Established by local community members in 2024, Welling Walls continues the transformation of Welling Court and its neighboring blocks into an intriguing open-air gallery. The mural pictured above was painted by Queens-native illustrator and muralist Annabelle Popa. Several more murals captured last week in the blazing heat at this western Astoria site follow:
Colombian American artist Felix Morelo
NYC-based Mad Vaillan
Brooklyn-native Panic Rodriguez
NYC-based Japanese artist Shiro One
Veteran style master Yes One
Japanese American artist Kosuke James
Queens-based Mexican artist Onel
Astoria-based self-taught Filipino artist Jason B
Colombia-born, NYC-based art director and artist Jonathan Ramírez Ceballos
Photos by Lois Stavsky
This year’s 45th Annual Edition of the Graffiti Hall of Fame once again hosted not only first-rate walls, but also dozens of cubes showcasing a huge range of artistic talents and sensibilities. Featured above is Queens-based artist Chris Cortes at work. What follows are several more images of artworks on cubes captured this past Sunday, August 17th — the second day of this annual event, produced under the curatorial direction of Sharif Profit.
Bronx native Andre Trenier‘s tribute to the late journalist and documentarian Sacha Jenkins
Queens-based Mexican artist El Onel
Brazilian-American multidisciplinary artist Jon Souza AKA Phes salutes Eddie Murphy and the late Richard Pryor
Brazilian urban artist Wagner Wagz
BedStuy Walls co-founder and artist Miki Mu
Philippines-born, Queens-based artist Jappy Agoncillo
Colombian artist Yurica Uno
Steve the Bum in collaboration with NYC-based artist Juliet Schreckinger
Photos: 1-5, 8 & 9 Sara C. Mozeson; 6 & 7 Lois Stavsky; special thanks to Tara Murray for her assistance with this post
Curated by Ad Hoc Art, the Welling Court Mural Project is once again bringing a diverse range of intriguing murals to Welling Court and its neighboring blocks in Astoria, Queens. Many artists have already begun painting in anticipation of tomorrow’s Block Party. A few have already finished. Pictured above is a completed mural by See One. Here are several more images I captured today:
Queen Andrea
SP One at work
Bluze
Sinned NYC
Onel and Roberto Castillo
ASVP at work
Tomorrow’s Block Party begins at noon at 11-98 Welling Court at 30th Avenue & 12th Street in Astoria, Queens.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
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