Village Preservation’s innovative outdoor public art exhibition, VILLAGE VOICES, celebrated and honored the artistic, social, political, and cultural movements of our neighborhoods and the people who gave them voice.
Throughout the fall of 2021 and 2022 Village residents and visitors were treated to 31 distinct and engaging shadowboxes, and two multifaceted interactive installations that were displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The exhibits featured photographs, artifacts, and soundscape recordings that gave inspiring insight and illuminated the incomparable history and heritage of the communities we serve.
We’ve gathered all the exhibits here for you to visit (or revisit) and explore the extraordinary people, places, and events that have been instrumental in changing our world. Just click on each image below to connect with each individual site and listen to Rachel Maddow, Norman Reedus, Ed Norton, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ronson, Grace Gummer, John Leguizamo, Blythe Danner, Kathleen Chalfant, Oskar Eustis, and other Village residents and supporters who lent their voices to this project.
VILLAGE VOICES Subjects and Their Narrators
Berenice Abbott: Jessica Craig Martin
W.H. Auden: Joel Grey
James Baldwin: Derek Morris
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Serge Ossorguine
Elizabeth Blackwell: Dr. Monica Prasad Hayes
Margaret Wise Brown: Lannyl Stephens
E.E. Cummings: Edward Norton
Merce Cunningham: Mark Morris
John W. Draper: Mark Ronson
Bob Dylan: Andrew Berman
Martha Graham: Leslie Mason
Lorraine Hansberry: Dr. Imani Perry
Billie Holiday: Nacar Zadigan
Edward Hopper: Adam Weinberg, The Whitney Museum
Jane Jacobs: Rachel Maddow
Larry Kramer: David Greenspan
Helen Levitt: Jeffrey Rosenheim, The MET
Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grace Gummer
Joan Mitchell: Leslie Mason
Joe Papp: Oscar Eustis, The Public Theater
Charlie Parker: John Leguizamo
Jackson Pollock: Norman Reedus
Leontyne Price: Julia Bullock
Robert Rauschenberg: Alec Baldwin
Oliver Sacks: Wyn Harmon
Maurice Sendak: Jesse Eisenberg
John Sloan: Darren Waterston
Patti Smith: Chris Robertson
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Blythe Danner
The Northern Dispensary: Andrew Berman
70 Fifth Avenue: Rebecca Naomi-Jones
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Kathleen Chalfant
A Monument To Choice: Lannyl Stephens
BENEFACTOR
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
VISIONARY
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Rob & Nina Kaufelt, Arthur A. Levin, MADE Design/build, Fred Wistow
TRAILBLAZER
Leslie Mason & Thad Meyerriecks, Miyoung Lee & Neil Simpkins, Lynne Waxman Foundation, Daniel Neidich & Brooke Garber Neidich, Trevor & Margaret Stewart
ACTIVIST
Bill Abrams & Julie Salamon, Mary Ann & Frank Arisman, Caroline Benveniste & Jacques Ya Deau, Hillary Butler, David Hottenroth, John Lamb & David Stutzman, Nancy Langsan & Douglas Bernstein, Justine & John Leguizamo, Leslie & Bob Rylee, Judith Stonehill, F. Anthony Zunino & Sally Auer
CORPORATE FRIEND
Board Packager, Brooklyn Studios, Brown Harris Stevens, Corcoran Downtown, Glenn Schiller – Corcoran, Jane Forman – Sotheby’s International Real Estate, Lenox Health, Leslie Mason – Douglas Elliman, Little Prince, Matthew Coleman Real Estate, Monica Rittersporn – Corcoran, Steven Gambrel, Top Hat Home Services, Veselka, The Whitney Museum of American Art
FELLOW
Kyung Choi Bordes & Peter Bordes, Jr., Anita Isola, Valerie Krishna, John Lamb & David Stutzman, Nancy Langsan & Daniel Bernstein, Gavin McFarland & Natasha Zarin, Farley Pennington, Katherine Schoonover, Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg, Adrienne Ward & Dan Levy, Howard Wolfson
