East Harlem
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Notable Women from Harlem
On Friday, June 6, 2025, NYC Department of Transportation in partnership with artist Fitgi Saint-Louis and the West Harlem Art Fund will unveil the sculp- ture “Aunties” on the 124th Street and Lenox Avenue median. The work presents three figures, each standing 6.5 feet high, 6 inches deep, and 16 inches wide. This sculpture is…
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Raphael Montañez Ortiz
El Museo del Barrio is pleased to present Raphael Montañez Ortiz: A Contextual Retrospective, the first large-scale exhibition since 1988 dedicated to the artist, activist, educator, and founder of El Museo del Barrio. Curated by El…
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A NEW DECADE
The West Harlem Art Fund will turn 22 years old on January 1, 2020. A double digit year like 2020. Number 4 resonates with the vibrations and energies of practicality, organization and exactitude, service, patience, devotion, application, pragmatism, patriotism, dignity, trust, worthiness, endurance, loyalty, mastery, building solid foundations, conservatism, determination, production and hard work. Number…
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NEW PROGRAMMING IN 2016
HARLEM & BEYOND ART MAKING WORKSHOPS 2016 In the new year, the West Harlem Art Fund will introduce a new series of art making workshops for the public. Participants will work with professional artists, dancers, chefs & designers to create land art that will pop-up outdoors,…
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WE ARE SYNCED
Today, the West Harlem Art Fund begins its photo campaign for SYNCED. We will meet neighbors and friends and talk about how we can be more in SYNCED with each other. This engagement campaign is brought to the public by the team for this group installation that will occur on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 at…
Chenchita’s Garden, Cindy Worley, Haja Woo, Haja Worley, Joseph Wilson, NYC Green Thumb, Our Little Green Acre Garden, Project Harmony, Savona Bailey-McClain, Synced, The Clayton Williams Garden, The Electric Lady Bug Garden, The Harlem Rose Garden, The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden, The Linette C. Williamson & Unity Gardens, The Morris Jumel Community Garden, The William A. Harris Garden
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Installation photos of The “H” in Harlem
The H in Harlem is the largest public art installation in the community’s history. It will be lit on June 25th through September 25th, 2014. Many thanks goes to the artist, his team at Bentley Meeker Lighting & Staging and Theta Consulting. Thanks are to be given to the NYC Department of Transportation &…
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“Art in the Open: A community forum on the value of public art”
Work by Dancer/Choreographer Gentry Isaiah George Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director & Chief Curator for the West Harlem Art Fund will lead a panel on Sunday, June 29th at 4:30 p.m. on public art at the Harlem Arts Festival. The lineup of the panel includes Painter/Teacher/Street Artist Alice Mizrachi, Dancer/Choreographer Gentry Isaiah George and Actress Celeste…
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The H in Harlem
The West Harlem Art Fund is pleased that The H in Harlem by artist Bentley Meeker will finally be installed in June. It was a tough approval process and I am very proud of the artist for sticking with it. Public art is hard in NYC. I want the public to know and not take…
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