The Haitian Heritage Art Project
City of Miami Little Haiti Cultural Center
- Date Awarded
- 10/01/11
- Amount
- $75,000
- Grant Period
- 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
- Focus Area
- Fostering the Arts
- Community
- Miami
- Initiative
- Knight Arts Challenge
Grantee Contact
- Lillian Blondet
- Miami, FL
- www.miamigov.com
Featured Media
To implement a year-round Haitian Heritage Arts Project, a unique arts-based endeavor that focuses on the revival and creation of traditional Haitian arts and crafts
The Little Haiti Cultural Center will support traditional Haitian arts by conducting workshops in papier-mâché, textiles and other disciplines, then host a community festival to highlight them. Project organizers will recruit residents for courses in Haitian fine arts and crafts, including monthly weekend workshops where Haitian guest artists will conduct classes and discuss the creative process. The project will culminate with a Haitian Heritage Art Fest featuring the new artwork of project participants, as well as a street parade with traditional Haitian attire, masks, Kompas music and Haitian cuisine.
Project Team
Knight Foundation