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      April 26, 1976: Art by Brooklyn Senior Citizens, an exhibition of arts and crafts by eighty senior citizens, will be on view in the Community Gallery of The Brooklyn Museum from May 2 through June 6. The public is invited to an opening reception for the artists on Sunday, May 2, from 1 to 4 P.M. Admission is free.

      The exhibition has been coordinated through the senior centers of Brooklyn, with nineteen centers participating. Included in the exhibition will be paintings, sculpture, and works in the various crafts media.

      “It has been five years,” states Richard Waller, Coordinator of the Community Gallery, “since the Gallery has installed an exhibition devoted entirely to the art of our senior citizens, and we are pleased to do so once again. The arts programs are an integral part of the activities of the senior centers. For many, this is the first opportunity and time they have had to discover their artistic abilities, explore their imaginations, and share these experiences with others. Benjamin Hutcheson, one of the artists in the exhibition, said, "painting was like finding friends.’”

      Participating centers are: Bensonhurst Senior Citizens Center, Crown Nursing Home, Flushing Avenue Senior Center, Fort Greene Senior Citizens Center, Rosetta Gaston Senior Citizens Center, Glenwood Senior Center, Haber Houses Senior Center, Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, Pink Houses Senior Center, Prospect Avenue Senior Citizens Center, Red Hook Senior Center, William Reid Senior Center, St. Louis Senior Citizens Center, Sephardic Multi-Service Senior Center, Surf-Solomon Senior Center, Tilden Senior Center, Troy Senior Center, and Wycoff Gardens Senior Center.

      Participating artists are: Marion Bartoletti, Eleanor Battle, Rosa Blackman, Bertrude Blair, Viola E. Bolds, Dorothy Brynien, Ernestini Butler, Rae Cherniack, Prudencia Dela Cruz, Esther Epstein, Margaret Farrell, Marie Ferrara, Ellen Fuller, Josephine Gamabrdella, Millie Golstein, Theodore Goodman, Connie Goodwin, Claire Greenfield, Maria Grodnitzka, Charles E. Gross, Erik Haglund, Dave Harris, Margaret Harris, Ann Hibbs, Doris Hill, Mamie Hipsman, Rose Hirsh, Gertrude Hoeft, Katie Horry, Benjamin Hutcheson, Marie lannicelli, Frances Jackson, Germaine Johnson, Doris Kamine, Mae Kazenecki, Isadore Kogan, Elizabeth M. Kubin, Leon Kuperschmid, Adelaide Lacher, Adele Lavatsky, George Lazarowitz, Lillian Lazofsky, Harry Levine, Antonia Maldonado, Evelyn Marcott, Rose Natale, Leon E. Paioff, Claire Parvin, Frances Pascocello, Josephine Petrosino, Sigmund Pintchuk, Renee Potter, Dora Rechtschafer, Blanche Rosen, Bernard Seligman, Sadie Shapiro, Helen E. Shaw, Minna Silverberg, Mildred Skolnick, Margaret Suchonick, Maud Swainson, Ara L. Walls, Murray Weiner, and Lelia Winston.

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      The Community Gallery program, 1968-86, provided a venue for local artists and arts organizations as part of the Brooklyn Museum's commitment to being "a people's museum: friendly, informal, focusing on service to the community."
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