Current Exhibits

Public Perspectives Exhibition Series

The Public Perspectives Exhibition Series provides a creative forum for Brooklynites to have an active voice at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) by presenting community-curated exhibits. Every spring, BHS issues an annual open call for exhibition proposals from Brooklyn-based individuals, school and community groups, and non-profit organizations. Each season three recipient groups are selected by a panel of cultural and community representatives. Public Perspectives enables BHS to encourage community involvement not only in the content of exhibitions, but also in the selection process. The awardees collaborate with BHS staff to develop and mount their exhibitions.
 
Public Perspectives is made possible through the generous support of the Lily Auchincloss Foundation and FHL Bank. Additional support is provided by the Kress Foundation and HBO.

Application Process

Public Perspectives is currently on hold due to a scheduled interior renovation project and to pursue further funding. BHS is committed to this community-centered program and intends to resume exhibits, likely in 2013. Please email jmonger@brooklynhistory.org to be notified of future opportunities.

2009-2010 Recipients
October 1, 2009 - January 24, 2010

Brooklyn Utopias?, curated by Katherine Gressel. An invited group of artists respond to the question of Brooklyn's future by presenting their differing visions of an ideal Brooklyn.

February 4 - August 29, 2010
Tivoli: A Place We Call Home, curated by Delphine Fawundu. Multi-media exhibition of photographs, video and words documenting the tenants of Tivoli Towers in the Crown Heights neighborhood at the onset of gentrification, as the building faces the threat of removal of its affordable housing program status.

September 16, 2010 - August 24, 2011
Painting Brooklyn Stories of Immigration and Survival, curated by Nina Talbot. In collaboration with Professor Rachel Bernstein
of New York University's Public History program, striking stories of Brooklyn residents are portrayed through paintings, oral histories and personal effects, lending individual insights into broader social aspects of life in Brooklyn.

2008-2009 Season

James and Karla Murray, Counter/Culture – The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts. A vibrant photographic and narrative collection of Brooklyn’s rapidly vanishing neighborhood storefronts. September 10 – December 28, 2008.

Rebecca Layton, Sarah Bostwick and Karla Wozniak, Brooklyn Redrawn Three Brooklyn artists depict the visual and societal complexity of the borough’s urban built environment. January – April 2009.

Andrew Urban and David Madden, Brooklyn and the History of Chinese Immigration. Investigates how Brooklyn residents responded to Chinese immigration in the 19th century, and the 20th century development of a Chinatown in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. May – August 2009.

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