Power to the People
New York City鈥檚 parks have a long history of playing host to public demonstrations and protests that dates to the American Revolution. Since then, people have taken to the city鈥檚 streets, plazas, and parks to voice their distress during numerous periods of unrest. Today, parks continue to be some of the most democratic spaces for people to gather and declare their calls to action. NYC Parks Ebony Society鈥檚 exhibition Power to the People shares artists鈥 interpretations of public demonstration, drawing on both the city鈥檚 rich history of protest and current social conflicts.
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New York City鈥檚 parks have a long history of playing host to public demonstrations and protests that dates to the American Revolution. Since then, people have taken to the city鈥檚 streets, plazas, and parks to voice their distress during numerous periods of unrest. Today, parks continue to be some of the most democratic spaces for people to gather and declare their calls to action. NYC Parks Ebony Society鈥檚 exhibition Power to the People shares artists鈥 interpretations of public demonstration, drawing on both the city鈥檚 rich history of protest and current social conflicts.
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