West Harlem Art Fund

[2] The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. provides exhibition opportunities to artists and creative professionals in public spaces located in Northern Manhattan.

A diverse range of artists have been featured, including Barbara Siegel, Luisa Caldwell, Robert Hickman, Florencio Gelabert, Sandor Camille, Julio Valdez, Queen Esther, Jann Parker, Patrick Singh, Dianne Smith, Nora Mae Carmichael, Richard Gonzalez, Sai Morikawa, Scherezade Garcia, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Ellen Maynard, Kiki Smith, Vicki DaSilva, Kyuseok Oh, and Bentley Meeker.

Phase I and II of the project raised a total of $550,000, which in turn led to an additional $40 million in funding from the City of New York for capital improvements that began in 2010.

The timing of the Ghost Net installation was significant as it coincided with the discovery of an Atlantic trash patch and the BP Gulf oil spill off the coast of Louisiana.

In March 2011, a public art exhibition was held in the heart of Times Square, featuring the Counting Sheep installation, created by Kyu Seok Oh.

[4] Later that year, the organization collaborated with New York Restoration Project to produce the public art series Playlab, which was held in four gardens in East Harlem.

In 2014, the organization curated The H in Harlem, an installation by premier lighting designer Bentley Meeker, and the intervention series Under the Viaduct, which included works by various artists such as Vicki DaSilva, Peter Rogina, Cynthia Rudin, Henry Gwiadzu, Jonas Nilsson, Eva Olson, Carlton Bright, Eileen Cohen, Lady K Fever, choreographer Ellen Maynard, and digital students from New York University's ITP Program and Columbia University Sound Art Program.