BIO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CHIEF CURATOR

SAVONA BAILEY-MCCLAIN currently lives and works in New York City. She is an independent curator and producer. The range of McClain’s practice has included sculpture, drawings, performance, sound, and mixed media. McClain is the Executive Director & Chief Curator for The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. a seventeen year old public art organization and curatorial collective serving neighborhoods around the City. Her public art installations have been seen in the New York Times, Art Daily, Artnet, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post among others. McClain has installed works in Times Square, DUMBO, Soho, Governors Island and Harlem. Noted works include The H in Harlem, Counting Sheep, Story Piles, East River Flows and Loosely Coupled. McClain is now developing new digital installations and location-based interventions using a tour platform.

McClain is a member of Independent Curators International and Arttable.

The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. is a seventeen year old, public arts organization. WHAF offers exhibition opportunities for artists and creative professionals wishing to share their talent with residents uptown and around the city. The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. showcases art and culture in open, public spaces to add aesthetic interest to our part of the city; promote historical and cultural heritage; and support community involvement in local development. Our heritage symbol is the double crocodile from West Africa which means unity in diversity.

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EVENT

SYNCED


Dates:
Sat Oct 10, 2015 06:00 - Sat Oct 10, 2015

Location:
New York, New York
United States of America

The West Harlem Art Fund in collaboration with Pratt’s Digital Arts will present four original digital artworks with four Northern Manhattan artists in the group installation – SYNCED on Saturday, October 10th from 6-10 pm. The artists are Rafia Santana, Charlie Reynoso, Dianne Smith and Debra Swack. And this Harlem/Brooklyn collaboration is for the intervention series Under the Viaduct.

UNDER THE VIADUCT is an art & lifestyle series where folks can meet, bike, skate or dine in an open-air plaza. Situated in West Harlem on 12th Avenue and near the Hudson River, residents and fellow New Yorkers can enjoy passive recreation in the daytime and when the sun starts going down, engage in dance, digital and reflective art under the 12th Avenue Viaduct.