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Phyllis Yampolsky
Phyllis Yampolsky (born 19??) is an American artist and activist. She is an early proponent of "participatory art."

Her most notable accomplishments:

-She was the first artist in residence of the New York City Parks Department.

-She lead the charge to restore McCarren Park pool.

EXHIBITIONS:

-Town Hall Wall??? 1962, Judson Memorial Church

-Art in the Open Air, 1966, Museum of Contemporary Crafts

-Participant in the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68, San Antonio, Texas

PERSONAL LIFE

Divorced from Peter Forakis,1970's, moves to Vermont. Raises children, Gia and Jozeph (born??). Focuses on yoga. Stops making art for the next 20 years.

Came back to New York. Focuses on teenagers in Brooklyn in the 90's.

Deborah Bright (born 1950) is an American photographer, writer, and educator. She is particularly noted for her imagery and scholarship on queer desire and politics, as well as on the ideologies of American landscape photography. Her work is in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other collections.

Bright's photographic projects have been exhibited internationally. Exhibition venues for Brights work include: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Museet for Fotokunst, Copenhagen; Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa; and at the Cambridge Darkroom and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Her photographs are also included in the collections of the Whitney Museum; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian; Addison Gallery of American Art; Foog Art Museum; The Boston Athenaeum, Rose Art Museum; University Art Museum at Binghamton University; California Museum of Photography, and The RISD Museum of Art.