Since graffiti emerged as a powerful form of self-expression on New York City streets in the 1970s, the city has grown into the epicenter of the contemporary street art movement. Continue reading
Gale Brewer To Host Black History Month Reception In Harlem
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer will host a reception and film screening recognizing the work of Harlem photographers on Monday, Feb. 29, in celebration of Black History Month.Continue reading
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African Inspired Veggie Boogie! Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling will present special "Story Time" for March as well as existing programs.Continue reading
East Harlem’s James A. Luisi 1928 – 2002
James A. Luisi was born on November 2, 1928, in Harlem, he was an American professional basketball player and actor. Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman during Seasons 3 through 6 of the television series The Rockford Files.Continue reading
Start Your Art World Career: Study With Christie’s Education
Christie’s Education offers degrees that provide students with the opportunity to study works of art first-hand. Making full use of Christie’s auction house premises as well as public and private collections, students will meet art-world professionals including specialists, dealers, art advisors and museum staff.Continue reading
Is Harlem Becoming The New Gallery District In NYC?
Call it the art-world circle of life: Gallery neighborhoods become too crowded and expensive for galleries to remain, forcing them to move to less expensive, more off-the-beaten-path parts of town—which then become too crowded and expensive for galleries to remain. And so it goes.Continue reading
The Timelessness Of The Photographs Of Kamoinge In Harlem
In 1963, the Kamoinge Workshop produced their first portfolio of photographs taken by members who made up the group. The portfolio included a statement that read: “The Kamoinge Workshop represents fifteen black photographers whose creative objectives reflect a concern for truth about the world, about society and about themselves.”Continue reading
Harlem’s Albert Murray—An American Original: Novelist, Essayist, Thinker Symposium
In honor of the path-making thought and work of, this one-day symposium will elaborate the Alabama-born Harlemite’s distinctive contribution to American letters. Continue reading
Studio Museum-Iteration Of Dapline In Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are pleased to present a custom Studio Museum-iteration of Dapline!, a modern dance performance by choreographer André Zachery and visual artist LaMont Hamilton.Continue reading
Naima Keith To Leave Studio Museum in Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s curator, Naima Keith, will be leaving her job to begin a new role as deputy director for exhibitions and programs at the California African American Museum in LA’s Exposition Park, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Carolina A. Miranda.Continue reading
West Harlem Art Fund & Iconic Linx To Host FUSION NEW YORK 2016
The West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with Iconic Linx is presenting FUSION NY in Harlem. FUSION NY is a thematic event series comprised of art exhibitions, panels, a jazz concert, and tours during Armory Week 2016.Continue reading
Join The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum Of Art & Storytelling
The Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling is pleased to invite Uptown artists to a special gathering on Thursday, March 3, 2016 from 6:00PM-8:00PM.Continue reading
Souleo: Civil Rights Doc Eyes On The Prize Returns
By Souleo
Growing up after the civil rights movement removed executive producer of WORLD Channel, Chris Hastings from any firsthand experiences of that era.Continue reading
Urban Art Legends at The Museum of the City of New York
In just forty years, what was once viewed by many as mindless vandalism – graffiti – has grown into a highly valued, socially relevant urban art form found in galleries and museums around the world—as well as on walls and trains.Continue reading
Harlem’s Doug E. Fresh In Interactive One + Toyota’s ‘Music in Motion’
Interactive One (iOne), the fastest growing and definitive digital platform for African American, and Millennial audiences, today announced the launch of “Music in Motion,” an innovative digital content series for Toyota Avalon that centers on creating your own unconventional destiny as shown through the intersection of art and music. Continue reading