1st Annual VIP Father's Day Picnic Video

Hello CreatingLegacies family.  This season we are grateful that you have participated in some of our exciting events.  We are honored to bring you a homegrown approach to family fun as we create our legacies together.  Most importantly we wanted to recognize all of the mothers, fathers and all who act as such.

On Saturday, June 14, 2014 Creating Legacies hosted the

1^st Annual VIP Father’s Day Picnic

in Brooklyn’s, Prospect Park.

Families shared in a day of food and fun!

Marilyn the Chef of DivineAppetite Caterers

presented a delicious and elegant spread for all to enjoy.

Tamara Dumay of Khinky Chic Hair

shared her artistic gifts with the children through face painting.

We look forward to celebrating our VIP father’s and father figures in the years to come.

 

PLEASE CLICK TO SEE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO:

Special thank you to Saidkamol Javadov of KOLLProduction and to Gulinoz Javadovaof Taken Forever Photography for capturing the essence of our families through video.  Please keep these bright and talented “Flatbush Artrepreneurs” in mind as you need services for you and yours!  

Dan Zanes Garden Party Highlights

Hello CreatingLegacies family. 

I hope that all of you had an amazing summer.  I hope that the little legacies had a great back to school experience.  It was wonderful to share in some of the activities of summer with you.  Creating Legacies

is collaborating again with

The Flatbush Enterprise and the Nostrand AvenueMerchants Association

for another series of,

“The Flatbush Artrepreneur Project.”

We are honored to have received another grant from

Citizens Committee of New York City

to inspire artists to entrepreneurship with this workshop series.

Our deepest appreciation goes out to

DAN ZANES, Grammy award winning musician for headlining our kick-off event leading our families in music and movement at the DAN ZANES Garden Party,

hosted at the Bergen Street Community Garden on July 26, 2014.

If you have not already done so, check out the short video produced by

Koll Production and Taken ForeverPhotography.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH:

Please share the video on your social media.

For those of you interested in music classes for your little legacies, DAN ZANES will be hosting the DAN ZANES House Party this fall at, The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

CLICK HERE to Check out the fall schedule for children ages0-4years! 

"Women of Vision" Vision Board Party Video Highlights

Hello Creating Legacies family.  This season we are grateful that you have participated in some of our exciting events.  We are honored to bring you a homegrown approach to family fun as we create our legacies together.  Most importantly we wanted to recognize all of the mothers, mother figures and all who act as such.

We hosted the Pre-Mother’s Day “Women of Vision” Vision Board Party on Saturday, May 3, 2014.  A group of amazing women collaborated to share their dreams and express them creatively through a vision board project.  We enjoyed brunch from Charmaine Aberdeen’s, Charming Delights from Home Caterers. We had an afternoon of inspirational and empowering FUN!

Click below to see the video highlights produced by Koll Production:

Creating Legacies 1st Annual VIP Father's Day Picnic

This past Saturday, June 14, 2014, Creating Legacies hosted the, 1^st Annual VIP Father’s Day Picnic.  We gathered in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to celebrate fathers and father figures.  Whether in the form of television personalities or en vivo, it is because of the powerful men in our lives that we have such examples of strength, wisdom and leadership.  There are so many amazing men in our midst cultivating our little legacies and we were honored to be among a few last Saturday.

Tamara Dumay - Khinky Chic Hair

Artist, Tamara Dumay of Khiny Chic Hair, painted the children’s faces.

Marilyn Moore - Divine Appetite Caterers

Marilyn Moore of Divine Appetite Caterers, prepared a beautiful spread of whole grain sandwiches, sea scallops with rice and beans, and miniature plantain lasagnas for each guest.  

Father’s Day themed cupcakes were designed by dessert stylist, Aisha Zee.  The event was documented by Saidkamol Javadov and Koll Production.  Thank you to, “The Flatbush Artrepreneurs,” who dedicated their time and talent to making our first picnic so special.

The Flatbush Artrepreneur Project Reception Highlights

We culminated the 2013-2014 workshop series inspiring artists to entrepreneurship at The Flatbush Artrepreneur Project Reception, Friday, March 21, 2014.  We ushered in spring with an amazing collective of creative people.

The evening began with hors d’oeuvres , catered by, Charmaine Aberdeen’s, Charming Delights from Home and Marilyn Moore’s, Divine Appetite Catering.  Many connections were made as artists networked with others in the community.  Lindiwe Kamau and Pia Raymond of The Flatbush Enterprise, NostrandAvenue Merchants Association and Creating Legacies presented participants and volunteers with certificates encouraging their continued growth as entrepreneurs and community leaders respectively.

Our fabulous door prizes provided by our Flatbush Artrepreneurs went home with our fortunate winners.  We extend special thanks to, UltimateTax Preparers, Inc. for providing 4 winners with business owner gift bags.  We appreciate, Kareen Fagan of Enid B. Artisnal Skincare for donating a jar of French Gardens Shea Butter.   We are grateful to Aisha Zee for the splendidly themed cupcakes and for the grand prize, an original painting on canvas of a beautiful spring bird.  Most of all, we thank Gulinoz Javadova of TakenForever Photography and Saidkamol Javadov of Koll Production for capturing the essence of the evening on camera and production of the video.

We look forward to continued growth of our entrepreneurs.  Please support The Flatbush Artrepreneurs businesses and help spread the word.  We look forward to more exciting programming this summer from, The Flatbush Artrepreneur Project.  Stay creative!

This program was made possible by, Citizens Committee for New York City