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Center for Brooklyn History
This exhibition was originally organized and published by the Brooklyn Historical Society.
From colonial settlement to urban renewal, Americans have been fascinated with utopian communities.
Brooklyn is no exception. It has been home to Dutch colonial and myriad immigrant settlers, social reformers like Alfred T. White, and influential artists and writers from Walt Whitman to Spike Lee. This project invited both professional and emerging teen artists to identify and respond to the often-conflicting visions of a livable and sustainable Brooklyn, and/or imagine their own Brooklyn "utopias." The resulting work of over 30 artists was displayed in a series of three exhibitions: at BHS, Brooklyn's Old Stone House, and the nonprofit youth art center Starting Artists, Inc.
Artists included Triada Samaras with photos of her Democracy Wall, an interactive mural protesting large-scale development in Carroll Gardens, Jess Levey's guerrilla photo projections on condos, and Tracy Collins's photographs of Atlantic Yards construction.
From colonial settlement to urban renewal, Americans have been fascinated with utopian communities.
Brooklyn is no exception. It has been home to Dutch colonial and myriad immigrant settlers, social reformers like Alfred T. White, and influential artists and writers from Walt Whitman to Spike Lee. This project invited both professional and emerging teen artists to identify and respond to the often-conflicting visions of a livable and sustainable Brooklyn, and/or imagine their own Brooklyn "utopias." The resulting work of over 30 artists was displayed in a series of three exhibitions: at BHS, Brooklyn's Old Stone House, and the nonprofit youth art center Starting Artists, Inc.
Artists included Triada Samaras with photos of her Democracy Wall, an interactive mural protesting large-scale development in Carroll Gardens, Jess Levey's guerrilla photo projections on condos, and Tracy Collins's photographs of Atlantic Yards construction.