ARTIST
Lauren Belfer & Michael Marissen, Blaine & Tim Birchby, Francine Cecere & Patricia O’Brien, Sarah Cogan & Douglas Evans, Jane Forman & Edward Wolff, Daisy Friedman, Amy Gilfenbaum, Joseph Vance Architects, Christina & Douglas Kepple, Gabriele Knecht, Susan Kolker, Judith Langer, Linda Yowell Architects, Ruth & Kevin McCoy, Michael Vella Interiors, Ray Mortenson & Jean Wardle, Alec Pruchnicki, Lois Rakoff, David Schrader, Marilyn Sobel & Ben Cohen, Nicole Swartzentruber, Carole Teller, Washington Square Park Conservancy, William Gottlieb Real Estate
CORPORATE SPONSOR
BarSix, Blumstein Team – Corcoran, Debra Kameros Team – Compass, Di Salvo Contracting, The Dutch, Il Cantinori, LMA, Lafayette, Paul Kolbusz & Sara Gelbard Team – Corcoran, Symmetry Printing
ICON
Mary Billard & Barry Cooper, Richard Blodgett, Leslie Burgin, Karen Eckhoff, Betsey Ely, Janice Figueroa, Jeanne Krier, Lois Rakoff
BENEFACTOR
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
VISIONARY
Bourlet Art Logistics, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Rob & Nina Kaufelt, MADE Design/build, Fred Wistow
TRAILBLAZER
Kyung Choi Bordes & Peter BordesJr., Leslie Mason & Thad Meyerriecks, Marilyn Sobel & Ben Cohen, Trevor & Margaret Stewart, Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, PS New York, SergeAudio, Anonymous
ACTIVIST
Mary Ann & Frank Arisman, Kathy Fein Bierman & Rick Bierman, Hillary Blumberg & Alex Ginsburg, Donna Frankel, David Hottenroth, John Lamb & David Stutzman, Nancy Langsan & Douglas Bernstein, Art Levin, Eliza Paley, Leslie & Bob Riley, Judith Stonehill, Allan Sperling & Fern Goldberg
FELLOW
Andrew Brust, Hillary Butler, Daisy Friedman, Anita Isola, Miyoung Lee & Neil Simpkins, Georgianna Lynn, Farley Pennington, Katherine Schoonover, Jane Forman Sotheby’s Real Estate, Top Hat Home Services
ARTIST
Susanna Aaron & Gary Ginsberg, Helen Jean Arthur, Lauren Belfer & Michael Marissen, Blaine & Tim Birchby, Sarah Cogan & Douglas Evans, Jane Forman & Edward Wolff, Jan & Tom Geniesse, Amy Gilfenbaum, Mary Hoeveler, Jack Intrator & Debrah Welling, Christina & Douglas Kepple, Gabriele Knecht, Susan Kolker, Valerie Krishna, Justine & John Leguizamo, Brenda Levin, Marc Levy, Linda Yowell Architects, Ruth & Kevin McCoy, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Deborah Martin & Ed Hamilton, Bethany & Euan Menzies, Marlaine & Andrew Olinick, John Powell, Lois Rakoff, Sally Rudoy, Barry Schwartz, David & Monica Zwirner, F. Anthony Zunino
ICON
Richard Blodgett, Betsey Ely, Gresham Lang Garden Design, Judith Haselton, Steve Halprin, Thomas Larson. LMA Group, Susan Schweitzer, Mary Louis & Joseph Quinlan, Michael Vella Interiors, William & Carolyn Wheatley
DONOR
Robin & David Key, Jeanne Krier, Leroy Street Studios, Katherine Roberts, Eric Rayman & Susan Horton, Diane & Clark Welton
Arthur A. Levin, Village Preservation’s President Emeritus, whose devotion, wisdom, and steady hand has guided this organization for many, many years.
The marvelous trailblazers of our exhibition who have led the way and continue to inspire us onward.
The artists, commentators, documentarians, filmmakers, historians, journalists, musicians, narrators, oral historians, photographers, preservationists, professors, and experts who raised their voices to celebrate our subjects.
Leslie Mason and Lannyl Stephens, Curators
Exhibit Construction, MADE Design/Build
Exhibit Design, Penny Hardy | PS New York
Audio & Digital Experience, Serge Ossorguine | SergeAudio