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Governors Island Fall Art Show – The Painterly Eye
This fall, immerse yourself in an unforgettable exhibition that celebrates the power of painting. Autumn’s vivid colors come alive through the extraordinary talents of artists Shenna Vaughn, Linda Griggs, and Allen Hansen, who transform our space on Governors Island into a vibrant haven of creativity. Experience Shenna Vaughn’s captivating abstracts, Linda Griggs’s evocative object-inspired paintings,…
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History of Land Art
Land Art is an artistic movement that emerged in the 1960s, using nature as both material and the primary setting for creation. Land artists sculpt, transform, or directly intervene in natural landscapes to create works that are often monumental, ephemeral, or permanent. This movement transcends the limits of galleries and museums, questioning our relationship with nature…
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Romance in the Garden
Nika Antuanette will animate on Saturday, August 16th at 2 pm, the sculptural installation Romance in the Park with a 20-minute dance, embodying the spirit of romance woven into the artwork in Morningside Park, Harlem. Inspired by the fleeting, joyful encounters that Romance in the Park celebrates, the performance is an ode to the elation, excitement,…
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Harlem Sculpture Gardens presents Ukrainian culture and art to Morningside Park
Post-Tango by artist Mikhailo Levchenko, is a sculpture about the aftermath of human devastation. The state where one has to face unpleasant circumstances, where emotions may have passed, but the body still remembers the physical pain. It is about the search for form after destruction — about a dance turned into an architecture of survival. …
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Harlem Sculpture Gardens expands this summer to the Broadway corridor with two new important works
This summer, Harlem Sculpture Gardens will expand to reach residents along upper Broadway in Manhattan with the help of new partners. As part of a collaboration between the Beam Center, a youth-based organization, fabricator Gary Linares, and the Lewis Latimer House Museum, NYS Senator Cordell Cleare and the Broadway Mall Association sponsored the works, Trinity…
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Public Art in Harlem and Beyond
This Friday, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, panelists will discuss how contemporary presentation styles for public art affect urban communities like Harlem today. Among the panelists are Kendal Henry, Assistant Commissioner, Public Art, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and Harlem-based artists Fitgi Saint-Louis and Dianne Smith. The West Harlem Art Fund’s…
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Space Uptown 2024
AHL Foundation is pleased to announce the artists selected for Space Uptown 2024. Co-curated by Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director & Chief Curator, West Harlem Art Fund and Jiyoung Lee, Gallery Director, AHL Foundation. The artists for this year’s exhibition are Ara Ko, Carlos Mateu, Bishop McIndoe, Kai Oh and Kejoo Park. Supported by Manna’s…
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West Harlem Art Fund presents its first Winter Exhibition — Curb Appeal on Gov Island
The West Harlem Art Fund is expanding their seasonal residency on Governors Island through Winter 2024. The first organization outside of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, to offer year-round public art with an indoor installation available by appointment only. This year marks our 25th anniversary, according to Executive Director Savona Bailey-McClain, where we have presented public…
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Coming to West Harlem
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair announced details of the 2023 annual New York edition, following the notable success of last year’s return to an in-person fair event in Harlem. The 2023 iteration will take place at Malt House in the Manhattanville Factory District, 429 West 127th Street, from Thursday, May 18 through Sunday, May 21,…
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Meet Rose B. Simpson
Rose B. Simpson is a mixed-media artist from Santa Clara Pueblo, NM. Her work engages ceramic sculpture, metals, fashion, performance, music, installation, writing, and custom cars. She received an MFA in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018, is…
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INTRODUCING SOUTH AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHER TONY GUM
Gum’s presentation, “Ode to She,” is a timely reflection on her own experience as a Xhosa woman. Her work is rooted in the tradition known as intonjane, where a young girl evolves physically and spiritually through the many stages of her native culture. In her young 20s, Gum is certainly a young artist on the…
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PALMER C. HAYDEN
Palmer Hayden, Harlem Renaissance artist and beyond Palmer Hayden’s birth was on November 9th 1890. He was an African American painter whose work became known during the Harlem Renaissance. Born Peyton Cole Hedgeman in Wide Water, Virginia, he was a prolific artist of his era. He depicted African American life, painting in both oils and…
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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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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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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.
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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 hundred visitors came to see…
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