Sunday's parting shot

In First Street Green Art Park (33 E. First St. + Houston at Second Avenue)... new Knicks mural by Cram Concepts ... Ratchi NYC and @yellowkidslanty... 

Fresh paint at First Street Green Art Park

Photos by Stacie Joy 

A large new mural is in progress at First Street Green Art Park ... where we spotted FSG regular Lexi Bella at work on Monday...

... and joined by FSG curator Jonathan Neville...

No word on a completion date for the mural — weather- and holiday-dependent. 

Enter the park either on First Street near Second Avenue or along Houston Street.

Saturday's opening shot

A look at First Street Green Art Park this morning.

The InGardens Festival continues here through Monday with some free musical performances. (Check out the schedule here. Enter the park either on First Street near Second Avenue or along Houston Street.) 

And here's one of the latest murals — a tribute to Larry Clark's 1995 film "Kids" by t0newash.

Saturday's opening shot

Pull up a chair and take in some new murals at First Street Green Art Park (enter on First Street near Second Avenue or at Second Avenue and Houston). 

The sun will eventually give way to clouds with — just like last Saturday — a chance of a late afternoon or early evening shower or thunderstorm.

Friday's parting shot

A just-finished mural of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in First Street Green Art Park by Lexi Bella... ...

A tribute to Patti Astor at First Street Green Art Park

First Street Green Art Park is celebrating the life of Patti Astor, the "First Lady of Graffiti Art." 

Astor, a cofounder of the Fun Gallery in the East Village in 1981, helped introduce a range of graffiti artists to the broader art world. She died in April at age 74. 

A handful of artists created this tribute (this Instagram post has more info about the artists and curators) ...

On the main wall, Shiro_one finished this large mural on Wednesday, which includes work by Al Diaz.

The Astor tribute got underway on June 15 with music by Large Professor... and the start of the various mural work... (photos below by Stacie Joy)...

The murals are expected to be up through the summer. First Street Art Park is at 33 E. First St. There's an entrance on First Street just east of Second Avenue... and another on Second Avenue near Houston.

Monday's parting shot

ICYMI: First Street Green Art Park is celebrating the legacy of the late gallery owner Patti Astor.

Starting on Saturday, a handful of artist came together to honor the co-founder of Fun Gallery on 10th Street, which showcased artists like Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the 1980s. 

There's still a large mural in progress... we'll post more photos when the work is complete. 

Astor died on April 9 at her home in Hermosa Beach, Calif. She was 74.

Sunday's opening shot

Knicks legend Walt "Clyde" Frazier as seen in First Street Green Art Park ... mural by @mcmaniphes. 

And the ol' do-or-die game 7 between the Knicks-Pacers is at 3:30 p.m. at MSG.

Jorit Agoch brings photorealistic murals of Malcolm X and KRS-One to the East Village

Jorit Agoch, the Italian street artist, has created two of his hyper-realistic murals in the neighborhood. 

Above, Malcolm X in First Street Green Art Park. 

And below, a work in progress of KRS-One on Second Street at First Avenue (via East Village Walls) ...

And a photo of the artist by Stacie Joy...

Per Wide Open Walls: 

Jorit has started to mark his portraits with two red lines or scars on the cheek that refer to ancient African rituals, like scarification. This ritual indicates the passing from childhood to adult age. Jorit is firmly convinced that the differences of race, gender, religion and social class do not mean anything with respect to the characteristics that are similar in all human beings, and give us our shared humanity. 

H/T Steven for the initial KRS-One mural pic

Woman, Life, Freedom

New (completed this past Monday) in First Street Green Art Park... a tribute mural of Mahsa Amini by Lexi Bella

The 22-year-old Amini died last month after she was taken into custody by Iran's morality police for reportedly not wearing her hijab properly. 

You can read more about the mural here. 

Iranian security forces killed at least 23 children in the ensuing protests this past month, Amnesty International reports.

Wednesday's parting shot

New work in First Street Green Art Park... a collaboration between stencil-art legend Blek le Rat (@blekleratoriginal) and Tkid Alegend (@tkid170) ...

Blek has a new show at West Chelsea Contemporary on 10th Avenue through Sept. 25. 

I l❤️ve New York

A recent arrival at First Street Green Art Park ... mural by @m1keraz x @smetskyart...

Thursday's parting shots

Thanks to EVG reader JOY for these photos... Hektad painted this mural in support of Ukraine in First Street Green Art Park this week...

A winter clothing drive this weekend at First Street Green Art Park

First Street Green Art Park is hosting its second annual winter clothing driving ... a two-day event that also features a group of local artists creating new murals for the outdoor space. 

FSG volunteers are collecting winter clothes (jackets, hoodies, sweaters, etc.) today (Saturday!) and tomorrow (Sunday!) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... all donations will go to the Catholic Worker St. Joseph's House across from the Park on First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. 

You may enter FSG on the northeast corner of Houston at Second Avenue (or on First Street just east of Second Avenue). 

Saturday's parting shots

RebelMatic (check them out here) brought their punk and funk to First Street Green Art Park this afternoon ...

Thanks to Stacie Joy for the photos!

An art collective today at First Street Green Art Park

The organizers behind the Nexus Flea are hosting an art collective today at First Street Green Art Park. 

The free event includes some (unplugged) musicians: 

Momentum 1 p.m. (Jazz) 

Dave Scott 2 p.m. (solo) 

Aliens 3 p.m. (art duo) 

Lün Badi 4 p.m. (solo) 

The show takes place from noon to 6 p.m. at First Park, 33 E. First St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Winter clothing drive at First Street Green Art Park

First Street Green Art Park is starting 2021 with some new murals and a winter clothing drive... they'll be collecting winter clothes (jackets, hoodies, sweaters, etc.) today, Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ... all donations will go to the Catholic Worker St. Joseph's House across from the Park on First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. 

You may enter the Park on the northeast corner of Houston at Second Avenue.

Friday's parting shot

One of the newer murals at First Street Green Art Park...

Tuesday's parting shot

Lexi Bella's completed RBG mural in First Street Green Art Park ... "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

A tribute to Elijah McClain in First Street Green Art Park

New this past week in First Street Green Art Park ... a tribute to Elijah McClain by the Brooklyn-based artist Vincent Ballentine.

As he wrote on Instagram:

#elijahmcclain was a specifically painful story for me. After teaching art for 5 years, he reminds me of all the young men I’ve worked with. To the artsy, sensitive, introverted and magical minds, you have purpose.

Elijah McClain was walking home from a convenience store in Aurora, Colo., carrying a bottle of iced tea last August when three police officers tackled him after receiving a 911 call about a suspicious man in a ski mask. McClain, a 23-year-old massage who taught himself how to play violin and guitar, was put in a stranglehold by police and injected with ketamine. He died six days later.