Welcome to our Call to Artists Gallery!
Here you can find all the works inspired by the Garden from our on-going Call to Artists. If you're interested in participating, please see our flyer.
Please submit to art@elizabethstreetgarden.com
All ages are welcome to participate!
Kirill Bykanov
1/15/23
This week’s featured work is a series of photographs by Kirill Bykanov.
Petro Hrycyk
12/4/22
This week’s featured work is a series of large format film photographs by Petro Hrycyk.
Sonya Sklaroff
11/20/22
This week’s featured work is a pair of watercolor paintings by Sonya Sklaroff.
Milly Sheffer
11/6/22
This week’s featured work is a collection of pieces by Milly Sheffer.
Joseph Reiver
10/9/22
This week’s featured work is a series of medium format photographs by Joseph Reiver.
Jeffrey Levine
9/18/22
This week’s feature work is a watercolor painting by Jerffrey Levine.
Anna Barrett
9/11/22
This week’s featured works are three 35mm film photographs by Anna Barrett.
Sherli Looi
8/7/22
This week’s featured work is a piece by Sherli Looi
Artists of the Met
7/31/22
This week’s featured work is a video featuring several artists from the Artists of The Met group.
Charles Basman
7/24/22
This week’s featured work is a watercolor painting by Charles Basman
Joan Tavolott
7/17/22
This Week’s featured works are three images of day-to-day life in the garden by Joan Tavolott
RG Peredo
6/26/22
This week’s featured work is a watercolor painting of our Spinario (Fedele) by RG Peredo.
Deepali Puria
6/19/22
This week’s featured work is a drawing of one of the front lion statues by our very own Deepali Puria.
Shazat Shawan
6/12/22
This week’s featured work is a film photograph taken by our very own Shazat Shawan.
Calia Fernandez
6/5/22
This week’s featured work is a pair of watercolor paintings by Claia Fernandez.
Connor Osborn
5/29/22
This week’s featured work is a collection of paintings by Connor Osborn.
Lori Quann
5/22/22
This week’s featured work is a painting by artist Lori Quann.
Jen Fisher
5/15/22
This week’s featured work is a sketch by artist Jen Fisher who leads an architectural sketch workshop focused on a number of prominent NYC historic buildings and public spaces.
Joseph Reiver
4/10/22
This week’s featured work is a collection of three medium format photographs by our very own Joseph Reiver.
Roland Trope
4/3/22
This week’s featured work is a photograph of the Spring daffodils through the balustrade by Roland Trope.
Ali Burgoon Nolan
2/6/22
This week’s featured work is a series of film photographs taken by Ali Nolan.
Joe Thommas
1/30/22
This week’s featured work is an enchanting photograph taken by Joe Thommas.
Noel Cuvin
1/23/2022
We’re excited to feature a beautiful work by Noel Cuvin for the first Call To Artists post of 2022!
Anjali Kumanan
12/3/21
This week’s featured work from our Call to Artists is an illustration from a publication about New York through a child’s eyes by Anjali Kumanan. “Elizabeth street garden is one of the original locations that inspired me to write the book in the first place.”
The words that go along with it are “I see cream and caramel bunnies on Snowy Days at The Elizabeth Street Garden. The rainbows that Dance Across The Statues after Thunderstorms make them go all Dizzy”
shannon kuykendall
11/5/2021
This week’s featured work is a cute watercolor painting by Shannon Kuykendall.
Claud Sing Ru Li
10/8/21
This week’s featured work is a beautiful flyer for an exciting evening musical event with Think!Chinatown to kick off Chinatown Arts Week.
Meagan Dew
9/17/21
This week’s featured work is a painting featuring different aspects of the garden by artist Meagan Dew with the New York Urban Sketchers.
Hazel Jarvis
9/3/21
This week’s featured work is a sketch by artist Hazel Jarvis with the New York Urban Sketchers. “Such a beautiful, extraordinary, romantic place.”
Susan Greenstein
8/27/21
This week’s featured work is a series of paintings from artist Susan Greenstein.
Skylar White
8/13/21
This week’s featured work is an illustration of an imaginary book cover by artist Skylar White. “*not a real book* but definitely a book I would read! I’ve been making up some fake titles and using some real ones for portfolio pieces. This book cover is loosely based off of a garden in the city, and it has so many different sculptures and little nooks to sit in.”
Charles Basman
8/6/21
This week’s feature is a small collection of watercolor paintings by Charles Basman.
Ida Beckett
7/9/21
This week’s feature is a pair of pieces by Ida Beckett. “A pair from Elizabeth Street Garden, photographed in early and late afternoon light (metal and stone in bloom). I like to think the lions that protect this garden are the same ones that protect the NYPL. There’s something about them that is so deeply comforting. They really do guard this city. #saveelizabethstreetgarden”
Marina Sergeeva
6/25/21
This week’s feature is a series of pieces by illustrator and graphic designer Marina Sergeeva. “I fall in love with the Garden, now it's my favorite spot in the city. It's so nice to have a place in the crowded city where we can relax and draw some pictures. Thank you for taking care of such a wonderful place.”
