Harlem Tour

Participants from Expanding the Walls recently took a tour around Harlem with architectural historian John Reddick. He showed us the architectural landscape of Harlem and pointed out that different buildings had remained the same for many years.

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Give Us a Poem: Nkosi Nkululeko

April is National Poetry Month! Join Studio magazine in celebrating the ekphrastic poems written in response to artworks in The Studio Museum in Harlem's 2017–18 exhibition Fictions

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Elsewhere: Otobong Nkanga

Otobong Nkanga: To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again
March 31–September 9, 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Chicago, IL 
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Expanding the Walls Participants Become New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellows

This fellowship grants the recipients who are interested in pursuing an art career with additional professional experience and a scholarship for their postgraduate studies.

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Celebrating the Process: an interview with Chloe Hayward

Chloe Hayward is Family Programs Coordinator and a Teaching Artist at The Studio Museum in Harlem. A licensed creative art therapist, Chloe’s background is in art and design education, sculpture, and ceramics.

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Elsewhere: Adrian Piper

 

Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965–2016
March 31–July 22, 2018
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
moma.org

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Day One with Many More to Come

This February, in partnership with the School of Visual Arts, participants had the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of photography from photographer and professor Isaac Diggs. Here is participant Terrell’s experience:

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In Memoriam: Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Peggy Cooper Cafritz (1947–2018) was a trailblazer in the fields of art and education for over five decades. An amazing supporter of artists of African descent, including countless Studio Museum alumni, she profoundly shaped the landscape of contemporary art in the United States.

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DIY: Conversations in Collage

Work with a partner to create a fabric collage as you communicate through art!

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Welcome Expanding the Walls 2018!

Fifteen participants from around New York City have been selected to participate in the Studio Museum's after-school teen photography program.

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