Tag: Exhibition
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Exhibit At The Africa Center
Reframing NeglectOn view from August 5, 2023 through September 3, 2023 The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall (map)1280 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029 Thursday – Sunday | 11AM to 6PMFree and open to the public; No prior registration required In partnership with The END Fund, through the support of Reaching the Last Mile, we are…
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Zoe Anderson Norris
Recently a New York historian – Eve Kahn – reached out to residents on East 126th Street regarding a former resident from the block – the reformer/publisher/writer Zoe Anderson Norris (1860-1914). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Anderson_Norris https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/forgotten-gilded-age-author-zoe-anderson-norris-be-celebrated Zoe Anderson Norris lived at 57 East 126th Street around the turn of the 20th century. In addition, as an author, Zoe…
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(100) Faces of Harlem
Make sure to head over to Morningside Park, and stroll along it on the sidewalk next to Morningside Avenue. Along this sidewalk (mounted on the park fence) is a gorgeous photo project that centers on portraying Harlem residents in public and domestic spaces. The exhibition focuses on the beauty of everyday people. Some photos (like…
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Africa Center + MOFAD
Make sure to head down to 5th and 110th Street to see the collaboration between the Africa Center and the Museum of Food and Drink, before the current exhibition closes: The exhibit – African/American: Making the Nation’s Table – celebrates the contribution of African Americans to the nation’s culinary culture (both historic and ongoing). By…
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A Modest Proposal: Density
Gotham Gazette has a well thought out essay on how density should be a planning goal for our community in light of the 2nd Avenue Subway extension: High-quality planning and significant upzoning could boost ridership on the new line and remake East Harlem into a place that more comfortably accommodates current and future residents–of all…
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Traveling While Black
Make sure to visit the Schomburg Library before the end of the year to see the fantastic exhibit “Traveling While Black”. The Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Kevin Young notes: Since the start of their experience in the Americas, Black people have been defined by travel, displacement, and resistance. Whether in the…
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Kente Royal Gallery
Make sure to take a moment to visit the Kente Royal Gallery on ACP at 139 to see Elan Cadiz’s work on Scaffold: The Equality of Treatment: https://www.kenteroyalgallery.com/gallery The current exhibit there from Scaffold: Equity of Treatment 2020 – ongoing Scaffold: Equity of Treatment is about the importance of self-reflection and preservation and how these…
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Tiny Gallery Opening – Odetta Gallery
A fascinating gallery has an exhibit on view: Of tiny sculptures in a miniature display – Odetta Petite: ODETTA, in response to the current paradigm, is excited to introduce a new exhibition space, ODETTA Petite. Replicating the gallery’s original Bushwick venue, Ellen Hackl Fagan and Seth Callander have created a scaled-down space to enable its artists to return to gallery exhibitions. The new space…
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Leo Goldstein
The Bronx Documentary Center has a great online exhibit of the photography of Leo Goldstein. Goldstein photographed East Harlem in the 50’s and captured, in black and white, the gritty world that awaited many Puerto Ricans who moved to New York in the post-war era. Goldstein belonged to The Photo League which was targeted by…
