HARLEM: 2504 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY 10030. 646-964-5062
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
Excited to begin a few days off this holiday break.
As November comes to an end and we are off for the coming Holiday, we celebrate a milestone in our gallery - we are closed for 4 days to rest and refuel for the next few very busy weeks.
This week coming up we again return to Prizm Art Fair. It is one of the fairs we most enjoy and it's virtual again. Preview some of the work we are showing as well as work in the gallery here.
Last Friday, we got the news that we could announce that Calabar Imports - our retail product company has been selected to be one of GOOGLE's selected companies for their campaign: #BLACKOWNEDFRIDAY.
After 17 years in business - we are honored to be considered and we ask you to:
Join CALABAR IMPORTS in celebrating #BlackOwnedFriday! Search, shop and support Black-owned for your holiday shopping & all year long.Learn more & look for us in the shoppable film from T-Pain & Normani at g.co/blackownedfriday.
This Sunday, November 29, we launch an auction. HOMESICK PHILLY focused on Black Artists in Philadelphia. It's our first collaboration and curating with Chill Moody, a hip hop artist and collector. It will run for 15 days and I encourage you to buy art through this auction - we simply delighted to say that VISIT PHILLY is helping us market the auction via Instagram. The auction can be found here - it opens on Sunday.
Our last pop up with HARLEM MAKERS COLLECTIVE brought 2 of Harlem's best known folks to the event. Bevy Smith: She's known for her publicstion: BEVELATIONS- Lessons From A Mutha, Auntie, Bestie - 1/12/21, Host of Sirius XM's "BEVELATIONS" on Radio Andy, TV Host. And Harlem's Ambassador - yes, we have one - Musa Jackson of Ambassador Magazine stopped by to support Artist Gerald Timberlake. We are inviting you to our 1ST ANNUAL CALABAR GALLERY END OF YEAR ART SALE , to register, please register here.The Sale will begin December 11 both onsite and online - and ends December 24. Visit us on Frederick Douglass and buy work online, work will be up about December 10.
AGAIN - Please reach out: We are looking for places and opportunities to show our artists in the US and across the world. We are seeking other galleries, university art spaces, non profit spaces to include them in exhibitions and museum shows. We are also looking for collaborations to do in a variety of ways. These collaborations can be Art Auctions, Art Exhibitions, Merchandising opportunities and innovative ways to use art and show art. If you are interested in working with us, please email us at info@calabargallery.com
Harlem Arts Stroll is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas and it is a must do in Harlem - So join us December 11 - it's a Saturday from 1pm to 6pm, please register here to attend it. Please follow us on Instagram @harlemartsstroll. T
Join the HOLIDAY SEASON with an E-GIFT CARD for buying art from us and we partner with our retail store, CALABAR IMPORTS to bring holiday gifts to you - we suggest you shop early this year - there really are supply issues globally. And SHOP with us in two ways
If you are able, come up to Harlem to see us as well as the other galleries and other types of art. We welcome you but remember New York City now requires you show evidence of vaccination to gain entry, so carry it with you.
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Atim Annette Oton
Gallery Director
Join us on December 9th as we partner with the Center for Traditional Music and Culture to present a holiday music event:
TRANSFORMATION
KWESI O. KWARTENG
AND WINFRED NANA AMOAH
October 30 until December 4. 2021
An exhibition of two Ghanaian artists working innovatively with fabric as painting.
Kwesi Kwarteng is an Ghanaian born artist based in Newark NJ. He mostly works using textiles from various cultures and sewing them to make his pieces. He considers the fabrics as the paint he uses in making these works and sewing as the brush that brings them together. He dyes canvases using different dying processes then combining them with textiles to create his works. Kwesi has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts he’s had two solo exhibitions and taken part in several group exhibitions. His works are in private collections in US, Germany and Ghana.
Winfred Nana Amoah (Hohoe, Ghana) is a Hohoe based artist whose media of practice includes plastics, textiles, used credit cards, research articles, newspapers and acrylic on canvas. Amoah uses these materials to explore personal identities and community belonging, particularly in the contemporary Ghanaian context. Amoah series of mixed media depicts the faces of some of the Hohoe-dwelling people. The faces as a universal concept is a communicative event.
Calabar Gallery
2504 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
New York, NY 10030
646-964-5062
"Homesick Philly” Black Art Auction is Curated By Chill Moody And Atim Annette Oton As The First Auction To Celebrate Philadelphia Black Artists Whose Work Speaks To The Creative, Vibrant Stories, Street, Fashion And Visual Culture Of The City. The auction will be marketed by Visit Philly, Philadelphia's Tourism entity.
Join us for: HARLEM ARTS STROLL. HARLEM IS: ART, FOOD, AND CULTURE.
Saturday, DECEMBER 11, 1PM TO 6PM
It's about Harlem from 110th to 155th Streets with its galleries and businesses welcoming you.
Join us for our 1ST ANNUAL CALABAR GALLERY END OF YEAR ART SALE , to register, please register here. The Sale will begin December 11 both onsite and online - and ends December 24. Visit us on Frederick Douglass and online, work will be up about December 10.
CALL FOR ART:
BLACK RESILLIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
curated by Atim Annette Oton
Inquire at info@calabargallery.com
The impact of Covid-19 brought an awareness of the fragility of Black life and the urgent call for an examination through art of state of the black community globally.
This exhibition of Black Artists (African, Caribbean and African American Artists) captures work that exposes Black Resilience and Sustainability from the framework of the fragility of life and time, nature and the environment, rural and urban to basic human rights and the demands for change, joy and freedom.
Black Artists live and work in communities on the periphery, mostly ignored. They produce works that need a re-entering from extraordinary to every day in the ways they dive deeply into ideas, and innovatively create.
The exhibition is scheduled for the Spring of 2022. To be considered, please send 3-5 images of work with details: title, year, medium, size and price responding to the call, a short bio, Website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to info@calabargallery.com
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