{"id":11874,"date":"2025-04-06T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11874"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:22:59","slug":"pkx-festival-art-in-the-park-mansion-square-park","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/pkx-festival-art-in-the-park-mansion-square-park\/","title":{"rendered":"PKX Festival &#8211; Art in the Park @ Mansion Square Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NaM7Js3cuovdYx2pGTsL4IZots9PMAxOh8TjYZ5mjcG4QFhnpiJVLW9bKBPHaIe8iM8r1_o3a6N0XvE9clyJs373S37Pjs5_r_BiZpiwY2C5W8x3qpTHjIJVv6uSKl3DhO_18gmfjuIvyjMGSiRDqPcbou79ANxNAiSWTvbA0cZbGwJWO8IKnrIS11Lq6Q8A89C-BTuG67eDz5UsQNwzw-cTVD39KoTO3-mPRM4JZUwQsp6sZpfmO7MiYSaeEZztvCmOOpRY1H_=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/media.beehiiv.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80\/uploads\/asset\/file\/6df4a0bb-7339-490f-a363-12651ce4d4a1\/unnamed-1.png?t=1743861759\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The annual PKX Festival plays a pivotal role in advancing the development of the Youth Arts Empowerment Zone (YAEZ) centered in and around Poughkeepsie, NY. The festival is a symbol of community, unity, and a celebration of the creativity and talent residing in Poughkeepsie, NY.\u00a0<strong>The PKX Festival is truly created by youth, FOR EVERYONE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thearteffect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TAE_PKX25_SaveTheDate_Banner_3-1-1024x393.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>2025 PKX Festival<\/strong>\u00a0is designed and produced by the\u00a0<strong>Poughkeepsie Board of Artistic Youth (PK B.A.Y.)<\/strong>\u00a0which brings together students from six youth serving organizations: Boys &amp; Girls Club of Poughkeepsie, Community Matters 2, Esperanza Dutchess County Hispanic Organization, Nubian Directions II, and The Art Effect with support from Poughkeepsie Children\u2019s Cabinet. The PK B.A.Y. is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Poughkeepsie using public art activities and instillations to foster creative expression and civic engagement and build youth voices within community leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\"><em>\u201cSeeing a film you put all of this work into actually get attention, to have people genuinely enjoy something you made at [the Film Festival], it\u2019s really special, especially when you\u2019re just starting out. It was a call to action for me, like, \u2018This is something you\u2019re supposed to do, keep at it!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Matthew Hamilton, 2020 PKX Film Festival (formerly Reel Exposure) Participant<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual PKX Festival plays a pivotal role in advancing the development of the Youth Arts Empowerment Zone (YAEZ) centered in and around Poughkeepsie, NY. The festival is a symbol &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/pkx-festival-art-in-the-park-mansion-square-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PKX Festival &#8211; Art in the Park @ Mansion Square Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9436,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-11874","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11875,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11874\/revisions\/11875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11874"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}