The Brass City / Grass Roots Exhibit, consisting of 10 colorful panels with historic maps, photographs and oral history interviews, profiles the history of agriculture in Waterbury, CT. The display will be in the UConn Waterbury Library until May 22. It will then travel to the UConn Storrs Dodd Research Center for display from June 1 to August 1. The public is invited to view this historic exhibit which explores the many ways in which agriculture, local food processing and local food marketing have made their mark in Waterbury over the past 150 years.
Conceived by Brass City Harvest Executive Director, Susan Pronovost, the display is based on a year and a half of research by Dr. Ruth Glasser, Urban Studies and History faculty on the Waterbury campus, along with UConn students and talented area photographers and mapmakers.
Research for this project was made possible by grants from Connecticut Humanities, the Waterbury Environmental Benefits Fund, and the Connecticut Community Foundation. The project was funded by and was part of Connecticut at Work, a year-long conversation on the past, present and future of work life in Connecticut created by Connecticut Humanities.
Display hours at the Waterbury campus library are Monday through Thursday, 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM and Fridays from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
For more information, contact: shelley goldstein at shelley.goldstein@uconn.edu