Thelma Golden, the director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, has been selected the winner of the 2016 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.Continue reading
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation 2015 Gold Rush Awards
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation is proud to announce the 2015 Gold Rush Awards. Taking place on Saturday, October 24th at the venue Littlefield in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, this is the fourth annual night dedicated to celebrating cutting-edge art, music, fashion and culture. Continue reading
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Harlem Haberdashery Honors Ronald A. Draper At Harlem Hospital
By Rudy Collins
On Friday, October 2, 2015, Harlem born and raised contemporary visual artist and co-founder of #TakeCareOfHarlem Ronald Draper was honored at a special invitation-only reception for his contributions of art to Harlem Hospital.Continue reading
Black Suburbia: From Levittown to Ferguson In Harlem
What do the suburbs teach us about the black experience, family ideals, community, and racial identity? How is the myth of the American Dream complicated by the African American suburban experience?Continue reading
Souleo: Harlem’s New Children’s Museum Opens In Harlem
By Souleo
Visual artist, David Shrobe wishes that during his childhood in Harlem he had his own local children’s museum. As a fourth generation Harlemite he is finally seeing that dream manifested with the opening of Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling.Continue reading
The Harlem Arts Alliances Harlem Arts Advocacy Week 2015
Harlem Arts Advocacy Week is key to the mission of Harlem Arts Alliance. With the leadership of Executive Director, Linda Walton, Harlem-based HAA strives to unify artists and arts organizations, large and small, and to link the arts with other sectors within the community.
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Harlem Artist Nicole Goodwin Performs At United Nations
By Eartha Watts-Hicks
Writers stay encouraged, having the courage to share "this" gift...can take you to amazing places. The gifted and multi-talented artist, Harlem's Nicole Goodwin, is being featured this week at a presentation at the United Nations (Yes, during the General Assembly), performing before, with, and amongst royalty and heads of state.Continue reading
Nina Simone Sings “Ain’t Got No…I’ve Got Life” In Harlem (video)
Great footage of legendary Nina Simone at the historical 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that took place in Marcus Garvey Park during the summer, only months apart from the inaugural Woodstock concert. Continue reading
HW Pick: Design Lab Exhibitors At The Biofab Conference ’15 In NYC
On Thursday, October 22nd New York City will host the second annual biofabricate conference featuring applications of biology in design and technology.Continue reading
Harlem Renaissances “Archibald Motley” At The Whitney
Archibald Motley was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is best known as both a master colorist and a radical interpreter of urban culture. Continue reading
“Memories & Reflections: Artworks on Paper” In Harlem
The Countee Cullen Branch, The New York Public Library located on 104 West 136 St hosted the works of NCA members and guest artist presenters to explore and display the themes of “Memories & Reflections”.Continue reading
The Value of Food: Sustaining a Green Planet Show In Harlem
On Tuesday, October 6, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine will open to the public, The Value of Food: Sustaining a Green Planet, a multimedia art exhibition and Cathedral-wide initiative addressing the issues of food security, hunger, access to healthy food, local and urban farming, factory farming, diet, and the cultural and spiritual meanings of food.Continue reading
Allen Stringfellow Essay in Collage At Essie Green In Harlem
Drawing from diverse sources, including European Impressionism, Romare Bearden's collages, William Carter's tranquil oil paintings, and the bold and colorful modernist paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Stringfellow has constructed his own distinctive artistic vocabulary.Continue reading
Under The Viaduct + The Group Installation In Harlem
SYNCED for one night only on Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 6:00 pm to 10 pm along 12th Avenue, starting at 125th Street to 135th Street, Harlem, New York brings art to Harlem.Continue reading
HW Pick: Love Heals, The What’s Your Sign? Mural Project
On Saturday, October 3, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education (www.loveheals.org), in collaboration with art curators Jeff Beler and Frankie Velez...Continue reading
