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Resource Directory
Arts & Crafts (19) 
American Academy of Arts and Letters
633 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-368-5900.
Fax: 212-491-4645.
Founded in 1898 to cater to the interest of Washington Heights residents in music, literature and other arts, the academy hosts exhibitions of art and manuscripts as well as readings and performances of new musicals. In addition, it serves as an intermediary for the purchase and donation of paintings to museums across the country.
Artists Unite
Email: peterferko@artistsunite-ny.org.
Aims to link artists of all disciplines, creating a broad-based, multi-cultural arts community, and to strengthen the connection between the artists and the community. They want to develop the artistic community by providing a network of resources, artist development programs, performance and exhibition opportunities, and community-based arts initiatives.
Association of Hispanic Arts
161 East 106th Street, P.O. Box 1169, New York, NY 10029.
Tel: 212-876-1242.
Fax: 212-876-1285.
Email: ahanews@latinoarts.org.
The AHA is dedicated to the advancement of Latino arts, artists and arts organizations as an integral part of the cultural life of the nation. They facilitate projects and programs designed to foster the appreciation, growth and wellbeing of the Latino cultural community.
Children's Arts & Science Workshop
300 Fort Washington Avenue, Suite #1H, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-923-7081.
Fax: 212-795-5901.
Helps children and their families develop an appreciation for the arts and humanities. Participants enrolled in the various programs develop cultural interests and creative skills through active involvement in noncompetitive art, dance, music and theater workshops. Also provides multimedia events and structured recreational and educational programs, and a day camp during the summer months.
Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park (Margaret Corbin Drive), New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-923-3700.
Fax: 212-795-3640.
Located on four acres in Fort Tryon Park, overlooking the Hudson River, the building incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters and from other monastic sites in southern France. The Cloisters is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that boasts a splendid collection of medieval artifacts, paintings and architecture.
Community Arts Showcase (CAS)
Tel: 212-795-7830.
Fax: 212-795-7830.
Email: CAS_Artists@aol.com.
CAS offers an avenue of exposure to artists of all mediums and disciplines in Washington Heights and Inwood. Its goal is to reach out to the community at large as well as the youth of the community. Working without a headquarters, CAS lines up venues and organizes public showings of the work of artists in the community.
Cornerstone Center
178 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-923-5757.
Email: osanyc@verizon.net.
A multiservice center that offers classes in aerobics, yoga, karate, pottery, dance, music, a children's choir, English as a second language classes, a new mothers group, summer day camp for children, girl scouts in the fall, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous. The center also has meeting space available for rental by community groups at low fees.
Culturarte
260 Audubon Avenue (at 178th Street), Suite 100-S, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-928-8100.
Fax: 212-928-8200.
Email: metapoesia@aol.com.
Fundación Dominicana Culturarte de Nueva York is a community-based organization that promotes weekly encounters with artists, poets, writers and professionals. Culturarte organizes periodic conventions, congresses, forums and symposia of the Hispanic cultural reality as well as monthly literary and art festivals, book fairs and art exhibits.
Hispanic Society of America
613 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-926-2234.
Fax: 212-690-0743.
Email: info@hispanicsociety.org.
Founded in 1904, the HSA is dedicated to the art and culture of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to permanent collection displays that include paintings by El Greco, Velásquez, Goya and Sorilla, the museum offers many exhibitions and lectures on a variety of topics.
NURTUREart
160 Cabrini Boulevard, Suite 134, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-795-5566.
Fax: 212-795-5566.
Email: nurtureart@nurtureart.org.
NURTUREart is dedicated to helping promising career-track emerging fine artists and curators to become full-time, self-supporting professionals. Our name is our mission. It maintains a registry of more than 300 portfolios, and organizes juried group and one-person exhibitions of its Registry Artists' work at host sites in the New York City metropolitan area. NURTUREart also assists individual artists and curators with career development advice, and presents artists' talks, slide lectures, workshops, symposia, portfolio reviews and other enjoyable and educational events for artists, curators, and the general public.
Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church
178 Bennett Avenue (at 189th Street), New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-923-5757.
Fax: 212-923-0445.
Email: osanyc@verizon.net.
Offers English as a Second Language classes, a food pantry, sports and activities for kids, pottery classes, ballroom dance classes, 12-step recovery programs, and much more through the Cornerstone Center.
Rio Penthouse Gallery
10 Fort Washington Avenue (between 159th and 160th streets), New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-568-2030 x208.
Art gallery that features the work of local artists.
Russian American Cultural Heritage Center (RACH-C)
34 Hillside Avenue, 4C, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-567-5834.
Email: olga@culturelinks.net.
An educational and charitable community development organization serving the Russian American community. RACH-C strives to preserve the culture, traditions and values immigrants have brought from their Russian-speaking countries of origin, so that these can be enjoyed and respected by their children, and help enrich American culture. The organization encourages writers and artists in their endeavors, and provides advice and technical assistance to Russian American organizations and individuals who are attempting to bring worthwhile projects to life. It also provides workshops, seminars, etc., regarding the history, culture and characteristics of Russsian Americans.
Union of Dominican Visual Artists
121 Sherman Ave, Suite 52, New York, NY 10034. P.O Box 718, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-545-5339.
Email: info@udva.org.
Membership organization that provides technical support to visual artists and creative programs in art education, while helping to address social, cultural, and economic development issues in our community.
Uptown Arts Stroll
The Uptown Arts Stroll is an annual arts event in Washington Heights and Inwood. The neighborhoods are transformed into an art gallery. Local merchants, institutions, and residents open their doors to the community to showcase the work of local artists.
WaHIarts.com
The online home for WaHI's artists, this website is dedicated to raising the profile of all the arts -- visual and plastic arts, music, theatre, performance arts, etc. -- in our communities, primarily by providing a comprehensive, well-organized, easy-to-use directory of artists and art resources in Northern Manhattan.
Wave Hill
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471.
Tel: 718-549-3200.
Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades in the northwest Bronx. Award-winning gardens, greenhouses, and woodlands offer people of all ages the opportunity to explore their connections to the natural world. Programs are offered in horticulture, environmental education, woodland management and the arts.
Welcome Mat Workshops at Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace (Edgecombe Avenue at 160th Street), New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-923-8008.
Fax: 212-923-8947.
Welcome Mat Workshops are free arts workshops for children held at the Morris-Jumel Mansion on weekends and sometimes during week-long school break vacations. Kids learn about the Mansion's history and create an art or craft project to reflect what they have learned. Past projects have included stenciling, embroidery, colonial crafts, drama workshops, early American dancing, and more. For exact dates and projects please call the museum at (212) 923-8008.
West Harlem Art Fund
550 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-694-8824.
Fax: 212-694-8824.
Email: whaf155@verizon.net.
WHAF is a community-based, cultural arts and preservation organization serving the West Harlem and Washington Heights/Inwood communities. It produces a successful gallery program at the Mary Lasker and Russ Berrie Medical Science complex, and numerous art exhibitions. In summer 2006, WHAF will produce the Hallelujah Harlem Public Art Fest, where outdoor sculpture installations will grace several parks throughout Harlem, and launch the Harlem-Heights Culture Loop.