Miwa Ginen- Nou se Lwa: Mindful Movement at Art Night Schenectady

Art Night Activity  July 17th, 5pm to 8:30pm Mindful Movement: Details to come! Art Night Schenectady is a one-night pop-up art gallery and music celebration on the 3rd Friday of every month displayed across a dozen venues across Downtown Schenectady.

Miwa Ginen- Nou se Lwa (Mirror of Ginen: We are the Spirits), an exhibit by Aisha Jean-Charles, is a series of devotional altar pieces that hold and radiate the presence of the Lwa, powerful Haitian spirits. This folk art form serves not just as decoration but as energetic vessels that ground ceremonies, honor ancestors, and invite the Lwa to inhabit the space.

About the Artist:

Aisha Jean-Charles is a Haitian-born multidisciplinary artist whose work reflects the rich spiritual and cultural traditions of her heritage. Raised in New York after emigrating from Haiti at the age of nine, Aisha is a proud Pitit Ginen (child of Ginen), deeply rooted in Haitian Vodou folk practices.  In Vodou folk tradition artistic abilities are believed to be ancestral gifts, talents passed down through blood and spirit to honor and uplift Ginen, the spiritual place where the ancestors and Lwa reside.

The exhibit can viewed whenever the New York Folklore Shop and Gallery are open. New York Folklore is located at 129 Jay Street, Schenectady, on the Jay Street Marketplace pedestrian mall. The gallery is open  Monday through Saturday, 10AM to 4PM, and Sundays 10AM to 2PM. Please call 518-346-7008, email NYF at info@nyfolklore.org, or visit our web site, www.nyfolklore.org for additional information.

Parking in downtown Schenectady is free on weekends and after six. Paid street and lot parking is available other times.

Funding is provided for this exhibit by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Schenectady County Initiative Program.