Press Release Mayor Steven Fulop announces the 31st annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST), the largest art tour in New Jersey. This year’s JCAST will celebrate art and the creative process with the return of in-person events featuring Jersey City’s renowned arts community with curated tours, art demos, and panel discussions with artists, arts organizations, and […]
Jersey City Unveils 100-foot Mural Painted by Jersey City’s Youth Summer Program
Jersey City’s youth stayed productive this summer, while also helping to beautify their community. Mayor Steven M. Fulop visited the Jersey City Mural Arts Youth Summer Program (JCMAP) as the young artists, ages 14-24, put the finishing touches on their work of art, a 100-foot-long mural. This year’s mural theme is Jersey City’s Sister Cities, to couple the creative process with research […]
Celebrating public arts with the Jersey City Mural Festival
A few weeks ago while walking my dog around City Hall, I saw a big banner advertising the Jersey City Mural Festival. I thought it was a mirage, or the edible I took earlier was starting to run its course. Could it be? COVID is finally over, local businesses and restaurants are fully open, we […]
Jersey City Selected as 1 of 10 Global Cities for PAINT (RED) SAVES LIVES
Mayor Fulop has announced that Jersey City is one of ten major cities chosen to participate in the global campaign founded by U2’s Bono, PAINT (RED) SAVES LIVES, the first global street art campaign created to drive urgency and action in the fight to end AIDS. “What started as a local initiative to engage residents, […]
Artist Spotlight: Jonah Dunstan
Jonah Dunstan is a 19 year old up-and-coming Jersey City artist. Having worked with the Jersey City Arts Mural Program for the last two summers, he is finally branching out and releasing some of his own personal work. I had the chance to ask Jonah about his experience working on the murals, his current personal […]
Distort and ‘Community Consciousness’
We interviewed Distort many years ago for the blog. Since then, he’s done some incredible murals all over Jersey City, notably the massive one by the Holland Tunnel and his recent collaboration with T.Dee, a Jersey City legend. A few weeks ago, while we were driving down Pacific Ave, we caught Distort working on a […]
Jersey City Mural Arts Program Launches Interactive Website
Interested in seeing all the murals Jersey City has to offer? Whether you’re a visitor planning a tour or a resident who just enjoys good art, the Jersey City Mural Arts Program (JCMAP) has expanded with the launch of a new interactive platform highlighting the nearly 140 public murals in Jersey City! To introduce the […]
Central Avenue: an Outdoor Art Gallery
Jersey City is known for its strong representation of visual arts. Just as there are murals plastered along walls, there are art stores and galleries scattered throughout the city. The artist community continues to grow and thrive throughout the City. One area of the City where experiencing the visual arts is part of daily life […]
Joe Waks
A few months back, I noticed a cool old-timey mural coming together on Pacific near Grand. Every time I passed it I thought “Damn, I’d love to interview the artist behind that.” Lo and behold, one day walking home from a delicious lunch at Banyan Cafe, I spotted the artist himself working on it! He […]
The Jersey City Wave by Shepard Fairey
Thursday marked the completion of the Jersey City Wave by world-renowned artist Shepard Fairey. The Jersey City Wave is amongst many of the larger murals throughout Jersey City and Fairey, David Barry, and Mayor Steven Fulop gathered at the Grove Street Plaza to express their admiration of the city and the artist. Mayor Fulop explained […]
Passing the Torch
Whether you have lived in Jersey City for a minute or a decade you can’t miss the mammoth mural spanning several buildings on Christopher Columbus Drive from Grove to Barrow Streets. Though it’s a bit of a faded vision now, once upon a time it was a sight to behold. The mural was not only […]
Emilio Florentine
I’ve been “courting” Emilio Florentine for an interview for over a year, ever since I first met him at the no longer existing 660 Ramp #rip. I started checking out his work right after we met and he quickly became one of my favorite artists. Emilio Florentine paints flowers, that is all he does. Flowers […]
Catherine Haggarty
I first met Catherine a few months ago when I volunteered for the “SeeCleanJC” effort. We bonded while picking up trash and cigarette butts (gross) on a beautiful Sunday morning. She is a super cool, down-to-earth chick that also happens to be an artist, art teacher and athlete. Her story intrigued me and it was […]
The Jersey City Summer Works
For the second summer in a row, the Jersey City Summer Mural Program has partnered with The Jersey City Summer Works Program and the Board of Education to offer artistically inclined young people an opportunity to apply their skills towards the creation of public art in various locations around Jersey City. A week ago, I […]
Greetings from Jersey City
About a week ago I went to shoot with photographer 5thMindset (post coming soon) in front of a new mural by the Holland Tunnel. This mural was painted by “Greetings Tour”; a couple traveling around the US painting murals inspired by vintage postcards. After my shoot I decided to reach out to them and get […]
Clarence Rich
I really thought after interviewing all these Jersey City street artists that I would end up running out of people to write about…. boy was I wrong… the more I am out there the more I learn that there are a growing number of street artists making Jersey City beautiful… some of which are more […]
Bed Bugs In love
It’s no surprise that I’ve become pretty obsessed with Jersey City’s street art and the artists behind them. What’s even more amazing to me, as I continue this journey is discovering that all these talents are everywhere among us; they are your bank tellers, Light Rail operators, dog walkers, teenage neighbor and barista at your favorite […]
Mr. Mustart
I knew my quest to meet the people behind Jersey City’s beautiful street art was just beginning after interviewing inspiring street artists such as Sean Lugo, Dylon Egon and Mr Abillity…. I’ve known about Mr. Mustart for quite some time, his work cannot go unnoticed, and his murals are all over Jersey City. Mr. Mustart’s work is […]
Mr AbiLLity
The day I made the decision to leave my job of 7 years to pursue my passions, on my way home I decided to take a little detour. I needed time to reflect, to think about my life and whether or not leaving my job was the right decision (I also really wanted an ice […]
Savage Habbit
Every time I walk down the street and see any kind of street art, I always wonder who is behind it and what the story is. After interviewing my first Street Artist Sean Lugo, I found out about Savage Habbit; A Street art blog that is behind 10 or so murals in Jersey City. Savage […]