Katelyn McCarney
5/14/21
This week’s feature is an oil painting by artist Katelyn McCarney. “Whether taking a quiet stroll, enjoying a slice of Prince St pizza, curling up on a bench for a long phone call, or just catching a glimpse of its layers as you pass by, the Elizabeth St. Garden is ever the perfect respite from Manhattan’s bustling SoHo.”
Bethany Lee
5/7/21
This week’s feature is a watercolor painting by artist Bethany Lee. “I'm a little obsessed with the lion...”
@LifeFlares
4/30/21
This week’s feature for our Call to Artists is a collection of photos of Elizabeth Street Garden’s main lawn trees by @lifeflares. Happy Arbor Day!
Elizabeth Yoo
4/23/21
This week’s featured work is a wonderful painting of one of the Garden’s lions by Elizabeth Yoo.
Liz Shavrick
4/16/21
Our first featured work of 2021 is a beautiful and educational coloring book made by artist and designer Liz Shavrick. Prints available for purchase at the garden to help raise funds to #SaveESG
Lenore Fiore mills
8/23/20
This week’s featured work from our Call to Artists is a painting by Lenore Fiore Mills done on fabric with wax and dye on cotton after a preliminary pencil drawing in the batik method. “My painting represents just one of the many private conversations that take place in the Garden.”
Mark Feldman
8/9/20
This week’s featured work from our Call to Artists is a calming animation by Mark Feldman.
Selwyn Garraway
7/31/20
This week’s featured work for our Call to Artists is a beautiful painting by ESG volunteer and artist Selwyn Garraway titled: “Ornate Iron Gate at Elizabeth Street Garden,” Watercolor on paper.
Lawrence Kaplan
7/18/20
This week’s feature for our Call to Artists is a series of drawings including an animation of one piece’s creation by Lawrence Kaplan.
Ria SIM
6/12/20
This week’s feature for our Call to Artists is an animation for Pride Month by Ria Sim. “May you see the flowers 🌷🌸 bloom all around you. May the colors of the rainbow 🌈 brightens your heart. May you take a moment to see all the beauty ✨around you. May you find internal love & peace. May you find love & peace for those around you❤️.This video has little highlights from different parts of @elizabethstreetgarden . I love the charm of gardens in the middle of the city...hidden little gems 💎 Currently, it’s future is unknown but I hope it stays.🌳🌸Wishing you all a lovely day! Happy Pride month!🌈❤️.”
Nick low
5/29/20
This week’s feature for our Call to Artists is a series of illustrations by Nick Low. Become a Guardian of the Garden and purchase a limited edition T-shirt with these deigns at Neighborhood Spot. 100% of the proceeds go towards saving Elizabeth Street Garden!
Jessie Kanelos weiner
5/15/20
This week’s Call to Artist feature is a watercolor piece by Jessie Kanelos Weiner from her Rizzoli guidebook “New York in Stride”.
“An unlikely sight amid the crowded shops and row houses of Nolita, this charming quasi-Italianate garden runs from Mott Street to Elizabeth Street, just below Prince Street. In 1990 the garden was leased by the adjacent Elizabeth Street Gallery, whose owner landscaped the garden as we know it today and installed the eccentric collection of furniture, sculptures, and decorative objects that sit among the trees and lawns. Open to the public (for now, at least, while the city debates tentative plans to construct affordable housing here), the garden is a beautiful place to sit and enjoy the rare privilege of quiet green space downtown. Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring Streets, New York, NY 10012”
John killeen
5/8/20
This week’s Call to Artists feature is a wonderful oil-based painting by John Killeen. “What a lovely place! Full of people relaxing and enjoying life slowly. How tragic to hear that developers are trying to destroy such a divine place.”
wENDY BORN
5/1/20
This week’s featured work is a beautiful piece by artist and teacher Wendy Born, done in watercolor crayon. “I had the pleasure of spending a day in the garden to draw and paint last summer.”
joseph reiver
4/24/20
In light of National Arbor Day, this week’s Call To Artists features three 35mm photographs of our Bradford Pear trees, taken by ESG Director, Joseph Reiver.
Sabina addis
4/17/2020
This week’s Call To Artists feature is an illustration titled “Tranquil Moment” from visual designer Sabina Addis’s visual diary of everyday experiences and surroundings.
Rick Secen
4/10/20
Our first featured work of the year is a beautiful oil painting by Rick Secen who wrote “Magic forcefields protect this space from city noise and street smells! But this sculptured oasis is under significant threat from developers. Save the garden!”
Kristina Nazarevskaia
8/2/19
This week’s Call to Artists work is a collection of photographs from Kristina Nazarevskaia who wrote “Thank you again and thank you for maintaining this beautiful place! I’ve been coming there for more than 20 years and each time its serenity brings me peace and inspires creativity.”
Ella Barnes
7/26/19
This week’s Call to Artists feature is from our very own Creative Director, Ella Barnes, who used the garden’s open space and sunlight to create these beautiful cyanotypes. Ella’s show titled ‘Cyan Sun’ opens today at The Yard (106 west 32nd St.) and is up for three months!
