Nat Roe

Resident, Artist and co-founder of Silent Barn

Nat Roe, a resident and artist, talks about his involvement with the formation of Silent Barn, an artists' collective in Bushwick, as well as the impact the collective has had in community building in the neighborhood. He also shares his insights on the challenges posed by gentrification and its affect on artists, and examines how can artists and the community use their assets to push beyond the barriers of wealth and influence.


Interview details

Interview Title:

Interview with Nat Roe

Interviewee:

Nat Roe

Interviewer:

Cynthia Tobar

Interview Date:

August 21, 2015

Resource Type:

Recording, video

Format:

Digital, mp4

Subject:

Arts and culture, Gentrification , Activism, Displacement

Rights:

Cities for People, Not for Profit: Gentrification and Housing Justice in Bushwick by Cynthia Tobar is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You may reproduce it for non-commercial use if you attribute the source: Cities for People, Not for Profit.

Reference URL:

http://citiesforppl.org/interviews/interview-with-nat-roe

Bibliographic Citation:

"Interview with Nat Roe," in Cities for People, Not for Profit: Gentrification and Housing Justice in Bushwick, http://citiesforppl.org/interviews/interview-with-nat-roe