What we’re about
Our harlem Is . . . Music, Theater, and Dance exhibit is a community learning project that grew from one classroom in Harlem to a renowned multimedia, living history exhibition. This exhibition now at Harlem Hospital is the culmination of a 23-year journey of exploring the people, the culture, the art, and the activism that define this spectacular Harlem community.
Community Works and New Heritage Theatre Group have toured this award-winning multi-part series of exhibitions citywide to more than 30 locations from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to Federal Hall National Memorial. More than 3 million people have viewed the exhibitions created with young people working with more than 70 legendary figures in harlem to document their stories in their own neighborhood.
Now permanently at the historic Harlem Hospital Center, this exhibition has a home with an institution that also believes that art heals and communities matter.
The three-part harlem is. . . Music, Theater, and Dance series is in their beautiful gallery space outside the Herbert Cave Auditorium.
Each component of the series illuminates a different aspect of Harlem’s character and culture over the century weaving together research, interviews, and creative writing by young people with archival and contemporary elements.
