District 3 Participatory Budgeting Fest

On April 14, 2018, NOCD-NY collaborated with Friends of the High Line and NYC Council Member (now Speaker) Cory Johnson’s Office to help organize and produce District 3 Participatory Budgeting Fest. Located at Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground in Chelsea, the event included nine arts and cultural activities for district residents to celebrate the participatory budgeting process and cast votes for their favorite neighborhood improvement projects. More information here.

Arts and cultural activities included:

• DJ Flip Bundlez

• Balmir Latin Dance Studio

• Woke Foods

• ‘Community as Leader’ AKA ‘We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For’, A Digital/Interactive Community Portrait Project with Antonio Serna (Artists of Color Bloc)

• Print a Canvas Tote with Works in Progress

• Jump with Double Dutch Empire

• Foam Printing with Alejandra Delfin

• Chalking a Community Map with Emilio Martinez Poppe

• Roots in a Modern Time

photo slideshow: Tom Oesau