Place Matters  2000 Exhibition General Notes

(Partial funding for this on-line project is made possible through a grant from the Putnam Arts Fund which is administered by the Putnam Arts Council.)

This portion of the Southeast Museum's 2000 exhibit, focused on how our youth view their community. The museum staff approached the local schools to collaborate on a project where Brewster students would share their thoughts about what makes their hometown a special place, what improvement they would like to see and what they would like to convey to others about the Town of Southeast and Village of Brewster. The students expressed their ideas through a variety of media: photo essays, poems, surveys, written essays and other original artwork.

Here are some of the places they have identified as holding a special importance and some of the things the students had to say…