Andaz 5th Avenue

Claw Money for #tbdArt

Shawn Washburn for #tbdArt

Dubbed "Lady Liberty 2.0" by the staff of Andaz 5th Avenue, this piece will be up until November, when Claw Money returns to leave her mark on the doors to the bar downstairs.  

Steven Cogle has begun his installation for #tbdART.

For his piece, Steven will draw upon the time he spent working at The Statue of Liberty where he'd meet visitors from all over the world and ask them to write notes for him in his journal.  He'll be painting a representation of Lady Liberty and will screen print phrases and notes from his journal on top of the image.  The notes, all in different languages, will highlight and celebrate the cultural diversity of this city.  Attached is a photo of Steven with his piece, 4 Monks.

Aimee Cavazzi completed her piece for tbdArt on Earth Day and was joined by students of Metropolitan High School, the public school in the Morissania section of the South Bronx where she's taught for six years. 

If you’re in the area, please stop by and say hello!  

"The subway car represents the “heartbeat” and history of NYC, while the graffiti art theme pays homage to the early days of underground hip-hop.  The woman represents the beauty and innocence of my wife and daughters.  The tattoo on the woman’s arm pays respect to Sandy and all the people affected by the storm. I also used warmer color tones to contrast this colder timer of year in NYC.”

We are thrilled to welcome back Mister Cartoon for his second year as our Artist-in-Residence for tbd Art. Mister Cartoon already drew quite the crowd during day one! We can't wait to see the final product. 

Newest artist for tbd Art @andaz5th , Daniel St. George. (Taken with Instagram at Andaz 5th Avenue)

Today was the final day of working on the mural. I wanted to thank the staff at the Andaz, especially the curator of the tdb Arts resident program Rachel Harrison, as well as my personal friends Max, Tina, Scott, Eliot, Simon, Brendan and Andrew for all the help and support during the project. I was also able to attend fashion week at Milk Studios in support of designer Antonio Azzuolo and was featured in The Cut. It was an exciting day. We are going to have a launch party for the 2nd year of the tdb Arts and I wish all future artists the greatest luck as well as extend to them my support.

Today I got to meet a lot of international tourists visiting New York as well as local New Yorkers showing support. The painting is almost done so please stay tuned for the final images from this sunday!

Today was a great day of painting. I feel like we have made real progress in painting the mural. I really enjoyed everyone visiting as I worked on the mural. I’m excited about tomorrow and I hope to have the mural almost finished.

Today I got up around 5:30am to watch the sun rise and meet Andrew in Soho to pickup the mask and start working on the mural at the Andaz hotel. We grabbed coffee and drove around Soho, stopping at New York Art Central to get a nice metal ruler. Once we got to the Andaz I was greeted with smiles. We quickly got to work laying coat after coat of the thick gold flake paint until reaching the maximum coats need. I’m excited about tomorrow as we get to start adding lines and really get the painting to start taking shape.

Photo of artist Daniel St. George in his Brookyln art studio adding the finishing touches to his study for the Andaz 5th Avenue mural which he starts painting on September 6th.

Our next artist for tbdArt @andaz5th is Daniel St. George. His work is incredible. (Taken with Instagram at Andaz 5th Avenue)

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