Uptown Voices Podcast live recording with NoMAA

Get ready for the 2026 Uptown Arts Stroll, coming in June. NoMAA's Executive Director, Niria Leyva-Gutierrez and Uptown Arts Stroll Coordinator Martin Collins speak with Uptown Voices podcast hosts Octavio Blanco and Led Black of Uptown Collective. Join them in the Sorolla room at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library for a lively discussion of the Stroll's history and future. 2026 celebrates the 24th annual cultural event. Since 2003, the Uptown Arts Stroll has grown from a one-day event to a month-long celebration offering a wide variety of arts and cultural events from West 125th Street to West 220th Street.

Uptown Voices is a podcast focused on the Uptown neighborhoods of Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, and the South Bronx. Our neighborhoods have a voice and we want to make sure it’s heard and felt. We love Uptown! Each episode will elevate the people here who are making a difference in the life of this community, be they artists, community organizations, local businesses or elected leaders.

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is a non-profit arts service organization whose mission is to cultivate, support and promote the works of artists and arts organizations in northern Manhattan.

NoMAA’s story begins in 2006, when the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone recognized Northern Manhattan’s need for a more cohesive cultural community in which artists and arts organizations have the resources and support necessary to maximize their artistic, social, and economic potential.

NoMAA’s various programs/resources include:

• The annual, month-long Uptown Arts Stroll/Paseo de las Artes
• Affordable rehearsal studios for individual artists and arts non-profits at our location on 176th Street and Broadway
• Small Grant program providing individual uptown artists with financial support for their creative projects in all art disciplines
• Technical Assistance Workshops to help artists reach their professional goals
• Visual Arts exhibitions in NoMAA’s gallery throughout the year
• Online calendar at www.nomaanyc.org listing creative events and opportunities year-round
• Weekly email newsletter promoting the arts Uptown

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