At a press conference on Thursday, November 15th, 2018, at 11am at NY City Hall, Miss America Nia Franklin will join local dignitaries and artists, named Artists Against Optimum, to announce a coalition to advocate support of, and access to, the arts from Harlem to Hollis. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Art
HSA & National Jazz Museum In Harlem Celebrate Jazz Legend Roy Haynes At 93!
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem together with the Harlem School of the Arts are proud to present a pair of events celebrating a great American artist – drummer and bandleader Roy Haynes. Continue Reading →
Harlem Artist Nari Wards First New York Retrospective At The New Museum
Check out Harlem artist Nari Ward at the New Museum present “Nari Ward: We the People,” on view from February 13 to May 26, 2019.
Al “Hirschfeld’s Harlem,” A Rare Picture Window Into Harlem Renaissance
Now in paperback! Decades before the PBS documentaries, before Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Al Hirschfeld and many, many more went to Harlem. Continue Reading →
Celebrate The Installation Of Two Women Inspired Sculptures In Marcus Garvey Park
Join the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance and the Public Art Initiative to celebrate the installation of two new sculptures in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
“Beyond Sims” Community Discussion And Artistic Expression In East Harlem
After decades of community and global activism, the statue of J. Marion Sims was finally removed from East Harlem on April 17th, 2018. Continue Reading →
Collector Donates 400 Artworks To The Studio Museum In Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem will receive 400 artworks by a “multigenerational who’s who of artists of African descent,” in a gift made by the late art collector and civil rights activist Peggy Cooper Cafritz, museum officials announced. Continue Reading →
Veteran Artists Show At Warrior Art Exhibit In Harlem
The public is invited to join the nonprofit Hope For The Warriors for opening night of the [Hope For The] Warrior Art Exhibit Thursday, October 4 at El Barrio Artspace PS109 in East Harlem. Continue Reading →
Proposals Sought For Sojourner Truth Monument From Harlem To Hollywood
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) from potential private sector partners to design, build and install a monument in commemoration of famed abolitionist and suffragette Sojourner Truth. Continue Reading →
The Introduction Of The ART Act For Artists From Harlem To Hollywood
A note from the Artists Rights Society (ARS):
ARS applauds the bipartisan, bicameral introduction of the American Royalties Too Act of 2018 (the ART Act, Senate Bill 3488 and House of Representatives Bill 6868), to provide basic fairness to American artists. Continue Reading →
An Astronaut Is Trying To Save The World With Art From David Hammons And Others
It is not often that such a heady cadre of talent comes together to take on one of the world’s most pressing humanitarian issues—access to safe water—but that is just what is happening this week at Phillips in New York. Continue Reading →
Join The Harlem School For The Arts (HSA) Masquerade Ball And After Party
The HSA Masquerade Ball and After Party has become one of the hottest tickets in town, and one of the most anticipated events of the Fall season.