El Puente

El Puente is a community human rights institution that promotes leadership for peace and justice through the engagement of members (youth and adult) in the arts, education, scientific research, wellness and environmental action. Organizing in North Brooklyn and beyond, El Puente is at the forefront of community/youth learning and development issues and, as such, initiates and has an impact on social policy both locally and nationally. El Puente will be one of NS’ most important links to its local community. We will work with them on an ongoing basis, pairing their artists with our curators and artists in residence, giving members of the El Puente community special access to all youth and community programming, and collaborating with them on promotion and other audience development activities. El Puente students will play a particularly prominent role in NS Community Day (October 4) and during the Winter Solstice programming taking place at NS for Make Music New York (December 21).

Events with this program

Found Sound Nation: LADAMA and El Puente Showcase

May 20, 2016 • 7:00pm LADAMA is a music ensemble comprised of five female multi-instrumentalists (guitarists, percussionists, singer/songwriters) from across the Americas who strive to engage youth and other women in their respective communities in the process of music-making, sound design, composition and audio production. LADAMA aims to address gender inequality and unequal representation of women and encourage all to express their humanity by building community through music. A week long residency in partnership with Found Sound Nation and National Sawdust, LaDama will work with young people and women from the El Puente Leaders for Peace and Justice and co-create a new performance piece for a live audience, in addition to leading a performance by LADAMA themselves.

1B1 & El Puente Arts present: Very Young Composers Showcase

May 07, 2016 - 12pm For this new exciting partnership between Very Young Composers, National Sawdust and El Puente, the students worked with teaching artists and composers Angélica Negrón and Anna Clyne to compose new pieces for the young and progressive Norwegian string ensemble 1B1.

Community Day

Oct 4, 2015 • 11am-6pm

The day begins with the exquisite puppet show for families, Birdheart (ages 6 years and up), by Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane. This is followed by experimental Australian violinist Jon Rose "Sonic Ball"--where he engages the public with a ten-foot-tall, interactive electronic musical instrument. Via sensors and radio transmission, the movements and speed of the ball determine the sonic results. The National Sawdust Inaugural Parade will feature Julian Crouch’s large scale processional puppets with the Asphalt Orchestra for a neighborhood walk and celebration. National Sawdust group-in-residence Found Sound Nation, a collective of musicians and artists who leverage the unique power of creative sound-making to help build strong, just, healthy communities, will hold mobile studios throughout the parade for the public.