Musa, Mattaya Fitts, 2022, Cherry Lane Park, New York, NY
This July we welcomed Mattaya Fitts as our inaugural ONE WALL MOVEMENT muralist. All month she worked on Musa, a mural that now adorns Cherry Tree Park in Harlem, NY. Join Mattaya and the Hi-ARTS community for the Reveal and Celebration of Musa as well as a Planting Workshop with artist Tasha Dougé.
Free & open to the public. Just show up!
Musa Reveal & Celebration
August 5, 12-3 pm
Planting Workshop with Tasha Dougé
1:30-3 pm
A creative planting and community intention-setting exercise curated by Tasha Dougé. Tasha Dougé is a Bronx-based, Haitian-infused artist, activist, and cultural vigilante. Her body of work activates conversations around women empowerment, health advocacy, sexual education, societal "norms," identity, and Black community pride.
Workshop capacity is limited to 20 participants. No registration necessary.
Co-created in partnership with independent and cultural art worker Ayana Ayo, ONE WALL MOVEMENT is a public art initiative that commissions writers, muralists, graffiti artists, and street artists who identify as Black, Indigenous, BIPOC, PGM, femme, womxn, nonbinary, and/or gender non-conforming.