Wayfarers

1109 Dekalb Avenue | Bedford-Stuyvesant | built 1931

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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2011
Artist George Ferrandi opens Wayfarers, a studio program and gallery, on DeKalb Avenue
Wayfarers was a nonprofit studio program and gallery, founded by the artist George Ferrandi, that ran from 2011 to 2020. A front gallery facing DeKalb Street held rotating shows, with studios for member artists, a commons and more exhibition space behind it. Programming also covered pop-up shows, performances, readings, an international exhibition exchange and a summer residency for artists.
“The venue existed between 2011 and 2020 with a front gallery that faced DeKalb street that had rotating exhibitions…”
Source: Wikipedia
2015
Macon Reed shows her installation "Eulogy for the Dyke Bar" at Wayfarers
In 2015 the Chicago-based artist Macon Reed showed "Eulogy for the Dyke Bar" at Wayfarers. Built from cardboard, plaster and wood, the installation was a life-size depiction of a gay bar, standing for a declining part of LGBT community life. The piece was shown again in March 2016 at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair.
Source: Wikipedia

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