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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Lightning Show @ One World Trade Center

On the evening of July 20, 2013, from the Christopher Street pier:

--Photographs by Tom Eubanks

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Edward Hopper Ground Zero, Greenwich and Avenue of the Americas

The more things change, the more the past reveals itself to us ...

Good news: No more insufferable Marc Jacobs signs, hand-painted with irony, on this wall.

More good news: No more insufferable 9/11 hand-painted clay squares tied to the chain-link like some maudlin kindergarten project gone bathetically wrong.

Bad news: MTA architects will decide what replaces this corner, which, like the rest of this asterisk-shaped intersection (former home to the stately Loews) & the length of (preserved) Greenwich Avenue, continues to be haunted by our greatest nostalgic New York painter.

--Tom Eubanks, Greenwich Avenue/Avenue of the Americas/11th Street, 2/13/13

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Signs in the City, episode 22

"butt 'n' mushroom," Greenwich Avenue & 10th Street

"Smokin' Camel Toe," 18th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues

"Pimp," Avenue of the Americas

"What *do* you really want?" 8th Avenue & 17th Street

"You *are* amazing," Jackson Square

"THE KEY: You Are Not Alone (Unicorn Meat)," 12th Street

--All photos by Tom Eubanks

January, LUCKY '13

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Why I Love New York ... #3,234,921


Zebras @ Sunset, 17th Street & 10th Avenue, 12/18/12

--Tom Eubanks

Monday, December 17, 2012

Neverending Inspiration of Young Artists

Through an amazing organization called Free Arts NYC, I get to work with the most inspiring young artists each week. With multi-colored Sharpies, paint, pastels, watercolors and clay, kids transform themselves in the most astounding ways. They not only create art, they share ideas with one another and learn to express themselves proudly.

Art, which is so belittled and undervalued in this country, can be the greatest conduit to reinforcing the most positive elements of a child's character. One of the greatest things FreeArts NYC teaches and that kids TRULY learn: "There are no mistakes in Art." This allows them to accept what some might be quick to brand failure. Aside from limitless creativity, they demonstrate cooperation, respect and responsibility. They are our future. Our future is bright.

Last Thursday, we finished our fall semester with an assignment in which the artists worked in groups to create a papier-mache person that encompassed parts of each of their unique identities.