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Culture & events

Highlights from our Summer Art Fest event

Written by Lumi Zogaj. Photos by Constanza Prieto.  For Thahitun Mariam, immigration means learning to exist in multiple places. Originally from Bangladesh, she feels at home both there and in her adopted home of New York City. As for Kweighbaye Kotee, who fled the Liberian civil war with her family and now lives in Brooklyn, she still has “an inner yearning to connect to home in Liberia.” Both women were speaking at a roundtable discussion held during Summer Art Fest,...

Portraits & interviews

Our latest news: New venue for Real People. Real Lives., LEAD launches, and more

Our exhibit Real People. Real Lives. closed at the Queens Museum, it will travel next to the Centre for Social Innovation in June! After showing for four weeks, our exhibit Real People. Real Lives. closed at the Queens Museum – Thank you to all among you who attended and contributed to our living mural! If you missed Real People. Real Lives. or would like to see it again, save the evening of June 7: The exhibit will open in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month...

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2018 Real People. Real Lives. exhibit opens at Queens Museum

Words and photos by Anna Tyor On February 17 at Queens Museum, New Women New Yorkers launched the second iteration of its Real People. Real Lives: Women Immigrants of New York photo exhibit. It was a crowded scene, as intrigued New Yorkers from around the city packed into the second-floor gallery space to see the work of photographer-filmmaker Dru Blumensheid in collaboration with NWNY. Featuring 16 immigrant women who’ve moved to New York from around the world, the series was...

Real People. Real Lives.

You’re invited to Queens Museum exhibit, new LEAD series & other news

Our year is off to an energetic start, with our first roundtable discussion, and the launch of our Wellness, Culture, & Food Club, on which you can read more below. The planning of our exhibit at the Queens Museum is in full speed, don’t miss our opening event on February 13 – See our flyer below & RSVP here. We’re also already getting ready to launch two new LEAD series in March, at the NYPL Chatham Square and Mid-Manhattan libraries, with Info Sessions...