FREE FILM : NYC - Sunset Park Opening Party
October 1st, 2023
12-4 PM
Meet by the Gothic arch in the Green-Wood Cemetery
This October, we’ll be launching FREE FILM : NYC — Sunset Park in collaboration with Green-Wood Cemetery and the Center for Family Life. FREE FILM : NYC aims to capture and catalog our communities and our city in new ways by democratizing the documentation of our ever-shifting realities.
Adalena Kavanagh, photographer and Sunset Park High School librarian, will be our photographer in residence next month. She will teach a series of workshops to local students and lead photowalks through the neighborhood open to the general public, in addition to guided tours of the Green-Wood Cemetery with their staff.
As part of the project, we invite photographers of all levels to participate by shooting photographs within the boundaries of the neighborhood of Sunset Park as a response to the prompt “ONE SQUARE MILE.” From October 1 to October 31, our Airstream-darkroom will distribute free rolls of black and white 35mm film to the general public. Participants can drop off their film at the mailbox on the Airstream-darkroom by October 31 before 5pm. WORTHLESSSTUDIOS and our darkroom partner Picturehouse + thesmalldarkroom will develop the film and send negatives to participants after the program is over.
About Adalena Kavanagh
Born and raised in New York City, Adalena Kavanagh is a photographer, writer and librarian living in Brooklyn, New York. She has exhibited photography at the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia and published photographs, essays, stories and interviews in places like Epoch, Believer Magazine, Air/Light, The Literary Review and Electric Literature. In 2018 she was a NYFA Fiction Fellowship finalist.
ABOUT THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
Established in 1838, the Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark, is recognized as one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries. As the permanent residence of over 570,000 individuals, Green-Wood’s magnificent grounds, grand architecture, and world-class statuary have made it a destination for half a million visitors annually, including national and international tourists, New Yorkers, and Brooklynites. At the same time, Green-Wood is also an outdoor museum, an arboretum, and a repository of history. Throughout the year, it offers innovative programs in arts and culture, nature and the environment, education, workforce development, restoration, and research. The Green-Wood Historic Fund is the Cemetery’s 501c3 organization for cultural and educational programs.
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE
Center For Family Life’s mission is to promote positive outcomes for children and adults in Sunset Park through the provision of a comprehensive range of neighborhood-based family and social services. Sunset Park is a densely populated, low-income neighborhood with a large percentage of recent immigrants. As such, the Center offers access to resources that families need to thrive, including family counseling, cultural, educational, and recreational programs at neighborhood public schools, adult and youth employment programs, and an emergency storefront for food and advocacy. In partnership with their community, they provide opportunities for personal development, enrich neighborhood residents’ quality of life, and nurture relationships that sustain families and support youth in becoming confident, capable adults.