Kintecoying Now (Spring 2024)

Cooper Plaza (Bowery & E 4th St), 1-4pm
Performances by Martha Redbone, Ms. Josephine, Isaiah Del Welker and Rain From Heaven
Featuring Indigenous/Native American artisan vendors!
Art activity: Collage with Nature by Ayling Zulema Dominguez

Performances by Andrina Smith, Darylina Powderface, Ikwe (Kelsey Van Ert/Kelsey Pyro), Nicholson Billey & Jayden-Avery Love and Murielle Borst Tarrant

Featuring Indigenous/Native American artisan vendors!

Art activity: medallion-making

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“Kintecoying Now” is a series of free public arts events to be held in two plazas at Bowery and East 4th Streets.  This site and the area of Astor Place, according to modern day sources, was originally known as Kintecoying (“Crossroads of Nations”) and served as a place for meeting, trade, diplomacy, and games by Munsee Lenape, Canarsie, Sapohannikan, Manhattan, and other Nations.

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Manhattan has always been a gathering and trading place for many Indigenous peoples, where Nations intersected from all four directions since time immemorial.  It was a place to gather and sometimes to seek refuge during times of conflict and struggle.  We pay respect to all of their ancestors past, present, to their future generations. We acknowledge that our work is situated on the island of Manhattan (Menohhannet – On the Island) traditional lands of the Munsee Lenape, the  Canarsie, Unkechaug, Matinecock, Shinnecock, Reckgawanc and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We respect that many Indigenous people continue to live and work on this island and acknowledge their ongoing contributions to this area.

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“Kintecoying Now” is intended to activate the site with work by Indigenous/Native American artists, artisans, and culture bearers in order to honor and recognize its history.

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Afternoon programming (Spring 2024) includes performances, workshops, and a market in Cooper Plaza.  Evening programming (Fall 2024) includes performances and projections on the E 4th Street Open Street.

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Kintecoying Now is made possible through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Graphic features artwork by Dennis RedMoon Darkeem.