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.

On View

The Painter­ly Eye
This fall, immerse your­self in an unfor­get­table exhi­bi­tion that cel­e­brates the pow­er of paint­ing. Autumn’s vivid col­ors come alive through the extra­or­di­nary tal­ents of artists Shen­na Vaughn, Lin­da Grig­gs, and Allen Hansen, who trans­form our space on Gov­er­nors Island into a vibrant haven of cre­ativ­i­ty. Expe­ri­ence Shen­na Vaughn’s cap­ti­vat­ing abstracts, Lin­da Griggs’s evoca­tive object-inspired paint­ings, and Allen Hansen’s bold, atmos­pher­ic can­vas­es, each invit­ing you to see the sea­son in a new light. This remark­able show is fur­ther ele­vat­ed by stun­ning sculp­tures from Luke Schu­mach­er and Dianne Smith, as well as two breath­tak­ing out­door pub­lic art instal­la­tions by Michael Poast in the adjoin­ing field.