“Muralist, photographer, painter, music video creator… Maya Hayuk prefers to simply call herself an artist, because under that moniker she has the freedom to work in whatever medium she wants at any given time. Maya has painted murals around the world, and her work has been featured in magazines, album covers and ad campaigns. Her improvised style and bright colors seem to be part of a new resurgence in psych-folk art that is pinned to a higher consciousness. Etsian Tara Young met with Maya first in her Brooklyn studio and then in Braddock, PA to talk about Ukrainian crafts, drippy paintings and working to revitalize depressed communities.”

Maya Hayuk’s Arthur Magazine t-shirt design