Lobby Exhibition Credits

EXHIBITION TEAM

The 92nd Street Y, New York
Executive: Seth Pinsky, Alyse Myers, Chris Bynum, Christian Gaul
Archival Research and Project Management: Caitlin Biggers
Digital Media Design: Catherine Pollock, Saoul Vanderpool, Chuck Gates
Editorial: Catherine Pollock, Dan Poppick, Laraine Perri
Video Production: Andrew Krucoff, Rob Tendy, Paolo Mastrangelo, Chris Black
Web Development: David Meyer, Bernadette Cumento
Information Technology: Dave Holub
Additional Contributors: Rolando Nunez Baza, Megan Doyle, Susan Engel, Helen Frank, Wendy Goldstein, Rabbi David Ingber, Erin Lally, Malka Lowenstein, Alison Manning, Sarah Richmond, Nicholas Russotto, Karen Seo, Bobby Silverman, Yana Stotland, Monica Sunwoo, Allison Valchuis, Jonathan Wahl, Lauren Wexler, Lucas Wittmann, Julia Zeuner

KUDOS Design Collaboratory / KASA Collective
Creative Director: John Kudos
3D Creative Director: Robert de Saint Phalle
Research & Curation: Julia Knight
Designers: Jocelyn Lau & Caitlin Yackley
Digital Designer: Jamus Marquette
Software Developers: Chris Manlapid, Arif Widipratomo
Project Manager: Jess Mackta
Exhibit Fabricator: Communal Objects
Exhibit Graphics: Wonderful Signs
Muralist: Very Fine Signs
A/V Integration: AV Design & Integration

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners
Design: Kerry Nolan, Elizabeth Kim

Cumming Group
Project Management: RJ Panda, Joseph Buxbaum, Michael Watson, Steffany Malarik, David Volz

This exhibition is made possible with generous support from Catherine Hannah Behrend, David Berg Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Lafer Family.

Photo Credits: 

A Place For All

Michael Priest Photography, Oprah Winfrey and Arthur C. Brooks in Conversation with George Stephanopoulos: Build the Life You Want, Sep 12, 2023. Courtesy of 92NY.

Beowulf Sheehan, Ben Stiller at A Celebration of John Guare at the 92nd Street Y, February 6, 2023. Courtesy of 92NY.

Beowulf Sheehan, Meryl Streep at A Celebration of John Guare at the 92nd Street Y, February 6, 2023. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Portrait of Alvin Ailey, March 22, 1955. Gelatin silver photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Leonard Cohen Backstage at 92NY, 1966. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Akira Kinoshita, Itzhak Perlman. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

James Earl Jones Backstage at 92NY, 1973. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Nancy Crampton, Happy Birthday, Margaret Atwood!, 2014. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Lura Burnette, Maya Angelou Backstage at 92NY, 1971. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Nancy Crampton, Philip Roth at 92NY. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Beowulf Sheehan, Salman Rushdie and Daniel Kehlmann: The Eleventh Hour, November 6, 2025. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Yo-Yo Ma, 1980. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Michael Priest Photography, Martin Scorcese, 2024. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

92nd Street Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association, The Y Bulletin, Vol. 64, No. 11, January 9, 1963. Bulletin. Courtesy of 92NY.

Elie Wiesel Begins 37-Year Lecture Series at Y, 1967. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Amos Oz, The Meaning of Homeland: The Tragic Confrontation of Two Rights, 1974. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Chloe Apple Seldman/Michael Priest Photography, Misty Copeland, 2015. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Martha Graham, 1930s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Michael Priest Photography, Bette Midler, October 18, 2016. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

John Coltrane. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

The Jazz Theatre Concert Series: John Coltrane, 1962. Program. Courtesy of 92NY.

Rod Morata / Michael Priest Photography, Sir Tony Blair. Jun 27, 2016. Courtesy of 92NY.

Valerie Caviness Photography, Dr. Ruth, November 20, 2019. Courtesy of 92NY.

