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A gallery with the neighborhood at its center

An exhibition program opens its doors to stories from the streets around it.

A gallery with the neighborhood at its center. An exhibition program opens its doors to stories from the streets around it.

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The gallery invited neighbors to help shape the program rather than simply attend it. Family photographs, oral histories and new commissions appear side by side.

The project works best when the exhibition remains open to revision and disagreement.

Maya Flores
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