Evening Gallery Talk - Letchworth Village with Kerwin McCarthy at the HSRC

Evening Gallery Talk – Letchworth Village – The Village Years with guest curator Kerwin McCarthy

October 18, 2012  at 7:15pm

Letchworth Village, was a residential institution located in Thiells, New York, built for the developmentally  disabled of all ages from the newborn to the elderly. Opened in 1911, Letchworth Village at its peak consisted of over 130 buildings spread out over 2,000 acres of land.

Please join us on October 18^th at 7:15pm for a special Gallery Talk with the Curator of our current exhibition Letchworth Village – The Village Years.  This exhibition is on view now and will continue through October 31^st. 

Letchworth Village:  The Village Years commemorates the centennial of Letchworth Village and illustrates how Letchworth began, how it grew and thrived and then how and why it declined and finally closed at the end of the 20^th century.  The exhibition utilizes many photographic images including those of Margaret Bourke White who visited Letchworth in 1932 and Arnold Genthe who visited in 1941.  

Kerwin McCarthy, the guest curator of this exhibition will be at The Historical Society of Rockland County on October 18^th at 7:15pm.  This will be the one and only opportunity to hear from the curator, Kerwin McCarthy, about this informative and educational exhibition.    In addition to curating this exhibition, Mr. McCarthy is a public affairs official for the Hudson Valley Office of the Developmentally Disabled, Region 4.  He has been working for this office for the past 31 years. 

Space is limited.  Admission is free, but reservations are required.  Please email us at info@rocklandhistory.org or call 845 634 9629 to make a reservation.