West Harlem Art Fund

The West Harlem Art Fund is a pio­neer­ing force in bring­ing trans­for­ma­tive pub­lic art and design pro­grams to urban neigh­bor­hoods in New York City. Since 1998, their dynam­ic exhi­bi­tions — rang­ing from strik­ing sculp­tures and immer­sive instal­la­tions to inno­v­a­tive dig­i­tal pro­jec­tions and vibrant per­for­mances — have enlivened neigh­bor­hoods and inspired com­mu­ni­ties across the city. Their com­mit­ment to cre­ative excel­lence and cul­tur­al enrich­ment has earned them recog­ni­tion in promi­nent out­lets includ­ing the NYTimes, Art Dai­ly, Art­net, Hyper­al­ler­gic, White Hot Mag­a­zine, Wall Street Jour­nal, CBS Local News, NY1, and ABC-TV. Their her­itage sym­bol Afun­tum­mireku-denkyemmtreku: is the dou­ble croc­o­dile from West Africa, Ghana, which means uni­ty in diversity.

The West Harlem Art Fund’s 2026 res­i­den­cy, Shield and Cov­er, will explore the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion and how vul­ner­a­ble indi­vid­u­als nav­i­gat­ed a per­ilous peri­od and sought safe­ty. This work looks to explore the chal­lenges women and Native folks faced, the lives lost, the sac­ri­fices made, and what ground­work was laid for the future through this.

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