Celebrating Queens Women Artists 2018 - BRIDGET BARTOLINI

Описание: Bridget Bartolini, (Creator of Five Boro Story Project) grew up hearing her grandparents’ stories of living in the bustling tenements of the Upper East Side, where people raised pigs in their apartments and lit bonfires in the street, until the rising cost of living drove them to one of the furthest corners of the city: South Richmond Hill, Queens – “the boonies,” where the quiet kept them up at night. Her family has stayed there till this day, and seen enormous changes in the neighborhood and the city. Growing up in South Richmond Hill, an area that’s culturally rich but deprived of public resources, Bridget learned that “making it” meant getting out. Achieving success, and even having fun, was oriented towards Manhattan. But why?

Inspired by family stories of the old neighborhoods and her love of New York City, frustrated by negative stereotypes about the outer boroughs and the inequitable distribution of resources in the city, and motivated by her belief in the power of storytelling to connect people, Bridget began organizing community events under the Five Boro Story Project to create a platform for neighbors to come together and define our neighborhoods in our own terms, highlighting all there is to appreciate in the people and places that make up our homes. The Five Boro Story Project is growing and exploring ways to use storytelling to advance social justice and equity across neighborhoods, and love within neighborhoods.

Visit Bridget Bartolini's website at:
http://www.fiveborostoryproject.org/