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Erasing Spaces & Faces:

The Legacy of "Urban Renewal" in Saratoga Springs

A multi-year multimedia project, Erasing Spaces and Faces: The Legacy of Urban Renewal in Saratoga Springs has been documenting experiences of BIPOC and immigrant residents impacted by the city’s urban renewal projects (1961-1987) with an eye to preserving this recent history. Eighty-one percent of the city’s Black residents lived in the neighborhood covered by the city’s Project Area 1, and the impact of this urban removal cannot be understated for the individuals impacted, for the residual community, and for the ongoing disenfranchisement and diminishing of BIPOC voices within Saratoga Springs.

Join us for a vibrant evening featuring a speak-easy style cabaret with performances by artists and musicians, an art auction, light bites, and cocktails. View the full exhibition, which integrates the history, art, and storytelling of the erased spaces and faces of the West Side, with new art pieces and a premier trailer of the re-edited short documentary film by local filmmaker Careina Yard.


Tickets Sponsor Call for Art

Meet the Artists

MARCUS KWAME ANDERSON

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JEN WOJTOWICZ

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Project Team

Julie Lewis, Project Manager

Erin Leary, Project Manager

Maelcom Thayer, Archives Assistant

Meghan Willis, Archives Assistant

David Hochfelder, Research Consultant

Diogenes Kaufman, Content Creator

Olivia Hahn, Archives Assistant

MaryAnn Fitzgerald, Saratoga Springs Historian 

Careina Yard, Educator and Filmmaker

 


Adam Walker, Videographer

Jennifer Wojtowicz, Artist

Marcus Kwame Anderson, Artist

Jennifer Ogrodowski, SSPL Librarian

Joy King, Resident and member of The Frederick Allen Elk’s Lodge

Angela Beallor-Press, Documentarian and Filmmaker 

Geri Lagotta, Historian

Angus McCullough, Artist and Content Creator