Medium: Photography Location: Staple Street Email: Contact Phone: 631-805-5109 Website: www.staplestreetproject.com www.chriszedano.com www.intimatenyc.chriszedano.com Bio: Chris Zedano’s interest in photography emerged while he was processing images at a photo studio. His enthusiasm intensifies after witnessing a friend’s passionate commitment to photography. Chris bought his first manual camera when he moved to New York City in 2002. [...]

Medium: Jack of all trades, but oil paintings Location: South side of Union Square Website: www.absolutearts.com/artfin Email: jackdiamondart@aol.com Post Apparently this man has done most things in the art world, from the screen to the stage to the canvas. I think he’s from the West Coast. His stuff is catchy and very professional looking. A [...]

Medium: Oil Paintings Location: South side of Union Square Website: http://fineartamerica.com/shop/ralph-nixon.html Email: keznkaiser@yahoo.com Post A nice guy with a vivid imagination, his work shows a little sorrow, and is very reasonably priced.

Medium: Oil Paintings Location: One block south of the MET on Fifth Avenue Format: Palette knife on canvas Website: www.bayostudio.com, flickr Email: Contact Form Phone: (studio) 718-497-0905, (toll free) 1-800-939-2296 Post Bayo Iribhogbe’s path has led him from Nigeria to New York, through formal training both at home and here. His knife paints more hauntingly [...]

Medium: T-shirts Location: South side of Union Square Format: Hand painting them Website: myspace Email: soignedeluxe1@yahoo.com Phone: 646-573-1206 Great Ts. I bought one called Bubbles (he’s the fish on the right). And if I wash him carefully, he might not die on me like the last one. And the one before that. And…every pet I’ve [...]

Medium: Art Location: Northwest corner of Union Square Format: Painter and Sculptor Email: ericjama@gmail.com Painting movement and dance. He says the characters in his paintings aren’t based on real people, they’re based on his imagination. I’m fairly unqualified to make judgments on art—I’ve neither practiced nor studied it—but as the characters in his dancing photos [...]

Medium: Art Location: Northwest Corner of Union Square Format: Painting (cityscapes) Website: http://www.cyberatelier.blogspot.com Email: iairmat@gmail.com At Union Square, on the North West side, a small handful of artists hand out. The space isn’t pretty (the Square’s refurbishment plan is still going), but framed by fences these colorful creations stand out. Jude Matmor’s Manhattan landscapes are [...]