The once-abandoned trailer on East First Street off First Avenue in Manhattan has been transformed once again. With assistance from the young members of Cre8tive YouTH*ink, a creative arts youth development organization, it currently showcases a vibrant mix of styles from over 20 artists who had participated in the Centre-Fuge Public Art Project‘s first five cycles. The following images were captured these past four days:
Iranian artists Icy and Sot at work
Beau, Icy and Sot and Samuel Ashford
Icy and Sot, close-up
Brooklyn-based artist Samuel Ashford, close-up
Jerry Otero aka Mista Oh, founder of cre8tive YouTH*ink, Moise Joseph of cre8tive YouTH*ink and Cram Concepts
See One and Yuri Valez at work
Baltimore-based Billy Mode, Jose Aurelio-Baez, See-One, Yuri Valez & photographers Kenny Rodriguez & Osvaldo Jimenez
Billy Mode and Jose Aurelio-Baez, close-up
The Muffin Man, Zera at work, DMZL and Dr. Whom
Optimo Primo
Never
Danielle Mastrion, Michael DeNicola, Lexi Bella and Fumero
Centre-Fuge Public Art Project founders and First Street residents Pebbles Russell and Jonathan Neville have announced that Cycle 7 submissions are due by 12/31. They may be sent to centrefuge@gmail.com. We are looking forward to another year of energetic public art on East 1st Street, dedicated to the memory of former East Village resident Mike Hamm.
Top image: NOIDone, Veng RWK, Cram Concepts, Chris RWK, Mastro, Never, Samuel Ashford, Icy and Sot, BEAU and Adam Kidder; photos by Lenny Collado, Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky
