Harlem Arts

Regional & International Artists are joining Repurpose

The West Harlem Art Fund is so pleased to have regional artists Dennis Hlynsky and Dr. Henry Gwiazda joining our lighting intervention series as well as husband and wife team Jonas Nilsson and Eva Olsson from Sweden. Their participation is showing that West Harlem is budding a real art scene that is both contemporary and…

April 21, 2014

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Sweden, United States, West Harlem

12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art Harlem, art in Harlem, DENNIS HLYNSKY, digital art, Eval Olsson, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Henry Gwiadzwa, Jonas Nilsson, light installations, light intervention, light painting, Linda Griggs curator, NYC Creative Sector, Repurpose Lighting Intervention, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Sugar Hill, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Creative Sector, West Harlem Creatives
Cross-borough collaboration for Repurpose under the 12th Avenue viaduct

Artists from Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn are now participating in the lighting intervention Repurpose. All of the interventions will be along 12th Avenue in local restaurants, sidewalks and buttress walls underneath the viaduct. The Riverside Drive Viaduct, also known as the 12th Avenue viaduct, was built in 1900 by the City of New York,…

April 21, 2014

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Brooklyn, LIC, Queens, West Harlem

125th Street, 12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, 200th anniversary of 125th Street, 9A Restaurant, art Harlem, art in Harlem, art in NYC, Center for Holographic Arts, Cotton Club, Covo Trattoria, cross-borough collaboration, cross-borough participation, Cynthia Beth Rudin, D. Carlton Bright, Dianne Smith, digital art, digital imagery, digital projection, Dinosaur Bar-b-que, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Harlem Biospace, light graffiti, light installations, light interventions, light painting, light projection, Linda Griggs curator, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, sidewalk art in Harlem, sidewalk art in West Harlem, Sweet Spot Festival, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Food & Beverage Association
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

March 14, 2014

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Harlem, West Harlem

art in Harlem, Dianne Smith, Fusion NY, Fusion NY 2014, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Imitation of Life, NYC arts, NYC contemporary art, Savona Bailey-McClain, Savona Bailey-McClain curator + co-producer, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund
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 Participating Curators: Ina Archer, Badder…

March 10, 2014

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Bedford- Stuyvesant, Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem, Soho, West Harlem

Adrienne Reynolds, Ariel Jackson, Armory Arts Week 2014, Armory Week, Armory Week 2014, Arts Harlem, Badder Israel, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brian Convery, Bronx arts, Brooklyn artists, Chris Harris, Dan Ericson, Dianne Dwyer, Dianne Smith, Fusion NY, Fusion NY 2014, Harlem Arts, Ina Archer, Jamal Shabazz, Joshua Reynolds, Kenly Dillard, LADY K-FEVER, Madeline Schwartzman, mixed media, mixed media art, NYC Art fair, NYC contemporary art, NYC street art, Richard Beavers, Savona Bailey-McClain curator + co-producer, Scherezade Garcia, Shani Peters, Shiro, Soho, street art, Suave Rhoomes, Toccarra Thomas, video art, video installation, West Harlem Art Fund, Yasmin Hernandez, Yves Marie Vilain co-producer
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 near 7th Avenue/Adam Clayton Powell…

February 24, 2014

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East Harlem, Harlem, New York City

Armory Week, Armory Week 2014, curated museum tour, Derrick Adams, East Harlem, East Harlem Arts, Edgar Arceneaux, El Museo del Barrio, Fusion NY, Harlem, Harlem Armory Day, Harlem Arts, harlem tour and wine tasting, John Akomfrah, Laylah Ali, NYC art, NYC art show, Sanford Biggers, Studio Museum in Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts
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.

December 9, 2013

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Harlem

art for social justice, art intervention, Artists & Craftsman Supply, artmaking in Harlem, eyebombing, Harlem art making, Harlem Arts, Harlem eyebombing, Harlem Eyebombs, NYC eyebombing, NYC public art, NYC urban art intervention, public art intervention, social art, social justice art, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts
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 1st co-working space uptown located…

November 4, 2013

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Harlem

art in Harlem, Badder Israel, Dianne Smith, East Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Harlem Garage, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Neal Ludveg, New York Restoration Project, public art intervention, Savona Bailey-McC, Tomo Mori, urban art intervention, West Harlem Art Fund
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 almost exclusively in a meticulous,…

October 22, 2013

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East Harlem, Harlem, Italian Harlem, Spanish Harlem/El Barrio

art in Harlem, art in public places, art in the public realm, art intervention, artharlem, East Harlem, East Harlem Playlabs, El Barrio Art, fine art in Harlem, fine art in NYC, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Harlem fine arts, NYRP, Playlabs, Solar Fountain, Tomo Mori, urban art intervention, West Harlem Art Fund, What Circulates in public places
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, most tribesmen choose to use…

September 28, 2013

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Brooklyn, Harlem, TriBeca, West Harlem

African Burial Ground, Armory Week, art in NYC, artharlem, artists Harlem, contemporary art NYC, Ethiopian culture, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Art Scene, Harlem Arts, Lower Manhattan, NYC arts, NYC contemporary art, Omo Valley People, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Scherezade Garcia, TriBeCa, video art, video installation, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts
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 art scene that’s developing uptown.…

September 27, 2013

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Brooklyn, East Harlem, West Harlem

Art Group Show, Art Kartel, Baby Suave, Badder Israel, Badder Israel Art Kartel, Brooklyn Art, East Harlem, East Harlem Art Season, East Harlem Art Tour, East Harlem Arts, East Harlem Flux, East Harlem Public Art, El Barrio Art, El Barrio Art Scene, El Barrio Playlabs, El Barrio Public Art, El Catano Garden, Harlem Art Focus, Harlem Art Season, Harlem Art Season 2013, Harlem Arts, Harlem Arts 2013, Harlem Arts Tour, Harlem Fall Season, Harlem Fall Season 2013, Harlem Focus public art, Harlem gardens, Harlem open spaces, Harlem Public Art, Harlem Visual Art Season, Italian Harlem Art, Italian Harlem Art Scene, Italian Harlem Arts, Lev Radin, Los Amigos Garden, mural, NYC Art Scene, NYC arts, Playlabs East Harlem, Playlabs New York Restoration Project, Playlabs NYC, Playlabs NYC Playlabs East Harlem Playlabs West Harlem Art Fund Playlabs New York Restoration Project Playlabs NYRP Playlabs WHAF Harlem Fall Art Season Harlem Fall Art Season 2013 Harlem Fall Art Eve, Playlabs West Harlem Art Fund, pre-Columbian images, public art intervention, public arts, Spanish Harlem Art, Spanish Harlem Art Parks, Spanish Harlem Arts, Spanish Harlem Arts Scene, Target Garden, Tiffany Family Garden, Uptown Art, Uptown Art Scene, Uptown Arts, urban art intervention
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 series will begin in mid-October…

September 20, 2013

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East Harlem, Harlem, New York City, West Harlem

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