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Photo credit: Omari Maynard and Shamony Gibson, Healing On Fertile Ground, Courtesy of Artfulliving

Omari Maynard and Shamony Gibson, Healing On Fertile Ground

October 22, 2018 to August 31, 2019
Canarsie Park, Brooklyn

Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.

Description:

Healing on Fertile Ground is a multi-component public art exhibition. Paintings by community members are installed along Schenck Street, and depict different cultures uniting under the landmark arches of the Canarsie Pier. The existing planter boxes were painted, and a mural of a Native American headdress was placed in the gazebo to represent the indigenous people of what is now Canarsie. A life-size figurative sculpture made out of tape and polyurethane signifies the hard work the community has invested into rehabilitating this plot of land.

This exhibition is presented by Arfulliving, in partnership with GreenThumb, Canarsie Neighborhood Alliance, and Building Healthy Communities, funded through the Fund for Public Health NYC.