Brooklyn Primary School Specializing in Visual Sciences Partners with GFDD on Dominican Photo Exhibit During Month of February

New York, January 14, 2013

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is happy to announce it is bringing photography exhibit “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic” the Jose de Diego Magnet School for the Visual Arts & Sciences , PS 84, in the heart of Williamsburg,  Brooklyn.

This represents an invaluable opportunity for GFDD and FUNGLODE to continue in its tradition of connecting with New York City schools through a promotion of Dominican culture and heritage. A large percentage of PS 84 students and its teachers are of Latin or Dominican descent. Through the initiative, GFDD hopes that students of Dominican background, and the New York community at large, will be able to experience up close all thirty three provinces of the Dominican Republic as rarely seen before.

The exhibit will be inaugurated at the school on February 1 at 6pm, and thereafter open to the public, by appointment, Monday through Friday during school hours.

The exhibit will showcase aerial images from the book “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic”, a publication by GFDD, realized by an international interdisciplinary team led by Project Director and Editor-in-Chief, Natasha Despotovic. Over 50 aerial photographs, by Dominican-based photographer Anne Casale,  will be on display, depicting scenes from the thirty three provinces and will represent nine conceptual categories – reflections of light, coasts, heights, plains, history, city, people, tourism and work – and commemorate the country’s achievements in the areas of economic, social, environmental and democratic progress.

The exhibition has been shown with great success both nationally and in Spain, the United States, and Chile. Through the initiative, GFDD and FUNGLODE seek to expand and enrich understanding of the Dominican Republic.

Dates: February 1- March 1, 2013
Time: Daily by appointment
Location: PS 84 Cafeteria
250 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Inauguration: Friday, February 1, 2013 @ 6pm
See invitation

Related links:
www.newperspectivesdominicanrepublic.com
http://www.ps84k.org