- Organization Name
- The Newtown Creek Armada
- About Us
- The Newtown Creek Armada is a collaboration between three Brooklyn artists - Laura Chipley, Nathan Kensinger, and Sarah Nelson Wright - whose individual work creatively investigates industry, ecology, and change in urban spaces. North Brooklyn Public Arts Coalition (nbART) commissioned the project through an open call. nbART is a Greenpoint-based organization that produces community-driven public art. Local partners include the North Brooklyn Boat Club and the Newtown Creek Alliance.
- We Participate Because
- The Newtown Creek is at once strangely beautiful, highly toxic and indelibly marked by an ongoing history of enterprise, innovation and abuse. Exploration of the creek and its surroundings reveals a wealth of discarded objects, forgotten spaces, shocking pollution and the hidden workings of the city. The Newtown Creek Armada is a project that seeks to safely extend the opportunity for exploration to the greater public in hopes of fostering a wider participation in a responsible and productive stewardship of New York City’s industrial waterways.
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