Kwanzaa Crawl

Fostering community fellowship and fun

Kwanzaa Crawl is an annual one-day event that brings people of the African diaspora together to support Black-owned businesses in their communities. For the last 4 years the event has hosted over 8,000 participants and supported over 30 black owned businesses in Brooklyn and Harlem cumulatively generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional revenue.

Idea

  • Coloberate with musuem staff to create a powerful interactive experience.

  • Use real-time multi-media tools to transform attendees in to living art .

  • Design installastions that inspire local communities to see the effectness of art as a tool for social change and empowerment.

  • Create and utilize performances, art demonstrations, DJ sets, and costumes to tell a deep and emotional impactfull story.

Results

  • Number of years in working with them

  • Over 7K in attendance

  • Over 250 particpants coverted to displayed art



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