Harlem: Past, Present, Future

OFFICIAL UNVEILING

HARLEM: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

October 11th, 2017 6:00 – 7:00 PM Whole Foods Market Harlem 100 West 125th St, New York, NY 10027

Artist Apprentices Marcely Gomez Julio Alvarez Matthew Smart

Dorena Pink Emilio Peralta Halima Benjamin

Carla Mateo Uriel Garcia Flores David Sarpong

Staff Vince Ballentine, Teaching Artist, Creative Art Works Daniel Bergman, Program Director, Creative Art Works David Fanning, Principal, A. Philip Randolph Campus High School

Back row: CAW Teaching Artist Vince Ballentine, Marcely Gomez , Julio Alvarez, Matthew Smart, Dorena Pink Front row: Halima Benjamin, Billy “Mr. Apollo� Mitchell, Carla Mateo, Uriel Garcia Flores, David Sarpong, Emilio Peralta

Harlem: Past, Present, Future Whole Foods Market asked Creative Art Works to create three paintings for their new 125th Street location. CAW assembled a team of Youth Apprentices from A. Philip Randolph Campus High School in Harlem for the program. The Apprentices decided to capture the flavors of the past, present and future of this diverse and dynamic community, which continues to be a magnet for writers, artists, musicians, restaurateurs, and progressive thinkers.

About CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment Program

Our Public Art Youth Employment programs give teens and young adults fulltime summer jobs and part-time jobs after school to create large-scale public art and multimedia projects. Youth Apprentices are guided by professional teaching artists from the initial concept development through client presentation, to the final brush stroke and public unveiling. Along the way, they gain tangible employment and life skills such as leadership, teamwork, responsibility and the power of taking initiative. They are empowered by the enduring accomplishment in their work of art and its positive impact on the community.

About Creative Art Works

Creative Art Works (CAW) is a 31-year-old nonprofit that empowers NYC young people through the visual and multimedia arts. Our programs equip children, teens, and young adults with essential tools and skills; connect them with community, academic success, and career opportunities; and inspire them to reach for new possibilities. Our in-school and out-of-school time classes, public art youth employment programs, and community art-making events are provided locally in partnership with public schools, recreation and cultural centers, juvenile detention centers, parks, and libraries. Students are never charged for participation.

Creative Art Works is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, EIN #13-3638436 Copyright © 2017 Creative Art Works. All rights reserved.

520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 201A New York, NY 10018 646.424.0392 www.creativeartworks.org

Creative Art Works’ programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.