Category: New York City

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • SEEKING UPTOWN ARTISTS

    SEEKING UPTOWN ARTISTS

    UNDER THE VIADUCT 2015 Informational Meeting for West Harlem & Northern Manhattan Visual Artists Digital Media Opportunity Thursday, April 30, 2015 6- 8:30 p.m. West Harlem Development Corporation 423 W 127th St, New York, NY 10027 Presented by The West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with Pratt Digital Arts.

  • WHAF PARTNERS W/CULTUREHUB & BRINGS DATA VISUALIZATION UTV

    The West Harlem Art Fund will extend Under the Viaduct a little north to the borders of West Harlem & Washington Heights. The organization will partner with CultureHub to bring data visualization uptown. Below is a commentary and a video that showcase Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda. The goal is to…

  • WHAF GEARING UP FOR UNDER THE VIADUCT 2015

    And when we say, GEAR UP, we really mean it. The West Harlem Art Fund is planning some lifestyle interventions for Under the Viaduct. With support from the NYC Department of Transportation, WHAF hopes to create temporary lanes for new and experienced riders on 12th Avenue. Signage will be created…

  • Thank You NYC for supporting Under the Viaduct

       

  • MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE

                        In honor of Michael Jackson, the King of Pops! the Street Artist Lady K Fever and the Curator Savona produced a graffitti tribute in West Harlem on 12th Avenue, Under the Viaduct. Enjoy the imagery and Video.

  • LUMINATA: IT IS OUR LIGHT

    The third installment of the successful intervention series Under the Viaduct, will take place on Saturday, October 4, 2014 and coincide with the Paris-based Festival of Lights. Nuit Blanche (which literally means White Night in French) was originated in 1984 by Jean Blaise, founder of the Centre de recherche pour…

  • East River Flows in the UES

    This past Saturday evening along the East River Esplanade, Vicki DaSilva created several light graffiti works. Commissioned by the Friends of the East River Esplanade and curated by Savona, the goal of the intervention was to bring attention to esplanade and the need for repairs that are necessary for the…

  • 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…

  • WEST HARLEM ART FUND SELECTED TO WNYC’s Salute The ARts Initiative

             WNYC’s Salute The ARts Initiative is a free program that profiles 36 small cultural non-profit organizations in the New York Metropolitan area over a 12-month period, through on-air promotional announcements and free website support. WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 are New York’s flagship public radio…

  • VICKI DaSILVA LIGHTS UP WEST HARLEM

      REPURPOSE Public Art Intervention A  North River Arts! Production/Curated By Savona Bailey-McClain Public Display on May 10, 2014 North Rivers Arts is a public art initiative for the communities of West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. Communities along the Hudson River, want to enhance their open public spaces and…

  • Art Takes Times Square Artist Vicki DaSilva will create 2 lighting interventions

      Vicki DaSilva is a light graffiti and painting pioneer. Since 1980, she has been making single frame time exposure photographs, at night. Vicki is credited with the term “light graffiti” as well as being the first artist to make deliberate text light graffiti photographs. Vicki was influenced by video…

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  • WHAF partners with Studio Museum & El Museo del Barrio for Harlem Armory Day

    For the fourth year, the West Harlem Art Fund will participate in Armory Week. The organization will produce two events uptown in partnership with Studio Museum and El Museo del Barrio. Harlem Armory Uptown at Studio Museum Tour + Wine Tasting The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W 125th St…

  • Video Interviews

    Video Interviews

    We have three interviews with artists and curators participating in our FUƧION NYC show. You will hear from Badder Israel, Richard Beavers and Yasmin Hernandez. Savona Bailey-McClain conducted the interviews which were co-produced by Yves Marie Vilain and Ms. McClain.

  • FILM MAKER INA ARCHER WILL JOIN WHAF AS GUEST CURATOR

    The West Harlem is pleased to have film-maker Ina Archer as a guest curator for our special Armory Week Show. FUƧION NEW YORK is an engaged, curator-driven art show. The organizers will produce up to sixteen curatorial experiences for the public. The show will explore what it takes to live…

  • YVES MARIE VILAIN HAS AGREED TO CO-PRODUCE FUƧION NEW YORK WITH WHAF

    Young Haitian photographer & brand strategist Yves Marie Vilain will join Executive Director & Chief Curator Savona Bailey-McClain in creating a new curator-driven art show this coming March. Bringing more youthful energy and perspective, McClain hopes this bold show will take Armory Week by storm. Look out for more details.