INTERNS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK TO VOLUNTEER WITH GCA'S SUMMER HERITAGE WORKSHOP SERIES

INTERNS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK TO VOLUNTEER WITH GCA’S SUMMER HERITAGE WORKSHOP SERIES

Jun 26, 2018 News

Through the kind courtesy of Fly Jamaica Airways, the Department of Culture, Guyana, and Roy Singh of SCB World Realty, Clinton Duncan, Mwanza Glenn and Paul Charles, arrived in New York to intern with the (Guyana Cultural Association) GCA’s Summer Heritage Workshop Series (SWS) and with the 2018 Folk Festival.
This is the third year young artists from Guyana will be interning with GCA. In addition to working with the young people, Clinton, Mwanza and Paul will themselves attend workshops to enhance their own artistic development.
In 2017, working along with GCA’s Youth Director Clive Prowell and other members of staff of the SWS, a play written by Clinton Duncan for the closing recital entitled “Celebrating Our Indigenous Heritage” was a tremendous success. A rave review of the play made the pages of the New York Times.
Clinton Duncan, an experienced writer/director, make-up artist and part time lecturer at the National School of Theatre, will again be working on the Performing Arts Module with the youth and has already written an exciting short play entitled, “The Campfire Chronicles.”
The play reflects the GCA’s 2018 theme “Ma’iupe = ‘working together, THE SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY’ within Guyana’s Festival Arts. Mwanza Glen, fashion designer, choreographer and Visual Arts teacher, will be working along with other counsellors on the Dance Module and will assist with costume making for the closing recital. Dancer, choreographer Paul Charles will be responsible for the Dance Module of this year’s SWS.
For the tenth year, the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. has included an extended programme for children in its events for the season. This programme is part of the Summer Heritage Workshop Series, which is open to all children of the community.
The programme is housed at St. Stephen’s Church Auditorium 2806 Newkirk Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. It commences on Monday, July 2 and ends on Friday, August 10, 2018. Each day’s activities run from 8 am to 5 pm. The programme consists of Music, Dance, Arts and Crafts, Science and Communications, as well as the module for the older students “Introduction to Film Making”, which will be conducted by the Caribbean Film Academy.
The series include Music – Folk songs, folk music, ring play, gospel, music theory and practice and the history of music in the Caribbean Diaspora; Dance – Theory of movement, history of dance, dance form and meaning related to the Caribbean Diaspora, instruction and practice of specific movements; Arts and Crafts – Theory of art in general, art forms related to the environment of the Caribbean, found art; Science – Science in the art of construction of toys, including kites, cooking and observation of and interaction with the environment, including space; and Communication – Understanding communication, voice and diction, action, the written word, publishing (the chap book)
In addition, the activities of each week are literacy based with a critical inquiry component. The use of an on-site library is planned.
Our staff is largely volunteers as it has been in previous years and we thank them for their commitment and interest in the development of the underserved youth of our community.
Other Counselors for this year include Edgar Henry, Hilton Hemerding, Raymond Bacchus, Rudy ‘ Boysie’ Bishop and Keith Proctor (music); Lear Matthews, Charles Liverpool and Selwyn Collins (Literacy); Roy Brummell (STEM); Pat Jordon-Langford (Etiquette);
Nurse Claudette Howell has been the resident Registered Nurse and will be available again this year to take care of the needs of the students when necessary. Counselors in training include Yves Cazeau, Triston Isles, Jacqueline Medford and other former students over 16.
The Summer Heritage Workshop Series is sponsored by New York City Council Members Mathieu Eugene, Jamaane Williams and Alan Maisel; Con Edison, Metroplus Health Plan, Fly Jamaica Airways, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. SWS is also supported by Caribbean Vision Center, Guiding Light Construction, Edward Isaacs of the Crayola Company, The Bishops’ High School Alumni Association Tri-State Chapter, New York Tutorial Support Group and other community organizations.

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