Cynthia Friedman's poster for the 1983 Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the first. The parade has become an iconic part of New York City history. Cynthia Friedman ...

NEW YORK – Coney Island is always a spectacle. And then there's the Mermaid Parade every June, a day when self-described Coney Island freaks set the bar for the rest of the year's whimsy and ...

Every year for the past three decades, an artist has been chosen to advertise the iconic Coney Island Mermaid Parade via a single poster. Launch Slideshow 13 PHOTOS "I'm very much into symbology ...

Coney Island’s famed five-foot-tall horned Cyclops head will be leaving the boardwalk to take its place in a two-year-long nationally touring art exhibition, “Coney Island: Visions of an ...

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade has been taking place in Coney Island since 1983, and thousands of people come out for what is billed as the nation’s largest art parade.

His second film, a feature-length documentary about his hometown, was spotlighted on PBS and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. By 1980, Mantis teamed up with Dick Zigun, the ‘unofficial mayor of ...

NEW YORK-- It's a Coney Island tradition that draws thousands of spectators from across the country -- the annual Mermaid Parade. The 41st annual parade was held Saturday, kicking off on West 21st ...

The parade, which has been dubbed the largest art procession in the United States since its start in 1983, is Coney Island’s way to mark the unofficial start to the summer. The coveted role of… ...

The Alliance for Coney Island is looking for a painter to create a mural that welcomes visitors and makes an impact on the entire community. Latest U.S.