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WHAF PARTNERS WITH THE YOUNG ACHIEVERS
The West Harlem Art Fund has partnered the Harlem Chapter of the fraternal organization Alpha Phi Alpha. WHAF will offer internships to these high school students bound for college. The students will focus on social media, photographer, video-making and event planning. The Young Achievers: Go to High School, Go to College is a young…
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WHAF BRINGS FUSION NY TO HARLEM FOR ARMORY 2016
FUSION New York is a thematic event series comprised of art exhibitions, panels, a jazz concert, and tours during Armory Week 2016. FUSION is more than an art event, it’s an innovation platform that explores the need for injecting more diversity in the creative industries. Facilitators for this…
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CENTER FOR AN ITALIAN MODERN ART WILL TALK ABOUT ITALIAN FUTURISM FOR WHAF BENEFIT
The West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with the Center for Italian Modern Art will present a talk at our benefit February 10th. Dinner guests will learn about Italian Futurism. The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) is a 501c3 nonprofit exhibition and research center established in 2013 in…
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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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COMMUNITY SCREENING OF ELLIS DIRECTED BY JR
The Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund in collaboration with WBAI FM Radio will host a community screening of the short film Ellis directed by the artist JR and starring Robert DeNiro on Friday, November 13th in Brooklyn. The evening will begin with the permanent launch of the show, “State…
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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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STATE OF THE ARTS
Photo by Will Vaultz Hosted by Savona Bailey-McClain NYC’ s creative industries have exploded over the last decade. But this growth has benefited just a few museums, galleries and auction houses. This special broadcast will discuss what is needed to sustain a vast array of performance and visual arts…
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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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MOVEMENT PLAYDATES JOINS UTV 2015 FOR IMPROV
The West Harlem Art Fund is so pleased to bring improvisation to Under the Viaduct. The organization has selected Movement Playdates. This team will show how we can all live life more artfully. The lineup for Under the Viaduct is growing for Saturday, July 18th. Time for this intervention is…
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IMAGES FROM COTTON CLUB PROJECTION
NYC Light 2015 chose “Shuffled Light” for projection at their Opening Ceremony Press Event in January 2015. This was an official event of the United Nations “International Year of Light & Light-based Technologies”. ”Shuffling” various segments from five (5) pieces shown in 2014 created the piece. New light was also…
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DUBBED DIRECTIONS
Dubbed Directions acknowledges how construction is apart of everyday city life. We have to re-route and navigate constant change. This intervention is a play on street and construction signage and how we can still make ourselves feel safe within constant flux. LADY K-FEVER (b. Canada) is a New York based…
