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“Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” is 300+ site, 5-borough exhibition responding to global refugee crisis and the political and social forces that seek to divide us from each other.

United States

My 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…
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Kazakhstan

At school 100% percent of my peers wanted to study petrol industries and a few people wanted to go with the creative economy where ideas…
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Romania

I arrived in NY 1976 after my family left the oppressive Romanian gov’t of Nicolae Ceaușescu. My family went to Israel, then Germany, then…
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NYC

Born & 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…
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United States

Life began in the diverse community of of academic refugees around Columbia University just after World War 2. Everyone had a story and I…
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Haiti

Ten 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…
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Germany

I 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…
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Guatemala

My 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…
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Gilbert & Eleanor Kraus

With Nazis in power, Gilbert & Eleanor Kraus set out to save young Jews. Working with often reluctant American officials and the B’rith…
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Poland

My grandfather was born in Lodz, Poland in 1930. When the Nazis gained power, he was transported to the Buchenwald Concentration camp. He…
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Colombia →Queens

My parents came to NYC from Colombia in the 1970s. They met at work, fell in love, and started a family. They loved the city from day one…
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