The Art, Education, and Community Practice Program, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development NYU

The History of Housing Activism in the Lower East Side, 2016

The History of Housing Activism in the Lower East Side poster emerged from a conversation with the GOLES Director, Damaris Reyes. GOLES is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977 and is dedicated to tenants’ rights, homelessness prevention, economic development, and community revitalization. The Lower East Side in New York City has long been a hub for activism. Research and documentation of the history of housing activism in the Lower East Side was conducted by graduate students in Fall of 2016 as a part of a class Art and Ideas: What is Social Practice Art? taught by Dipti Desai. The students did archival research for this project.

Collaborators: Daniella Brockl, Emily Bruh, Violeta Castellanos, Joanie Choremi, Daniela Mekler, Brenda Hung, Vicente Cueto, Brett Davidson, Jimena Evia, Bianca Houle, Morgan Kelly, Mie Krogh, Jayanthi Moorty, Robin Priess, Marianna Suchodolski, and Dipti Desai and Graduate Assistant Jacqueline Aiosa.Poster.

Design by Daniela Mekler.