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The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. is a seventeen-year-old, public art and preservation organization based in the City of New York. The Founder/Executive Director is Savona Bailey-McClain. ==Scope of activities== The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. offers exhibition opportunities for artists and creative professionals in public spaces in Northern Manhattan. The WHAF also is engaged in historical and cultural heritage projects, and supports support community involvement in local development. Its organizational symbol is the double crocodile from West Africa (one of the Adinkra symbols). Funtunmmireku-Denkyemmirreku means unity in diversity. Public art for the West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. can include traditional exhibitions, photo installations, windows, digital and live performances. Whether commissioned or through agency programs. The organization promotes art in public parks and other open spaces throughout NYC. The work of the West Harlem Art Fund is tied to parkland improvement. Even though New York City saw a resurgence in the mid 1990s with rising housing stock, low crime and an explosion of new businesses, parklands were still given a low priority. And because city parks primarily serve the poor and middle class, this placed many communities like Northern Manhattan, at a competing disadvantage for needed repairs or arts programming. West Harlem Art Fund has advocated to local City and State officials on behalf of parks for better maintenance, lighting and needed landscaping. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Harlem Art Fund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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