Swann Galleries’ On Thursday, March 31, 2016 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana sold an illustration by E. Simms Campbell, a lively A Night-Club Map of Harlem, pen and brush, 1932 to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.Continue reading
Rickey Smiley’s TV One Doc-Series Renewed For Season 2
Following its first season as the #2 Program on Cable in its time slot among Black P25-54 and reaching 8.2 million Unique P2+ Viewers, TV One announced today a second season renewal of Rickey Smiley For Real. Continue reading
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Arnaud “Arna” Wendell Bontemps Harlem NY 1923-1930 (video)
Arnaud "Arna" Wendell Bontemps October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973 was a Harlem poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.
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“Untitled – Homeless Series,” 1999 By Rashid Johnson
Untitled - Homeless Series, 1999 a great photo by Rashid Johnson, Rashid is a contemporary American photographer-artist. Johnson is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago. His work is in major museum collections, including the Whitney Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, etc. Continue reading
Children’s Museums Honors Harlem Children’s Zone’s Geoffrey Canada
The Association of Children’s Museums will convene hundreds of leaders from children’s museums and supporting organizations to learn about and advocate for the role of children’s museums in closing the achievement gap,Continue reading
‘Caught In An Upward Spiral’ At Heath Gallery In Harlem
This exhibition features four artists (Suprina, Jeffrey Allen Price, Gabriel Shuldiner and Victoria Udondian) that work with repurposed materials. Continue reading
The 314 Birds Flocking To Harlem’s Hamilton Heights
It wasn’t that Avi Gitler had any special love for birds. Sure, the gallerist had appreciated a few feathered dudes in his time, spying on them during hikes and while traveling around his native New York City. Continue reading
Public Art Installation in Marcus Garvey Park In Harlem
The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance Public Art Initiative is pleased to announce the installation of DNA Totem: a public sculpture created by artist Suprina. Continue reading
Sesame Street’s Sonia Manzano At The Children’s Museum In Harlem
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling is springing into the season with lots of special public performances and programs including: a live book reading by Sesame Street's Sonia Manzano aka "Maria" for more than 30 years (April 9th), FREE Museum day (April 16) and much more.Continue reading
On Jerusalem Walls, Artist Memorializes Hebrew Israelite Rabbi From Harlem
When Rabbi Mordecai Herman would visit the Lower East Side of the 1920s, then teeming with Jewish immigrants from Europe, he cut an intriguing figure.Continue reading
HW Pick: See “MAD Tiger’ Eat Smiles At The IFC Center (video)
In the doc MAD TIGER the film follows the relationship of two Japanese men in their 40's, Yellow and Red, who have been best friends, band mates and business partners touring the United States in a performance-art punk band called PEELANDER-Z for the last fifteen years. Continue reading
Opening And Afterparty Celebrating Rashaad Newsome’s Show At The Studio Museum In Harlem
Rashaad Newsome's solo exhibition "This Is What I Want To See" opened at the Studio Museum in Harlem on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Continue reading
Chester Higgins In Conversation With Randall Pinkston In Harlem
A phenomenal photographer, Chester Higgins Jr. is an equally ferocious wit and riveting storyteller. Join the conversation about his photography and travels around the globe with news anchor, Randall Pinkston.Continue reading
Calling All Harlem Artists: GrowNYC Contest
Here's a great opp sent to us by the folks at Grow NYC:
Grow NYC is looking for artists from Harlem to Hollis to channel their inner environmentalist and create a two-dimensional work of art inspired by GrowNYC's work in NYC: think Greenmarkets, gardens, recycling, compost, habitat, ecosystems and more. Continue reading
Arts & Minds at the Studio Museum Wins National Award
The Studio Museum in Harlem is thrilled to announce that The Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) has awarded Arts & Minds at the Studio Museum the 2015 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award. Continue reading