The West Harlem Art Fund

12/08/2025

https://www.mta.info/agency/arts-design/40
MTA Arts in Transit celebrates 40 years serving the public.

MTA Arts & Design, one of the world’s largest public-art collections, is marking 40 years of delivering public art across the MTA system with a yearlong celebration to feature commemorative projects and new work. Started in 1985 and encompassing a broad spectrum of artistic activity—including po...

12/05/2025

Holiday lightings at our park venues.

11/26/2025

Enjoy your holiday!

11/23/2025

Orozco’s impact on printmaking

Together with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Orozco was one of Mexico’s three most influential muralists. The most dedicated printmaker of the three "giants," Orozco completed some thirty lithographs and twenty intaglios during his career, printing etchings in his own studio This print comes from a series of lithographs that Orozco created based on his 1926 mural at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City....

Together with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Orozco was one of Mexico’s three most influential muralists. The most dedicated printmaker of the three “giants,” Orozco completed…

11/17/2025

Sign up for our 1st stargazing event in Harlem.

11/16/2025

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the premier art fair for exhibiting and celebrating exceptional works on paper in the United States, is pleased to announce the exhibitor list for the 20th anniversary edition of the fair, which will be held across thirty-five galleries on the Upper East Side of Manhattan from January 30 – February 7, 2026. The exhibitors of Master Drawings New York 2026 will feature works from the 15th to 21st centuries, including paintings, sculpture, and photography....

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the premier art fair for exhibiting and celebrating exceptional works on paper in the United States, is pleased to announce the exhibitor list for the 20t…

11/12/2025

Day of the Dead celebration at Columbia University

11/11/2025

Have you ever wondered about your mother's or grandmother's silverware? Did you know that African Americans have been silversmiths from the early 19th Century. Read the biography of Peter Bentzon by Dr. Synatra Smith and then learn more about silver. Peter Bentzon Nineteenth-century silversmith Peter Bentzon was born circa 1783 on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. Within that Danish colony, he was categorized as a “mustice” or “mustee”—the son of a free, mixed-race mother and a white father....

Have you ever wondered about your mother’s or grandmother’s silverware? Did you know that African Americans have been silversmiths from the early 19th Century. Read the biography of Pet…

11/06/2025

Last night, the sculpture Beacon was shining bright in Montefiore Square Park. The artist is Shervone Neckles and it was fabricated by Beam Center.

11/03/2025

https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/calendar/event/20251112/fb50bc0d-378f-4840-8e75-8162f9842419/introduction-to-hand-tools-for-artists-designers

Great opportunity to learn and network.

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