An art exhibit in Bedford Stuyvesant works to inspire change

A new exhibit at Sky­light Gallery in Brook­lyn is show­ing the work of 27 artists brought together on the theme of sus­tain­abil­ity, through a com­bined project hosted by the Bed­ford Stuyvesant Restora­tion Cor­po­ra­tion, the Pratt Cen­ter for Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment and Pratt’s Ini­tia­tive for Arts, Com­mu­nity, and Social Change.

“Amplify Action: Sus­tain­abil­ity through the Arts demon­strates how arts, cul­ture and media are pow­er­ful cat­a­lysts for social change, and aims to engage neigh­bor­hoods in a dia­logue about sus­tain­able liv­ing, mak­ing healthy con­sumer choices, and tak­ing envi­ron­men­tal action. Works in the exhibit directly and indi­rectly exam­ine the dif­fer­ent com­po­nents of sus­tain­abil­ity such as, but not lim­ited to: ecol­ogy, econ­omy, equity, envi­ron­men­tal con­scious­ness, resource con­ser­va­tion and effi­ciency, agri­cul­ture, archi­tec­ture, infra­struc­ture, envi­ron­men­tal jus­tice and health.”

More infor­ma­tion is at the exhi­bi­tion web­site. A cat­a­log of work in the exhibit is online here. The exhi­bi­tion will be on dis­play at Bed­ford Stuyvesant Restora­tion Corporation’s Sky­light Gallery, 1368 Ful­ton Street in Brook­lyn, through July 27th.

(photo: Whit­ney Boyd)