Ele Eme Project by Lina Montoya
Saturday April 22nd, Broadway between 39 St. & 40 St. New York, NY. Our butterflies were flying around Times Square where the “Butterfly Project” continued it’s expansion around New York City! By coloring, cutting, and painting we brought back to life hundreds of butterflies and #bottleflowers. We recycled, talked about … Continued
Professor Sarah Scott collaborated with a local artist to create a vibrant mural in Port Richmond. Working with local artist Lina Montoya, art history professor Sarah Scott is helping to make art, history, geography, and community come to life for … Continued
Ele Eme Project & Richmoond Hood Co. presents “El Niágara en Bicicleta”as part of La Isla Bonita Street Art Series. (Niagara Falls on a Bicycle, The Beautiful Island). Located at 827 Castleton Avenue in Staten Island, New York. Created by Colombian born-Staten … Continued
As part of La Isla Bonita Street Art Series created by Lina Montoya – Ele Eme and New World Preparatory Charter School. More than 5000 plastic bottles transformed into flowers by the students. We made a change in the Port … Continued
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Beautiful” isn’t often the first word that comes to mind when the rest of the city hears “Staten Island.” But to the artists and musicians who live and create their work here, it can be. That’s … Continued
It started as a long, routinely unattractive chain-link fence at a corner not far from the waterfront on a large chunk of city property. The 1,400 square feet of nothingness at Richmond Terrace and Jewett Avenue is being transformed into a work … Continued
Located at Castleton Avenue and Port Richmond Avenue. This piece was created with the support and hands of Rigoberto Fabian, Homero Herrera, Arlette Cepeda, Melissa Mejia, Mr. Bob and Jeff Rodriguez.
The NYC Department of Transportation Art Program partnered with El Centro del Inmigrante to present Staten Island-based artist Lina Montoya’s Las Mariposas Amarillas (The Yellow Butterflies) on the chain-link fence surrounding a DOT facility at Richmond Terrace and Jewett Avenue … Continued
