Brian Kuebler at Brooklyn Library's "Atlantic Yards" show

Brooklyn Library exhibits Portrait of the “Atlantic Yards” Neighborhood

“The most robust and meaningful public discourse yet to be held on the
‘Atlantic Yards’ project might well take place across canvas.”
Joe Maniscalco, Courier Life

What: 27 Brooklyn Artists Address “Atlantic Yards”
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
When: February 13 – April 21, 2007

From February 13 – April 21, 2007, the central branch of the Brooklyn Public
Library will present Footprints: Portrait of a Brooklyn Neighborhood.

The show consists of the work of twenty-seven Brooklyn artists and
photographers who, by various media and from diverse perspectives, address
the subject of redevelopment through an exploration of the neighborhood and
communities existing in the direct path of the proposed “Atlantic Yards”
redevelopment project.

“Atlantic Yards” is poised to be one of the largest redevelopment projects
ever undertaken in New York City.  “It seems appropriate to me that artwork
addressing the radical use of a large public space in Brooklyn be on display
in one of Brooklyn’s most public spaces.  We’re very pleased that the
library has decided to exhibit this body of work,” said Dan Sagarin who,
along with Belle Benfield, is a co-organizer and curator of the show.

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