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Airco Caravan
Instagram: @airco_caravan
Location: Park b/t 125th & 124th
Airco Caravan is a conceptual artist who relocated recently to East Harlem from Amsterdam. Cleaning supplies and spray bottles have become her metaphor for cleaning up the complicated issues — think misogyny, racism, white privilege, injustice, war — that we no longer want to see in this world. For Grandscale, her piece is about spreading unconcentrated love.
Yeksoe
Instagram: @studio.yatu
Location: Park b/t 125th & 124th
BC1
Instagram: @bc_nba
Location: Park b/t 125th & 124th
BC is a graffiti artist who got his start tagging trains in the Bronx and now exhibits in galleries and exhibits citywide. By 1979, he was doing graffiti in and around his neighborhood, then in 1982 began tagging the C and D train lines, moving to the 6 line by 1983. Advised” by the Vandal Squad to stop hitting the 6, he then teamed up with HekTad to hit every line possible, with his alias WIN 1 TTR (Time Ta Rock) for productions. His piece for Grandscale features his signature flowers that aim to inspire and delight passersby.
One Rad Latina
Instagram: @oneradlatina
Location: Park b/t 125th & 124th
One Rad Latina is a first-generation Caribbean indigenous American with Dominican and Puerto Rican roots. Raised in Inwood, she has been influenced by the nuances and rhythms of upper Manhattan, with her art delving into the themes of identity, unity and cultural belonging. Her piece for Grandscale incorporates the indigenous Taino symbol of the woodpecker (Inriri), which according to tradition were were pivotal to the creation of women. The piece also depicts Boiyanel (the sun symbol) and the traditional Cemi stone with its three triangle points.
GINK
Instagram: @ginknyc
Location: Park b/t 125th & 124th
Joseph Garfinkel is an artist and educator who got his start at East Harlem’s P.S. 50 Vito Marcantonio. He now teaches art citywide, and thrives in opportunities where he can involve children and the community in creating. His piece for Grandscale is of a lanternfly, the invasive insect that is yet bright and beautiful.