- The Harlem Community Art Center (established 1937), a product of the arts explosion of the Harlem Renaissance era, was located at 290 Lenox Avenue and 125th St. The Works Progress Administration (WPA)-sponsored Center was established by Harlem community members and professional artists who recognized the relationship between culture and economics. The Center employed artists and provided art education. Day and evening classes, available to students of all ages, included drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking, graphic design, costume design, and weaving. Artists associated with the Center included Augusta Savage, its first director; Gwendolyn Bennett, interim director from late 1937 until 1941; Pemberton West; Robert Pious; Reva Helfond; and Sara West. Harlem Art Center teachers, from left to right: Gwendolyn Bennett, Louise Jefferson Sara West, Augusta Savage, with Eleanor Roosevelt.
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