Upcoming Shows & Events
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024!!
WHOOP DEE DOO + Red Hook Art Project present:
“Public Access!”
At Compére Collective, 351 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
RSVP here:
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY – WHOOP DEE DOO, in partnership with Red Hook Art Project (RHAP) and Calpulli Dance Company, is proud to present the culminating event of their “Public Access!” initiative with a live public access-style TV show and community ice cream social on September 29, 2024, at Compére Collective in Red Hook. This event, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), is a celebration of community, creativity, and collaboration, showcasing the incredible work of RHAP students alongside a fun, interactive ice cream social. This event will also feature performances from the Calpulli Mexican Dance Company (www.calpullidance.org).
Event Details:
What: “Public Access!” Art Show and Community Ice Cream Social
When: Sunday, September 29, 2024: 5:00pm, 5:45pm, 6:30pm
Where: Compére Collective, 351 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Red Hook)
The “Public Access!” live show will feature visual and performance pieces created by students of RHAP, who have spent the past two months learning from professional artists through a series of workshops focused on building creative leadership and technical skills. This project is the latest in RHAP’s ongoing commitment to providing youth in the Red Hook community, particularly those from historically underserved backgrounds, with opportunities for creative expression and personal growth.
“We are thrilled to be able to showcase the incredible talent and dedication of our students,” says RHAP Executive Director Tiffiney Davis. “The ‘Public Access!’ project has empowered them to take ownership of their artistic voices and connect with the broader community in meaningful ways.”
Attendees of the event can also enjoy a community ice cream social, generously supported by Goodiez Red Hook, which has donated a variety of flavors, toppings, and supplies. The event is expected to host around 100 guests, bringing together students, families, and community members for an afternoon of celebration and connection.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is strongly encouraged:
Seating is limited & on a first come, first served basis.
For more information about the Red Hook Art Project, visit Red Hook Art Project, and for more on Whoop Dee Doo, visit Whoop Dee Doo.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts @neaarts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
About Red Hook Art Project (RHAP):
Red Hook Art Project provides free arts education and academic support to youth in Red Hook, Brooklyn. RHAP’s mission is to empower underserved youth through creative self-expression, fostering a safe and inclusive space where they can thrive as artists and community leaders.
About Calpulli Mexican Dance Company:
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is a not-for-profit organization founded in New York City in 2003. Their mission is to celebrate the rich diversity of Mexican and Mexican-American cultural heritage through dance-based programming including live music.
About Compére Collective
Compère Collective is a sponsored artist space of Realty Collective, founded by Victoria Alexander, that offers artists a free, 800 square foot storefront gallery space in the heart of Red Hook, Brooklyn on Van Brunt St. Compère Collective specializes in thoughtful community-centric works and has hosted 100 plus artist exhibitions and events since opening its doors in 2011. Compère Collective’s mission is to nurture and host diverse artistic practice and thoughtful dialogue; understanding that art should be used as a catalyst for critical thinking.
Find us on instagram:
WHOOP DEE DOO @whoopdeedooshow
Red Hook Art Project @redhookartproject
Calpulli @calpullicommunity
JULY 11th 2024 EVENT!!
“Making TV Magic”
Thursday, July 11th, 5-8pm
Joseph Miccio Community Center in Red Hook, Brooklyn
110 West. 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
FREE EVENT, Open to the public!
Any donations will go directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
Contact: Sofia Dixon, Co-Director - sofia@whoopdeedoo.org
WHOOP DEE DOO presents: “Making TV Magic,” a night of videos, performances and fun created by over 70 community members from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Our artists’ ages range from 6 years old to 85, and this night will feature our intergenerationally-made video series, paired with celebratory live performances from our collaborators!
“Making TV Magic” is a collaborative, intergenerational workshop series and public access variety TV show designed and created by residents of Red Hook, Brooklyn in collaboration with WHOOP DEE DOO artists. The project utilizes the variety television show platform and highlights the artistic and performative talents of our collaborators. Since early March, participants have been working on a variety of art-making techniques, including set, prop and costume design, camera operating, lighting, and green screen techniques. “Making TV Magic” provides arts mentorship for NYC youth that are seeking hands-on technical, artistic, and conceptual production skills through intergenerational collaboration.
Join us for:
Live performances!
Video screenings!
A red carpet with paparazzi!
