West Harlem
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West Harlem Art Fund presents its first Winter Exhibition — Curb Appeal on Gov Island
The West Harlem Art Fund is expanding their seasonal residency on Governors Island through Winter 2024. The first organization outside of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, to offer year-round public art with an indoor installation available by appointment only. This year marks our 25th anniversary, according to Executive Director Savona Bailey-McClain, where we have presented public…
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West Harlem Art Fund Joins Fall Season With New Exhibit
New York, NY… West Harlem Art Fund will present their fall art exhibition UNDAUNTED: We Are Still Here on Governors Island in Nolan Park, Building 10B (NP10). Opening September 9th, six artists will show paintings of urban scenes, graffiti, collage, and mixed media works. This exhibition includes an immersive component with a playlist of hip-hop…
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Sculpture Partnerships Forged in Harlem
New York, NY… Harlem will host its first large-scale sculpture exhibition in Spring, 2024. The historic parks Morningside, St. Nicholas, and Jackie Robinson have been selected to be the featured sites for these works. Harlem Sculpture Gardens will be led by the West Harlem Art Fund and New York Artist Equity Association. They will…
AHL Foundation, Alec Rovensky, Artistic Noise, Calder Zwicky, Carl Fudge, Cecilia Alemani, Chakaia Booker, Columbia University, Debra Priestly, Dorrence Brooks Historic District, Eva Mayhabal Davis, Exalt, Inc., Jiyoung Lee, Kendal Henry, Ki Smith, Luis Pagan, Mame Diarra Speis, Matthew William Goodheart, Michael Gromley, NY Artist Equity Association, Office of Governmental and Community Affairs, Paul Kozel, Projjal Dutta, Savona Bailey-McClain, Sook Nyu Lee Kim, Street Corner Resources, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, West 135th Street ApartmentsTenant Association, West Harlem Art Fund, Yule Adams
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Haint Blu comes to West Harlem
Haint Blu is an ensemble dance-theater work seeped in memory and magic. Known as the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing, taking us through movement into stillness and rest: remembering, reclaiming, releasing, and restoring. It is…
Arianne Zager, Chanon Judson, Courtney J. Cook, Everett Saunders, Grace Galu Kalambay, Haint Blu, Harlem, III, Jaime Dzandu, James Lanius, Jolie Saltiel, Jonathan D. Secor, Kentoria Earle, Lori Gassie, Mame Diarra Speis, Manhattanville, Mikaila Ware, Nicholas Hussong, Nina Angela Mercer, Pia Monique Murray, Roobi Gaskins, Savona Bailey-McClain, Shirazette Tinnin, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Talvin Wilks, Tuce Yasak, West Harlem
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West Harlem Art Fund co-presents Horses Full of Steam
Director & Choreographer Hilary Brown-Istrefi Dancers Sabrina Canas, Maira Duarte & Joey Kipp Composer Mahsa Matin Visual Artist Heather Weston Art Historian & Narrator Savona Bailey-McClain Horses Full of Steam will premiere as part of the Trisk Presents’ Spring 2023 Season, June 8-10 at Trisk Theater in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; followed by outdoor site-specific performances of the…
Carlos Chavez, Diego Rivera, Heather Weston, Hilary Brown-Istrefi, Horse Power, Horses Full of Steam, Joey Kipp, Lost ballet, Mahsa Matin, Maira Duarte, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Riverside Park Conservancy, Sabrina Canas, Savona Bailey-McClain, site specific dance, site specific performance, Summer on the Hudson, Trisk Art, Trisk Presents, Trisk Theater, Triskelion, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Piers
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[DIAP] collaboration City College
Today, personal narratives are largely communicated, digitally. And a small graduate program at City College in West Harlem impacts these trends by blending movement, photography, printing, spatial mapping, and more to tell meaningful stories across disciplines. A partnership between West Harlem Art Fund and this MFA program makes such stories more accessible. In this way, these…
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Coming to West Harlem
