Tag: East Harlem

• Gallery Mondays: ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ #MLKDayofService

  On this sunny Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I volunteered with City Year New York at Patrick Henry Prep (PS/IS 171 Manhattan) to paint this book cover of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars in one of the school’s stairwells for #MLKDayofService. I was invited to help out with #MLKDayofService by my guy, David. He served…

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  January 15, 2018

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

  #MLKDayofService, art, City Year, City Year New York, community service, East Harlem, Gallery Mondays, John Green, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, mural, NYC, Patrick Henry Prep, PS/IS 171, The Fault in Our Stars

• Gallery Mondays: Amber Forever

  Today I said goodbye to my first apartment in East Harlem, so I thought it would be fitting to feature this mural I saw in the neighborhood recently. It’s such a tropical and vibrant mural with a butterfly,  birds, and bright colors. Sponsored by KFC and Amber Charter School, the mural fits in so well…

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  July 31, 2017

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

  Amber Charter School, art, East Harlem, el barrio, Gallery Mondays, mural, National Council de la Raza, Spanish Harlem, street art

• Gallery Mondays: Peace

  While strolling past a school under construction in East Harlem, I saw this adorbs crochet peace sign made of yarn on the fence. Even though crochet reminds me so much of winter, this peace sign screams spring with its florals and vibrant colors. I’m not sure who created it―much less if it was just one…

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  June 12, 2017

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

  art, crochet, crochet art, East Harlem, floral, floral peace sign, Gallery Mondays, Manhattan, New York City, NYC, peace, peace sign, yarn art

• Gallery Mondays: Patch Whisky’s Smart Monster #EducationIsNotACrime

  I stumbled upon South Carolina artist Patch Whisky’s mural for the Not a Crime campaign in East Harlem on the wall of Fabco Shoes a few weeks ago when I got off the M103 bus. I cannot handle how adorbs his colorful monsters are! The one featured in this mural is reading a book and…

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  May 1, 2017

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

  #educationisnotacrime, #NotACrime, art, books, East Harlem, education, Fabco Shoes, Gallery Mondays, human rights, monster, mural, Not a Crime, Patch Whiskey, reading, street art