COURTESY GOOGLE
A new mural was created on a scaffolding at Google’s Chelsea headquarters under the City Canvas program.
Google helps artists goose Web sites
BY ALEJANDRA
O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
Google helped promote the work
of more than 50 local New York
artists by teaching them how to
enhance their personal Web sites.
On June 21, the Grow with Google
Learning Center in Chelsea held a
workshop called Make Your Website
Work for You, which was designed to
help artists build their online presence
by improving an existing Web site or
creating one.
“New York City is home to some of
the most talented artists in the world,”
said Carley Graham Garcia, Google’s
head of external affairs in New York
City. “With this workshop we hope to
give artists the tools they need to promote
their work online and reach new
audiences, helping to support our city’s
— and this neighborhood’s — long
legacy as a home to the world’s most
impactful artists.”
A second workshop is currently in the
works and will take place some time in
mid-August, according to Google.
A large portion of the workshop
was dedicated to teaching artists how
to create search-friendly Web sites in
order to reach the highest number of
Internet users possible.
The workshop took place on the
same day that the Grow with Google
NYC Learning Center unveiled a new
mural. In order to create the piece,
Google partnered with ArtBridge, an
organization that works with local artists
to reinvent scaffolding and parts of
construction sites to transform them
into artwork. Currently, the city has
310 miles of construction fencing, according
to Stephen Pierson, executive
Body in Amtrak train yard
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Police responded to a 911 call
on Mon., July 9, just before 10
a.m., for an unconscious man
found at 537 W. 38th St., between
10th and 11th Aves.
The police report additionally listed
the location as “Amtrak Yard,” indicating
the man may have been found
below the street level, possibly along a
train right of way or on other Amtrak
property.
Offi cers found an unidentifi ed
male unconscious and unresponsive
with apparent head trauma.
The medical examiner will determine
the cause of death and the investigation
is ongoing.
Police still did not have an identifi
cation for the man as of Tuesday
morning. Once he is identifi ed, the
man’s family members will be notifi
ed fi rst before his name is released
publicly.
One of the more than 50 participants at a June 21 Grow with Google
NYC Learning Center event called Make Your Website Work for You,
which taught participants how to improve a Web site.
director of ArtBridge.
According to a statement from
Google, the mural was the fi rst to be
installed under the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs’ new City
Canvas pilot program.
The mural was designed and painted
COURTESY GROW WITH GOOGLE NYC LEARNING CENTER
by seven prominent female street artists
based in the city, including BKFoxx,
Danielle Mastrion, Indie184, Tatyana
Fazlalizadeh, Gera Lozano, Natasha
Platt and Jess X Snow. The art piece will
continue to decorate Google’s Chelsea
location until the end of October.
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