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair announced details of the 2023 annual New York edition, following the notable success of last year’s return to an in-person fair event in Harlem. The 2023 iteration will take place at Malt House in the Manhattanville Factory District, 429 West 127th Street, from Thursday, May 18 through Sunday, May 21,…
1:54 Contemporary African Art, 50 Golborne, AFIKARIS, African artists, art, art fair, artists of color, Black curators, contemporary artists, DADA Gallery, Duane Thomas Gallery, Eric Firestone Gallery, Fridman Gallery, Galerie Atiss Dakar, Galerie Carole Kvanevski, Galerie Cecile Fakhoury, Galerie Number 8, KATES-FERRI PROJECTS, kó, Kristin Hjellegjerde, LatchKey Gallery, Loeve&Co, Loft Art Gallery, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery, Luce Gallery, Malt House, Manhattanville, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Nevlunghavn, New York City, Retro Africa, SEPTIEME Gallery, Spinello Projects, Superposition Gallery, THK Gallery, West Harlem, Wunika Mukan Gallery
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West Harlem Art Fund celebrates its 25th year
Kicking off the organization’s 25th anniversary, Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund and her organization presented a panel discussion–New Narratives in Museum Collectionsfor Master Drawings New York at the Academy of Arts and Letters on January 22nd. According to Bailey-McClain, “This is our 4th year participating with Master Drawings New York.…
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HARLEM’S FAITH RINGGOLD
Last night, a special tour of Faith Ringgold’s retrospective was offered at the New Museum by Artnoir. The works were stunning. Overwhelming at times. Everyone learned something new about Harlem’s Faith Ringgold. We highly recommend that folks see this show. The works inspired by France are worth seeing alone. There are costumes and dolls that were…
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Project Backboard
Project Backboard is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to renovate public basketball courts and install large scale works of art on the surface in order to strengthen communities, improve park safety, encourage multi-generational play, and inspire people to think more critically and creatively about their environment. St. Nicholas Park, Harlem This basketball court…
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New Program
Covid 19 revealed that many Americans wanted to connect more with nature, people, and meaningful activities. For years, the arts community has been trying to engage the public. It wasn’t until we lost those connections that people rallied to save them. The West Harlem Art Fund is developing two Public Program Fellowships to create programs…
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CITY OF WATER DAY INSTALLATION
New York, NY… The West Harlem Art Fund is proud to present for City of Water Day, Brooklyn-based floral designer Joshua Werber. Werber will “flower bomb” an outdoor sculptural work adjoining Building 10B on Governors Island in Nolan Park. Joshua Werber’s installation “Goals are Fluid” is a site specific reaction to, and a collaboration with,…
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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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GOVERNORS ISLAND
The West Harlem Art Fund (WHAF) is returning to Governors Island in 2019 with two exhibitions that will spotlight human migration across Asia and then west from Africa to the Americas beginning June 1st. The organization is working with the Eli Klein Gallery based in the West Village, the Aicon Contemporary Art Gallery based in…
Aicon Contemporary Art Gallery, Behr 2019 Color of Year, Building 10, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Crossing the Sand, Eli Klein Gallery, Governors Island, Kiamesha Smalls, Kiran Rajagopolan, Nolan Park, Savona Bailey-McClain, Serengeti Teas & Spices, Tomo Mori, Trace of Our Journey, Traces, West Harlem Art Fund -
20TH ANNIVERSARY
We wish to thank the artists that we have presented to serve the people of New York City with diverse art work. …
