(PLEASE LIST through 7/31/19) NEW PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION CELEBRATES BROOKLYN’S COMMUNITY HEROES IN FORT GREENE AND CLINTON HILL

Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks

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NEW PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION CELEBRATES BROOKLYN's COMMUNITY HEROES IN FORT GREENE AND CLINTON HILL

 

DATES:                      August 17, 2018 – July 31, 2019

 

LOCATIONS:            Fort Greene Park

                                    Enter off DeKalb Ave

                                    (fence along Brooklyn Hospital Center)

 

                                    Commodore Barry Park

                                    Enter off North Elliott Place

                                    (fence between the fields and playground)

BROOKLYN

 

DETAILS:                   Organized by artist Jasmin Chang and Trellis, "Community Heroes" aims to bring together residents in the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Farragut, and celebrate those who empower and nourish these neighborhoods. Twenty individuals were selected as heroic representatives of the community from a pool of over 140 nominations collected during a seven-month outreach process. Each park will exhibit 10 portraits printed in large banners and shot by local photographers. "Community Heroes" seeks to tell the stories of the neighborhoods' unsung heroes through the collaboration of newer residents and long-time residents. "Community Heroes" continues to collect nominations for heroes and seeks photographers to take their portraits. Twenty more portraits will rotate into the exhibition until its final month.

 

This exhibition is FREE and open to the public. For more information, please call (212) 360-8163.

 

 

Press Contact:

Maeri Ferguson

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov

(212) 360-1311

 

Image courtesy of Jasmin Chang