About This Item

  • TitleFriends forever.
  • Call NumberVETS_0040
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCollage, 23 x 25 inches, includes flags and patriotic symbols. Artwork created in New York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program, led by Beryl Brenner. Project: Visions of vets, 2009, referencing the theme: Who is an American veteran? Artwork was displayed at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center. Exhibition label: Friends forever by Stephen Lewis. Mr. Lewis’s work explores the camaraderie of the veteran experience. He utilizes beautiful symbols of Americana to illustrate this concept. He states “people in the service were like family. There is no place like home. There is no place like America and it represents freedom.”
  • Date2008
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorLewis, Stephen
  • SubjectVeterans--United States ; Flags--United States
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program