Oral History Archive

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Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
Alisa Minyukova
Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach
Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City
Richard Glazer-Danay
Artist who grew up in Coney Island and whose artwork celebrates his Mohawk iron worker ancestry
Tina Mednicoff Smokler
Growing up in Coney Island and being elected to Leon Friend's Art Squad at Lincoln High School
Sofya Dudnik
Embroidery artist and Coney Island resident who emigrated from Moscow in 2010
Samantha Robles (Cake)
Tattoo artist who grew up in Coney Island's West End
John Philip Capello
Mystery artist who carved faces into rocks on the shoreline at Brighton Beach
Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
Frederick Brosen
Artist whose watercolors of the Astroland Rocket and Wonder Wheel sign are emblematic of Coney Island
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Memories of growing up a block from the ocean and being head of Lincoln High School's Art Squad
Xin Song
Artist who used traditional Chinese paper cutting to create public art in Bay Parkway subway station
George Ancona
The art of growing up Mexican American in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s
Yi Xin Tong (in English)
Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lu feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
Yi Xin Tong
Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lushan feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
Lisa Marie Pompilio
Horses, hot type, tattoos, sideshows, and graphic design
Hawley Hussey
Sea Gate artist, writer, educator and year-round swimmer
Stephen Gaffney
Artist and educator who restored the old signs and painted new ones for Paul's Daughter