Posts tagged public art
Excellence Award Spotlight: NYCHA's Williamsburg Houses and Exodus & Dance
Excellence Award Spotlight: NYCHA's Williamsburg Houses and Exodus & Dance

The rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Houses and the restoration of James Richmond Barthé’s Exodus & Dance are testaments to the New York City Housing Authority’s commitment to demonstrating pride of place at NYCHA properties. These two projects sit at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of scale – one a multi-building, 1,600+ unit residence, the other a Works Progress Administration-era public art installation – but in both cases, the attention to detail and care taken to include the community show the importance of centering people in the process of managing these important public places.

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Excellence AwardsKaty Peace2025 Excellence Awards, Affordable Housing, public art, brooklyn
COMING SOON: THE KEEPERS
COMING SOON: THE KEEPERS

The Keepers is a performance art intervention created by longtime NYC cultural provocateur, Ed Woodham – scheduled for Friday, September 22 in three different locations around the Penn Station neighborhood (The Church of St. John the Baptist, Gimbel’s Skybridge, and the demolished Hotel Pennsylvania). The Keepers September activation has been commissioned by the Preservation League of NYS as part of a New York State Council on the Arts-funded project drawing attention to the League’s Seven to Save endangered historic sites across the state through artistic interventions. The Penn Station Neighborhood, which is threatened with needless and large-scale demolition, was identified as a Seven to Save in 2022. This project is organized in partnership with the Empire Station Coalition.

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PLNYS in the CommunityKaty PeacePress Release, Seven to Save, Penn Neighborhood, NYC, public art, STS Artist Interventions