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Kintecoying Now


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FAB NYC
4th Street Open Street (Btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave)
70 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

September 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
September 26, 2024 at 7:15pm
October 3, 2024 at 6:45pm
Free

 

Kintecoying Now is a series of free public arts events presented by FAB NYC that recognizes the area of Astor Place originally known as Kintecoying (“Crossroads of Nations”) which served as a place for meeting, trade, diplomacy, and games by Munsee Lenape, Canarsie, Sapohannikan, Manhattan, and other Nations. Kintecoying Now activates the site with work by Indigenous/Native American artists, artisans, and culture bearers in order to honor and recognize its history.

On three evenings this fall, CultureHub will project video works by Indigenous and Native American artists onto the facade of FAB’s building. Join us outside on the open streets, which will be closed to traffic, for free performances and arts programming.

Thursday September 12th, 6pm-9pm
6pm: Afro-Amerindian music performance by Jarana Beat
7:30pm: Projections curated by CultureHub and Safe Harbors NYC
Featuring Bobby Joe Smith III (Hunkpapa Lakota), Timothy White Eagle (Mojave Descendant), DB Amorin (Afakasi Sāmoan/Azorean Portuguese), Samuel St-Onge (Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam), Mariluz Guerra (Kankuama), Nicholson Billey (Chahta & Mvskoke), Murielle Borst-Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock), Henu Josephine Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock/Hopi/Hochunck), Kevin Tarrant (Hopi/Hochunck).

Thursday September 26th, 5:45pm-9pm
5:45pm: Music performance and presentation by Jose Obando: “Maraca & Guiro: Two Taino instruments in the 21st Century”
7:15pm: Projections curated by CultureHub and Safe Harbors NYC
Featuring Bobby Joe Smith III (Hunkpapa Lakota), Timothy White Eagle (Mojave Descendant), DB Amorin (Afakasi Sāmoan/Azorean Portuguese), Samuel St-Onge (Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam), Mariluz Guerra (Kankuama), Nicholson Billey (Chahta & Mvskoke), Murielle Borst-Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock), Henu Josephine Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock/Hopi/Hochunck), Kevin Tarrant (Hopi/Hochunck).

Thursday October 3rd, 6:45pm-9pm
6:45pm: Presentation curated by Relative Arts

Manhattan has always been a gathering and trading place for many Indigenous peoples, where Nations intersected from all four directions since time immemorial.  It was a place to gather and sometimes to seek refuge during times of conflict and struggle.  We pay respect to all of their ancestors past, present, to their future generations. We acknowledge that our work is situated on the island of Manhattan (Menohhannet – On the Island) traditional lands of the Munsee Lenape, the Canarsie, Unkechaug, Matinecock, Shinnecock, Reckgawanc and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We respect that many Indigenous people continue to live and work on this island and acknowledge their ongoing contributions to this area.

Kintecoying Now is made possible through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image by Bobby Joe Smith III

 
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