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Art 'Flash Mob' to Take Over Central Brooklyn During State of the District

By Camille Bautista | March 25, 2016 2:16pm | Updated on March 27, 2016 8:30pm
 Performers from the Noel Pointer Foundation will perform at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street on Saturday as part of an
Performers from the Noel Pointer Foundation will perform at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street on Saturday as part of an "art flash mob" in Councilman Robert Cornegy's State of the District event.
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BROOKLYN — Musicians, poets and singers are taking over Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights this weekend in an art “flash mob blitz” aimed at highlighting central Brooklyn’s culture.

Roughly 20 artists will fill the neighborhoods with their talents Saturday morning as part of Councilman Robert Cornegy’s all-day State of the District event.

Performers will be posted at different locations throughout the area, including a poet at Marcy Houses, theater at Woodhull Medical Center, jazz at Fulton Park and Albany Houses, and the Noel Pointer Foundation at the corner of Utica Avenue and Fulton Street.

“If you go to an art gallery, you know you’re going to see art,” said Joseph Grant Jr., ambassador of arts and culture to the councilman.

“We wanted to put it in active places where people pass everyday, where they see it and it encourages them to want to know more. I hope that this initiative allows people to understand that art lives here and it always has.”

The art flash mob is one component of activities during Cornegy’s State of the District, which includes community service projects and a speech from the councilman later on in the day.

Most events will take place at Uncommon Charter High School on Pacific Street near Kingston Avenue.

Volunteer projects aim to address a variety of issues affecting the neighborhood, including fire safety, voter participation and employment.

From 10 a.m. through noon, locals can help green their blocks with the distribution of free rainwater barrels, help register new voters or give out free smoke alarms and detectors.

Attendees will also have the chance to attend a workshop to learn how to use data to address community needs, or visit a resource fair later  in the day and vote on participatory budgeting projects.

During his State of the District speech, the councilman is expected to address topics ranging from housing to education, according to Dynishal Gross, Cornegy’s director of legislation and communications.

The event will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Uncommon Charter High School, 1485 Pacific St. To register, visit the website here.