Creative Spaces
23 St James Place
FEATURED ARTISTS
AMIR DIOP, MOLLIE SERENA, PETER PASSUNTINO
AmirDiop is an artist and animator who uses cartooning, movement, and storytelling to create moments of curiosity and delight for audiences of all ages. Through Bookovision™, his animated characters transform public space into a place for imagination, inviting passersby- young and old- to reconnect with the simple joy of stories brought to life.
Mollie Serena is a New York City–based interdisciplinary artist working in photography, sculpture, and public art. Her work grows out of a curiosity about how people move through the world and how our surroundings—natural, built, and digital—shape the way we see, feel, and connect.
By combining everyday materials with natural elements, Mollie creates dreamlike works that invite viewers to slow down and reflect on their relationship to the environment and to one another.
Peter Passuntino is a Chicago-born painter whose lifelong commitment to figurative art reflects decades of making, teaching, and building artistic community. Working from his home at Alfred E. Smith Houses, he brings a deep well of experience into dialogue with the present, embracing the neighborhood as a living, intergenerational creative hub—what he often calls “the new SoHo.”