Name: Community Day with Shantell Martin at Seaside Playground Session 1
Start: 2020-10-11T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-10-11T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Seaside Playground

Community Day with Shantell Martin at Seaside Playground Session 1

Friends of Seaside Playground is a grassroots organization dedicated to the promotion of wellness through art, sports and outdoor activities for children in the community. Its main goal is the capital reconstruction of Seaside Playground in Rockaway Beach, Queens. Through planting and cleaning events filled with social programming, FOSP, led by Carolina Cisneros and Laura Frank, seeks to empower residents and encourage children to care for their park and take an active part in shaping the future of their public spaces.

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Friends of Seaside Playground (FOSP) in collaboration with 7G Group invite you for a Community Day with artist Shantell Martin as she installs a custom mural for Seaside Playground. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about Shantell&#x27;s practice as she performs the installation of her signature line drawing designs and to be part of creating a collective art piece inspired by the artist’s work.Martin’s design will transform the “The Big Yard,” located at Seaside Playground on the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and B109 Street in Rockaway Park, Queens, into an oasis for the 700 students from Waterside Children’s Studio School (WCSS), Waterside School for Leadership and community members who use the school’s yard daily. All participants will be invited to create their own 6&quot; x 6&quot; canvas tile that the organizers will collect and display as an ongoing community participatory mosaic installation on school grounds.Please note that in order to follow safety guidelines and maintain social distancing there are two session scheduled. You are currently reserving for Session 1, Oct 11 from 11am-12pm.Upon confirming your tickets, FOSP will share a release and waiver package to be signed by each participant and returned prior to the event. Per CDC guidelines, all participants must maintain at least six feet of distance and wear a mask for the duration of the event. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided to you. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your ticket time to check in and find your designated space at the event.

The Big Yard Mural is made possible by generous support from The Rockaway Hotel, 7|G Foundation and Citizens Committee for New York City.Shantell MartinBelow the surface of Shantell Martin’s signature black and white drawings is an artists’ inquiry into the role of artist and viewer, where a work of art is more than an object of admiration disconnected from its inception. With a meditative process defined by an uninhibited flow, her compositions embody her internal state and the world’s impermanence around her. Exploring themes such as intersectionality, identity, and play, Martin is a cultural facilitator, forging new connections between fine art, education, design, philosophy, and technology.Friends of Seaside PlaygroundFriends of Seaside Playground is a grassroots organization dedicated to the promotion of wellness through art, sports and outdoor activities for children in the community. Its main goal is the capital reconstruction of Seaside Playground in Rockaway Beach, Queens. Through planting and cleaning events filled with social programming, FOSP, led by Carolina Cisneros and Laura Frank, seeks to empower residents and encourage children to care for their park and take an active part in shaping the future of their public spaces.The Rockaway HotelThe Rockaway Hotel, an urban beach getaway for surfers and cultural enthusiasts, opened its doors in summer 2020 in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. Built with a deep commitment to honor Rockaway's vibrant culture, the hotel is an inclusive space that will be activated year-round with social impact initiatives, and arts &amp; cultural programming, core tenants of the hotel's ethos. The hotel offers a respite from the city bustle through a modern-day retreat to the Rockaway peninsula. Celebrating the legacy and hospitality of one of New York City’s most beloved beaches, The Rockaway Hotel will usher in a new wave of visitors to the destination. 7|G FOUNDATION7|G Foundation champions organizations and individuals that challenge inequality in human rights, education, art and culture. By partnering with organizations, artists and community facilitators we seek to build strong community bonds that elevate local culture, while supporting cultural change founded upon our core values of social impact and sustainability.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/friendsofseasideplayground/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@Friendsofseasideplayground</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shantell_martin/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@ShantellMartin</a> #ShantellMartin <a href="https://www.instagram.com/therockawayhotel/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@TheRockawayHotel</a>

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