Public Art Comes to Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

By NYPL Staff
November 7, 2020

The New York Public Library has partnered with local artists, New Yorkers and mostly veterans, on a temporary art project at the new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL). Their murals provide all of us with a message of mutual community support and that the life of learning continues.

Inspired by the street art in Soho, our guest curator Stevie-Ray Vance envisioned bringing these artists to midtown to paint murals on the windows of SNFL boarded up during election week. His efforts ensured their exhibition and preservation. The result has been enlivening the space and conversations on Fifth Avenue and across the web, bringing inspiration and mindfulness during these difficult times.

In Midtown Manhattan? Check out the art at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL). Or check out the photos below as well as a video of the mural-making in process! 

Special Thanks to the Artists! Learn more about their work:

colorful mural on exterior of library

Amir Diop

@amir.diop99

 

colorful mural on exterior of library

Brendan T. McNally

@brendantmcnally
 

colorful mural on exterior of library
mural on exterior of library

Keiji Drysdale

@makemakemakeiji
 

colorful mural on exterior of library

Konstance Patton

@konartstutdio
 

colorful mural on exterior of library
colorful mural on exterior of library

ONe Rad Latina

@OneRadLatina
 

colorful mural on exterior of library

Sule

@sulecantcook

colorful mural on exterior of library

Trevor Croop, aka Light Noise

@light.noise
 

Guest Curator:

Stevie-Ray Vance

@stevierayvance

 

Public art at SNFL
Public art at SNFL
Public art at SNFL
Public art at SNFL
Public art at SNFL
Public art at SNFL