“Shimon Peres in Conversation with Charlie Rose,” February 16, 2021. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

Joyce Culver, Calvin Klein. Oct 17, 2011. Courtesy of 92NY.

Stephanie Rancou, Isamu Noguchi with Louise Nevelson at the Skowhegan Award, 1977. Print. Courtesy of The Isamu Noguchi Archive.

Titans in the Arts: Two Conversations. Program flyer. Courtesy of 92NY.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Oct 20, 2022. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

“Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven, String Quartet in F minor, ’Serioso,’” October 24, 2009. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

The Dance Center 1946–47: José Limón, Letitia Ide, Miriam Pandor, Meg Mundy, with Pauline Koner, February 23, 1947. Program. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jose Limón dancing. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

“Paul McCartney with Charlie Rose: Blackbird Singing,” April 24, 2001. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

Michael Priest Photography, Bruce Springsteen. Sep 13, 2022. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Stephen Sondheim, Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Nancy Crampton, Kazuo Ishiguro, 2015. Courtesy of 92NY.

Amy Tierney, Amy Tan at Professional Dancers Society “Gypsy Awards”, February 26, 2006. Photograph.

Learning For Life

Steve J. Sherman, Jazz in July, 1985. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY. Voice Lesson. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

A.W. Binder Conducting the Junior Opera Company, 1922. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Ilana Rubenfeld teaching music theory, 1963. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Todd France, Drum Lesson, May 18, 2018. Photograph.

W, Kurtz, Emma Lazarus, engraved by T. Johnson. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Statue of Liberty. Photograph. Courtesy of The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

W.H. Auden Backstage at 92NY, 1966. Courtesy of 92NY.

Adult tap class, 1949. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Anna Sokolow teaching, 1975. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Doris Humphrey, 1949. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Joseph Sinnott, Future Dance, April 15, 2023. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jaqlin Medlock, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Directed by Megan Doyle 2024. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jaqlin Medlock, The Velveteen Rabbit, Directed by Megan Doyle 2018. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jaqlin Medlock, Messy Millie, Directed by Megan Doyle 2025. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jaqlin Medlock, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Directed by Megan Doyle 2022
Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Film class, circa 1950s, Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Ceramics class, circa 1940s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jewelry class, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Art class, circa 1930s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Ivan Samkov, Child painting with teacher, December 4, 2020. Photograph.

Nursery School, 1964-65. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

After School, 1900. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Emily Rosenthal, Nursery School, March 1955. Photograph.Courtesy of 92NY.

Nursery School, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Pavel Danilyuk, Boys playing on the floor, May 20, 2021. Photograph.

Parenting Center, 1979. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jennifer Weisbord, Kids in the Kitchen, Feb 20, 2019. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jennifer Weisbord, New Parent Get Together, Feb 20, 2019. Courtesy of 92NY.

Putulu Ningombam, Man and Woman Hands Supporting Baby Feet, August 14, 2021. Photograph.

Summer Camp, 1903. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Boy Scout Troop, 1913. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Summer Camp, Undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Sean Chee, Climbing Wall, July 7, 2024. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Lura Burnette, Maya Angelou Backstage at 92NY, 1971. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

“New York, City of Rhythms: Samara Joy,” May 26, 2023. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

“Discover Music: Christian McBride Trio,” May 15, 2024. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

Nancy Crampton, Tracy K. Smith, Jenny Xie and Javier Zamora meet with high school students at 92Y, 2018. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Athletics, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Swimmers, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Gym, undated. Photograph, Courtesy of 92NY.

Adam Cai, People Swimming in the Pool, June 14, 2021. Photograph.

Digital Column Screens

W, Kurtz, Emma Lazarus, engraved by T. Johnson. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Lynn Gilbert, Louise Nevelson portrait, 1976. Photograph. Courtesy of The Pace Gallery, New York.

