Collage with the Louis Armstrong House Museum at the Whitney

Artists of all ages are invited to explore Edges of Ailey and create their own collages incorporating improvisation, experimentation, and play! In partnership with the Louis Armstrong House Museum, we’ve designed a day filled with artmaking, music, and fun for all.

Alvin Ailey once said about his friend and collaborator, artist Romare Bearden, “There’s so much music in Romie’s work.” Bearden designed sets and costumes for Ailey and other choreographers. In 1979, Bearden created the Bayou Fever series of narrative collages as a springboard for a dance he hoped Ailey would choreograph. Though the dance was never realized, the collages are now on view in Edges of Ailey.