Art, Architecture, and Activism: The Sugar Hill Project

In the late 90s, Broadway Housing Communities began incorporating art and arts education into its supportive housing model. Fast forward to its new Sugar Hill Project, a green-model, affordable housing, educational and cultural arts mixed-use development on the boundary of Harlem's historic Sugar Hill.

Combined with permanent, rent-stabilized affordable housing, The Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling plays a key role in this comprehensive community revitalization effort. In addition to galleries, workshops, a library, and courtyard spaces, this museum will include pieces by children, in concert with works from renowned artists, to deeply connect young museum-goers to the value of their own artistic exploration. A licensed early education childhood center and an afterschool program will host museum-based early childhood education.

The speakers will discuss integral components in designing this dynamic tenant community to help build stability and productivity among the residents and in the community.