March 17, 10–11 a.m.
Public Event
WHAT IS HOME?
Willie Baronet
Kingsborough Art Museum
In person, artist talk and signage-making workshop
March 17, 1:30–3 p.m.
Public Event
SIGNS OF HUMANITY
2017
Willie Baronet
Art & Science Building, 163
In person, film screening and director’s talk
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Signs of Humanity is a documentary film that explores interrelated themes of home, homelessness, compassion, and humanity. Willie Baronet has purchased more than 2,000 homeless signs over the past twenty-seven years. He uses this collection to create installations to raise awareness about homelessness. During the month of July 2014, Willie and three filmmakers drove across the country, interviewing more than 100 people on the streets and purchasing over 280 signs. Signs of Humanity is a film about that trip.
March 17, 3–4 p.m.
Public Event
HOME IS A JOURNEY
Willie Baronet
Starting from Kingsborough Art Museum
In this event, each participant will hold one homeless sign and march on campus to show their support for homeless people.
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About Willie Baronet
After a prolific career in advertising design, Willie Baronet began creating art out of homeless signs to raise public awareness on housing insecurity. Since 1993, he has purchased more than 2,000 signs from the homeless as part of a long-term art project titled, We Are All Homeless.