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We continue to be inspired by nature! As the weather grows more unpredictable, let’s gather and share a grounding community time with tea to appreciate what the fleeting season offers. Our event will feature artists from our local partnering groups, Stand4 Gallery and The Sound The Sound. Guest speaker Qihui Jin from Tao of Life will join us for the conversation about the season, tea, and our body.
Hope to see you there!
1:00 pm - Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens: Artists E.J. McAdams and Jimbo Blachly poetry walk (Start at Owl’s Head Park. Limited spots. Registration required.)
2:00 pm - Qigong and Conversation with Qihui Jin
3:00 pm - Music by the Sound the Sound
3:45 pm - Poetry Sharing from the Poetry Walk
4:00 pm - Moroccan Tea Ceremony with Nizar Gartit
Our community tea friends and mentees will serve tea throughout the event.
Stand4 Gallery is an artist-run community art space that has been bringing fine arts programming into the heart of Bay Ridge since 2017. Stand4’s mission is to bring visual arts programming to the center of the community and to serve as a catalyst to create a socially and environmentally just and sustainable future, inclusive of community voices and inspired by local interests.
Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens, is a public art exhibition hosted by Stand4 Gallery, and presented in collaboration with ecoartspace. This interactive, public, community arts exhibition will feature artists from the New York area and consist of nature walks and community interventions in the gallery and in various locations throughout the Bay Ridge community. Information about the virtual walks, film screening, and more for this exciting program in Bay Ridge here.
Qihui Jin is an advocator for TCM, promoting the wisdom of traditional ways of reaching health and balance in life. He is a Licensed Acupuncturist in New York and New Jersey. During his training in Chinese medicine in China, he did his apprenticeship at LongHua Hospital and Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian. In 2021, he earned his Master of Science in Acupuncture at the Pacific College of Health and Science. He founded the Wu Ji Club at PCHS and served as the first president, and continued to serve the students and alumni in Wu Ji Chinese Culture Alumni Club after he graduated. Currently, he also serves as a board member for the United Alliance of New York States Licensed Acupuncturists.
The Sound The Sound is an Afro-Caribbean drumming group that was founded in Brooklyn, NY. Its members are from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The Sound The Sound is inspired by the traditional folklore of the African/Caribbean culture. The group aims not only to entertain audiences with its lively musical performances, but to educate as many as possible on the music and traditions of Africa and the Caribbean.
Spring Tea is part of the Tea Arts & Culture Nature Tea series. Nature Tea 2023 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
