Journal — Good for the Bees

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Craft is Luxury w/Hermes in NYC

Craft is Luxury w/Hermes in NYC

zara stasiNovember 1, 2024workshop, illustration, illustrator, hermes, nyc, craft, artist

Greetings from Richmond, VA

Greetings from Richmond, VA

zara stasiOctober 3, 2024artist studio, painting, painter, studio visit, moving, artist practice

Laying down to paint: A mural for Liz's Book Bar

Laying down to paint: A mural for Liz's Book Bar

zara stasiSeptember 4, 2024murals, brooklyn, bookshop, muralist, nycComment

How to have an Artistic Breakthrough. A Milkwood Scrapbook

How to have an Artistic Breakthrough. A Milkwood Scrapbook

zara stasiJuly 25, 2024artist residency, illustration, childrens books, illustrator

How to Paint a Mural @ The Painting School - Brooklyn, NY

How to Paint a Mural @ The Painting School - Brooklyn, NY

Why I loved teaching my “How to Design and Paint a Mural” class at The Painting School in Brooklyn, NY.

workshopzara stasiJuly 15, 2024workshop, mural, muralist, murals, painting school, painting class, creative course, mural walls

Anthropologie: A Conversation with Creative Leaders

Anthropologie: A Conversation with Creative Leaders

zara stasiMarch 10, 2024

top 5 questions on visual capture!

top 5 questions on visual capture!

zara stasiMarch 1, 2024visual capture, graphic capture, graphic facilitation, facilitation, illustration, live drawing, drawing, typography, event planning

5 years of Good for the Bees

5 years of Good for the Bees

zara stasiFebruary 27, 2024mural, muralist, illustration, painter, painting, illustrator, nyc

Our year in review : 2023

Our year in review : 2023

zara stasiDecember 21, 2023Year in review, artist, public artist, video, video recap, recap, project recap, murals, nyc muralist, nyc murals, travel

A Nursery for Two

A Nursery for Two

zara stasiNovember 22, 2023mural, nyc muralist, baby, nursery, design, painting, plants, fruit, fruit tree, greenhouse

Dispatch from Spain

Dispatch from Spain

zara stasiSeptember 15, 2023Spain, Madrid, barcelona, illustration, maps, scarves, scarf, color Comments

A construction site scrapbook : Making Public Art for NYC DOT

A construction site scrapbook : Making Public Art for NYC DOT

zara stasiSeptember 5, 2023Good for the Bees Black Huckleberry Mural mural, NYC DOT, DOT, Public art, public artist, muralist, NYC Art, NYC Murals, Asphalt Art, Native Plants