Films about Neighborhood Artists
Each artist's location represents a radius of exploration within a neighborhood.
Don Gummer: What Children Learn From Public Art
Joy Brown: Artworks
Cui Fei: The Artist and Her Works
Norman Mooney: The Artist and His Sculptures
Odili Donald Odita: The Artist and His Works
Candela, The Artworks of Andrew Ratcliff
Barbara Shelly Artworks
Martha Posner: The Artist and Her Works
Dustin Yellin: The Artist and His Works
Mark Domino: Spireworks Public Art Project
Robin Holder: The Artist and Her Works
Stephanie DeManuelle: The Artist and Her Works
Burton Silverman: The Artist and His Works
The Photography of Valdir Cruz
Jan Porkorny Discusses Urban Preservation
Swoon: The Artist and Her Works
Don Gummer created a tapestry of sculptures on the sprawling Broadway Malls in New York City. His works help local parents explore how children learn from public art. Long Island City, Queens
Joy Brown'sinfluences as a sculptor are global in scope. Her ceramic and bronze sculptures spring from her childhood in Japan and apprenticeship in traditional Japanese ceramics. Kent, Connecticut
Cui Fei is a Chinese visual artist based in New York. Cui’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. West 39st Manhattan
Norman Mooney makes works that are at once physical and metaphysical. His works explore the elemental and cyclical synergies of nature. Materiality, pattern, scale, and experience are key concerns within his practice. Gowanus, Brooklyn
Odili Donald Odita is a Nigerian-American abstract painter who lives and works at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.
Andrew Ratcliff created Candela, a 30-ft-tall candle artwork that burns each night on the Long Island City waterfront. Long Island City, Queens
The artworks of Barbara Shelly. Her art reflects and represents current events in the performing arts and politics. Philadelphia, PA.
Sculptor Martha Posner works from the inside out, following her inspirations wherever they lead her. Her courage to explore makes her work a deep and meaningful experience. Martin’s Creek, PA
Dustin Yellin is an American artist living in Brooklyn. His work embeds "hundreds of little pictures, drawings, and images clipped out of magazines, art books, and the like to form tableaux in miniature. Red Hook, Brooklyn
Mark Domino: Spireworks Public Art Project is an engagement platform for the world’s most iconic architectural lights: the Bank of America Building and the World Trade Center Tower. West 42st NYC
Robin Holder is a contemporary American visual artist and activist. Holder is known for her mixed-media printmaking and paintings, which focus on themes of spiritual and racial identity, class, social justice, and personal experience. West Milford, N.J
Stephanie DeManuelle is an abstract artist who grew up in Louisiana and moved to New York City after college. She taught at FIT and Parsons for many years and served as Chair of the Fine Arts Department at FIT. Jersey City, N.J.
Burton Silverman is considered one of America’s most accomplished and important realist painters and illustrators. 324 W 71st, Manhattan
Valdir Cruz is a Brazilian-American photographer. His work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the New York Public Library, and the Brooklyn Museum among others. West 14st NYC
Jan Hird Pokorny was an NYC-based architect who served as a commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for 10 years and was involved in efforts to save Sailors’ Snug Harbor and the Dvořák House. East 51st NYC
Caledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a contemporary artist who works with printmaking, sculpture, and stop-motion animation to create immersive installations, community-based projects, and public artworks. Red Hook Brooklyn

