Art/Trek NYC, branches out to the five boroughs in a quest to showcase new and emerging artists in the latest series premiering on NYC life. Traveling in the show’s signatures mobile art gallery – a converted recreational vehicle, nicknamed the ArtV – host CJ Follini joins a different borough-specific quest host in each episode to meet a rising artist who’s on the verge of breaking into New York City’s competitive art scene. Each artist puts together an impromptu art show in the ArtV and invites residents from their neighborhood to view the work and share their opinions on camera about the art. One of the five artists will be selected to have their first ever solo gallery show, which will be featured in the final episode. Each episode also includes music from performers discovered through the MTA Arts for Transit “Music under New York” program.

Art/Trek NYC premieres Monday, January 9th at 9pm. NYC life is the flagship station of NYC media, the official network of the City of New York. NYC life is broadcast on Channel 25, Channel 22, and digitally on 25.1.

About the Host

CJ Follini, born and raised in New York, is a serial entrepreneur. He earned a degree in econometrics from the London School of Economics and has previously worked as the director of The Shooting Gallery and as the founder and CEO of Gun For Hire Digital Media Studios. The West Village-based Gun For Hire Studios won the 1998 Crain’s Small Business Award. CJ has also produced award-winning films and currently serves as the co-chairperson of the Board of Directors for the renowned HERE Arts Center in SoHo.