Brooklyn Visionaries is an exhibition and book project created by writer/ designer and lifelong Brooklynite, Anne Fink Bartoc. It features portraits and interviews that celebrate the individuals who have shaped the Brooklyn of today.
Charles Denson, Founder & Executive Director, Coney Island History Project
Diane Berkun Menaker - Founder & Artistic Director, Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Arnold Lehman - Director of the Brooklyn Museum 1997–2015
Richard Green - Founder, Crown Heights Youth Collective
Deborah Almontaser - Community Activist & Leader, Bridging Cultures
Otto Neals - Sculptor
Boaz Vaadia - Sculptor, Williamsburg
Rachel Chanoff - Artistic Director of Celebrate Brooklyn!
Tupper Thomas - President, Prospect Park Alliance, 1980–2010
Joseph Merz - Architect
Christian Zimmerman - Vice President Capital & Landscape Management, Prospect Park Alliance
Deborah Schwartz - President, Brooklyn Historical Society
Reverend Doctor Herbert Daughtry, Sr. - Pastor and Activist, The House of the Lord
Michael Armstrong - Publisher, Brooklyn Phoenix
Judy Stanton - President, Brooklyn Heights Association
Laurie Angela Cumbo - NYC Councilwoman, founder of Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, MoCADA
Leslie G. Schultz - President, BRIC Arts | Media House
Otis and Nancy Pearsall - Landmark Preservationists, Brooklyn Heights Association
Yonette Fleming, Urban Food Justice Educator, Hattie Carthan Community Garden Farm
Ronald Shiffman - Brooklyn City Planner, Architect, Professor, and Author
Susannah Drake - Founding Principal, DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture PLLC
Una Clarke - NYC Council Member, 40th District, Brooklyn 1992-2001
Yvette Clarke - Congresswomen, U.S. House of Representatives
Yvette Clarke - Congresswomen, U.S. House of Representatives
Jonathan Butler - Founder, Brooklyn Flea, Schmorgasburg, Brownstoner
Dick Zigun - Founder & Artistic Director, Coney Island USA
Charles Denson, Founder & Executive Director, Coney Island History Project
Diane Berkun Menaker - Founder & Artistic Director, Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Arnold Lehman - Director of the Brooklyn Museum 1997–2015
Richard Green - Founder, Crown Heights Youth Collective
Deborah Almontaser - Community Activist & Leader, Bridging Cultures
Otto Neals - Sculptor
Boaz Vaadia - Sculptor, Williamsburg
Rachel Chanoff - Artistic Director of Celebrate Brooklyn!
Tupper Thomas - President, Prospect Park Alliance, 1980–2010
Joseph Merz - Architect
Christian Zimmerman - Vice President Capital & Landscape Management, Prospect Park Alliance
Deborah Schwartz - President, Brooklyn Historical Society
Reverend Doctor Herbert Daughtry, Sr. - Pastor and Activist, The House of the Lord
Michael Armstrong - Publisher, Brooklyn Phoenix
Judy Stanton - President, Brooklyn Heights Association
Laurie Angela Cumbo - NYC Councilwoman, founder of Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, MoCADA
Leslie G. Schultz - President, BRIC Arts | Media House
Otis and Nancy Pearsall - Landmark Preservationists, Brooklyn Heights Association
Yonette Fleming, Urban Food Justice Educator, Hattie Carthan Community Garden Farm
Ronald Shiffman - Brooklyn City Planner, Architect, Professor, and Author
Susannah Drake - Founding Principal, DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture PLLC
Una Clarke - NYC Council Member, 40th District, Brooklyn 1992-2001
Yvette Clarke - Congresswomen, U.S. House of Representatives
Yvette Clarke - Congresswomen, U.S. House of Representatives
Jonathan Butler - Founder, Brooklyn Flea, Schmorgasburg, Brownstoner
Dick Zigun - Founder & Artistic Director, Coney Island USA