• Digital Art Clips

  • FUSION NY 2014 VIDEO

    This mixed media installation premiered at FUSION NY 2014. An outdoor installation with sculpture by artist Dianne Smith is being planned with the City of New York for 2015. Some of the sculptures will incorporate black and white photographs and sound. Imitiation of Life is curated by Savona Bailey-McClain

  • Images from FUSION NY 2014

    FUSION NY 2014 Artists and curators of color made a powerful statement during Armory Week. They propelled themselves in the midst of Armory and the results were amazing. The best is yet to come. Congratulations to all of the artists. Lead Curators & Producers: Savona Bailey-McClain and Yves Marie Vilain…

  • FLYING HIGH INSTALLATION AT BARTOW-PELL MANSION

    Flying High was a site specific installation at Bartow-Pell Mansion during Armory Arts Week 2013 in partnership with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. It was constructed out of brown butcher paper which was hung between two trees. The paper was crunched, crumpled, rolled, twisted, interlocked, woven and manipulated.…

  • WHAF partners with Studio Museum & El Museo del Barrio for Harlem Armory Day

    For the fourth year, the West Harlem Art Fund will participate in Armory Week. The organization will produce two events uptown in partnership with Studio Museum and El Museo del Barrio. Harlem Armory Uptown at Studio Museum Tour + Wine Tasting The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W 125th St…

  • The Bronx will be represented at Fusion NY

    LADY K-FEVER is an Inter- disciplinary Artist, Curator, Social activist, Photographer/Journalist, who was born and raised in Canada. She now lives in The Bronx. She began her career in the 1990’s on the streets as a skateboarder in Vancouver, Canada. In 1993, she was invited to create an installation with…

  • Gallerist Richard Beavers joins Fusion NY

    Richard Beavers is a seasoned art professional with over fourteen years in the art industry. He is the owner of House of Art Gallery in Brooklyn, New York established in 2007. He has worked with numerous private and corporate clients and often provides guidance and information related to art investments…

  • Video Interviews

    Video Interviews

    We have three interviews with artists and curators participating in our FUƧION NYC show. You will hear from Badder Israel, Richard Beavers and Yasmin Hernandez. Savona Bailey-McClain conducted the interviews which were co-produced by Yves Marie Vilain and Ms. McClain.

  • Meet Artist Yasmin Hernandez

    Brooklyn-born and raised Puerto Rican artist Yasmin Hernandez’ work is rooted in struggles for personal, political and spiritual liberation. Her on-going project Bieké: Tierra de valientes combines oral history, painting, installation and video to explore the struggle for peace and justice in Vieques after decades of US Navy bombing maneuvers.…

  • FUƧION NEW YORK

    FUƧION NEW YORK is an engaged, curator-driven art show. The organizers will produce up to 16 curatorial experiences for the public at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center. Our show will explore what it takes to live and express oneself as a full human being. Technology has not…

  • FILM MAKER INA ARCHER WILL JOIN WHAF AS GUEST CURATOR

    The West Harlem is pleased to have film-maker Ina Archer as a guest curator for our special Armory Week Show. FUƧION NEW YORK is an engaged, curator-driven art show. The organizers will produce up to sixteen curatorial experiences for the public. The show will explore what it takes to live…

  • 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…

  • Harlem Eyebombs

    Eyebombing started with two Danish artists hoping to brighten people’s day. By making inanimate objects more human, messages could be conveyed. Harlem Eyebombs is an urban art intervention that the West Harlem Art Fund is producing. Look out for more images in very interesting places throughout Harlem.

  • DON’T WORRY …. WE GOT YOUR BACK

    The West Harlem Art Fund is expanding its practice with urban art interventions. Our first will be an eyebombing at Riverside Park North. Eyebombing is the art of sticking “googly eyes” onto an inanimate object in the public sphere, in a way that cleverly lends the object the appearance of…

  • Play(LABS) Artist Talk

    Play (LABS) Public Art Installation: Artist Talk Venue Name: Harlem Garage Schedule Thursday, November 7th 7pm Join the West Harlem Art Fund, New York Restoration Project and the artists that created the Play(LABS) exhibition for an evening of fun and discussion. The talk will be held at Harlem Garage, the…

  • Jean-Marie Guyaux — Archived post

    by: E. G. Xie Jean-Marie Guyaux, giving off a simultaneously nonchalant and sharp air in his black clothing, spent the first half hour describing the companies that hired him, the advertising agencies that steered his work and the process of selling and promoting his work. The recorder rolled and I…

  • New Works by Tomo Mori/East Harlem Playlabs

    TOMO MORI was born in the countryside of Osaka, Japan. She studied fundamental drawing and painting intensively at Tokyo Metropolitan High School for Music and Fine Arts. In 1991, she entered the Atlanta College of Art to pursue studying contemporary art in the U.S. Since 2010, she has been working…

  • 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…