As part of CityPickle & Wollman Rink’s ongoing commitment to the New York City community, we invited artists throughout the city to contribute their vision to our clubhouse walls.
We are proud to feature four murals throughout the CityPickle at Wollman space, highlighting these authentic and diverse voices from across the city, to bring to life different themes of pickleball.
High School Art and Design Students
Theme: Meaningful Inclusivity
- Rina Hyseni
- Julia Elegudin
- Sophia Elegudin
- River Bartosik-murray
- Germany Gonzalez
- Seba Selim
- Love Andraes
- Meaghan Selch
- Sam Huza
- Ursula Blaszak
- Kaleo Aitcheson
- Kimberly Fajardo
- Bex Segal
Harlem School of the Arts
The Herb Alpert Center
Theme: Infectious Energy
- Kayin Bann
- Nana-Adowa Agyemang
- Arianna Hoover Lluesma
- Marley Alburez
- Alysa Harris
- Sam Ye
- A.K. Lovelace, Chair of Media and Design
Fordham School for the Arts
Theme: Embracing Community
Art majors
12th graders
- Alanys Acevedo
- Valentina Cruz
- Alyssa Fisher
- Alexandria Zapater
10th graders
- Chanel Brito
- Patricio German
- Elizabeth Guzman
- Madison Guzman
- Ashley Ortega
- Mya Pesantes
Staff
- Michael Johnson Jr. – Principal
- Lisa Mota -Visual Art Teacher
- Argenis Caamano – Artist in residence
- Assistant principals are Nicholas Verrillo and Alyson Weaver.
Scooter LaForge
Theme: Joyful Play
Scooter LaForge (b. Las Cruces, New Mexico) is a New York-based artist who has lived in the East Village for the past 18 years. His unique style mines the catalog of art history by infusing classical themes with a colorful sensibility. LaForge works in various media, including painting, sculpture, and drawing, and employs unorthodox techniques and striking iconic images.
Often combine-like, his works are a walking journal of images where ideas are explored and refined. LaForge approaches painting intuitively, absorbing what surrounds him and working on the canvas with agility and focus—drawing from a fertile inner emotional realm and an extensive painterly vocabulary.
His paintings have been shown at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Sweden.
In 2015, the artist was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He holds a BFA in painting from the University of Arizona.