Installing a mural in NY... in the snow... after Covid

On December 9th, after spending about three straight weeks on the couch with matching cases of Covid-19, we rallied our bones, donned our masks, and rallied some hard-working friends to help us install a vinyl-wrap mural at The Grey Dog in NYC. Our old pal Bill Tsapalas had the brilliant idea to create the Neighborhood Curbside Canvas project, pairing artists with restaurants in NYC to help brighten the streets by creating murals on the “streeteries” during Covid. To be true to the artist’s vision, we decided to use a super bright high-resolution vinyl wrap, printed by Justin Shenk at Business Link, which came out FANTASTIC. Justin and his gal Jules and kids, plus our super-focused hardworking intern, Gia Lisa, assisted Whirlwind Burkhart with the handily grommeted installation. A few hours of stretching, screwing, and stapling and the art was UP as the snow started coming DOWN. Check it out at 11th street and University Place in Amos’ beloved Greenwich Village and have a cup of cozy cocoa!

See the NYC Local News channel (Fox5) story about curbside canvas featuring the mural here.

Tried to make sure people could find the restaruant from the street side even if they were blinded by the dazzling artwork. Many passerby commented, “cool.”

Luckily most of the crew were working so hard they hardly got cold. Except me - I was freezing.

Wrapping the interior shelf space of the barricade with a hodgepodge collage of art.

Dane shows me how to screw up a banner.

Classic West Village street fashionista (who matched the mural) was nice enough to pose, after she stopped to see what was going on.