SoHarlem Happenings
2023 Harlem Culture Crawl
Designers left to right: Triangle Designs, Art in Heaven, Blue Olive & JPR Accessories
2023 Harlem Culture Crawl
Saturday April 29th, 2023
11AM to 5PM
SoHarlem will be participating in the 2023 Harlem Culture Crawl. Join us on Saturday for a tour inside our Cultural Arts Incubator and see what the designer’s of SoHarlem have been creating!
About this event
West Harlem, treasured for its cultural legacy, vibrant multicultural community, and renowned religious and academic institutions, invites visitors to the Harlem Culture Crawl to explore some of the neighborhood’s established and lesser-known cultural organizations. Over this weekend-long festival from April 28 to 30, explore Harlem’s neighborhoods and experience how the area’s unique structures and organizations keep Harlem at the helm of culture today.
SITES, PERFORMANCES, AND EXHIBITS
OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY, APRIL 28 AT 7PM: Latin Jazz and Dance Concert at Interchurch Center. FREE.
Program
Sat. April 29 11AM-5PM. (3rd floor, take elevator) Shopping: one-of-a-kind items from local artisans.
Retha Powers: Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations
Retha Powers: Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations Five thousand quotes are culled from the time of Ancient Egypt through American slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Era, Apartheid, to the present day. Nov 20, 2022
November 17, 2022 @ 5:30 - 7:30PM Deborah Willis, artist, educator, scholar and prolific writer shares recent publication
November 17, 2022 @ 5:30PM
A salon with the artist, educator, scholar and prolific writer Deb Willis launching a new publication she co-authored with Cheryl Finley, Nobody Knows My Name. The book presents artists working in photography, video, silkscreen, projection and mixed-media installation, all of them exploring the possibilities of freedom. Deb will be joined by Adama Delphine Fawundu, artist and Dr. Cheryl Finley art historian. The artists and authors will share their stories and autograph their new book.
Public & Private Partnerships
The Public Space Partnership Initiative works to make the District’s public commons more welcoming and inspirational and contributes to Manhattanville’s environmental health through greening and eco-restoration.
The Manhattanville Factory District Public Art Program
● Integrates artworks and the ideas of artists into Manhattanville’s public spaces to embody the District’s cultural heritage and aesthetics.
The Manhattanville Factory District Green Installation Program
● A community partnership with the Working Group to Establish Functional Blue Green Spaces in the Manhattanville Factory District initiated to address stormwater run-off and to create inviting green spaces for recreation and pedestrian traffic.
