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Calabar Gallery represents underserved artists locally and globally: African, African American and Caribbean artists, with the mission of providing a place for community, exhibition, creative initiatives and projects. It provides a venue for them to innovate, sustain, grow and expand ideas, concepts, projects and leverage opportunities by the use of our space, networks and relationships, and a distinctive location in Harlem New York City. Please follow us here Instagram page and Calabar GallerySUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER: SIGN UP
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1. WORD: OUR CURATOR'S VOICE
July continues to bring hot weather so we keep the excitement going. We are excited and happy to announce the advisors for our Arts Residency program in New Jersey:
PJ Gupatina Policarpo, Head of Youth Development, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Jeanne Brasile, Director, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, New Jersey
Halima Taha, Curator, Curator, Art & Culture Strategist and author of Collecting African American Art Works, New York
Elizabeth Keithline, Exhibitions Director, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), New York
Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Director, Pigment International, Art publication magazine, Chicago
Eto Otitigbe, artist and MFA Deputy chair, Brooklyn College's Sculpture Department, New York
Each of these art professionals will bring their expertise to help me guide our first resident who will begin in August. More details and announcement will happen by the end of the month.
For our GRENADA ART RESIDENCY with partner CANNES BRULEE at their Rum Factory, we have our art advisors now on board:
Andrew Lockhart is the Founder of prō jekt′ : nyc and rogue + renegade and a new curatorial project: Ndr Nw Mgmt
Amy Andrieux, Executive Director, MoCADA
Marline Martin, MAM, Inc. Art Consultant & Cultural Curator, former Director of CREATE Council on the Arts.
Huge thank you to these 9 professionals who will help make the artist residency a more fulfilling experience.
We still need to raise funds this week for the residency programs and would love it if you can purchase a piece from us this weekend. It's a win win: Artists get sales, you get a piece of art and we use our art commissions for the residency. We like to invite you to visit our viewing rooms on Artsy to purchase a piece today: https://www.artsy.net/partner/calabar-gallery/viewing-rooms. You can also buy art this weekend at our website: http://www.calabargallery.com/buy-art. Purchasing in either location will be considered as a sponsorship. nd you can always head to our website.
If you are in New York this summer - please come visit us, I would love to see you. Our gallery features the work of Black artists, so please reach out to assist us do more to increase the profile of these artists. Black Artists need places like us and you can help us grow and strive. Buying art is one way to do so, but more ways include advocating for us, sharing us with others and telling us about other opportunities. Until next newsletter -please do something to change your part of the world.
An established collector snagged work from Sika Foyer, and it will head to Montreal while Weusi Artist Robert Daniel's piece will remain in New York as this weekend a new art collector begins her journey with us. On our Artsy page - Rosy Petri's work continues to be the most viewed items in our Viewing Room on Artsy. Her series on musicians and sports are works to collect.
Huge thank you to NYU's Center for Black Culture for posting Elan Cadiz's Scaffold Project Series: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf618RfrZta/. Good to see the word about her work shared by an academic institution without us asking for it. A good compliment to our artist.
. New on Artsy: a viewing room for P. Wamaitha's N'gang'a's Metamorphosis Series: see the work here: https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/calabar-gallery-metamorphosis-series-by-p-wamaitha-nganga. Metamorphosis is a self-portraiture photographic project that depicts her journey with the spinal genetic disorder- Scoliosis. Also on Artsy is the work of online exhibition in our viewing room: William Bakaimo: Dreamlike Bestiary - https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/calabar-gallery-william-bakaimo-dreamlike-bestiary. In 2020, we reached out to William about his work and took our time to come back to see more. Next week - we will open an online exclusive exhibition on Congolese artists. We had planned an auction but pivoted.
Our gallery introduces and incubates emerging artists at the start of their careers and works with them by placing them in exhibitions auctions and art fairs so they garner attention. We have grown the careers of these artists for a period of time and they head out to become artists in major collections. We believe that we are an inception place for emerging artists to start their art journey and we also work to revive the careers of mid-career artists. We see curators and other galleries scrambling to "grab" artists we introduce and work with...it is a compliment to the work done by our gallery. It speaks volumes. And we will continue to work the way we do to get the best from artists we select to work with.
I love to hear from you today about what work you would like from these artists and you can call me or text me to say you would like to reserve a piece or more to buy.
Excited about working more with you. And feel free to recommend a new or beginning collector to us.
The Weusi Artist Collective: Black Joy and Resilience at Calabar Gallery is a group exhibition that spotlights the work of some of the members of the collaborative artists’ group founded during the Black Arts Movement (1965 - 1975). Curated by Atim Annette Oton, this exhibit features twenty-eight (28) works from eleven (11) of the collective’s current members: Deborah Singletary, Dindga McCannon, Ed Sherman, Jesse Henry, Jimmy James Greene, Ken Wright, MLJ Johnson, Otto Neals, Robert Daniels, Stanwyck Cromwell, and Taiwo Duvall. Each artist, in their unique artistic authenticity, visually expresses the Black form; explores deep stories of spirituality; highlights the interconnected culture shared between African and African Diaspora people; and creatively expands on the identity of Black culture.
1. HARLEM BREW FEST
On November 12,we join Harlem Brewing Company as Art Gallery Partner with for the Harlem Brew Fest, the first festival in the world to connect all brewers, artists, chefs and DJs in celebration of Black Brewing culture and featured: Sankofa Beer, Black Frog Brewery, Island to Island Beer, 1947 Beer, Harlem Brewing and Rams & Parrot Distillery. This year, we will select 30 BIPOC artists to work with Beer Bands to create labels for their bottles. https://harlembrewfest.com/
2. HARLEM ARTS STROLL
It's about Harlem from 110th to 155th Streets with its galleries and businesses welcoming you. Come see our gallery and others at the HARLEM ARTS STROLL. You can also support Harlem Arts Stroll by making a donation at: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/harlem-arts-stroll
6. WEBSITE: ART PIECES TO COMTEMPLATE
This edition, we feature Cameroonian Artist William Bakaimo's work focuses on dreamlike bestiary surrealism through the stories he tells. We also have added P. Wamaitha's new project that arrived from London today.
This section is our way of previewing new work on our website, generally 5-10 pieces at a time. If you are interested in purchasing any of these works, please email us immediately at info@calabargallery.com
Tafakari II- (Reflect, Selah, Meditate) by P. Wamaitha Ng'ang'a
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It's time to close the Harlem gallery in August. We will close from August 14 - 31. Two weeks off to rest and to dream. We will work online after a week rest.
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