Naval Cemetery Landscape Artist Resident Event with Farah Marie Velten

Sunday, September 28 from 3-6PM

Please join artist in residence Farah Marie Velten on Sunday September 28 from 3:00-6:00pm at the gardens for her on-site sharing of her time engaged with Naval Cemetery Landscape. More details to follow but please save the date!

About the Artist: Farah Marie Velten:Originally from Sausalito CA, Farah Marie Velten is a New York City based interdisciplinary artist who primarily works with visual arts practicing fine art photography that focuses on analogue and alternative printmaking processes, including cyanotype, anthotype, and more. She is a teaching artist with Josephine Herrick Project, a member of the teaching artist collective for The Nature School in Brooklyn and part of Field Meridians, an assistant teacher at International Center for Photography (ICP), and has a long history teaching art and workshops at many institutions. For her residency Farah will be exploring nature as the space within oneself and our relationship to the external space within the wider context and meanings of nature, both inside and outside of ourselves.

Links:https://www.farahmarievelten.com/https://www.instagram.com/farah_jacqua/?hl=en

Location

Naval Cemetery Landscape. Enter at 63 Williamsburg St West between Kent and Flushing Avenues.

Public Transit

B57/B62Bus to Flushing Av/Classon Av (2 min walk)

B48 Bus to Wallabout St/Wythe Av (5 min walk)

J/M/Z Train to Marcy Ave (11 min walk)

G train to Flushing Ave (13 min walk) or Classon Ave (10 min walk)

About The Naval Cemetery Landscape:

Before or after this event, speak to our gardeners and learn about the Naval Cemetery Landscape (NCL) and the Greenway and what goes into maintaining their beauty and accessibility for everyone! The Naval Cemetery Landscape is fully operated, made open as a public space and able to provide free public programs like this solely by Brooklyn Greenway Initiative through the generosity of our supporters.

Host or Publisher Brooklyn Greenway Initiative