Jack Prelutsky, Kurt Vonnegut reads at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center, 1970. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Rollie McKenna, Dylan Thomas, 1952. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

William Carlos Williams passport photograph, 1920. Public Domain. Photograph. Courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Rollie McKenna, Truman Capote. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Portrait of Langston Hughes, February 29, 1936. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

The YMHA Bulletin, November 4, 1927. Publication. Courtesy of 92NY.

Elie Wiesel Begins 37-Year Lecture Series at Y, 1967. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Desmond Tutu, Social Good Summit, September 22, 2012. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

Maya Angelou Montage, 1987. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

William P. Gottlieb, Adam Cuerden, Thelonious Monk, September 1947. Public Domain. Photograph.

JP Roche, Dizzy Gillespie, November 17, 1971. Creative Commons. Photograph.

Tom Marcello, Charles Mingus, July 4, 1976. Creative Commons. Photograph.

Steve J. Sherman, Jazz in July, 1985. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images, Hank Greenberg Opening Day, April 20, 1938. Photograph.

Audience at Kaufman Auditorium, 1950s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Martha Graham & Bertram Ross, 1961. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Fred Berk & Katya Delakova, 1940s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Hanya Holm, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Marthe Krueger, Anna Sokolow in Kaddish, 1945. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jose Limón dancing. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Pearl Primus, 1940s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Portrait of Carmen de Laballade, 1955. Public Domain. Photographic print: gelatin silver.

S. Falk, Pearl Lang, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Yuriko, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Portrait of Harry Belafonte, 1954. Photographic print, gelatin silver.

Minutes Book, March 22nd, 1874. Scan. Courtesy of 92NY.

Library, 1899. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Current Site, circa 1900s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Cornerstone laying, 1930. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Mens Gym Class, March 1926. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Shofar historical. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jaqlin Medlock, The Velveteen Rabbit, directed by Megan Doyle, December 2018. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Senior Program, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Nursery School, circa 1950s. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jennifer Weisbord, “Gala Intro Video”, 2019. Video Still. Courtesy of 92NY.

John Thomas Suhar, Dance Education Laboratory event, 2015. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Richard Termine, Lyrics & Lyricists: The Bobby Darin Story, 2018. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Richard Termine, Lyrics & Lyricists Jr.: Celebrating Sondheim, 2023. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Digital Interactive

Arthur Miller, 1997. Public Domain. Photograph.

Kurt Vonnegut, 1970. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Andrés Segovia, November 3, 1962. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Joseph Sinnott, Ballet Hispánico, February 21, 2024. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Barkha Patel. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Richard Termine, YY Dance Company: Elsewhere, 2025. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Richard Termine, Paul Taylor Dance Company, May 13, 2024. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Richard Termine, Dorrance Dance, 2023. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Hope Boykin. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Chi Modu, Christian McBride, 2020. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Avi Ohayon, Shimon Peres, Presidential Portrait, March 15, 2010. Photograph. Creative Commons, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dario Acosta, Garrick Ohlsson, 2017. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Michael Priest Photography, Preview Screening of Little Women with Writer-Director Greta Gerwig, 2019. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Allan Warren, James Baldwin, 1969. Photograph. Creative Commons.

Gianna Bertoli/Michael Priest Photography, Jamie Foxx with Michael Strahan, May 23, 2017. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Stuart Clarke, Jane Goodall, 2010. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Carl Van Vechten, Truman Capote, 1948. Photograph. Public domain.

Leonard Cohen Backstage at 92NY, 1966. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Mara Pilatsky, Margaret Atwood, 1975. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Gianna Bertoli/Michael Priest Photography, Marina Abramović in Conversation with Carl Swanson, 2017. Photograph.

Rollie McKenna, Dylan Thomas. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Martha Graham: Letter to the World, 1940. Public Domain. Courtesy of 92NY.

Brigitte Lacombe, Meryl Streep, 2024. Photograph.

