UPCOMING EVENTS
CRAFTED on the Ave is an open-aired craft market with a Caribbean twist!
Location: Libby Wesley Plaza at the corner of SW 5th Avenue and West Atlantic Avenue.
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Free Admission
Crafted on the Ave. will include local and regional creators of handmade products, confections, art, crafts, and more.
Crafted on the Ave has been created to give small and home-based businesses an opportunity to promote and sell their products.
Everyone is invited to come out and bring the family to shop, stroll, and enjoy the day. Crafted on the Ave. is free and open to the public.
Future Market Dates
March 5th, 2022 at 1 PM
CALL FOR VENDORS
The CRA invites you to participate in our Crafted on the Ave open-air market.
We are in search of crafters who specialize in apparel, bags, accessories, home decor, apothecary (bath & body, candles, diffusers etc.), pet care, etc. If you are an artist, showcase your painting, live performances, dancing, singing and more.
Booth Rentals start at $25 for an 8’x4′ and $35 for a 10’x10′.
The buttons on the right side of the page link to two versions of the same vendor application to submit: a fillable PDF and a Google Form. Please chose one to complete. Applicants who chose to complete the fillable PDF applications should email completed PDFs to craftedontheave@gmail.com. Applicants who chose the Google Form application need only press submit once completed. For more information, call 561-891-2444 or email craftedontheave@gmail.com.
Authors Speak
The Impact of Race on American Society
Black cultural awareness, or “wokeness,” is a state of being that many believe can be achieved. However, attaining awareness is a journey – a continuous practice, in order to gain understanding. The study and acceptance of black history and culture is an ongoing process that is decided upon and then embarked upon. Everyone is at different points in the journey. Some are exploring it alone. Others join book clubs and study groups, and some enroll in degree programs, or pursue scholarly endeavors. Some are aware of black history and culture and its impact on our society; others are not. And still others have decided not to acknowledge the importance of other cultures at all. They seek, instead, to diminish or eliminate their very existence.
Through their collaboration with The Authors Speak Series, the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Arts Garage and Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have decided to provide an exciting opportunity for those who are on the journey towards greater understanding. The Authors Speak Series is an opportunity to have interesting, enlightening conversations with writers who have cultivated a perspective on black cultural awareness through their research and personal experiences. Together, the Spady Museum, Arts Garage and CRA intend to create more pathways for people to make progress toward understanding others and hopefully welcome more people to join the journey along the way.
Books are available in limited quantities for all attendees on the evening of the event!
February 10th, 2022
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Leslie Gray Streeter
Author of: Black Widow
April 21st, 2022
7PM – 8PM
Dr. Ralina L. Joseph, Ph.D.
Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith, Ph.D.
Co-authors of: Generation Mixed Goes to School: Radically Listening to Multiracial Kids
June 16th, 2022
7PM – 8PM
Dr. Simone Browne, Ph.D.
Author of: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness