{"id":225510,"date":"2026-05-09T05:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225510\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:01:31","slug":"brooklyn-museum-uovo-prize-winners-new-art-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225510\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Museum UOVO Prize winner\u2019s new art installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PROSPECT HEIGHTS \u2013 THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM WAS SET TO UNVEIL an outdoor art installation by <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/374026\/brooklyn-museum-names-keisha-scarville-recipient-of-2026-uovo-prize\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UOVO Prize<\/a> recipient Keisha Scarville on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The May 8 opening, timed to herald Mother\u2019s Day, will feature the work, \u201cKeisha Scarville: Where Salt Meets Black Water,\u201d at the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s Iris Cantor Plaza. The Brooklyn-born photographer designed the site-specific outdoor installation, which transforms individual remembrance and loss into communal memory and shared belonging. \u201cWhere Salt Meets Black Water,\u201d which also offers a poignant tribute to the Caribbean diaspora, will be on view through October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Scarville, who was awarded the UOVO Prize in March, was born to Guyanese parents who immigrated to New York in the 1960s. She draws from her own family history to examine the emotional resonance of inherited objects and images. Her art combines photography, collage and archival materials, bringing together photography, fabric and architectural space to create a gathering place for healing on the steps of the Iris Cantor Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>As the recipient of this year\u2019s UOVO Prize, Scarville will also unveil a mural on the facade of UOVO\u2019s Brooklyn facility in Bushwick. The mural features an archival photograph depicting a mother and child, juxtaposed against a garment belonging to the artist\u2019s mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PROSPECT HEIGHTS \u2013 THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM WAS SET TO UNVEIL an outdoor art installation by UOVO Prize recipient&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2571,3302,98,100,642,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-225510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-museum","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}