Kaleidoscope
CAW staff and our all-star painters pose in front of their new mural with representatives from BDO, Gensler and J.T. Magen
BDO New York wanted a mural for the cafe of their new Midtown offices that reflected their culture and values, so they commissioned a site-specific work of art by a team of Creative Art Works (CAW) Youth Apprentices (YAs). CAW assembled an all-star team for this high-profile project. Each YA had worked on another CAW mural project earlier this summer where they demonstrated artistic skills and a high level of professionalism and team spirit.
The Process
The Finished Mural
The cafe is in the “Parks Neighborhood” of the 39th floor, and the theme for this neighborhood is “Thrive Together,” so the mural design features a diversity of lush vegetation found in local parks. Flora includes flowering dogwoods, may apple, butterfly weed, honey locust, red oak, skunk cabbage, and stag horn sumac. A dragonfly, jade beetle, and a red-spotted purple admiral butterfly hide among the flowers. The overall effect is to draw the viewer’s gaze up through the verdant canopy towards the sky.
The Unveiling
CAW Board Member Cary Levy, BDO’s Tracy Fales, and CAW Board President Brian Ricklin
The mural received a soft-opening on August 30th, which was attended by CAW staff, representatives from BDO, and members of the Gensler design team. Attendees included Real Estate Senior Project Manager at BDO Tracy Fales, National Senior Construction Manager at BDO Courtney Grove, Senior Office Administrator at BDO Wendy Sorrentino, and Brand Design Director for Gensler Carly Papp. Representing CAW were Executive Director Karen Jolicoeur, Board President Brian Ricklin, and Board Member Cary Levy, who is responsible for Strategic Planning and Logistics at J.T. Magen & Company.
Meet The All-Stars
From left to right: Teaching Artist Abby Walsh, YAs Elizabeth Park, Maria Marquez, Yotzin Reyes, Prisye Johnson, and Sai Gomez
Read bios by all the Youth Apprentices in the commemorative brochure on ISSUU.
Our People
Kaleidoscope Team
Abby Walsh, Teaching Artist
Riki Sabel, Program Manager
Staff
Karen Jolicoeur, Executive Director
Ellen Seltzer, Director of Finance and Administration
Ivory Nunez-Medrano, Program Manager | Teaching and Learning
Donna Manganello, Program Manager
Riki Sabel, Program Manager
Madeline De Leon, Program Associate
Clair Vogel, Development Manager
Scott Lucas, Marketing & Communications Manager
Jill Goldstein, Office Manager
Board of Directors
Brian Ricklin, President
Andrew D. Levin, Chairman
Steven Soutendijk, Treasurer
Julia Sanabria, Secretary
Mosely Chaszar
Neil Goldmacher
Gail Holcomb
Cary Levy
Angela Pennyfeather
Andrew Stern
Tiffany Theriault
Janet Woods
Our Thanks...
CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment programs are made possible by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
