The BWRC is proud to announce the confirmed speakers for the Spaces & Places: Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Conference Friday, March 27 at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall.

Welcomes:

• Hon. Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
• Richard Hanley – Director, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center
• Bonne August – Provost, New York City College of Technology
• Deborah Schwartz – President, Brooklyn Historical Society

Keynote Address: Commissioner, Thomas Finkelpearl, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Panel One: Artists

• Moderator: Sean Scanlan, BWRC
• Choichun Leung
• Barry Rosenthal
• Wade Kavanaugh
• Nancy Nowacek
• Karla Stingerstein

Panel Two: Places for Making, Displaying, and Selling Art I

• Moderator: Aaron Beebe
• Audrey Frank Anastasi, Tabla Rasa Gallery
• Joy Glidden, North Side Town Hall Community and Cultural Center
• Greg O’Connell Jr, The O’Connell Organization
• Anita Durst, chashama
• Kathleen Gilrain, Smack Mellon

Panel Three: Places for Making, Displaying, and Selling Art II

• Moderator: Julie Golia, Brooklyn Historical Society
• Aileen Chumard, Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at Building 92
• Nicole Haroutunian, Underwater New York
• Lisa Kim, Two Trees Management Company
• Laura Roumanos, United Photo Industries
• Tammy Pittman, Proteus Gowanus