How an UWS Coffee Shop Community Led to a Flourishing Arts Organization

Bill Hyman and Craig Cloutier had a routine. A simple one at that.

In 2022, as the world was opening back up from the COVID Pandemic, they would each get a refreshment from Black Press Coffee on Columbus Avenue, between West 72nd and 73rd streets, and then spend hours on the benches outside of the storefront talking to each other and whoever else might stop by. Read more . . .

Craig Cloutier

I tell stories through photography, collage, illustration and collaboration with humans and algorithms.

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