Category: Harlem
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WEST HARLEM ART FUND BENEFIT CELEBRATION
The West Harlem Art Fund is celebrating 18 years of producing great public art works throughout New York City. We are asking you to support us with our first dinner benefit on Wednesday, February 10th 2016. This event in Harlem will kick off our year with art & lifestyle programs.…
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WEST HARLEM ART FUND & WBAI RADIO ARE OFFICIALLY CULTURAL PARTNERS
The West Harlem Art Fund (WHAF) has officially partnered with WBAI Radio, and the two organizations intend to produce and broadcast a number of live performances & public art events throughout the NYC area. Coupled with the radio show State of the Arts NYC, hosted by Savona Bailey-McClain,…
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YARDBIRD OPERA COMING TO HARLEM
The Apollo’s First-Ever Opera Program– Based on the life of Charlie Parker, ‘Yardbird’ will have its New York City premiere this spring According to the Wall Street Journal, an opera based on the life of jazz legend Charlie Parker will get its New York City premiere this spring, despite the recent…
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CALL FOR MUSIC ON STATE OF THE ARTS NYC
The Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund is now the Host & Producer for the new radio show State of the Arts NYC. We have been using as our musical theme Lovely Day by Bill Withers. And now, we will look to include original music from NYC…
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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…
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THANK YOU NYC
Tonight, we close our interventions series Under the Viaduct for 2015. Emotions are high. Artists worked very hard for this final installment and we had to deal with change of dates and other considerations but we pushed through. I would like to thank everyone who made these interventions from June…
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REAL COLLABORATION
The West Harlem Art and Pratt Digital Media Arts have formed an important partnership that will create original digital works with Northern Manhattan artists and teams of Pratt students and professors. Learn about this great department and institution. PRATT DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL ARTS (DDA) Enjoying a history of artistic accomplishment…
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ROLLING ESSENCE
The West Harlem Art Fund was inspired this year with poetry from former US poet laureate Rita Dove. Her poem, Under the Viaduct, 1932 focused on the sounds and movements underneath these structures. The Design Trust of NY recently published a study called Under the Elevated which shares the history…
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ANIMATED LOGO
Professor Ed Darino from Pratt’s Digital Art, has created an animated video of our logo SYNCED. The various teams are getting excited. We will present original artwork that will use technology to embed in these original works by Northern Manhattan artists.
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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…
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MAJOR COLLABORATION FOR UTV, 2015
The West Harlem Art Fund and Pratt Digital Arts are pleased to present the artists Rafia Santana, Charlie Reynoso, Dianne Smith and Debra Swack for the premiere of SYNCED for Under the Viaduct on Saturday, October 3rd. This exciting collaboration involved months of planning with the assistance of professors and…
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BLACK PERFORMANCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
“Performance that is improper can shift the air.” by Thomas DeFranz Move over Marina Abramovic! Black artists have been creating performance art for decades. An often misunderstood art form. Performance art disrupts conventional thinking and the presentation of art. The West Harlem Art Fund has invited Harlem-based artist Dianne Smith…
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ART MATTERS
The West Harlem Art Fund has been presenting artists of color for the last seventeen years. The organization has also spotlighted artists from European and Asian backgrounds as well. We feel its important to show that all ART MATTERS. Want to eradicate divide, then we have to share our…
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COOL JAZZ AND HARD BOP ARE INSPIRATION FOR NEW HARLEM TOURS
The Curator for the West Harlem Art Fund was just asked about her process behind their new location-based tours in Harlem. Just doing the tours was not enough. Using technology was not enough. There must be another reason. Quite annoyed, the curator slept on it and realized that the tours…
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FRESH EYES/HARLEM DIGI-TOUR
Still image from Cloud Mapping by Debra Swack Still Image from What We Were, What We Are, What We Will Be by Bryan Christie Public Art Curator Savona Bailey-McClain is presenting FRESH EYES, an exclusive, site-specific Harlem Digi-Tour for FRIEZE WEEK. The tour will spotlight points in the Mt.…
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DISRUPT HARLEM with FRESH EYES
Artist: Negin Sharifzaheh Stop Animation Work: Even Gray Feels Blue This spring the West Harlem Art Fund will use technology for a location based walking tour and ask participants to look at Harlem differently. Fresh Eyes is being developed exclusively for FRIEZE WEEK 2015 and the Mt. Morris Historic District…
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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
In 2005 and then again in 2008, the West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and NYS Division of Coastal Resources collaborated on two studies for West Harlem and Northern Manhattan, Take me to the River. The process was heralded for its inclusiveness…
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STREETS ARE PUBLIC SPACES
“Urbanization is the defining trend of the 21st century; by 2030, 75 percent of the world’s 9 billion people will be living in cities. And urbanization is occurring most rapidly in places with the greatest lack of planning for urbanization.” — UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos i Matheu According…
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REFLECTIVE LIGHT ON THE EDGE OF FUSION
Kathleena Howie aka Lady K Fever and the Curator Savona have been on a journey developing reflective fashion and tabletops. And now this journey includes On the Edge of Fusion, Armory Arts Week and the UN International Year of Light. Incorporating street art, poetry and design.
