
On our recent stopover in Ithaca, New York, we were delighted to discover the rich and varied street art and graffiti — by local, national and international artists — that have found a home there. Here is a small sampling:
Italian artist Alice Pasquini, close-up

Brazilian artist Eder Muniz

Peruvian artist/activist Paloma Abregu Arroyo and Ithaca-based Caleb R Thomas, close-up

Oakland-based artist Desi Mundo

French artist Roti

The legendary Copenhagen-based graffiti writer Bates

Ithaca-based Meal

First image is a collaboration between Eder Muniz and Meal
Special thanks to Meal for introducing us to Ithaca’s rich public art and to Fresh Paint NYC for connecting us.
Photos: 1, 2, 5, 6 & 8 Lois Stavsky; 3, 4 & 7
Committed to healing and transforming communities by beautifying the urban landscape, Wall\Therapy has brought dozens of magical murals to Rochester, New York. Here are a few we discovered on our brief stopover last week:
Montreal-based Omen

Italian artist Peeta

West Coast-based Troy Lovegates aka Other

Tel Aviv-based Know Hope

Rochester’s own Mr Prvrt

West Coast-based Sam Rodriguez

Brazilian artist Binho

And kicking off this Friday, July 17, is WALL\THERAPY 2015 featuring an extraordinary array of artists including NYC-based Li-Hill, Vexta and Daze.
Photos: 1,2, 4-6 Lois Stavsky; 3 & 7 Sara C Mozeson
We love the way discarded and found objects — or fragments of them – are transformed into public art. Here’s a small sampling:
RAE BK in Manhattan

Jim Power aka the Mosaic Man captured at work in the East Village

Fragment from a pole fashioned by Jim Power

Michael Cuomo in the Bronx

Unidentified artist on the Lower East Side

Photos: 1, 3-5 Lois Stavsky; 2 Dani Reyes Mozeson

Currently gracing the walls of Graffiti Universe up in the Bronx is a range of styles from photorealistic portraiture to stylish graffiti. Here is a sampling of the work fashioned by both international and regional artists:
Italian artist Jorit does the legendary TAKI 183

Vins and Signl, EOS

Norwegian artist Stay One, KD

Graffiti Universe is located at 2995 Boston Road in the Allerton section of the East Bronx.
Note: First image is by London-based Trans1
Photos by Lois Stavsky

Colorado-based painter and stencil artist Amanda Marie has brought her alluring storybook characters to the streets of NYC and to the Quin Hotel.
At work at 12C Outdoor Gallery, on 12th Street and Avenue C

Completed mural at 12C Outdoor Gallery

Outside the Quin Hotel, as seen at night

And from, Good Story, her tantalizing exhibit of mixed-media works — whose titles suggest a somewhat subversive facet to her presumably innocent storybook characters — inside the Quin Hotel:
Drinking Partners

We Are Doing This Our Way

Bird-Riders, close-up

Curated by Hyland Mather and DK Johnston, Good Story remains on exhibit through mid-summer inside the Quin Hotel at 101 West 57th Street at Sixth Avenue.
Note: First image is at Welling Court in Astoria, Queens
Photos: 1, 4-6 Lois Stavsky; 2 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 3 & 7 Tara Murray