HOWL 2013: Art Around the Park Saturday 6/1 & Sunday 6/2

Art Around the Park 2013

A live action, weekend-long event connecting Festivalgoers with more than 140 artists of all ages as they turn an 8 foot high, 900 foot long blank "canvas" encircling the exterior of Tompkins Square Park into an explosion of color and creativity. Go ahead, schmooze!

Among the multitude of wonderful artists participating this year, we can only mention in any 'depth' but a few!

Antonio "Chico" Garcia

There is, of course, the world-reknown CHICO, a local guy from the LES who has parlayed his incomparable artistic talent into a tri-coastal and international career. He is a legend! AND an Art Around the Park institution!

CHICOARTNYC site

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Mackenzie Younger

photo by Margay Kaplan

Mackenzie Younger is a young American artist,  born and raised in New York City.  His work is deeply rooted in and inspired by urban environments, forces of nature, and the crossroads of creative minds . 

Along with his personal work, Mackenzie Younger professionally paints murals for Lantern Organization and is an Art Director for Voices of Black (Music Group).

His oeuvre ranges from traditional painting-on-canvas, fine art and murals, to comic book-inspired art, journal pages, multi-media, and beyond.

Mackenzie's website 

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Anca Barbu

Anca Barbu is a New York based artist originally from Romania . She is an expressionist, abstract surreal painter and is inspired by the beautiful things in life.

Anca's Brush

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David Greene

photo:  Jim Radakovich, Art Around the Park 2012

Native New yorker, David Greene, is a professional artist living and working in his Manhattan studio for the past twenty five years. His portfolio of work consists primarily of larger than life portraits of celebrity icons. David's dramatically oversized 8 foot square celebrity portraits have always been the highlight of ART AROUND THE PARK.  (AND David's birthday IS Sunday, June 2nd!)

DavidGreenePaintings

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Darryl LaVare

Darryl LaVare left Memphis in 1986 and went to Rhode Island School of Design and began visiting New York . She moved here in 1990 and quickly immersed herself in the art, film, and music scene on the Lower East Side . 

 "I make art  to explore the meanings of life. I use my subject matter: the Tompkins Square Park riots, punks, homeless people, children, as a starting point..." 

darryllavare.com

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And MORE, so much more!

Artists include: Anca Barbu Frank Barrett, Victor Batorksy, Andres Bella, Billy the artist, Perola Bonfanti, Ian Brennan, Teresa Brown, Irma Cannovo, Simon Cardwell, Nicki Carrico, Alberto Carvalho, David Caudle, Chico, Susan Conrad, Kate Conroy, Chris Cooper, James Cornwell, Steve Cox, CRAM CONCEPTS, Emilio Cuilan, Ethan Cyr, Chauncey Dandridge, Patrick Daugherty, Taiyo De Jong, Onno De Jong, Alicia Degener, Vito Luca DiTomaso, Sophia Domeville, Peter Dougherty, Launa Eddy, Kevin Farley, Walker Fee, Luke Felisbert, Martie Flores, Alexandre Fortier, Amy Gissen, Tasha Goldblum, Mario Gomez, David Greene, Thomas Hames, Brian Harris, Jere 'JEX' Harshman, Edward Herman, Jhonatan Hernandez, Bruce Hlavna, Brianna Holley, Sam Ita, Shuri Jackson, Jeffrey Jameson, Case Jernigan, Nicolina Johnson, Ebi Kagbala, Gulnara Karpuchok, Nina Katan, Lola Katan, Ingrid Kelleman, Patrick Keyes, Darryl LaVare, Un Lee, Kevin Leong, Viveca Licata, Kerri Lindstrom, Daniel Litt, Philip Lombardo, Leslie Lowe, Andrea Lynn, Aimee Margolis, Marthalicia Matarrita, Tim McCarthy, Stephen McCombe, Fran McGee, Michael Meade, Martin Medina, Kwue Molly, Danny Mota, Michelle Nappi, Michael Natale, Jake Nelson, Alison Nolan, Daniel Olshansky, Dennis Os, James Peterson, Robert Petrick, Alex Price, David Pullman, Hannah Quirk, Jeff Richman, Frankie Roche, Doug Rochelle, Freddie Rodriguez, Kai Salvatore, Kennyray Scallon, Simon Scott, Simon Scott, Steven Shryock, Nathaniel A. Siegel, Kristen Singer, Stephen Skinner, Edward Snyder, Sok Song, Raymond Sosa, Meghan Spitzer, Bjorn Strigel, Richard Surmacz, Brett Thompson, John Trembo, Jiro Ueno, Nina Valazquez, Rolando Vega, Charles David Viera, Jonathan Weiser, Joff Wilson, Javier Winnik, Allen Yeager, and of course, Mackenzie Younger!...

Special thanks to Michele Halabura and the Bob Perl Army for making this happen!

Leslie Travel Blog Posts Great Photos and Story of Art Around The Park!

Check it out !   http://lesliekochtravel.blogspot.com/

“Art Around the Park” Will Add Boundless Color to the 7th Annual Howl! Festival in Tompkins Square Park in NYC's East Village, Sept. 11th and 12th Attention Artists : There Are Still a Few Open Spaces!

Photo by Nicholas Bergery

The 2010 Howl! Festival is pleased to announce that “Art Around the Park” will return for its 14^th year in Tompkins Square Park.  Conceived in 1992, “Art Around the Park” joined forces with Howl Festival when it began.

Over the years, important artists such as Tony Feher, David Row, Olivier Mosset, Mark Kostabi, Stefan Eins, David Hatchett, David Greene and Sylvie Ball, as well as graffiti artists Ero, Chico and Meres, have all participated in Art Around the Park.

Photo by Nicholas Bergery

“Art Around the Park” is a massively exciting undertaking, involving a 1500 foot-long canvas wrapped around 50% of the perimeter of Tompkins Square Park, beginning on Avenue A and 10^th Street, continuing 3 blocks south to 7^th Street and going east on 7^th Street to the midway point between Avenues A and B.  Over 140 adult artists and untold numbers of children are confirmed to participate. 

Each artist is assigned 50-60 square feet of canvas, and brings their own materials with which to create their individual piece.  For two full days, this live art “performance” draws thousands of fascinated spectators.  “It’s a sweet and spectacular event,” says Bob Perl, one of the founders of Art Around The Park, along with DD Chapin and Mark Frisk.  He continues, “Both participants and audience often tell me that this is why they live in New York.  It’s an incredible interaction of artists and art lovers – an experience that you won’t find anywhere else.”

The finished product results in almost 8000 square feet of art.  

There are still a few open spaces for interested artists. Info: http://www.howlfestival.com/festival/artpark/