AGENCY TESTIMONY
Heritage Ambassador program supporting indigenous artists
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Joel Whitney introduces BPL's Heritage Ambassador program, which supports folk and traditional artists in Brooklyn, including indigenous artists.
- The program connects library patrons to cultural heritage practices through art-making, storytelling, and community knowledge sharing
- Featured works by Bebonkwe Brown, a Brooklyn-based Plains Cree artist, were exhibited at Brooklyn Heights Library
- Heritage Ambassador Araceli Poma created documentaries with indigenous language speakers in New York City
- The Center for Brooklyn History archives the work of Heritage Ambassadors
Joel Whitney
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This initiative supports folk and traditional artists in Brooklyn by connecting library patrons to cultural heritage practices through art making, storytelling, and community knowledge sharing.
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For much of this year, works by heritage ambassador Bebonkwe Brown, a Brooklyn based Plains Cree artist, hung at Brooklyn Heights Library and an exhibit titled Urban Skins and Ancient Kin.
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And heritage ambassador Araceli Poma created many documentaries with indigenous language speakers here in New York City.
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BPL's Center For Brooklyn History archives the work by heritage ambassadors.
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I and the BPL team are really proud of this work.
