art
Bid to Protect and Promote Art as Staten Island Rezoning Nears
Jarrett Murphy |
A thriving art scene has developed where history, water and culture meet on the borough’s North Shore.
art
Ben Carson Might Slash its Budget, but Some see Public Housing as a Work of Art
Jarrett Murphy |
NYCHA has undertaken a comprehensive effort to inventory the art it owns with the aim of making it more visible to residents and the city at large. The hope is to make the value of public housing clearer to all.
art
Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts
Brooke L. Williams |
‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’
Art at the Limits
NYC’s Memorial Murals Honor Those Who’ve Gone, Then Go Themselves
Nicole Javorsky |
The walls of city buildings often become memorials to children claimed by disease, to adults taken by violence or to the victims of war or terrorist attacks. It’s a way for memories to live on, until the mural itself becomes a thing of the past.
art
Amid Real-Estate Squeeze, Trying to Carve Out Space for NYC’s Emerging Artists
Melissa Rose Cooper |
As developers target buildings and neighborhoods that used to offer affordable studio space to artists, more and more practitioners are finding it difficult simply to find a way to do their work. One nonprofit is trying to preserve room for creativity.
architecture
Not a Pretty Picture: Art Exhibit Depicts NYC’s Mountainous Property-Tax Inequity
Guglielmo Mattioli |
The disparities built into the city’s property tax system can be hard to fathom. So one architecture firm tried to tell the story in 3D.
art
Photo Essay: Street Art, Beyond 5 Pointz
Adi Talwar |
The street-art movement was never dependent on one space, and since 5 Pointz’s demise, new work has shifted to new spots or to ones that were already operating. The long-running Welling Court Mural Project near the Astoria waterfront is one of the latter.
activism
Video: Does Art Matter to a Community Under Threat?
Melissa Rose Cooper |
East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can community artists play?
art
Why is NYC’s Art Scene So White?
Brooke L. Williams |
In a city that is only one-third non-Hispanic white, only a third of the creative workforce is made up with blacks, Latinos and Asians. What’s keeping the art scene from looking more like the rest of New York?
Advocacy
Artists Find a Role in NYC’s Debate About Police, Race and Violence
Nekoro Gomes |
Art has been part of the response to the killing of Eric Garner and other incidents. But artists with a political message can face challenges finding space to show their work and reaching the audience that ought to see it.