Zohara Nguyen
7/12/19
This week’s Call to Artists feature Zohara Nguyen truly captures the blooming beauty of the garden in the summer months. Zohara writes: “This garden brings so much joy to me - it has been a place of a couple of firsts for me: the first time seeing a cardinal bird and the first time I saw fireflies were in this garden! I don’t know how long I’ll be living in New York, but I do know I want to remember the garden once I leave.”
Justine Arinda Johnson
6/9/19
This week’s Call to Artist feature takes us back to a wintery vision of the garden at night, painted by the talented artist Justine Arinda Johnson. The garden becomes even more magical and mysterious in the dark, as captured here in this beautiful work of art.
Lydia Mamalis
5/31/19
Thank you so much to talented illustrator Lydia Mamalis who made these incredible illustrations of the garden into a beautiful informational piece of art for ESG!
SHÓNA NEARY
5/17/19
This week, our artist feature is artist Shóna Neary who created this intricate design of the garden. Thank you Shóna!
maya ber Lerner
5/3/19
This week our artist feature is Maya Ber who made these beautiful linocut prints based off of scenes in the Garden.
Halimah Schmidt
4/26/19
Pulling from our archive, we’re featuring local artist Halimah Schmidt’s beautiful work of art made in 2017.
rossitza skortcheva donesky
4/16/19
Kicking off this year’s Call to Artists is the amazing Rossitza Skortcheva Donesky !
"Gardens are an essential part of life in an urban environment. I have always felt strongly drawn to urban gardens, which is the source of inspiration for these pieces.”
Marcellus Hall
8/16/17
Our latest Call to Artists work is a sketch by NYC-based illustrator Marcellus Hall.
Nick Low
7/24/17
Our latest Call to Artists piece is a painting by Garden supporter, Nick Low. This piece was featured in our first Call to Artist show.
Megan Olson
7/17/17
This week's Call to Artists is an installation by Megan Olson titled Moss Garden from the 2007 Maxwell Davidson Gallery show, Urban Nature. "I lived in the neighborhood for a few years on Mott St., and was so inspired by the Elizabeth Street Garden. In fact the entire show was conceived and executed while I lived in the neighborhood, and I believe a great amount of the inspiration is owed to Allan Reiver and the beautiful garden. He has created a wonderful sense of nature within an urban landscape, not typical of a park, but rather, a lovely estate with statues and antiques. There is no other place like it. Elizabeth Street Garden is a sanctuary and place of reflection for countless people who live in the neighborhood, myself included."
Eleanor Doughty
7/3/17
The latest work from our Call to Artists is an ink with digital coloring piece by Eleanor Doughty.
P.S. 1 Students Pre-K - Grade 4
6/25/17
This week we have a collection of drawings from the local P.S. 1 students. These drawings were made during a field trip to the Garden for a series of composting workshops in collaboration with the Lower East Side Ecology Center & Common Ground Compost. Over the past three months the students have visited the Garden to learn about planting seeds and making their own compost bins using worms and other natural materials found around the Garden.
Flavia Bertorello
6/18/17
This week's work is a manifesto written and recorded by Flavia Bertorello, inspired by one of her visits to the Garden. This piece was featured in our first Call to Artist show.
Call to Artists show
6/10/17 - 6/15/17
Our first Call to Artists show was a magical experience! A special thanks to all of the wonderful artists who submitted work, came to the show, and shared the stories of your pieces. The Call is NOT over, and there are more shows to come! If you want to submit your work, please follow the instructions at the top of this page.
Bill rabinovitch
6/4/17
This week's work from our Call to Artists, are three paintings by artist and Garden supporter, Bill Rabinovitch. Titled Elizabeth Street Garden Figure (5/9/17), Untitled inspired by the Garden (5/15/17), and Meditation on Beauty in Elizabeth Street Garden (2017), respectively.
Nicole Torres
5/28/17
This week's work is a pair of 35mm film photographs taken in the beginning of Spring by photographer Nicole Torres.
AVA yang
5/22/17
The latest work from our Call to Artists is a piece by 12 year old Garden volunteer & artist, Ava Yang.
Jake Dietrich
5/14/17
This week's work is a poem written by Garden supporter Jake Dietrich. "Every time I go I feel surrounded by so much creative energy. I like to think that the power of all the great minds who gather here help nourish and grow the ideas that are but seeds inside of my mind. To me, it's like a think tank for the artist. My poem tries to illustrate this."
Raji Jagadeesan
5/7/17
This week's work is a collection of mixed-media (inks, acrylics, and collage materials) by Garden volunteer, Raji Jagadeesan. These pieces were inspired by the Garden during Spring.
Hideko rostad
4/30/17
This week's work from our Call to Artists is a watercolor painting by Elizabeth Street Garden supporter Hideko Rostad.
Luigerman
4/23/17
This week's work from our Call to Artists are three photographs by local photographer, Luigerman. "A magical place in the middle of my jungle, to be aware and reflect our nature and dreams."
kim kalesti
4/16/17
Our first work for the Call to Artists is a painting coupled with a poem, written and performed by the artist and our neighbor, Kim Kalesti.