--- title: This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting A "Cat Purrrty" in NYC description: Noted cat lover SuZen is hosting a fest fit for feline lovers, featuring cat-centric music, facepainting, and clothing items. canonical: https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T17:22:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:52.282Z og:title: This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting a "Cat Purrrty" in NYC og:description: There will be feline-focused music, cat facepainting, and cat-inspired clothing. og:url: https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting a "Cat Purrrty" in NYC twitter:description: There will be feline-focused music, cat facepainting, and cat-inspired clothing. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting a Cat Party Where People Can Dress Like Cats  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 22, 2016 5:22 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 22, 2016 5:22 PM UTC SuZen, a muralist and noted [cat lover in New York City,](http://time.com/3630665/meow-parlour-first-cat-cafe-new-york-city/?iid=sr-link1) is taking her passion for felines even more public by hosting a dedicated “Cat Purrrty” this month, the “first annual purrrty for cat lovers.” The artist is known for a longstanding mural in Times Square (it’s been [up since 1984](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160415/times-square-theater-district/exhibit-showcase-work-of-artist-behind-decades-old-times-square-mural)) —and for her prolific cat-centric art works, from a book documenting the love story of her two pets Sushi and Sashimi, to her design for the “JacCAT,” an [Indiegogo-funded jacket](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jaccat-the-jacket-for-cat-lovers-cats-fashion#/) that recreates a feline silhouette on its front. At the Cat Purrrty on September 28 — which SuZen plans to host in the Westbeth Community Space in Manhattan’s iconic Greenwich Village — attendees will listen to a carefully curated playlist of cat-focused tunes, [DNAInfo reports ](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160921/west-village/jacat-coat-artist-party-cats-suzen)(so that would include tracks like “What’s New, Pussycat?” and music from the soundtrack of _Cats_). There will also be cat ears available to wear, and a face painter “specializing in whiskers and noses” to help guests get fully into cat character. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/"},"headline":"This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting a Cat Party Where People Can Dress Like Cats","datePublished":"2016-09-22T17:22:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:52.282Z","description":"The soundtrack from Cats will play","url":"https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4504308/cat-art-nyc/","name":"This Quirky Cat Artist Is Hosting a Cat Party Where People Can Dress Like Cats"}}]}] ```