Ready To Take A Stroll, Check Out The Harlem Arts Stroll As It Relaunches

The Harlem Arts Stroll relaunches the second week of September 2021 with two editions.

A Thursday After-Work Edition from 5 pm to 8 pm and a Saturday Edition from 1 pm to 6 pm featuring 9 Harlem Galleries and 2 coffee shops featuring as well as a special mural stop featuring the work of Paul Deo, all sponsored by Harlem based and businesses and nonprofits.

The Stroll conceived by Atim Annette Oton, Director and Curator of Calabar Gallery, was first launched in 2017 as an innovative collaboration of galleries, art spaces, and businesses focused on bringing visitors to Harlem and residents to see art in their neighborhood.

The relaunch, according to Oton, is to “show the diversity of galleries and art in Harlem, bring people back to all these businesses, increase foot traffic lost from Covid-19 and most importantly, remind people that Harlem is an art destination.”

Twenty-one businesses and organizations are participating in the relaunch. For Sandra Alexis Heath, “The Harlem Arts Stroll is a great way to introduce art lovers to several “best-kept secret” cultural gems that make up Harlem’s vibrant art scene.

Heath Gallery is participating to increase awareness that we’re here.” And Reginald Rousseau of Underground Gallery, “as an Artist and a Creative Entrepreneur, [Underground Gallery + Studio] through participating in the Harlem Arts Stroll. I hope to; Join the artistic community in unifying and enriching the Harlem community; and to Expose my artworks to a wider audience. To participate in the stroll, registration is at Eventbrite: here

The stroll will begin at CALABAR GALLERY each day and head to other locations – north and south of the start point: Participating gallery locations include CLAIRE OLIVER GALLERY, CURTISS JACOBS GALLERY, DIASPORA NOW, HEATH GALLERY, KENTE ROYAL GALLERY, L’ ESPACE DE REVE/HOME TO HARLEM, LONG GALLERY and UNDERGROUND GALLERY.

Other artwork can be seen at NBHD BRULEE COFFEE SHOP, INK COFFEE SHOP and a MURAL BY PAUL DEO. (Some galleries & spaces open one of 2 days, see schedule below).

The stroll is sponsored by HARLEM BREWING COMPANY, HARLEM ONE-STOP, HARLEM CAREERS, HARLEM 4 ALL, TBO HARLEM (THE BEST OF HARLEM), WHILE WE ARE STILL HERE, THE UPTOWN COLLECTIVE, PARK NORTH PHYSICAL THERAPY, and CALABAR IMPORTS.

THURSDAY: 5 pm to 8 pm

• CALABAR GALLERY, 2504 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, corner 134th Street, 646-964-5062. info@calabargallery.com
• NBHD BRULEE COFFEE, 2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd, 139th/ 140th Street, 646-952-4500
• UNDERGROUND GALLERY, 2508 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 145/146th Street, 917-504-4691
• KENTE ROYAL GALLERY, 2373 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 347- 421-2006, dodji@kenteroyalgallery.com
• INK Coffee Shop, 2363 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, near 138th/139th Street, info@inkharlem.com
• CLAIRE OLIVER GALLERY, 2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, near 134th Street, 212-929-5949, info@claireolivergallery.com
• L’ ESPACE DE REVE, 246 Malcolm X Blvd, 845-625-8287
• LONG GALLERY, 2073 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Blvd. New York, NY 10027. lewis@long.gallery 646-590-0650
• CURTISS JACOBS GALLERY, 2075 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 212-865-2111, info@curtissjacobs.gallery
• HEATH GALLERY, 24 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, 646-801-3172, saundra@heathgallerynewyork.com

SATURDAY: 1 pm to 6 pm

• CALABAR GALLERY, 2504 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, corner 134th Street, 646-964-5062. info@calabargallery.com
• NBHD BRULEE COFFEE, 2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd, 139th/ 140th Street, 646-952-4500
• DIASPORA NOW, Diaspora Now Inc. 80 St. Nicholas Place, Suite 1B (155th street), 646-267-883
• UNDERGROUND GALLERY, 2508 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 145/146th Street, 917-504-4691
• KENTE ROYAL GALLERY, 2373 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 347- 421-2006, dodji@kenteroyalgallery.com
• INK Coffee Shop, 2363 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, near 138th/139th Street, info@inkharlem.com
• CLAIRE OLIVER GALLERY, 2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, near 134th Street, 212-929-5949,
  info@claireolivergallery.com
• L’ ESPACE DE REVE, 246 Malcolm X Blvd, 845-625-8287
• PLANET HARLEM MURAL with PAUL DEO, Malcolm X Boulevard and 126th Street
• LONG GALLERY, 2073 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Blvd. New York, NY 10027. lewis@long.gallery 646-590-0650
• CURTISS JACOBS GALLERY, 2075 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 212-865-2111, info@curtissjacobs.gallery
• HEATH GALLERY, 24 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, 646-801-3172, saundra@heathgallerynewyork.com

About Harlem Arts Stroll

Harlem Arts Stroll is an innovative collaboration of galleries, art spaces, and businesses from 110th Street to 155th Street in Harlem, NY.

Organizer

Atim Annetteton, Calabar Gallery showcases contemporary African Artists and African Diaspora artists globally. Curated by Atim Annette Oton, each artist selected has work that deals with the complexities of the African experience.

For press inquiries please email harlemartsstroll@yahoo.com or info@calabargallery.com, 347-224-4295.

Photo credit: 1) Paul Deo. 2)  Thomas Heath.