Van Cortlandt Park

VCPA’s Fall Get-Together is our final REIMAGINING event of the season. We look forward to an afternoon of interactive music and art.  Create a meaningful homage to honor your own ancestors and craft a personal message to leave behind to commemorate the burial ground and those who are buried there. The event will feature live music highlighting traditional Afro-Caribbean rhythms and dances including bomba, plena, guaracha, and changüí. Attendees will have the opportunity to play instruments and learn some dance moves.

This unique gathering blends art, music, and community in a powerful act of reimagining, bringing people together in a shared experience of creativity and remembrance.

Event will be held by the Enslaved Burial Ground in Van Cortlandt Park.

As our community reimagines what can be at the Burial Ground, we encourage you to take the survey to let us know more about what you would like to see in this sacred space. 

REIMAGINING: Fall Get-Together  is part of Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Reimagining initiative. In partnership with the Design Trust for Public Space and Immanuel Oni, Liminal Sp, VCPA invites the community to reimagine the park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground site as a memorial space that fosters long-term healing and restoration. This project is supported by the Mellon Foundation.