Meet the musicians, filmmakers, writers, theater makers, and artists of all stripes that make their home in what we affectionately call “Upstate Manhattan”.
Steven Burneson is an independent filmmaker and video production professional based in Washington Heights. He currently serves as head of post production at Red Summit Productions, having created con…
Born and raised in Washington Heights in New York City, Miguel Mike Medina is a Dominican-American actor, writer, and filmmaker. His acting career began when he performed two One-Act Plays: Poison an…
Kirby Fields is a neighborhood writer and the Artistic Director of UP Theater Company, which produced his full-length plays K COMMA JOSEPH and LOST/NOT FOUND. His short plays have been featured in th…
This is our On Air 2021 Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler - Volume 2. We’re going to share with you one live selection from each local musical artist we presented in the second half of 2021. This is l…
Filmmaker Carlos Hiciano was born and raised in the NYC tri-state area where he developed an affinity for both film and music. This led him to achieve his Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Studies from…
Heather Godfrey has been teaching dance and working with children for over 20 years. After moving to NYC to attend Barnard College where she earned a B.A in Dance, Heather went on to pursue a career…
With his home-base out of New York City, filmmaker and non-fiction storyteller Brian Miller focuses primarily on creating short-form video content: documentaries, commercials, branded content and pro…
Swedish-born choreographer Julia Bengtsson came to New York in 2012 to immerse herself in diverse opportunities that have ranged from classical ballet to baroque opera and film. She has choreographed…
Since graduating in 2018 from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Hassiem Muhammad has gone on to work in regional theater, Off Broadway workshops, indie films, and network televisio…
Len Cicio is an architectural and landscape draftsman who works in colored pencils, pen & ink, oil pastels and aqua stick oil pastels. Influenced and inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s use of strong vib…
Born in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, Carla Franchesca attended Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and moved to New York with her family in 2010. Following her graduation from BMCC with a…
Michael Manese is a Inwood-based Philippine-Born Filmmaker. His previous films include When bart6874 met lulu5547, Maxine, and The Pleasure of Being Served; which has gone on to play 22 film festival…
This Live N' Local episode features local composer, pianist and educator, Eli Yamin. Eli has dedicated his life to performing, teaching, and building community through jazz. He has performed and tou…
Melissa Riker is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of Kinesis Project dance theatre where she, and her collaborators, create large scale dance performances in public spaces. Kinesis Project has cor…
Atom Fellows is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker and creator of the YouTube show The Anarchy Funhouse.
Born in 1971, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona and raised in a Cat…
Zafiria Dimitropoulou Del Angel is a GreekMexican performer and Director. She has studied Political Science and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Acting …
On this Artist Spotlight episode we welcome the Co-Founding Directors of the Higher Ground Festival, Temple Kemezis & Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba. The Higher Ground Festival brings Northern Manhattan …
On this Live N' Local episode of Inwood Art Works On Air we are excited to welcome Grammy nominated Cuban pianist & composer Manuel Valera. Valera was born in Havana, Cuba, but since 2000 he has li…
A lifelong resident of Inwood, NYC, Asher Ben-Or has been playing the guitar since the age of 13 after falling in love with Rock and Roll and Blues music. Since that time his musical journey has sp…
Takashi Harada is a Japanese Painting (Nihonga) artist born in a small porcelain-making town, Arita, Saga, in Japan. After completing the PhD program of the Graduate School of Tokyo National Univer…