Under the Viaduct
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20TH ANNIVERSARY
We wish to thank the artists that we have presented to serve the people of New York City with diverse art work. …
12th Avenue, Adrienne Reynolds, Allen Hansen, Ana Rokafella, Angel Chevrett, Anne Lau, Arches of Harlem, Ariel Jackson, Art Kartel, assemblage art, Badder Israel, Barbara Korman, Barry Charles Johnson, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bentley Meeker, BG 183, Brian Convery, Bridging Stone Figures, Brim Fuentes, Brimming on the Edge, Bronx, Carlton Murrell, Charlie Reynoso, Chelsea, Chris Harris, City College of the City University of New York, Clymenza Hawkins, Colin Chase, Columbia University, Cotton Club, Counting Sheep, Dan Ericson, Daniel Del Valle, Debra Swack, Dianne Dwyer, Dianne Smith, Doug Quackenbush, DUMBO, East Harlem, Edward Lee, Ellen Maynard, Gail Shaw Clemons, George Crespo, Golden Lasso, Governors Island, Grant’s Tomb, Gumboot Juba, Hamilton Grange, Harlem, Hosea Johnson Percy Cardona, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Ina Archer, Jackson Heights Queens, Jamal Shabazz, James Best , Jill Lipotti, Jose Columna, Joseph Whippler, Joshua Reynolds, Karen Leon Aponte, Karlos Carcamo, Kenjiro Kitade, Kenly Dillard, Kenneth LeRitchie, Kiki Smith, Kyu Seok Oh, Lady Bird Johnson, LADY K-FEVER, Laura James, Leo Tecosky, Loosely Coupled, Luanda Lozada, Luis Pagan, Luminata, Madeline Schwartzman, Mark Kang-O’Higgins, Marthalicia Matarrita, Ms. Boom Box, Natalie Wood, NoLita, Nora Mae Carmichael, NY Restoration Project, Patrick Singh, Peace Park, Pedro Ramirez, pop-up digis, Pratt Department of Digital Arts, Rafia Santana, REE, Repurpose Lighting Intervention, Reuben King, Robert Diken, Rudy Guiterrez, Sacred Body of the Omo Valley People, Sai Morikawa, Savona Bailey-McClain, Scherezade Garcia, Shani Peters, Shiro, SIENIDE, Sleeping Beauty, Soho, Soraya Marcano, St. Nicholas Park, Stephen Beveridge, Story Piles, Take Me to the River, The Arches of Harlem, The H in Harlem, The Tunnel, Times Square, Tomo Mori, Tyson Hall, Under the Viaduct, Unity Ribbon, Vicki DaSilva, Vladimir Ginzburg, Washington Heights, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Piers, Yasmin Hernandez, Yves Marie Vilain
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JARDíN DE LAS SEMILLAS
An ecological phenomena has been occurring gradually around the globe. The incorporation of street art & graffiti with botanical materials. The results are quite spectacular because it’s interactive, living and a little life changing.…
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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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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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MORE ART WILL PREMIERE FOR UNDER THE VIADUCT
SHORELINE Choreographed by Louise Ebersole for Under the Viaduct 2015, an art & lifestyle series where folks can meet, bike, skate or dine in an open-air plaza. Situated in West Harlem on 12th Avenue and near the Hudson River, residents and fellow New Yorkers can enjoy passive recreation in the daytime and when the sun starts going down,…
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PREMIERE OF RIVER | ROAD
Photos taken by C. Bailey and W. Vaultz Our outdoor series UNDER THE VIADUCT will involve several pop-up interventions along the Hudson River and under the 12th Avenue and Henry Hudson viaduct (digital projections, sound art, tours and dance) for the general public on three dates – June 6th, July 18th and October 3rd. UNDER…
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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
In 2005 and then again in 2008, the West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and NYS Division of Coastal Resources collaborated on two studies for West Harlem and Northern Manhattan, Take me to the River. The process was heralded for its inclusiveness and many community stakeholders were…
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STREETS ARE PUBLIC SPACES
“Urbanization is the defining trend of the 21st century; by 2030, 75 percent of the world’s 9 billion people will be living in cities. And urbanization is occurring most rapidly in places with the greatest lack of planning for urbanization.” — UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos i Matheu According to Project for Public Spaces,…
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SEEKING UPTOWN ARTISTS
UNDER THE VIADUCT 2015 Informational Meeting for West Harlem & Northern Manhattan Visual Artists Digital Media Opportunity Thursday, April 30, 2015 6- 8:30 p.m. West Harlem Development Corporation 423 W 127th St, New York, NY 10027 Presented by The West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with Pratt Digital Arts.
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WHAF PARTNERS W/CULTUREHUB & BRINGS DATA VISUALIZATION UTV
The West Harlem Art Fund will extend Under the Viaduct a little north to the borders of West Harlem & Washington Heights. The organization will partner with CultureHub to bring data visualization uptown. Below is a commentary and a video that showcase Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda. The goal is to inspire and encourage local residents…
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WHAF GEARING UP FOR UNDER THE VIADUCT 2015
And when we say, GEAR UP, we really mean it. The West Harlem Art Fund is planning some lifestyle interventions for Under the Viaduct. With support from the NYC Department of Transportation, WHAF hopes to create temporary lanes for new and experienced riders on 12th Avenue. Signage will be created by street artists and then…
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WEST HARLEM ART FUND WELCOMES KOREAN ARTISTS UPTOWN
The West Harlem Art Fund (WHAF) will increase access to the “arts” for West Harlem and NYC residents by developing light based and digitally based art works. These works will be shared through their new digi-theater platform and outdoor intervention series. According to Executive Director Savona Bailey-McClain, “In order to better engage local residents with…
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Thank You NYC for supporting Under the Viaduct
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