Tag: mural
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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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Gallery Mondays: Damien Mitchell’s Peregrine Falcon
Remember that awesome Audubon Mural Project mural I saw a couple of months ago? The “Western Tanager” by Yu-baba? Well I found another one, this time a “Peregrine Falcon” by Australian street artist Damien Mitchell! This mural can be found on St. Nicholas Ave. between W 147 and W 148 Street near the A, C,…
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Gallery Mondays: Big Bird with Broken Heart
It’s been 16 years since the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. I almost remember it like it was only a few years ago. I was seven years old sitting in my second grade classroom in Queens, NY when it happened. I couldn’t really understand what was going on but everyone was sent home…
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Gallery Mondays: Larregui @ Museo Casa Blanca, PR
During my trip to Puerto Rico, my friends and I visited Casa Blanca, the ancestral home of Juan Ponce de Leon, in Old San Juan. In one of the rooms, there were a few colorful murals on the wall that really stood out to me. This one by Taller Coco de Oro in collaboration with…
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Gallery Mondays: Western Tanager by Yu-baba
Over the weekend I came across this beautiful mural in Washington Heights on the iron gate of Marina Dental Center. Painted by Belarusian artist Yu-baba as part of the Audubon Mural Project, the mural features a gorgeous western tanager, an American songbird, surrounded by leaves and berries. In collaboration with Gitler &_____ Gallery, the National Audubon…
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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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Gallery Mondays: Spa
We got our first snow in NYC over the weekend, but I wasn’t even mad because I had a reservation at Russian and Turkish Baths in the East Village. I went with Karina, who has been to a few other bath houses before the one we went to on Saturday. It was my first time…
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Gallery Mondays: “Art of Jazz” Mural at PAL Harlem
I saw this vibrant mural on the side of the Police Athletic League (PAL) on the west side of Harlem a few weeks ago while headed to pick up some items I found in a Craigslist ad. I just had to stop and understand what was happening in this mural. There’s a trumpet-playing man popping…
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