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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 men’s mentoring and leadership academy collaboratively run by…
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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 event will be sourced from…
Armory 2016, art + technology, Arttable, Ayanna Legros, Basquiat Still Fly@55, Bill T. Jones, Center for an Urban Future, creative arts, Dale Dobson, Daniel Schnyder, Danielle McConnell, Dave Taylor, Debra Swack, diversity in the creative arts, Erica Kermani, Fusion NY, Hannah Ghorashbi, Harlem, Hrag Vartanian, Iconiclinx, Janell Ajani, Janet Goldner, jessica Care Moore, Jonathan Bowles, Kevin Cunningham, Leila Heller, Maddie Maxey, Nadeesha Godamunne, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Prerana Reddy, Rawspace, Red Rooster, Savona Bailey-McClain, WBAI, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, Yardbird
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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 New York City to promote…
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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. Our benefit will salute Old…
Armory 2016, Audubon Mural Project, Center for Italian Modern Art, Fusion, Fusion NY, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, In Flight, interventions, interventions in Harlem, Italian 20th Century Art, Italian Futurism, Italian Harlem, LADY K-FEVER, Lighthenge, Marcus Garvey Park, public art, public art in Harlem, Rawspace, Room 322, Under the Viaduct, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund
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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, Executive Director & Chief Curator…
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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 demise of one of its…
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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 artists. Please submit to our…
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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 of the Arts” hosted by…
ANDRÉ CHEMETOFF, art in public spaces, CATHERINE AND NIKLAS ZENNSTRÖM, Ellis, Ellis Island, EMERSON COLLECTIVE, ERIC ROTH, GUILLAUME LEFRANÇOIS, JANE ROSENTHAL, JR, MARC AZOULAY, MAXIME POZZI-GARCIA, National Park Service, New York City, NILS FRAHM, NYC art, NYC films, public art, Robert DeNiro, Savona Bailey-McClain, SOL GUY, State of the Arts, The Commons, WBAI radio, WOODKID
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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 art that will pop-up outdoors,…
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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…
Alissa Lazaro, Alyssa Arocho, Amanda Zhang, Amy Larson, Andres Prince Gonzalez, Anna Hayman, Anna Hong, Bike NYC, Billy Clark, Blake Carrington, Caceres, Carla Gannis, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Celena Tang, Charlie Reynoso, Christa Carr, Christopher Rutledge, City College DIAP Program, Coraima Jimenez, CultureHub, Cythnia Beth Rudin, Dan Ran, Daniel Carbone, Debra Swack, Dejen Tesfagiorgis, Dennis Hylnsky, Dianne Smith, DockNYC, Ed Darino, Eda Zallak, Eileen Cohen, Ellen Maynard, Enrique Garcia, Esther Shin, Evan Poliquin, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Heein Park, Hye Soo Chang, Inwood Canoe Club, Jesse Ricke, Jessica Beshears, Jiawei Gao, Katherine Hadgis, Kiki Williams, LADY K-FEVER, Lauren Wang, Liyuan Wang, Louise Benkelman, Louise Eberle, Manhattan Community Board 9, Mariel Greenberg, Marion Spencer, Mary Madsen, Matt Broach, Miguel Diez, Movement Playdates, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Police Department, Office of Councilman Mark Levine, Office of State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Pete Rogina, photographer, Po-Chu Lin, Pratt Digital Media Arts, Quentin Burley, Rachel Goldstein, Rafia Santana, Reel Tee, Rita Dove, Santi Sobejano, Sarah Cameron, Shannon Tuozzo, Songyang Li, Steven Subotnick, Tessa Anton, Theresa Elwell, Under the Viaduct, UTV2015, Victoria Chan, Waterfront Alliance, Weekend Walks, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Development Corporation, Will Vaultz, Yaqi Wang, Yiling Xie, Yiwen Yan
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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 since its founding as the…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in open spaces, Bed-Sty, Blake Cunningham, Brooklyn, Carla Gannis, Central Harlem, Charlie Reynoso, Clinton Hill, Cotton Club, Debra Swack, Dianne Smith, Ed Darino, Ellen Maynard, Fairways, Harlem, Inwood, Matt Broach, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC DOT Weekend Walks, NYC Police Department, Office of Adriano Espaillat, Office of Mark Levine, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Peter Patchen, Pratt Digital Media Arts, public art, Rafia Santana, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Synced, Under the Viaduct, UTV2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Development Corporation
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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 of NYC’s el trains. And…
125th Street, American art, Ashcan School of American Art, Elevated Viaducts, group portraits, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, John French Sloan, Manhattanville, New realism, NYC art, Rolling Essence, Savona Bailey-McClain, Under the Elevated, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts
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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.
125th Street, 12th Avenue viaduct, Ed Darino, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Manhattanville, Manhattanville arts, Pratt’s Digital Art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + 12th Avenue Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area
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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 professionals jockeying high rents, high…
Adam Forman, Billy Clark, Center for an Urban Future, Creative New York, Neil Gagliardi, NYC, NYC arts, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC public radio, NYC radio, Savona Bailey-McClain, Scherezade Garcia, Sherry Dobbin, State of the Arts, Tim Tompkins, Times Square Alliance, Under the Elevated, WBAI radio, West Harlem Art Fund
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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 Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 at…
Chenchita’s Garden, Cindy Worley, Haja Woo, Haja Worley, Joseph Wilson, NYC Green Thumb, Our Little Green Acre Garden, Project Harmony, Savona Bailey-McClain, Synced, The Clayton Williams Garden, The Electric Lady Bug Garden, The Harlem Rose Garden, The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden, The Linette C. Williamson & Unity Gardens, The Morris Jumel Community Garden, The William A. Harris Garden
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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 students at Pratt. Special thanks…
125th Street, 12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in NYC, art in open spaces, art in public spaces, Carla Gannis, Charlie Reynoso, cross county collaboration, DDA, Debra Swack, Dianne Smith, free art, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Manhattanville, NYC free art, NYC public art, Peter Patchen, Pratt Department of Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, public art, Rafia Santana, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain, Under the Viaduct, UTV2015, Weekend Walks 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct -
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 to present her 1st performance…
125th Street, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in public spaces, Black performance art, Dianne Smith, Dread Scott, fiber art, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Manhattanville, Manhattanville art, Maren Hassinger, NYC fiber art, NYC performance art, NYC public art, performance art, public art, Radical Presence, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Sur Rodney (Sur), Terry Adkins, Under the Viaduct, Under the Viaduct 2015, UTV 2015, Weekend Walks, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + 12th Avenue Viaduct, West Harlem Art Fund + Tug of War, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts
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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 4 p.m. About Playdates Playdates is…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in Harlem, art in Manhattanville, art intervention, Carmen Caceres, dance movement, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Improvisation, Manhattanville, Mary Madsen, Movement Playdates, NYC art, NYC public art, performance art, Playdates, public art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Savona Bailey-McClain curator + producer, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area -
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 added and, of course, the…
125th Street, 12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, 2015 International Year of Light, art and technology in Harlem, art in Manhattanville, Cotton Club, digital projection, Eileen Cohen, Gypsy Sun, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, International Year of Light, Kevin McKlusky, Manhattanville, Pete Rogina, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Shuffled Light, technology in Harlem, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, Video Corporation of America, West 125th Street, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Development Corporation, West Harlem Piers area -
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 inter-disciplinary artist and curator working…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in Manhattanville, Bike intervention, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Kathleena Howie, LADY K-FEVER, Manhattanville, reflective art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, street art, Under the Viaduct 2015, urban art, UTV 2015, West 125th Street, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area, Will Vaultz photography
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