Michela Muserra
Project: Bed-Stuy Walls
Bed-Stuy Walls is a beautification and engaging community project that aims to beautify, connect and unite the community thought the power of public art. It was founded in 2022 by mural artists Miki Mu and her husband Frankie Velez, art curator. This mural festival is not just a beautifying project (although this itself has been shown to be providing benefits on the community). Moreover, this is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the culture of Brooklyn and of Bed-Stuy. The power of public art can lift up the spirit of the community and create spaces where people can gather, connect to each other and open up conversations. This is also a platform where local business gets to know each other and build future collaborations. Bed-Stuy Walls has been proving already to be a learning opportunity for kids and young adults in the area. Mural art is also a tool to spread awareness about the many issues that affect us all.
Bio:
Michela Muserra is an illustrator and muralist based in Brooklyn, NY since 2003. She started off as a freelance artist creating comic strips and animated cartoons. Her work has been displayed in galleries throughout Europe and the U.S. and reviewed in art books and art magazines. In 2015 she released a picture book “If you are happy and you know it clap your hands” published and sold in local bookstores in Brooklyn. She currently works mainly as a muralist. Among her clients: Industry City, Beyond at Liberty View, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Union Square Partnership, Carnegie Hall, Full Circle, Wunderman-Thompson and many others. She works for Thrive Collective and Groundswell, two NYC based non-profit organizations with whom she creates community murals to raise awareness about equality, inclusion, diversity, environment and social justice. In 2022 she founded and curated Bed-Stuy Walls, a community based mural festival in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.