Join Yonkers Arts Weekend at the Carpet Mills Art District to explore 50+ artists studios and a new innovative gallery. Discover paintings, sculptures, and unique creations.
Shanequa Benitez, a mix-medium artist and Yonkers Arts’ first Artist in Residence, will be unveiling her series of work on the historical topic and issues of redlining. Across the work in the exhibition, exploring redlining and its effects in Yonkers one of the last cities in the United States that battled desegregation lawsuits up […]
DMX.
According to the City of Yonkers on Twitter, the mural was commissioned by the Yonkers Art coalition to restore an existing mural after local fans specifically asked for a DMX memorial. It was designed and completed by New York artist
Floyd
Ruff Ryders CEO
Darrin Dee Dean and X’s fiancée,
Desiree Lindstrom, were both in attendance at the mural’s unveiling near the Calcagno Homes housing complex on South Street, where X once lived. Lindstrom is also the mother of X’s five-year-old son,
Exodus.
“Extended blessings to the family of @DMX. Got Exodus and Dez with us,” Dean wrote on Instagram.
Yonkers Jail Owner Daniel Wolf Passes Away Written by Ardina Seward
Famous art dealer, Daniel Wolf, has passed away at his home in Colorado. Wolf was married to the equally famous architect, Maya Lin.
The Tribeca power couple is well known world wide for their prominent positions in photography and design.
Wolf purchased a former Yonkers jail in 2013, and rehabbed it to house his art collection and utilize as a public event space for the local community. Shortly afterwards, he decided not to fulfill that promise and kept the facility private for his expansive collection. When asked in an interview with Eye of Photography Magazine about the jail, Wolf was quoted: