Eclectic Creative Experience

performances like this Union Square didgeridoo percussionist, and other completely random acts of public creativity, are quite common in fair weather New York.

living tie-die yielded extraordinary results using simple household ingredients. A plate is filled with a thin layer of milk. A few drops of food coloring (less is more) is added, the different colors are evenly spaced around the center of the plate. Lastly, a single drop of dish soap in the center of the plate [...]

interactive art is the creative theme of FIGMENT, a multi-day event that bypasses the traditional gallery wall and celebrates creativity for all. Participants were often costumed, a ten year old girl on stilts made the perfect pink flamingo. There were inflatable sculptures in an interactive blow-up sculpture garden. Artists designed and constructed a miniature golf [...]

Bushwick Open Studios is an opportunity for Brooklyn artists to open the doors of their studios (and more often their homes) to the public for a weekend in a true celebration of creative diversity. Bushwick is certainly one of the real artist communities in New York. Painting, photography, installation art, sculpture, performance art, happenings and [...]

creative exercises can help you find a new perspective, try collaborating with friends. Collect of old magazines, a few acrylics, and a scrap surface. I asked my friends Kevin Rubino, John Cotter, and Nick Cotter to assist me in this collaborative collage. I asked Kevin to name the subject off the top of his head; [...]

prolific MTA subway graffiti artist installation invites collaboration by placing blank word bubbles over posters and bills, inviting others to fill in the blank. Placement of each talk bubble goads the viewer into participation, and breaking the law for that matter. Freshly placed word bubbles during the morning commute are rarely blank during the afternoon [...]

on paper with dice, using imagination in lieu of rendering engine – that was the D&D 80s craze. Kids gathering against Orc had guidance, in the form of the monster manual originally published by the late Gary Gygax. Inside lay a bizarre collection of creatures like the Brain Mole, Gelatinous Cube, and the Beholder, left. [...]