Category: West Harlem

  • 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.

  • Marcie Revens — Archived installation

    In Dialogue Exhibition — Closer Conversation In June, The West Harlem Art Fund and the Humanities and Arts Division of City College are co-producing the outdoor exhibition In Dialogue. One of the installations is called Closer Conversation and features a series of mailboxes for visitors to submit various messages. This…

  • Archived Installation — Sacred Body Art of the Omo Valley People

    Tribal Societies, who still follow the ancient custom of face painting, choose the colors according to the available raw materials. In ancient times, only primary and locally available colors like red, blue, yellow or white were used. Sometimes by sprinkling dust or soft bird feathers, special effects were achieved. Nowadays,…

  • BROOKLYN’S ART KARTEL COMES TO HARLEM

    BROOKLYN’S ART KARTEL WILL JOIN HARLEM CURATOR FOR INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART SERIES THIS FALL Photo Credit: Lev Radin Independent curator Savona Bailey-McClain will join artists from around the City to create installations in gardens throughout East Harlem, beginning this fall. According to McClain, “I am very excited about the new…

  • New Public Art Series in East Harlem

    THE WEST HARLEM ART FUND & NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT BRING INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS TO EAST HARLEM GARDENS East Harlem, NY…Play (LABS) is a group exhibition that will link four East Harlem community gardens together and explore the importance of play for both children and adults. This public art…

  • Street Art by Raul Ayala

    Location:  9A Kitchen & Lounge 2331 12th Avenue @ 133rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10031 (917) 507-0000 Website: www.westharlemartfund.wordpress.com On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wharlemartfund On Twitter: @wharlemartfund Featured artist: Raul Ayala PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATION & STREET ART On Sunday, August 4, 2013, Ecuadorian artist Raul Ayala created a site specific street mural on 12th Avenue and 133rd…

  • Graffitti Artist Tyson Hall creates images on 125th Street

    Last night Tyson Hall created graffiti images on 125th Street and Morningside Avenue. The artist calls this non-descript human figures — Triumphants. Colorful and playful, this mural was designed to add vitality and fun to the streets of Harlem. Hall couldn’t have picked a better night.  The weather was great…

  • Collecting Photography Works

    Work by Gary Waidson Text by Art sy Print type refers to the process and paper of how the photograph is printed and developed. C-Print / Chromogenic Print: A C-Print is the traditional way of printing using negatives or slides, an enlarger, and photographic paper—through a process of exposure and…

  • Street Art

    The West Harlem Art Fund is looking forward to working with Ecuadorian artist Raul Ayala. We are inviting artists to do more street art in our area. Ayala is leveraging his visual arts skills into murals that incorporates local history, interest and values. Street art used to be referred to…

  • Inside Brimming on the Edge

      Friday, we closed our art exhibition Brimming on the Edge. We wish to thank Mid-Bronx Senior Citizen Council for giving us an opportunity to exhibit. Our show was focused in the Princess and Executive Ballrooms and the front main lawn with sculptures by Nancy Steinson and Dianne Smith. Several…

  • Images of The Couple

    Yesterday, we finished installing The Couple. It was alot harder than we thought it would be. The bases are 5ftx5ftx3ft. So, moving them to the site was problematic. To make sure that the bases would withstand the elements, it was nailed and glued together with frames underneath to keep it…

  • Stained Glass Artist Ellen Mandelbaum joins WHAF for Harlem Armory Day

        The West Harlem Art Fund will once again produce an event & installations for Armory Arts Week 2013. For Harlem Armory Day, there will be a public art tour of stained glass windows at St. John the Divine at 11 a.m. with special guest stained glass artist Ellen…

  • Public Art Challenge to Artists of Color

    BE BOLD    BE COMPETITIVE      BE RELEVANT The artists spotlighted here are Chakaia Booker, Richard Hunt, Radcliffe Bailey, Dianne Smith, Scherezade Garcia, Yinka Shonibare. Great artists that push the envelope with materials, ideas and concepts. Opportunities abound in public art on both private and public spaces.   

  • Digital Collaborations with Patrick Singh – Archives

               The West Harlem Art Fund has worked with French artist Patrick Singh on several occasions.  A self-taught painter, Singh has travelled the world to capturing haunting images of native people. Born to an Indian father and a French mother, Patrick was predestined to multicultural encounters. He…

  • Bronx Partnership

        The Bronx Culture Trolley was initiated in December 2002 to encourage, create and maintain a higher level of arts participation and business development throughout the Bronx as a tourism destination. Making a cultural loop through the lower Grand Concourse and in other sections of the Bronx, it provides an…

  • Flying High

    According to the artist, working with found objects and connectors allows the viewer to interact with the materials. For instance, the objects will be visible through the rope and string. The installation then becomes more personal to the viewer as he or she can identify things from their everyday life.…

  • HARLEM ARMORY DAY

    Tuesday, March, 5, 2013 11AM-3PM Visit Harlem during Armory Arts Week and enjoy a public art tour of stain glass windows at the famed Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, followed by lunch and portfolio reviews for artists wishing to pursue works in lighting, sculpture and design in open, public…