☞ SEE: Ascension at Harlem School of the Arts

The Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) and its Visual Arts Department present Hank Paper’s Ascension: The Journey of John Coltrane, Thursday, January 14, 2010 through Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The opening reception takes place Thursday, January 21st from 6pm-8pm in the HSA Gathering Space (G-Space). As with all of HSA’s art exhibitions, Ascension is FREE!

In hopes of designation as a national landmark, The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism provided Hank Paper a grant to photograph the Philadelphia home John Coltrane shared with his cousin, Mary Blair. More than thirty years after Coltrane’s death, Mr. Paper began the task of tracking the musician’s life from birth in North Carolina, through the beginnings of his career in Philadelphia, to his success in New York City. Ascension takes the viewer on a “photographic jazz evocation of a life.” To get to the Harlem School of the Arts, take the A, B, C, D and 1 train to 145th Street, when exiting the subway, walk south on the west side of Saint Nicholas Avenue. or take the M3 bus to 141st. www.harlemschoolofthearts.org