Lost in Transition: Williamsburg & Carroll Gardens

Monday, July 24
6:00 – 8:00 pm

OPENING RECEPTION: LOST IN TRANSITION: WILLIAMSBURG AND CARROLL GARDENS

Reservations are encouraged. RSVP to rsvp@mas.org or 212-935-2075.

An extension of the Urban Memory Project, this exhibition showcases images and text by students at Williamsburg Preparatory High School and the Brooklyn School for Global Studies, as well as resident photographer Jackie Neale Chadwick. Created by Rebecca Krucoff and Ain Gordon, this multi-school documentation program explores recent changes to the built environment in two Brooklyn neighborhoods in transition.

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