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Climate Chaos by Bob Holman
April 3, 2022A poem from Noisy Autumn: Sculpture and Works on Paper— a monograph on the work of Christy Rupp, with essays by Lucy Lippard, Nina Felshin, Amy Lipton, and Carlo McCormick, and poetry by Bob Holman, published in 2021 by Insight Editions. Christy Rupp’s installation Othered opens at Howl! Happening on Saturday, April 21, 2022. Climate Chaos Crashing! Walrus…
ContinuedRat/Art by Carlo McCormick
March 27, 2022An Essay from Noisy Autumn: Sculpture and Works on Paper— a monograph on the work of Christy Rupp, with essays by Lucy Lippard, Nina Felshin, Amy Lipton, and Carlo McCormick, and poetry by Bob Holman, published in 2021 by Insight Editions. Christy Rupp’s installation Othered opens at Howl! Happening on Saturday, April 21, 2022. Rat/Art…
ContinuedHOWL ARTS Awarded Major Grant From The New York State Council On The Arts
January 14, 2022We are thrilled to announce that Howl Arts Inc. is the recipient of a grant award totaling $49,500 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s $105 million investment in the arts for FY2022, NYSCA has awarded more…
Continued2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
December 17, 2021Would you believe that Howl programs and exhibitions have featured the work of 156 different artists and creators over the past year? Thousands of community members, and quite a few first-time visitors, stepped through the doors of Howl! Happening, celebrated the launch of Howl! Arts/ Howl! Archive, and tuned in for programs and performances online….
ContinuedIn Memoriam… Guy Woodard
December 10, 2021Guy Woodard ( 11/4/ 1951 — 11/10/2021 ) Sometimes great work comes from very dark places. When so, it moves toward the light, if not dispelling the demons or solving the problems at least illuminating the shadows of neglect and plain truth, inherent beauty, and the simple graceful act of activity. By any such measure,…
ContinuedLooking Back at Howl’s Spring Education Programs
October 22, 2021A little bit of fall nip is in the air as things open up in New York City and more folks start to gather after being separated for quite some time. Over the past year and a half, new ways to connect with one another in online and virtual spaces have helped us stay connected…
ContinuedHowl High Online Fall 2020 Reflections and Highlights
February 9, 2021By Katherine Cheairs, Howl! Happening Director of Education On February 29, 2020, a cohort of 11 teens and their parents, guardians, and supporters, along with artists were seated in a circle at 6 East 1st Street for the first orientation of Howl High, a free teen-arts program meant to expose participants to the vibrant history…
ContinuedHome Space as Maker Space for Grounding and Healing in Uncertain Times
December 11, 2020These responses reflect how members of the Howl community have participated in online spaces to keep the spirit of our art education programs alive. “In March, I was hospitalized with Covid-19. The Isolation Station was just starting. Organized by Cynthia Powell, me, and some other folks, Darke Attoms, etc. The main idea [was] to create an image…
ContinuedHOWL TV HAS SOMETHIN’ TO SAY
May 15, 2020There Is Someplace to Go When You Can’t Go Anywhere “We’re in a situation. Got somethin’ to say?” With this simple phrase, Howl Arts opened the door to community-created programming streaming 24/7 on the homepage. Since the instigation of social isolation, artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, dancers, and even the Disappointed Carrot have created original content…
Continued#HowlAtHome
April 10, 2020Creative Art Activities in a Time of Social Isolation Feeling overwhelmed by the current COVID-19 crisis? Bored at home and already completed your Netflix cue in two weeks? Need a break from the never-ending news cycle? Want a focus that’s fun and creative? #HowlAtHome is for you! We’re putting together arts activities, inspired by the Vega…
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