‘American sublime’ by artist Amy Sherald

 ‘American sublime’ by artist Amy Sherald. A truly evocative, powerful  and compelling call for a revisioning and rewriting  of American history to include its black history. The Big Apple keeps us taking a bite that inspires despite the overwhelming sense of a city and a country that has yet to come to terms with its diversity, inequality and injustice.       

‘Amy Sherald is a storyteller. She creates precisely crafted narratives of American life, selecting, styling, and photographing her sitters as the foundation for her nuanced paintings. 

Thus, while Sherald (b. 1973; Columbus, Georgia) bases her works on specific people, they are more than traditional portraits. They center everyday Black Americans, compelling in their individuality and extraordinary in their ordinariness, inviting viewers to step into Sherald’s imagined worlds.

High Line

High Line is on a high in New York City! It’s a story of community activism on a scale that overwhelmed City Hall and became a public institution. ‘It has since become a global inspiration for cities to transform unused industrial zones into dynamic public spaces’  

In October 2013 ICLEI Oceania invited one of the High Line founders, Robert Hammond to speak at the Thriving Neighbourhoods Conference. 

https://architectureau.com/calendar/conference/2013-thriving-neighbourhoods-conference/

The City of Melbourne adopted Robert as their own and thus began the Green Line story that ended with the election of the current Council despite promises to transform the north bank of the Yarra. 

https://www.thehighline.org/history/ 

The Diner!

 Only in the USA!

Rashid Johnson - The challenge for ‘deep thinkers’.

 Guggenheim Museum

Greenwich Village