STAR is partnering with New York City artists, property owners and neighborhoods to activate vacant storefronts and enliven our streets as New York City recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what the initiative does:
- Celebrates NYC’s creative community and commercial vitality
- Positions NYC’s artists as key partners in the city’s resurgence
- Creates safe and socially distanced platforms for public art that inspire, uplift, and engage
- Invigorates foot traffic for neighboring retailers and restaurants
STAR sites are street-facing storefronts that are currently vacant. Spaces are activated in a number of ways, all accessible to the public and passersby:
- Art installations placed inside storefront windows
- Art applied to storefront exteriors or street-facing windows
- Performance or interactive projects utilizing a storefront space
See map below with the first projects launching in collaboration with the Times Square Alliance.
Selected artists will receive $5000 participation fee, and a stipend for materials.
The registry is the basic tool to match New York City artists with property owners. Artists will be contacted by the STAR team when a property owner is interested in their work, at which point artists may be asked to submit a preliminary proposal. Selected artists will receive $5000 participation fee, and a stipend for materials. Projects will be on view for a minimum of one month.
Submit your work through the STAR Submission Page
If you own property in one of the many Business Improvement Districts, contact your local BID staff and let them know you’d like STAR to launch a program in your neighborhood. Or you may contact us for more information about how you can participate.
If you want to support local artists and NYC’s cultural and economic resurgence, please consider contributing to STAR. Donations of any amount in support of our participating artists will be gratefully received.
STAR Sites
STAR Artist Registry
Contact Us if you would like to partner with the following artists to display their work at your property.