September 11 Memorial Projects

Beginning in 2005, BAC Folk Arts director Kay Turner initiated annual programming to commemorate September 11, 2001 and also to explore, document, and discuss various memorial traditions, especially those performed in Brooklyn...more

2011: Return, Remember: Ephemeral Memorials in the Legacy of September 11th
This 3-part memorial project included a call for participation to create and photograph a 9/11 memorial, a panel discussion & book launch, and a presentation of ten interactive artist-created memorial stations in Dumbo, Brooklyn...more

2010: September 11th Memorial Poetry Project
Every year since 2005, BAC has presented an annual September 11 memorial project. Past projects include film screenings, musical performances, and photo exhibitions...more

2009: September 11th Memorial Sing
BAC Folk Arts presents its annual September 11th Memorial project, which this year features performances of original songs about the events of September 11th and its aftermath...more

2008: Essay - September 11 Memorials: Tracing the Traces of Their History
For 2008, the seventh anniversary of the attacks, Turner’s project is publication of the following essay and possible responses to it that may be posted on BAC's online Forum...more

2007: September 11th Remembered in Film
Each year BAC Folk Arts addresses New York’s September 11th anniversary with a special memorial project. For the sixth anniversary we presented September 11th Remembered in Film, a screening of independent documentary and interpretive works...more

2006: Here Was New York
To mark the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, BAC Folk Arts mounted a major photo documentation exhibition, “Here Was New York: Twin Towers in Memorial Images,” held simultaneously in eleven different galleries in Brooklyn...more

2005: Art of Memory/Art of Memorial
Presented in conjunction with the Brooklyn Historical Society, this symposium addressed the longstanding tradition of memorial arts in Brooklyn...more