Our collaborating artists include:
Students from the Joseph Miccio Community Center
Older Adults from the Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center
Students from Red Hook Art Project
Our performance collaborators include:
Aalokam, a traditional Indian dance troupe (www.aalokam.com)
Batalá, New York City's premier all-women, Black-led, samba reggae percussion ensemble, (www.batalanewyork.org)
We are incredibly grateful to our supporters!!
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
This work was made possible, in part, by the Franklin Furnace FUND supported by Jerome Foundation, SHS Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the members and friends of Franklin Furnace Archive.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Special thanks to the Miccio Center and Openbox for their support, time, and generous sharing of space.
Whoop Dee Doo’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
JUNE 2024
As part of the Kent Blossom Art Intensive, WHOOP DEE DOO is a visiting guest artist at Kent State University !!
https://www.kent.edu/artscollege/event/kbai-lecture-series-whoop-dee-doo
MARCH / APRIL / MAY
WHOOP DEE DOO is working on an amazing new project called “Making TV Magic” with the Miccio Community Center, The Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center, and Red Hook Art Project in Red Hook, Brooklyn!!
Keep your eyes out for our final project and party in July 2024!!
FEBRUARY 2024
WHOOP DEE DOO at the ST LOUIS MUSEUM OF ART
WHOOP DEE DOO is working with the Teen Arts Council at the St Louis Museum of Art for three weeks to build an oversized recreation of the Matisse painting: Collioure (La Moulade), 1906, and collaborate with Classical Indian Dance group “Dances of India”.
Three free shows!
Friday, February 16th, 530pm & 630pm
show link:
https://www.slam.org/event/teen-takeover-submerged/
Sunday, February 18th, 2:00pm
show link:
https://www.slam.org/event/family-sunday-matisse-and-the-sea-opening-family-celebration/
January 2024
WHOOP DEE DOO is collaborating with Art21 Educator Dana Helwick on an upcoming class at Avenues (The World School) in New York, NY, called “Welcome to Installation Art! When the Art IS the Walls!”
OCTOBER 2023:
WHOOP DEE DOO Haunted Bingo Halloween Fundraiser!!!! Sunday October 22nd!!
WHOOP DEE DOO’s Haunted Bingo Halloween Fundraiser is a THRILLING live variety show chock-full of haunted games, incredible prizes, amazing performances by Traditional Korean drummer and dancer Vong Pak, Performance Artist Joseph Keckler, as well as terrifyingly fun moments created by young adult artists from Red Hook Art Project.
PLEASE NOTE: We also have an earlier, more family-friendly haunted bingo show at 3pm! Still haunted, but less terrifying. Get your 3pm tickets here!
Join us to celebrate the opening of our first-ever physical programming space, and help provide us the support we need so that we can continue creating free public programs for intergenerational collaborators and audiences for many years to come.
OCTOBER 26, 2023, 7pm
Join Art21 and the artists of Whoop Dee Doo for a public program highlighting costumes:
Costumes, Creatures, and Conversation with the artists of Whoop Dee Doo
141 Bridge Park Drive
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Free with RSVP!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/costumes-creatures-and-conversation-with-the-artists-of-whoop-dee-doo-tickets-722308523237?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join Art21 for a special screening and conversation with artist collective Whoop Dee Doo in their brand new space.
Featured in several New York Close Up films, Whoop Dee Doo is an artist-led project that creates installations and live performances internationally at universities, festivals, arts organizations, and museums.
The event will screen Art21's short film "Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)," which was released in 2015, and captured the process of Whoop Dee Doo artists contributing ideas, crafting costumes, and building installations out of newspaper, cardboard, and painter’s plastic.
Costumes feature heavily in the production of a Whoop Dee Doo event. Popular characters include those from folklore, popular culture, and everyday objects come to life.
Following the screening of the film, the artists will stay for a conversation centered on the importance of costuming. Audience members are encouraged, but not required, to attend in costume as well.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Program begins at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free, but advance registration is required.
SEPTEMBER 2023:
WHOOP DEE DOO at Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan!!
We are so thrilled to be at Interlochen in Michigan to create a full-scale WHOOP DEE DOO show from start to finish in less than one week!! Check us our on instagram @whoopdeedooshow to see all of the behind-the-scenes!!
The site of Whoop Dee Doo’s new space in Brooklyn Bridge Park!! Coming October 2023!!!!!
ABSOLUTELY INSANE NEWS ALERT!!!!!!!!
Whoop Dee Doo is going to have our very own SPACE!!! In BROOKLYN!!!!!!!