12th Avenue, Adrienne Reynolds, Allen Hansen, Ana Rokafella, Angel Chevrett, Anne Lau, Arches of Harlem, Ariel Jackson, Art Kartel, assemblage art, Badder Israel, Barbara Korman, Barry Charles Johnson, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bentley Meeker, BG 183, Brian Convery, Bridging Stone Figures, Brim Fuentes, Brimming on the Edge, Bronx, Carlton Murrell, Charlie Reynoso, Chelsea, Chris Harris, City College of the City University of New York, Clymenza Hawkins, Colin Chase, Columbia University, Cotton Club, Counting Sheep, Dan Ericson, Daniel Del Valle, Debra Swack, Dianne Dwyer, Dianne Smith, Doug Quackenbush, DUMBO, East Harlem, Edward Lee, Ellen Maynard, Gail Shaw Clemons, George Crespo, Golden Lasso, Governors Island, Grant’s Tomb, Gumboot Juba, Hamilton Grange, Harlem, Hosea Johnson Percy Cardona, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Ina Archer, Jackson Heights Queens, Jamal Shabazz, James Best , Jill Lipotti, Jose Columna, Joseph Whippler, Joshua Reynolds, Karen Leon Aponte, Karlos Carcamo, Kenjiro Kitade, Kenly Dillard, Kenneth LeRitchie, Kiki Smith, Kyu Seok Oh, Lady Bird Johnson, LADY K-FEVER, Laura James, Leo Tecosky, Loosely Coupled, Luanda Lozada, Luis Pagan, Luminata, Madeline Schwartzman, Mark Kang-O’Higgins, Marthalicia Matarrita, Ms. Boom Box, Natalie Wood, NoLita, Nora Mae Carmichael, NY Restoration Project, Patrick Singh, Peace Park, Pedro Ramirez, pop-up digis, Pratt Department of Digital Arts, Rafia Santana, REE, Repurpose Lighting Intervention, Reuben King, Robert Diken, Rudy Guiterrez, Sacred Body of the Omo Valley People, Sai Morikawa, Savona Bailey-McClain, Scherezade Garcia, Shani Peters, Shiro, SIENIDE, Sleeping Beauty, Soho, Soraya Marcano, St. Nicholas Park, Stephen Beveridge, Story Piles, Take Me to the River, The Arches of Harlem, The H in Harlem, The Tunnel, Times Square, Tomo Mori, Tyson Hall, Under the Viaduct, Unity Ribbon, Vicki DaSilva, Vladimir Ginzburg, Washington Heights, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Piers, Yasmin Hernandez, Yves Marie Vilain
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ELLA FITZGERALD — CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song” and “Lady Ella”, was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Synopsis Following a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an amateur contest, she went on to became…
A-Tasket, A-Tisket, American jazz, Apollo Theater, Bing Crosby, Centennial Celebration, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, Harlem, Irving Berlin, jazz, Lady Ella, Mel Torme, NAACP Image Award, Pearl Bailey, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Queen of Jazz, scat singing
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BLACK POWER MOVEMENT AT SCHOMBURG CENTER
Black Power! serves as another touchstone in the Schomburg’s “Black Power 50” focus, a yearlong examination into the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement. Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks introduced Black Power as a concept in June 1966. Black Power! is located in the newly-renovated Main Exhibition…
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RICHARD HUNT AMERICAN SCULPTOR
The Amazing Richard Hunt is in HARLEM !! BIO Richard Hunt (born September 12, 1935) is an internationally renowned sculptor. He was born in 1935 on Chicago’s South Side. From an early age he was interested in the arts,…
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JARDíN DE LAS SEMILLAS
An ecological phenomena has been occurring gradually around the globe. The incorporation of street art & graffiti with botanical materials. The results are quite spectacular because it’s interactive, living and a little life changing.…
art bombing, botanical art, Caribbean, City of Water Day, eco green, ecological, environmental art, Fort-de-France, graffiti bombing, grass bombing, green art, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Jardin de las semillas, land art, Martinique, moss, moss bombing, Nuxuno Xän, Pedro Ramirez, public art, Rosali Rodrigues, Savona Bailey-McClain, Seed Garden, street art, Street Art Utopia, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2016, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund
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WEST HARLEM ART FUND WILL INTERVIEW ARTIST NARI WARD IN MAY
The West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with WBAI FM Radio will have a one-on-one interview with artist Nari Ward. This spring, Ward will present his 1st installation at the High Line in Chelsea. Known around the world as an accomplished sculptor and mixed media artist, the West Harlem Art Fund wanted our audience to…
