Harlem
RSSExpanding the Walls Alumni in Conversation
Senechut Floyd (ETW 2011) and Ivan Forde (ETW 2008)
Reflections on a School Partnership
Students at the Children’s Storefront School, an independent, tuition-free school in Harlem, are exploring the many applications of photography this semester. The Studio Museum in Harlem’s ongoing exhibitions serve as the starting point for our inquiries. After looking closely and discussing works on display, the students develop their own images in response. Beginning with portrait photography, students learn to compose a strong image that visually communicates some aspect of their own identity or those of their subjects. Their first portraits were straightforward and candid. The images they made for the second portrait evolved into imaginative expressions of their creative selves.
CBS2 Spotlight on Kira Lynn Harris [VIDEO]
Art That's Meant To Be An Experience
Counting the Block
Kira Lynn Harris's The Block | Bellona is one of those works of art you can look at again and again and always see something new. Inspired by another of my favorite blocks, I decided to enumerate a few of these things! In The Block | Bellona you'll find:
- 68 windows (but only 5 shades!)
- 11 doors
- 5 angels
- 5 cars
- 3 birds
- 2 cats
- 1 fence
- 1 TV
- 1 light bulb
(I didn't count the bricks!)
Harlem-centric Blogs We're Reading!
It's no surprise that we love websites and blogs that feature the latest news and happenings from around the Harlem community. Here are a few that we frequent:
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Crafting Community
Ife Felix Leads Community Quilt Project
During Target Free Sundays in January, quilt artist Ife Felix will lead a series of quilting workshops, during which you can contribute to the Community Quilt Project.
Interested in participating? Here's what to do:
Select a 5x7" fabric swatch that represents you, your family, or your community
All About Bearden
The Studio Museum and P.S. 36 School Partnership
This year, the Studio Museum is proud to partner with Margaret Douglas School (P.S. 36) in Harlem for an eight-week collaboration in the classrooms of kindergarten teachers Ms. Kouassi and Ms. Hutton. Working with Studio Museum teaching artist Alisha Wormsley, both classes have been celebrating Romare Bearden’s centennial by exploring a theme prevalent in Bearden’s works: community. The students have been exploring and discussing the collages of Bearden as inspiration for a final photomontage project.
Diego Cupolo Captures the Streets of Harlem
Photojournalist Diego Cupolo chronicles his wanderings throughout New York and beyond with his camera. Here, he shares Cheap Divorce, a recent photo taken on 125th street.
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I took this photo while looking for a pawn shop. I wanted to sell a gold cross with Jesus on it, but it turned out to be fake. The pawn shop clerk said he knew it was fake simply by the sound it made. My Italian aunt gave it to me when I was a kid. What can you do? I was just trying to make extra cash for my trip to Nicaragua. That's where I am now and I'm heading south to Argentina. Harlem was my pit stop before take off.
- Diego Cupolo
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My Harlem: Cash for Gold
Development Assistant William Armstrong takes us on a tour of the neighborhood
The glow of a Harlem brownstone, as it is cooled by the evening, is what I look forward to on my daily meanderings around Harlem. I like to believe that each brownstone represents a chapter in the illustrious history of Harlem. While walking on my daily commute to work, I look for a story in each brownstone I pass. Multiple doorbells tell me which ones are now apartments and iron gates reveal newer buildings, while differences in decay lead me to suspect whether additions had been made to the exterior. While growing up in the suburbs of Maryland, the most exciting neighborhood observations I could make were newly paved speed bumps—so imagine how my affection for city architecture has replaced the vinyl siding I’m used to.