Keep your peepers peeled for more information coming soon - but we CANNOT WAIT to tell you more! Sign up for our mailing list here!!!!!!!
~Coming October 2023~
WHOOP DEE DOO KINGSTON MAY 2022!
WHOOP DEE DOO presents: a free, all-ages, live variety show!
at the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s event space “The Barn”
50 Rondout Landing
Kingston, NY 12401
Friday, May 27th
LIVE VARIETY SHOW #1 (all ages) 5:00
LIVE VARIETY SHOW #2 (PG-13) 7:00
Whoop Dee Doo is pleased to announce a free, live, filmed, public-access style tv show and we want YOU as our LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE! There will be dancing, skits, games and contests, and performances by incredible local talent, all within an immersive set created by dozens of members of the Kingston community. Audience participation is encouraged but not required, but please bring those dancing shoes!
Our two live shows (5:00 & 7:00pm) will take place inside the beautiful “Barn” at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Prepare to be “wow’d” by an incredible array of talent, artistry, and fun!
Show #1 (5:00 pm) will be all-ages, kid-friendly (but equally fun and wild for adults!) Show #2 (7:00 pm) will be PG-13
Whoop Dee Doo shows are always free and open to the public.
*This is a first come first serve event, please arrive 15 mins prior to showtime, and take into account limited parking and large crowds in the area on a weekend.
For more information contact:
Jaimie: jaimie.wdd@gmail.com
Collaborators:
-Radio Kingston (https://radiokingston.org/)
-The D.R.A.W. Kingston (https://www.drawkingston.org/)
-Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County (https://www.bgclubsulstercounty.org/)
-Hudsy TV (https://hudsy.tv/)
Performers:
West African percussionist Amadou Diallo
Celtic Bagpiper Richmond Johnston
All Native Women’s Drum Group Spirit of Thunderheart
Event sponsor: Eureka!
Venue sponsor: The Hudson River Maritime Museum
About Whoop Dee Doo:
Whoop Dee Doo (www.whoopdeedoo.org) is an artist-led project that creates installations and live performances through museums, galleries, arts organizations, festivals and universities. Each project engages the immediate communities of the organization with which we partner, and we work closely with young people and non-profit groups to research, conceive, and create our programming. Our process emphasizes collaboration, encourages respect for diversity, and seeks to initiate a cross-generational and cross-cultural dialogue.
Since 2006, Whoop Dee Doo has created over 50 large-scale commissioned projects for organizations including SFMOMA, The Smart Museum, Loyal (Sweden), POP Montreal, The Contemporary (Baltimore), and Knockdown Center (Queens). Whoop Dee Doo has received a Franklin Furnace Grant, an Abrons Arts Center Fellowship, and was an artist-in-residence at the High Line (NYC), and is a featured artist project in ART21's documentary series New York Close Up.
Lower East Side News 2021:
We just discovered this nice article from May 2021, AMNY, from our show in the Lower East Side with Artists Alliance about a beautiful “Prelude to Summer”:
Saturday, August 28, 2021, shows at 530pm & 730pm
Get your FREE tickets here:
More info below or contact jaimie.wdd@gmail.com for more info
March 2021:
Whoop Dee Doo is a new artist in residence at the Artist Alliance, Inc.’s LES Studio Program! We are very excited to learn more about the history of the Lower East Side of Manhattan and create a new project in the community!
More info here:
https://www.artistsallianceinc.org/whoop-dee-doo/
January 2021:
Just finished our wonderful project with Eureka! House in Kingston, NY! Here is a little behind-the-scenes glimpse. Check back for our final video coming soon, and check out our project page!
And our teaching methods were discussed in a great article in Art21 Magazine by Dana Helwick titled “Extending Beyond Craftsmanship, into Inquiry and Exploration” - check it out!
Whoop Dee Doo art educators workshop and performance with Art21.
Performer: Bharathi Penneswaran
Summer 2019:
Check out the amazing images from our summer 2019 show in Sunnyside, Queens, NY with Parade NYC!!!
https://www.paradenyc.org/blog/2019/9/26/whoop-dee-doo-at-windmuller-park-in-pictures
Speaking of Queens, have you seen our Art in America Article from last year’s project in Queens?
https://artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/possible-whoop-dee-doos-community-work/
More upcoming projects in San Francisco (2020), Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada (2020), and Tuscon, AZ (2021) info coming soon!