Artist Sandra Fabara has been partnering with Frank Sinatra School for the Arts in Astoria and the New York Anti-Crime Agency for the past decade to help brighten the city and unleash creativity in young minds.
The area where the new mural now shines was the site of a mural Fabara and students painted seven years ago. Time and the elements — as well as graffiti and obscenities — had marred the old mural.
Now, however, imaginative characters, animals, and ideas decorate the space beneath a bridge.
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“Initially I had the idea to paint my brick lady and have the kids add to it,” Fabara said. “It’s a loose theme and the kids just dove in.”
The mural features fairies, butterflies grown on trees, and many more fantasy creatures.
“Aliens always make their way in,” Anti- Crime Director Tony Meloni said. “It’s all really beautiful.”
Fabara knows that the fanciful subjects are typical for creative minds.
“An imaginary world is where artists live,” Fabara said.
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