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Photo Exhibit Explores Italian-American Immigration
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
by: Sandra Lee

A photography exhibit focusing on New Jersey's Italian immigrants will take place at  Gallery One, One Gateway Center, in Newark from October 30  - November 6,  12  - 2 p.m.  The exhibit is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Newark Italian Consulate, and the Charles and Joan Alberto Institute of Italian Studies, Seton Hall University.
 
Curated by Sandra Lee,  a professor in the College of Education and Human Services, and a Research Associate in the Alberto Institute of Italian Studies, the exhibit is  based on images Dr. Lee collected for Italian Americans of Newark, Belleville, & Nutley, published last year by Arcadia Press.

"From Italy to America: Faces of Italian Immigrants/Italian Americans preserves part of the lives and the legacy of these brave men and women, and makes them part of our present and our future," Dr. Lee comments.
 
New images from local families are being added to the collection, and a second book is planned. The photographs  are selected for their historical value and interest, and focus on the original neighborhoods, Italian immigrants, and their families and descendants. The vision of this project is to serve the future by preserving the past images of Italian heritage -- neighborhoods, families, work, and religious life.

For more information please contact:
Sandra Lee
(973) 762- 3280
sandra.lee@shu.edu