtown Art in association with FAB
and special guest The Lower Eastside Girls Club

WORKSHOPS at the NYC Festival of Young Artists & Leaders

AUDITIONING with Rosemary Quinn & Patricia Decker, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Talent Recruitment - learn strategies for auditioning from two experts who see thousands of young actors every year; how to find the right piece, how to rehearse, how to stand out (1pm)
PORTFOLIO REVIEW for Photographers with Sean Hemmerle, award winning photographer (credits include exhibitions of his work at Museum of Modern Art/NY and Museum of Contemporary Photography/Chicago and covers & pages for TIME, WIRED, New York Magazine and New York Times.) Bring your photography portfolio for feedback and review! Email info@downtownart.org to schedule a time between 1 and 2pm.
HULA HOOPING - choreographer Jules Skloot leads a hula hooping workout - we have a handful of hoops, or bring your own! 1pm
STAGE COMBAT I - want to know the basics of being a stuntsperson? Learn some fight moves with fight choreographer Jose Perez IV! 1:30pm
YOUNG FILMMAKERS 'REAL LIFE' WORKSHOP led by Chris Chan Roberson, Filmmaker and Talent Identification for NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Film - talk through the challenges of breaking into the film business with an experienced filmmaker and educator 2pm
MANGA MADNESS with Yali Lim, perfect (or learn!) how to draw manga with one of the most distinguished practitioners of the style. 2pm
VIOLENCE PREVENTION approached creatively by the young artists and staff of Leave Out Violence (LOVE), U.S. 2:45pm
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 'REAL LIFE' WORKSHOP with Elizabeth Bojsza, Literary Manager/Young Playwrights Inc., Eljon Wardally and Fernanda Coppel - two young playwrights join Ms. Bojsza to discuss the real life challenges of writing plays and them on stage 4pm
STAGE COMBAT II - take part in a mass (play) battle on the street staged by fight choreographer Jose Perez IV 4pm
YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS 'REAL LIFE' WORKSHOP with Annica Paganakis, Head Patternmaker, The Row (formerly head patternmaker for Isaac Misrahi and Tuleh) and James Ott, Designer, The Row. Find out more about the ins and outs of working in the fashion industry from two top leaders currently working with MaryKate and Ashley Olsen of 'The Row'. 4:30pm
ARTMAKING WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS with EcoAction Network - the following workshops will run all afternoon (12-5pm). We encourage you to bring extra T-shirts, plastic bags, plastic bottles.
Mane-iac Scarf- A no-sew scarf made from an old T-shirt
Plarn Choker- Crocheted from yarn that used to be plastic bags
Bottle Art- Repurposing plastic soda bottles into open mouth containers, and decorating them with colorful paper taken from old magazines. The result is pretty vases to display in the home or office.
Tin-can stilts- Inspired from Beverly Cleary's Ramona books, these stilts take some string and old cans and string, and give the user a higher view of the world.
Newspaper coasters- Showing some unusual and decorative ways newspapers can be reused.
TAG A T with the Whitney Museum - spray paint your own design onto a blank t-shirt or cap (12-5pm)

Downtown Art works with teens, ages 12-19, to create original theater, music, and performance events and to champion the capacities of young people in a world which often dismisses their contributions.

This project is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support was received from the Weprin Foundation, the van Itallie Foundation, NYU Community Fund, and from the Nancy Quinn Fund at ART/New York. Downtown Art is a founding member of Fourth Arts Block (FAB) and the East 4th Street Cultural District.

Downtown Art, 61 E. 4th Street, NYC 10003 www.downtownart.org 212-479-0885/917-587-6889