You can have your art and wear it too. Young artist, Andrea Tobin, is merging fashion with painted art in a unique way — turning paintings on canvases into stylish designer bags one can take with them everywhere.  The desire to never be separated from her art is in part what inspired Tobin to take [...]

The three neckpieces that were on display at the Loom in Bushwick, could best be described as part jewelry, part sculpture and all unconventional. Designed by Haitian-American artist, Joanne Petit-Frere, these neckpieces, part of the Comotroovaysa series, were made to stand out. In that sense both artwork and artist are alike, as Petit-Frere opts to [...]

If the six strings on your plain ol’ guitar just doesn’t cut it anymore, then Yuri Landman has the solution: a twelve-string instrument called the Home Swinger, capable of complex tones that your run-of-the-mill acoustic may not achieve. Landman, from the Netherlands, created the Home Swinger instrument, a spinoff of a previous instrument of his [...]

Be it rooftops, windows, fire escapes, a truck bed or neighbor’s backyard, the urban farming movement is spreading in New York City. Residents, looking to create accessibility fresh produce, are growing in every nook and cranny of this populous city.