Harlem Community Art Center

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Harlem Community Art Center was a New Deal–era arts institution in Harlem that provided training and support to emerging African American artists and fostered the development of the Harlem Renaissance’s visual arts scene.

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Harlem Art Center 1
Harlem Community Art Center canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal art project ⓘ
art center ⓘ
community art school ⓘ
accessibleTo adults ⓘ
children ⓘ
low‑income residents of Harlem ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved circa 1942 ⓘ
foundedFor community arts education ⓘ
cultural enrichment in Harlem ⓘ
training African American artists ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance contributed to development of African American modernism ⓘ
important training ground for African American artists ⓘ
key institution in Harlem’s Black arts community ⓘ
headOfSchool Augusta Savage ⓘ
historicalContext Harlem Renaissance visual arts movement ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
inception 1937 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInBuilding 306 West 141st Street ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Sugar Hill ⓘ
location Harlem, Manhattan, New York City ⓘ
mission to foster the visual arts of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
to provide free or low‑cost art instruction ⓘ
to support emerging African American artists ⓘ
notableDirector Augusta Savage ⓘ
notableStudent Charles Alston ⓘ
Gwendolyn Knight ⓘ
Jacob Lawrence ⓘ
Norman Lewis ⓘ
Robert Blackburn ⓘ
Romare Bearden ⓘ
Selma Burke ⓘ
notableTeacher Augusta Savage ⓘ
offers adult art education ⓘ
ceramics classes ⓘ
children’s art classes ⓘ
drawing classes ⓘ
exhibitions of student work ⓘ
painting classes ⓘ
printmaking classes ⓘ
sculpture classes ⓘ
operatedBy Federal Art Project ⓘ
partOf Works Progress Administration ⓘ
programType community-based arts education ⓘ
replacedBy Harlem Art Center ⓘ
sponsoredBy Federal Art Project of the WPA ⓘ
linked to: Federal Art Project

Works Progress Administration ⓘ

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Jacob Lawrence → educatedAt → Harlem Community Art Center ⓘ
Harlem Community Art Center → replacedBy → Harlem Art Center ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Community Art Center