The Brooklyn Historical Society

Interpreting Brooklyn Project

Brooklyn Historical Society is pleased to announce the awardees of the Interpreting Brooklyn Project. Through this exciting new initiative, artists and writers will explore the Society's collection for inspiration for original art work. These new works will be exhibited along with the utilized pieces from the BHS collection in an upcoming exhibition.

Visual Artists:
Terry Adkins
Meredith Bergmann
Stanley Greenberg
Nora Herting
Daniel Jose Older
Kristin Posehn
Andres Vera Martinez
Xiaoze Xie

Writers:
Elizabeth Gaffney
Michael Schwartz

The Brooklyn Historical Society would like to thank all of the applicants to this project. The response of over 300 proposals were filled with wonderful and diverse projects from brilliant and creative artists. This project has been funded by the Getty Foundation and the Greenwall Foundation.

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