2021 Brooklyn Borough Arts Festival
Welcome Messages
A Message from NYC DOE Chancellor Meisha Porter
"Congratulations to our talented student visual artists and performers for the exemplary work they have accomplished during such a challenging year. I would also like to extend my gratitude to their talented teachers, families, and committed school leaders for their continued support of rigorous arts programming in their schools.
I applaud the artistic accomplishments of all our students across the city and look forward to making a continuous, rigorous, inclusive arts education a reality for all New York City public school students. "
Stephanie Hill Wilchfort
President and CEO, Brooklyn Children's Museum
Eric L. Adams
Brooklyn Borough President
Valerie Velazquez de Louzonis, Ph.D.
Borough Arts Director, Brooklyn South
Click here to view video version of exhibition (art gallery and moving image) as seen at the Brooklyn Children's Museum:
Let's Hear from our
Featured Artists!
Featured Artists!
BROOKLYN BOROUGH ARTS FESTIVAL FEATURED
ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
ADVERSITY
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ACTIVISM
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S.O.L.A.T.I.O.N
MONOCHROME
NOSTALGIA
FRIENDSHIP
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KINSHIP
POLYCHROME
IMAGINATION
H O P E
RESiLiENCE
MOVING IMAGE
This is an experimental project. The images included within this montage are meant to convey the emptiness and overall bleakness of the situation that we were thrust into over a year ago. I wanted to force viewers to experience the eerily quiet inactivity out in the streets juxtaposed with the solitude students were experiencing in their homes. I wanted to showcase the day-to-day changes that have been felt by millions of people around the world. I wanted to capture the overall feeling of quiet and emptiness we were all forced to endure.
Thank you!
Executive Superintendents
Superintendents
Principals
Teachers
Parents/Guardians
Brooklyn Art Students
Mayor Bill de Blasio
Chancellor Meisha Porter
Brooklyn Borough President
Eric L. Adams
Eric L. Adams
Maria Palma, Executive Director, Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP)
Yaffa Rasowsky, Layout