Papergirl-Brooklyn
Sunset Park
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Betty Yu
an artist born and raised in Sunset Park whose project (Dis)Placed in Sunset Park explores the impact of urban gentrification and displacement of long time immigrant residents, workers, and small businesses.
Miguel Ayuso
a Brooklyn based graphic artist and illustrator originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. He moved to Sunset Park in 2005 and ran the art space La Bodega in the area of Sunset Park north of Greenwood Cemetery.
Nooshin Rostami
an artist, designer, educator, and resident of Sunset Park. Originally from Iran, Rostami uses geometries and metaphors that dismantle and reconfigure the conditions of confinement.
Yafa
a family-run business for over 20 years. Their Yemeni and Brooklyn roots are the basis of their investment in community, fair wages, and programming around the arts, coffee, food justice.
Gabriel Birnbaum
a saxophonist, composer, and linocut printer. Creating Brooklyn-made music and art prints.
References
Root Shock, a book by Dr. Mindy Fullilove