Memory Reconfigured in WAH: Light, Form, and Symbol

As a continuation of the WAH Center’s technology and art exhibition series, WAH: Light, Form, and Symbol challenges a narrowed scope of light as formal technique, actively interrogating the subject object relation within newly re-conceived experiential moments. The gallery space opens up as a critical site for aesthetic evaluation, where striking symbolic and conceptual dimensions […]

WAH: Light, Form, and Symbol

by Jania Vanderwerff Since the beginnings of time, humanity has been drawn to light. Spoken to our soul, the shadows, the glow, the stirring and kindling of Spirit. Connecting our own specific, unique, needs for community.   Artists have often explored the subject. From painters like Rembrandt to installation artists such as James Turrell, they […]

Viewpoints: JART6th

Process and Transformation at JART6thJART, the annual Japanese showcase, exhibits at the WAH Center (Williamsburg Art and Historical Center) from February 26th-March 6th. Featuring Japanese artists from New York, Tokyo, Berlin, and Stockholm, this unique and transformative gallery experience was curated by Hiro Shiraishi of Pepper’s Project, a Tokyo based art group. Displaying works of various media, […]

17th Annual WAH Salon Show: Bringing Out the Experimental and the Ambitious

Comprised of a large and extensive sampling of works from WAH Center Salon members, the 17th Annual WAH Salon Art Club Show at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center invites the viewer to a panoply of formal and conceptual experimentations. Curated by the Founder and Artistic Director of the WAH Center, Yuko Nii, the show […]

JART6TH

JArt6th at the WAH Center Exhibition
9th Annual Emerging Japanese Artists’ Exhibition February 26 – March 6 Opening Reception: Friday February 26, 6:00–8:00pm

WAH Center hosted a tour of our building to AIA members.

This was an important historical tour we hosted for the members of the AIA (The American Institute of Architects) New York Chapter to show them in and around our building late October. Our architect, Robert Bates, was a tour guide. VIDEOS by Bienvenido Bones Banez Jr.: Outside #1 Outside #2 Going Inside Inside          […]