NXTHVN ANNOUNCES COHORT 06 STUDIO AND CURATORIAL FELLOWS
NXTHVN Fellowship Application Now Open
NXTHVN is pleased to announce the opening of our annual open call for Studio and Curatorial Fellows. Founded by Titus Kaphar and Jason Price in 2018, NXTHVN was designed with […]
NXTHVN ANNOUNCES COHORT 05 STUDIO AND CURATORIAL FELLOWS
Please join us in welcoming our Cohort 05 Studio and Curatorial Fellows: Adrian Armstrong, Alexandria Couch, Marquita Flowers, Eric Hart Jr., Fidelis Joseph, Eugene Macki, Clare Patrick, Jamaal Peterman, and […]
Goffe Street Courts Honor A Basketball “Super” Star
On the Goffe Street basketball courts, summer was in full swing. Mike Downing called out the start of a game, and kids spread out in a flurry of red and […]
NXTHVN and poet Antoinette Brim-Bell talk about community and collaboration through art
On a recent evening in the New Haven, Conn., Dixwell neighborhood, artists, students, academics and locals gathered in a large, state-of-the-art event space for a conversation with the photographer Dawoud Bey, […]
The New New Haven
Unexpectedly, the Connecticut city has emerged, both because of and despite its association with Yale, as an affordable and dynamic home for artists of all kinds.
Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev: the truth is i am you
Large balloons floating throughout NXTHVN’s gallery space—a nod to Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds (1966)—invite viewers to respond directly to the prompt “the truth is…” as the exhibition progresses, forming a collective, participatory […]
At NXTHVN, Young Voices Lead The Way
In the corner of NXTHVN’s gallery is a standard student desk seen in schools across the United States. Hearts, crescent moons, and butterflies dot its surface. Interspersed with the Sharpie […]
GAGOSIAN + NXTHVN X 3
Gagosian is supporting NXTHVN with three new initiatives. The gallery will endow the NXTHVN Apprenticeship Program; launch a professional development program for NXTHVN Fellows, featuring roundtable discussions and studio visits […]
NXTHVN IS A NEW KIND OF SPACE BUILT TO UPLIFT ARTISTS AND CURATORS OF COLOR
During his time as an MFA student, Titus Kaphar recalls skepticism he encountered about his subject matter: “Why are you painting this?” a Yale professor once asked him—“Glenn Ligon and Kara Walker […]
Community Health Center Partners With NXTHVN for Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic
Equity in the vaccine rollout is one of the goals for the Community Health Center. The health care system along with the New Haven-based art showcase center, NXTHVN, partnered together […]