Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsUnited StatesMy mother’s father left Nvod Dvor, Poland in 1930 when my grandmother was pregnant with my mother’s youngest sister. He saved money for 6…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsKazakhstanAt school 100% percent of my peers wanted to study petrol industries and a few people wanted to go with the creative economy where ideas…Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017
Public Art FundUkraineMy father fled from Soviet Ukraine to America in the 90’s with his mother, father, and brother. He was nineteen years old and was the first…Nov 28, 2017Nov 28, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsRomaniaI arrived in NY 1976 after my family left the oppressive Romanian gov’t of Nicolae Ceaușescu. My family went to Israel, then Germany, then…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsNYCBorn & raised in NY, my family comes from a medley of cultures. My granddad came to NY from India in the 40s to study conducting. He broke…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsUnited StatesLife began in the diverse community of of academic refugees around Columbia University just after World War 2. Everyone had a story and I…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsHaitiTen years ago, my mom came to the U.S. left me in Haiti to look for some more opportunities to provide a better life for both of us, a hard…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsGermanyI came to NY with my parents and brothers in the late 1960s, a time of racial tension but also cultural expansion here. As one of two white…Oct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsGuatemalaMy parents left Guatemala in 1970 and trekked through Mexico and crossed the border to the US. They made it to Miami and a year later to…Oct 12, 2017Oct 12, 2017
Public Art FundinGood Fences Make Good NeighborsGilbert & Eleanor KrausWith Nazis in power, Gilbert & Eleanor Kraus set out to save young Jews. Working with often reluctant American officials and the B’rith…Oct 11, 2017Oct 11, 2017
