| May 12, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
You are cordially invited to attend this event:
COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC:
PROTEST & CELEBRATION
A lecture by JANE WEISSMAN
Curator Jane Weissman discusses the vibrant collaboration between artists and neighborhood groups that has energized the visual landscape since 1968, as well as the cultural significance of the resulting images.
DATE 5/12/2009
TIME 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
LOCATION Macon Library
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER
MACON LIBRARY
718-573-5606
361 Lewis Ave at Macon St.
This Speakers in the Humanities event, which is free and open to the public, is made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
You can also view the exhibition that frames this event by visiting the African American Heritage Center, (May 5-28)
What’s your favorite community mural?
This one is mine:
When Women Practice Justice, Nostrand & Greene Aves.
It was painted the first summer I moved here, and I got to watch it grow.
