Locations: Various places along the Central Avenue shopping district, Jersey City
Date Installed: Fall 2015/ Spring 2016
This project was made possible through the efforts of the Central Avenue S.I.D. Management Corp., City of Jersey City, and funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.
More Public Art on Central Avenue and in the Heights
Artist Sean9Lugo
Artist Spotlight by ChicpeaJC:
I came across Sean’s work and I was really intrigued to know more about him and his art form. I reached out to him and we met at Barcade the other day for a beer.
What’s with the whole animal head on human bodies theme of your work? “Every time you meet someone…. no one really shows you their true side. So my whole concept of people wearing a mask is that’s how you meet people in this world … half the people you meet are two-faced . I wanted to portray images and let the people seeing these things put their own interpretation to it. [Read More]
Bocelli’s Italina Deli , 274 Central Avenue, Jersey City
Rumba’s Cafe, 513 Central Avenue, Jersey City
Bond Drugs Location
This girl was Mrs. Yilka… she could dance any dance, step any step, and make every boy swoon for her. Teofilo would try to impress her with goofy moves, his lanky legs and arms feverishly swaying around, but it wasn’t until Yilka saw him rescue a kitty from some trees that she knew he had to be hers. Story to be continued…
