Arts & Entertainment
Underserved Youth Find Serenity Within Artistic Safe Haven
Tayllor Johnson, 22, has performed many pieces of spoken word at the White House, yet, nothing beats the feeling that engulfed her as she stepped foot onto the stage of the Nuyorican Poets Café. “This is the Nuyorican Poets café, so it’s a pretty big deal to be performing in this space for me,” said […]
Music Venues for Seasoned Performers Also Nurture Up-and-Comers
Two years ago, a 16-year-old Ali Isabella became the youngest artist ever to perform at Wembley Arena in London. At that 12,500-seat venue, she was the opening act for country singing star Reba McEntire. Isabella landed in that British spotlight by virtue of having spent part of her adolescence doing what she thought necessary to […]
Gallery Eyes Low-Budget Art Lovers
Selling high-end art at relatively low-end prices is the strategy behind Carré d’artistes, a French firm that opened its first North American gallery in the West Village this month. “The concept is very welcomed by the artists, by the people, because, usually, traditional art galleries have an incredible price or target a very small part […]
Muralist Prefers Making Art For Public Viewing
When Strand, one of New York City’s oldest bookstores, invited muralist Michael Fumero to paint on one of its exterior walls, his first response was, “This is cool.” Then, from roof to sidewalk at that East Village location, he brushed on shades of red, yellow, green, blue and light flesh tones to create an animated […]
Street Performer’s Antics Offend Some, Entertain Others
The Great Perfarter knows that people think he is a raving lunatic. But there is a method to his madness, he said. “I was always attracted to what David Letterman, Tom Green and Andy Kaufman did on the street,” the Perfarter said, referring to those comedians, “the crazy man on the street who was […]
With Concrete As a Canvas, Sand Painter Pours Out His Art
First, Joe Mangrum sets up his boundaries, using four plastic buckets to roughly mark off a square. He rests a ringed binder filled with photographs of his artwork on a table he’s set up nearby. Then, he gets to work. From a dozen or so Ziploc storage bags, he grabs handfuls of sand dyed in colors […]