revised statement

Our main goal is to focus on local artists, galleries and institutions that strive to nurture and maintain a strong artistic connection to the community. Through exploring these institutions we hope to highlight the active effort that is going into creating an environment in which local artistic expression and development can thrive. We hope to conduct visits to relevant sites and engage the owners or leading individuals in a dialogue that will give them the opportunity to showcase their individual efforts. With a series of like questions we hope to compile a multi-faceted perspective on the history of Williamsburg’s constantly changing artistic community through the eyes and actions of the people who know it best, local artists. By asking the same questions to every person we interview (whether in person or via email etc) we hope to establish a continuity of story about the community while emphasizing the different interpretations and perspectives that each individual has of the changing times.

This would be compiled into a documentary like piece that explored the altering states of the artistic community and it’s response to the drastic changes that Williamsburg has faced.