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Dear Derval, HELLO!!!!!! I am writing on behalf of the Museum and our partners at NYCHA and the Public Housing Community Fund to let you know that YOU ARE THE WINNER of our Art Competition. Thank you for your participation in the NPHM Art Competition. The distinguished panel of judges included the Derrick Adams, the […]
Derval Fairweather’s Original Artwork Selected After NYCHA-wide Design Competition Free Museum Memberships Now Available to All NYCHA Residents The National Public Housing Museum, the nation’s first cultural institution dedicated to telling the story of public housing in the United States, announced on November 26 that its inaugural membership card will feature artwork from Derval Fairweather, […]
The New York City Housing Authority first opened its doors in 1935 with just over 100 apartments at the First Houses. As one of the earliest public housing developments in the nation, it served as a model for quality housing for low- and middle-income families. Almost 90 years later, there are an estimated 1.2 million […]
Derval Fairweather has been drawing and painting since he was a young boy. Soon, one of his paintings will be replicated and placed in the hands of many as it becomes the design on the membership card for the new National Public Housing Museum opening soon in Chicago. Mr. Fairweather’s piece was selected from a […]