Wellness Center by the Arts and Democracy Project
Project Added: November 6, 2020
![In a school gymnasium, two lists hang from a low pole. One has a schedule of Wellness events and the other advertises a knitting circle.](/system/files/styles/project_database_node_header/private/2021-08/Wellness%20Center%20-%20Olivia%20Cintron.jpeg?itok=Atfdq3bp)
A schedule of arts programming at the Wellness Center in the Brooklyn Park Slope Armory
Image courtesy of Caron Atlas
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Brooklyn, New YorkRegion:
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OVERVIEW
After Hurricane Sandy hit NYC, the director of the Arts & Democracy Project was contacted and asked to create cultural arts programming and infrastructure for 500 elderly/special needs sheltering at Brooklyn's Park Slope Armory. Activities included music, visual art, writing, knitting and film.