Vienna: Achtung, Fertig, Los! (Ready Set Go!)

I wake up in the “City of Dreams.” Vienna. It is very early and still dark. It’s my first day here and a buzzing anticipation ignites me. I get dressed for the cold and head out into the blue shadows of the dawn. It’s drizzling lightly and the cobblestoned streets are empty and slick with […]
Farewell NYC, Hello Vienna!

NYC/Vienna (photos courtesy of inhabitat and Sunboe.com) I am off on another journey~ I will be gone five weeks; spending one week in Austria scouting locations with Pérola Bonfanti for our next interactive public art installation which will take place in the center of Vienna next fall. Then we will travel to Italy together to […]
Hearts of the World Collaboration with NYU Students

Hearts of the World with NYU #HeartsofTheWorld
Portal 8 in Progress at Art Around The Park, Tompkins Square

Portal 8 in progress~ @ Art Around The Park~ Tompkins Square, NYC
Live Painting Portal 8 at Art Around The Park NYC

Come say hello! Perola and I are painting portal 8 at Art around the Park! We are on Ave A at Tompkins Square Park, East village, NYC.
Celebrating 88 Painted Pianos at the Sing for Hope Gala

At the Sing for Hope Gala! Celebrating 88 painted pianos that will soon hit NY streets, parks and squares this June. Happy and honored to be part of this spectacular public art project~
The Cosmic Double Golden Rainbow Dragon Piano

Top of the Cosmic Double Golden Rainbow Dragon Piano~
Creating the Double Golden Rainbow Dragons Piano with Perola

Perola painting the double golden rainbow dragons for our Cosmic Double Golden Rainbow Dragon Piano. Tomorrow we finish!
Gemstone Mandala Workshop at Lower East Side Girls Club

Making gem-stoned mandalas with the girls at the Lower East Side Girls Club~ #The Free Art Society #Lower East Side Girls Club
Profile in EV Grieve

Out and About in the East Village In this weekly feature, East Village-based photographer James Maher provides us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the East Village. By James Maher Name: Nicolina JohnsonOccupation: Street ArtistLocation: Portal Zero (Outside the Bean), 3rd Street and 2nd AvenueTime: 6 p.m. on Monday, April 15 I grew up in Seattle. […]
Pass It Forward: The Art of Giving

Pass it forward~
Jane Jacobs Mural at Lower East Side Girls Club NYC

Today Perola and I painted a mural of Jane Jacobs for the Lower East Side Girls Club in NYC. The mural is part of a project called Women Who Changed the World. You can see it in the Community garden on 1st st (btwn 1 & 2nd Ave)