Washington Heights
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Nature is the art of God
We explain our fall public offerings with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. The West Harlem Art Fund brings art to open, public spaces. Our focus is on New York City neighborhoods that lack access to art. If they do, it’s mostly murals. Despite their beauty, murals can easily be washed away or damaged by…
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Building Capacity
The definition of citizen science is below. Citizen science is the partnership between professional researchers and the public, where volunteers (citizen scientists) collect, analyze, and share data to advance scientific knowledge. Anyone can get involved to help monitor the environment, identify species, or classify images, often contributing to large-scale, long-term studies. There is a need to…
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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 to October possible. Lady K…
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PREMIERE OF RIVER | ROAD
Photos taken by C. Bailey and W. Vaultz Our outdoor series UNDER THE VIADUCT will involve several pop-up interventions along the Hudson River and under the 12th Avenue and Henry Hudson viaduct (digital projections, sound art, tours and dance) for the general public on three dates – June 6th, July 18th and October 3rd. UNDER…
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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 and many community stakeholders were…
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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 inspire and encourage local residents…
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Upcoming Public Art Work in Washington Heights
The West Harlem Art Fund would like to congratulate the artist Montserrat Daubon for his upcoming public art work to Washington Heights. The location is great and it is near Audubon Terrace where the Hispanic Society of America is located. Details “Shipwrecked” is sailing into the 155th Street and Riverside Drive sidewalk in early spring.…