Neighborhood Design Fellowship: Gowanus
This work is part of Urban Room, a multi-project initiative; learn more about it here.
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Gowanus residents work toward the future they imagine for their community.
About
Offered in partnership with Dark Matter University (DMU), our Neighborhood Design Fellowship: Gowanus is a paid, six-month program for up to 12 Gowanus residents — designers and non-designers alike — to work toward the future they imagine for their community. In 2021, our first cohort of Fellows considered ways design and art can make Gowanus a more equitable, inclusive place, and are sharing what they learn with local officials and the wider community.
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2021 Fellows
Imani Gayle Gillison
Director, Theater of the Liberated
Francesca Bastianini
Co-Founder and Principal, Sighte Studio
Bahij Chancey
Planner, WXY Studio;
Gowanus Oversight Task Force member;
former Van Alen Fellow
Jacob Karasik
Architect, Gentry Home, Ltd.
Chasity Fryer
Founder, Being A Great Samaritan
Frantasia Fryer
Associate Director, Being a Great Samaritan
Steven Koller
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
JoAnne McFarland
Artistic Director, Artpoetica Project Space
Elisa Smilovitz
Publicist
Member, Gowanus Mutual Aid
Andreas Tyre
Community Activist
Who We’re Working With
Supporters
In the News
Project Contact
Andrew Brown
Director of Programs