And while some hotels harvest and use their honey at their spa or restaurant, the Mercer in New York, which installed hives on its roof last spring with beekeeper Ian Sklarsky, prefers to just let its 70,000 bees be. “Currently, there are no plans to bottle, sell or utilize the honey in the restaurant,” says Michel Heredia, the director of sales and marketing. Instead, he says, the hotel is simply on a mission “to invest in the growing movement to protect, preserve and nurture the fragile bee population in Manhattan.”
Read MoreBronxville 6th Graders Create Colorful Self-Portraits /
BRONXVILLE, NY — Bronxville Middle School sixth graders in Jackie D’Arco’s art classes, who have been learning about different contour portrait techniques and experimenting with color schemes as part of the artistic process, recently created their own self-portraits as a culminating project to their studies. Having analyzed contour and blind contour portrait drawings by Henri Matisse and Ian Sklarsky, the students drew inspiration from the artists to create their own masterpieces.
Read MoreThe “blind contour” artist with a cult following /
Brooklyn-based illustrator Ian Sklarsky has produced works for an impressive roster of commercial clients, from portraits at New York Fashion Week for Samsung to illustrations at a launch event for Beats by Dr Dre. But the really remarkable aspect of his work is his method: he never breaks his line and he draws without actually looking at whatever surface he is marking.