Raphael Pour-Hashemi, Paul McCartney in conversation with Paul Muldoon And Samira Ahmed, November 5, 2021. Creative Commons. Photograph.

Milton Martínez/Mexico City Ministry of Culture, Yo-Yo Ma Performing the Bach Project, Plaza de la República, March 26, 2019. Photograph. Courtesy of the Mexico City Ministry of Culture, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meredith Truax, Samara Joy, 2022. Photograph.

Neda Navaee, Orpheus Symphony Orchestra. Photograph.

Bernard Gotfryd, Stephen Sondheim, New York, 1972. Color transparency (35mm slide). Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

“Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven, String Quartet in F minor, ’Serioso,’” October 24, 2009. Video still. Courtesy of 92NY.

Fred Palumbo, Betty Friedan, 1960. Photograph. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.

Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography, Jacques Pépin, 2017. Photograph.

Shawn Miller, Amy Tan Speaks with Marie Arana at the National Book Festival, September 1, 2018. Photograph. Public Domain. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Elie Wiesel, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Kenneth C. Zirkel, Carl Sagan speaks at Cornell University, 1987. Creative Commons. Photograph.

Christopher Michel, Ann Druyan at her home, November 3, 2025. Creative Commons. Photograph.

Bruce Gilbert/Newsday, Toni Morrison Photographed in Manhattan, October 13, 2003. Photograph. Newsday LLC/Getty Images.

Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography, Sally Field, 2018. Photograph.

Richard Termine, Caleb Teicher and Veronica Swift, 2023. Photograph.

Urban Bush Women, Teen Arts Week, March 2, 2020. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Dick DeMarsico, Mary McCarthy, 1963. Photograph. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.

Nancy Crampton, Philip Roth at 92NY, 2014. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Jim Gilbert, Joan Baez at The Egg, Albany, NY, March 25, 2016. Photograph. Creative Commons, via Wikimedia Commons.

Arthur Sirdofsky, Pablo Neruda, 1972 . Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Walter Mori/Mondadori Publishers, Vladimir Nabokov, 1973. Photograph. Public domain.

Lower Level Vinyls

Richard Termine, Chris Lewis, Jul 20, 2025. Courtesy of 92NY.

Joseph Sinnott, Simone Porter, May 6, 2023. Courtesy of 92NY.

Janet Collins, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Steven Pisano, Future Dance Festival, Apr 11, 2025. Courtesy of 92NY.

Yo-Yo Ma, 1980. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Vladimir Kolesnikov, Sharon Stone & Jerry Saltz, Dec 15, 2023. Courtesy of 92NY.

Mark Doyle/Marc Levine, Michael Priest Photography, Ed Helms in Conversation with Samantha Bee, Apr 28, 2025. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Joseph Sinnot, Doron Perk in Future Dance, Apr 15, 2023. 

Richard Termine, Stephanie Styles in The Bobby Darin Story, Jan 20, 2018.

Rod Morata / Michael Priest Photography, Adam Gopnik. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Margalit Oved, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

John Kelly, Pearl Lang, 1960. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Judith Jamison, undated. Photograph. Courtesy of 92NY.

Ground Floor Vinyls

Greta Hoffman, Person Painting an Artwork, Apr 27, 2021. Photograph.

Nasim Keshmiri, A Person Sculpting a Cup, July 16, 2022. Photograph.

Roman Odintsov, Close-up of Woman Writing in a Journal Outdoors, May 30, 2021. Photograph.

Yunus Tuğ, A Man Holding A Basketball on Top of a Basketball Court, December 16, 2022. Photograph.

Cottonbro Studio, Child Playing with Lego Blocks, Jan 27, 2020. Photograph.

Yan Krukau, Boy Playing with Wooden Blocks, July 4th, 2021. Photograph.

NordWood Themes, Yellow Bottoms, January 21, 2018. Photograph.

kbycphotography, Retire at the barre in T strap Jazz Shoes in dance class, August 12, 2017. Photograph.