Easter Parade

Enjoying the colorful festivities! Helen, Valerie, Me and Ari

The Easter Parade is a time where New Yorkers and visitors alike celebrate the joy of Easter, the renewal of spring and the color that results.  One cannot help but feel spirited amongst the rainbow of wonderful homemade bonnets that roam 5th Avenue each year.  It is a parade of people, some of the most wonderful in New York! 

This is one you don't want to MIS.  I'll be dreaming about the floral explosions, peep sombreros and egg bonnets until next Easter Sunday!

Enjoy, 

Margo Isadora 

My Golden Egg Bonnet!
Captured by Tom Cathey
See Tom's wonderful Easter parade coverage here.

This year I created a "Golden Egg" by plastering a balloon and covering it in hot glue, after creating a wire cage for support I sprayed it with gold paint! After filling it with 3 cute chicks I was ready for the parade :)

A handsome gentleman... loved his bunny cane! 

Chick Perfection

Flower Boys

Fellow Eggs!

A Chic Bonnet

Me and Ari Seth Cohen of Advanced Style

A Spirited Man

PEEPS!

Flower Mama and Child

Spring has Sprung!

My Wonderful Crew!
Don, Me, Jane, and Tom

Scootering away! 

Mama's Blooming Bonnet Matched!

I met an Aussie bunny at the Parade!
Visiting from Melbourne to 'show off her carrots'!

Spring has SPRUNG!

Tom and Don's fantastic Eggery!

Sweet Farm Figures

Mom and I in our Bonnets
Captured by Tom Cathey

Till Next Year...
See previous Easter Parade Festivities here, here, and here!

Red Hong... An Innovative Artist

Red Hong is an artist/architect who paints incredible images, but never with a paintbrush! This month (March 2013) she has created an image each day out of food on the same white plate.  Her attention to detail and innovative choice of material continue to inspire me daily, I am still taken aback by her work as I was with the first video I saw of hers last year. 

 

Check out this portrait of Jay Chou created from coffee cup stains, and view her other portrait work in action on her youtube channel here. From carnation portraits of Angu San Suu Kyi to book 'facebook' portrait of Mark Zuckerberg, her work never ceases to amaze me.   

See her daily food art this month on instagram,  keep up to date with her work on her blog, and be inspired to 'paint' ~ Red reminds us we don't need paint or a brush to do it!

Continue to create,

Margo Isadora

Created from 1 Cucumber

'All You Need is Love'

Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Mustard and Oyster Sauce

"The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Hokusai Katsushika

Cut Out Oreo Cream Dogs!

Squid and Squid Ink

Arctic Melting - Ice Cream Pop

My personal favorite! Happy Spring :)

Olek The End Is Far

A dream room... A masterpiece of Olek!

The opening of The End is Far, Crochet Artist Olek's latest exhibition is one that I will forever remember.  I saw Agata Olek's last show in 2011, see post here, and while that show inspired me this one completely blew me away.  The numerous multi layered crochet panels, covered objects, were stunning, but the live swinging mermaids took Olek's opening to another level!  

The End is Far symbolized so much growth and achievement for Olek following a very eventful year, where she was placed on house arrest  after a dispute with an aggressive guy in a London bar.  Between court appearances she was able to create, exhibit, and learn internationally, making 2012 her most prolific year as an artist to date, despite her trying creative and financial circumstances. With that said, this show felt like a complete celebration of her freedom, and reminded us all how precious and incredible that is.  

Don't MIS The End is Far at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, February 23- March 23, 2013.  Learn more about the exhibit and artist here.  

Enjoy,

Margo Isadora

Guarding the door before the opening!

Swinging mermaid at the entrance of the gallery!

Crochet Buddhist Skeleton, my favorite piece!

Oh the mermaids!!!

My favorite saying. 

Swinging away...

Panoramic of the incredible room, live mermaids included!

Me, thrilled after seeing the show!

Our elevator person upon exiting!

Olek herself!
Image from Online Source

Essex St Academy Rooftop Graffiti

Essex Street Academy is a public school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  But it isn't just any public school, it is one of the most innovative schools I've ever come in contact with.  They are part of a coalition of schools that is exempt from taking the NYS Regents Exams and instead have students present extensive projects- this lends to more a interesting and creative style of teaching and very engaged students.  

A Panoramic View of the ESA Roof!

I think the graffiti art/skate park roof of this school pretty much says it all.  This open air space transports you beyond the hustle and bustle of the city streets.  Wanted to share some photos of the incredible work that artists have contributed to the space.  

How can we transform spaces, education, and our every day lives?

Essex Street Academy is certainly headed in the right direction!

Enjoy,

Margo Isadora

Parsons students entering the rooftop.

Me in Valentines Day pink, matching the graffiti!

Strong Images

Graphic Graffiti

Skate Park on the roof of a High School?!

Colorful Creativity

Friends and I on the roof!