From Alabama to New York: How the Great Migration Shaped the Harlem Renaissance

NEH 2024 New York Schedule: Saturday, July 20-Friday, July 26

Saturday, 7/20

• Afternoon arrival in NYC
• Free afternoon/ evening

Sunday, 7/21

• Free day!

Monday, 7/22

• 9:30-12:30 pm Introduction at Teachers College (TC)—mapping connections
• 12:30-2 pm Lunch break/ travel to tour meeting spot
• 2-3:30 pm Black Gotham Harlem walking tour
• 3:30-4 pm Stop by Schomburg Center 

Tuesday, 7/23

• 9:30-11:30 am   Visual Arts workshop 
• 12-1:30 pm Lunch break/ travel to Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 1:30-3:30 pm Metropolitan Museum of Art visit 

Wednesday, 7/24

• 9 am-12 noon New York Historical Society workshop
• 12-12:30 pm Seneca Village walking tour
• 12:30 pm-on CHOICE:
  • Whitney Museum (Jacob Lawrence & Elizabeth Catlett)
  • Weeksville Heritage Center 
  • Schomburg Center Research

Thursday, 7/25

• 9:30-10 am Meet at TC; debrief prior day
• 10-10:30 am Travel to Jazz Museum
• 10:30-11:30 am National Jazz Museum workshop
• 11:30-1 pm Lunch break
• 1-2:30 pm Curriculum workshopping
• 2:30-4 pm Project work

Friday, 7/26

• 9:30-10 am Framing of the day
• 10-12 noon Project share
• 12-1 pm Lunch break
• 1-3 pm Project share continued; final goodbyes

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Recommendations for NYC (compiled by A. Bruni)

Events & Happenings in NYC from July 20 through July 26, 2024.