Public Art in Harlem and Beyond

IN PERSON 

In collaboration with West Harlem Art Fund, join us for a panel discussion on the impact of public art in Harlem and how artists engage the public with their installations.

Moderated by Savona Bailey-McClain, executive director and chief curator of the West Harlem Art Fund, the panel will include Kendal Henry, assistant commissioner of Public Art at the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and Harlem-based artists Dianne Smith and Fitgi Saint-Louis. This spring, the Art Fund revived the Harlem Sculpture Gardens (Art in the Park) in collaboration with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and Saint-Louis will unveil the sculpture Aunties on the median at 124th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard on May 16. 

Free and Open to the Public

FIRST COME Events are free and open to all, but due to space constraints registration is requested. We generally overbook to ensure a full house.

GUESTS Please note: no food or drinks allowed anywhere in the Schomburg Center.

E-TRANSPORTATION NYPL policy prohibits electric transportation devices (e.g., motorbikes, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards) from being brought into or stored at library sites for any length of time, as this is the best way to keep our spaces & people safe.

AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING Programs are photographed and recorded by the Schomburg Center. Attending this event indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for any all purposes of the New York Public Library.

PRESS Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at leahdrayton@nypl.org.

Please note that professional video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent.