The tale of Inwood Art Works 2023 season is one of artistic growth and solid financial achievements.
Hollywood came to Inwood, as two blockbusters bookended our 7th annual Inwood Film Festival at Columbia University’s Campbell Sports Center in May. The award winning film, The Whale, written by local resident Samuel D. Hunter, opened the festival to a sold-out crowd and the festival concluded with an exclusive free screening of The Greatest Beer Run Ever starring Zac Efron, as Inwood native, Chick Donahue. In addition, IAW continued its commitment to invest in our local artists by awarding a record amount of $32,000 in funding to green-light the projects of seven local filmmakers through our Filmmaker Fund.
Our Film Works Alfresco program returned to a strong reception by the community, with over 2,300 attending an exciting summer of bilingual cinema and live musical performances hosted by The Hudson at Dyckman Marina in Inwood Hill Park. We also continued to foster online engagement with our weekly local, national, and international audience reaching On Air podcast for a 4th season, which for the first time included the capture of three live chamber concert performances. Our music programming also included five Community Concerts featuring arrangements and new compositions performed by local classical and jazz musicians, and a world premiere Latin dance theater piece.
Read more about these and many of the other live performances and special events we hosted in our 2023 Annual Report (PDF)