Uptown Artist: Andrew Short
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. First of all, congrats on the winning design. How does it feel to know that your design will now become ubiquitous? A. We’ll I’m a little overwhelmed to be honest. I’ve never really won anything such as this before so it’s a little surreal. I’m extremely honored for my work [...]
Uptown Tonight: Vote For The 2013 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster
Monday, April 8th from 6-8pm Inwood Center 5030 Broadway (corner of 214th St) For more info: http://nomaanyc.org/ Related: The 2012 Women in the Heights Opening Reception @ NoMAA In Pictures The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Closing Reception @ Arka Lounge The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap We invite you to subscribe to [...]
Call For Submissions: 10th Uptown Arts Stroll Anniversary Poster Contest
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is pleased to announce the Uptown Arts Stroll 2013 — an annual arts festival featuring more than 100 arts and cultural events across Washington Heights and Inwood during the month of June. This year, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Uptown Arts Stroll. As part of this [...]
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance highlights ‘celebrations’ in 4th annual ‘Women in the Heights’ exhibition | NY Daily News
Exhibit, on display through April 18 at NoMAA, features 26 uptown artists in celebration of Women’s History Month By Jheanel Walters / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS An impressive array of unique and colorful artworks from 26 women artists in Washington Heights and Inwood is now on display at the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. Now in [...]
Harlem artist mounts an exhibit in Morris-Jumel Mansion uptown, where George Washington slept | NY Daily News
BY Clem Richardson Artist Andrea Arroyo unveils ‘Women Unbound’ in the historic Washington Heights mansion, used as a headquarters by Washington during the Revolutionary War. Andrea Arroyo was rummaging through the Morris-Jumel Mansion attic and came across a bit of brass bearing the following inscription: “A Madame EB Jumel, Paris, 1815, Napoleon.” “Napoleon” is, of [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Closing Reception @ Arka Lounge – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) In addition to this past Saturday being Nutcracker Awareness Day, it was also the closing reception for the best Uptown Arts Stroll ever. That fact that you can have 2 great events within blocks of each other speaks to the breadth and scope of the Uptown [...]
Uptown Arts Stroll Closing Reception this Saturday @ Arka Lounge
Ok, so how do you rightfully bring to an end the best Uptown Arts Stroll ever? With an über awesome closing reception at Arka Lounge (4488 Broadway). The good folks at Remezcla, the Bago Bunch and the Uptown Collective have teamed up with NoMAA to put the cherry on the top of the 2012 Uptown [...]
I LOVE MY HOOD: A Graffiti Stroll Through Washington Heights this Saturday
I LOVE MY HOOD: A Graffiti Stroll Through Washington Heights Art Tour ~ Saturday, June 16 | 2 & 3:30pm Join local artist Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez (FEEGZ) as he leads a tour through Washington Heights focusing on the works of DISTER and other prominent local street artists, examining public street art uptown in both [...]
The Uptown Arts Stroll Open Studios Takes Place This Sunday
Open Studios On Sunday 10 June, 1–6 p.m., artists throughout Northern Manhattan will open their studios to the community for an intimate glimpse into their creative process. Be sure to check out local businesses, events, and happenings along the way! Sky Pape | 917.992.4001 91 Payson Ave. #1C (building entrance on Beak St.) Abstract drawing [...]
Opening Reception for the Uptown Arts Review Tonight @ NoMAA
Uptown Arts Review© Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) Gallery June 7 – July 13, 2012 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) The Cornerstone Center 178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor (at 189th Street) New York, NY 10040 212.568.4396 info@nomaanyc.org | www.nomaanyc.org Opening Reception: Thursday, June 7, 6-8pm Artist Talk: Wednesday, June 20, 6-8pm Gallery Hours: Monday – [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) The Uptown Renaissance is in full of effect. I had the absolute honor to be in attendance for the kick-off gala for the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll held at the sumptuous and ornate United Palace Theater (175th & Broadway) on Thursday, May 31st. First off all, [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Calendar of Events
Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off Celebration Opening Thursday, May 31, 6-8:30pm Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is pleased to announce the arrival of the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll – Northern Manhattan’s annual art festival. For the month of June, our many artists will saturate uptown’s businesses and institutions, open spaces, parks and other venues with their [...]
Uptown Arts Stroll, which features 120 events in 40 venues over a month, opens Thursday at United Palace | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS All of Manhattan north of 155th Street is about to become a giant cultural playground for song and dance, plays and poems, arts and crafts, photos and watercolors, Shakespeare and Cervantes. The Uptown Arts Stroll kicks off Thursday and will saturate local theaters, galleries, museums, churches, taverns [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Kicks Off May 31st
For more info: http://artstroll.com/ Check out: The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll: A Retrospective We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
NoMAA Celebrates The NYC Debut of Indigenous Rock Band Sak Tzevul
Thursday, May 17 7-9pm Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (178 Bennett Ave. @ 189th St. – 1st Fl.) www.nomaanyc.org or 212.568.4396 Admission: $10 (suggestion donation) Please join NoMAA for a program that will showcase the unique musical message from Batz’i Rock Band, Sak Tzevul, and a conversation about spirituality and indigenous traditions in contemporary life. Opening [...]
NoMAA’s ‘Women in the Heights’ show puts vibrancy of Northern Manhattan’s burgeoning arts scene on display | NY Daily News
By Bruce Diamond AND Max Sass / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Andrea Arroyo gravitated to the East Village when she moved to New York City to pursue a career as an artist, nearly 25 years ago. As she became an established painter, she moved north to the upper West Side and, four years ago, to [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Contest – The Video
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
And the Winner is…
Last night, Uptown came out in droves to pick the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll poster. After a close vote, the winner is the whimsical design of Mary Ann Wincorkowski. The chosen illustration will grace all 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll literature. Stay tuned for more pictures from the event and get ready for this year’s Stroll, [...]
Vote for the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Tonight
Monday, April 9, 2012 6-8pm 5030 Broadway @ 213th St. RSVP: 212.568.4396 – info@nomaanyc.org Sign up for open mic by April 6 (space is limited). Info: www.nomaanyc.org – www.workspaceoffices.com Check out all the posters in this year’s competition: The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Posters We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us [...]
Art in Washington Heights – A Look Back
Check out this video from 2010 on art in Washington Heights that features our good friends Mr. “I Love My Hood” Dister and Sandra Betancourt of NoMAA. Shout out to the both of them as they have been doing, in their own separate ways, a lot of the heavy lifting of keeping the arts alive [...]
The Women in the Heights Opening Reception @ NoMAA In Pictures
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy)
Women In The Heights – Intersections Opening Reception Tonight @ The NoMAA Gallery
For more info: http://nomaanyc.org/ Check out: North Manhattan as Muse: Q&A With Mike Fitelson The S-Files Exhibit @ NoMAA In Pictures We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Women In The Heights – Intersections Opening Reception March 8th
For more info: http://nomaanyc.org/ Check out: North Manhattan as Muse: Q&A With Mike Fitelson The S-Files Exhibit @ NoMAA In Pictures We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
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