After two weeks of amplifying visual stories across all five Boroughs, the Photoville Festival has come to an official close in Brooklyn Bridge Park. All 56 exhibits that were part of our Photo Village in Emily Warren Roebling Plaza are coming down today.
But that doesn’t mean the Festival is over! In fact, we’ve extended exhibitions everywhere else! You can check out almost 30 exhibits still remaining in local parks and other public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York.
We’re proud of the show that we’ve put together for our 12th year, and grateful to our marquee, major, education, community, exhibition and programming partners. Our partners helped the Photoville team make this 2023 festival not only possible, but an undeniable success.
To the artists, who graciously shared their courageous and thought-provoking photography with the public, we are sincerely grateful for your selfless work and voice.
We extend a thank you to our team, which includes everyone from the crew that installed the beautiful art to the team hosting the Photo Village to the folks designing the exhibits and those communicating with all of you around the world.
And, last but not least, thank you, festival goer, for supporting Photoville, for showing up and showing out on Opening Weekend and the festival days that followed!
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Our in person live events may be over, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with programming! We’ve got artist interviews, workshops, container talks, and more on the way, all summer long!
Our first three videos are below! And if you want to find out when future videos are released, make sure to sign up for our newsletter!
Photoville Festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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