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  • Unlocking Potential: Empowering Young Musicians

    • 15 November 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    It started with 26 kids from underserved elementary schools. They had not played music before, but once the door was opened, they soared to new heights. Over the next five years, their numbers swelled to 150 impressive young musicians performing on stages..

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  • Finding Resilience Through Clay: Erika NJ Allen’s Vibrancy Fellowship

    • 6 November 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    Meet Erika NJ Allen, an incredibly talented multi-disciplinary artist with a deep connection to her Guatemalan heritage. She’s the latest recipient of the Vibrancy Fellowship at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center, a program designed to empower emerging artists to take risks and..

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  • Writing to Exhale: Poet Concludes Fellowship with Open Mic

    • 21 July 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    Over the past five months, poet Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, a 2023 KHAC Vibrancy Fellow, has been exploring themes of love, friendship, loss, joy, and black womanhood through a series of workshops and her own writing. She will conclude her fellowship at Kennedy Heights..

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  • Opening Reception: Rooms of Grief

    • January 17, 2026 6 pm - 8 pm
    • Kennedy Gallery

    Kennedy Heights Arts Center invites the community to the opening reception of Rooms of Grief, a new exhibition exploring the emotional and interior spaces we inhabit when loss rearranges our world. Each “room” in the exhibition serves as a metaphor for grief..

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  • Opening Reception: We’re All Healing

    • Sat, Jan. 31, 6-8 PM
    • Lindner Gallery

    Join us for a free opening reception for We’re All Healing: Tending to the Wounds We Were Taught to Hide in our Lindner Gallery on Saturday, January 31 from 6 to 8 pm. The exhibition features commissioned works by ten diverse regional..

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  • Dig and Be Dug in Return

    • Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30PM
    • KHAC Lindner Annex

    Inspired by the closing lines of Langston Hughes’ Motto, “Dig and Be Dug in Return” is an ode to Black expression, community, and collective healing. This performance curated by Alexander Stallings honors the ways we gather, create, and care for one another..

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