• 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…

  • 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…

  • Shout out to Frankfurt

        We just wanted to give a little shout out to the graffiti installation in Europe. It’s important to support others who are trying to do the same thing. This summer WHAF was fortunate to produce two street art installations. Jana Joana and Vitché, “Frankfurt am Main,” 2013. Graffiti.…

  • 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…

  • Executive Director Savona Bailey-McClain participates in HAF

       Today, Savona Bailey-McClain, independent art curator and Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund will moderate talks this weekend for the Harlem Arts Festival. She will site down with Heather Lanza on Saturday and Eric Lockley on Sunday to talk about their new theatre works. This will all…

  • Confronting Bushwick 2

    ArtHelix presents    Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director & Chief Curator of the West Harlem Art Fund has been selected to participate on a panel for Bushwick Open Studio. She will be joined by Carlton Newton, Associate Professor/Interim Chair/USculpture + Extended Media Department VCU; Katarina Hybenova , Editor in Chief/Bushwick Daily and…

  • 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…

  • Spring Gallery Tours

    The West Harlem Art Fund has partnered with the hot online marketing site Course Horse to promote our art tours, lectures, exhibitions and special events. Our spring gallery tours are available now and look out for our upcoming spring exhibition, artist talks, lectures and artisan classes. Course Horse Registration/West Harlem…

  • 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…

  • The Making of Organic Abstract

    Watch how artist Dianne Smith fabricate this new work. Please support this effort, make a donation or buy a limited edition T-shirt designed by the artist.            

  • 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.   

  • HENRY MOORE, LIFE-SIZED SCULPTURE & AFRICAN INFLUENCES

    Everything I do, I intend to make on a large scale… Size itself has its own impact, and physically we can relate more strongly to a big sculpture than to a small one. —Henry Moore Henry Moore, Picasso and Matisse expanded modern art in a powerful new direction with their…

  • 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…