VISIONS 1020: Curated by Beuford Smith

Visions 1020 Curated by Beuford Smith

March 8 to May 2

Opening Reception: March 8, 3-6PM
Panel Discussion: Saturday, March 28, 3-6PM

Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba House
214 East 2nd Street at Avenue B
New York, NY 10009

Curator Beuford Smith is well known as the Founder of Césaire Photo Agency; a founding member and past president of the Kamoinge Workshop (the pioneering photographic collective of New York based African-American photographers founded in 1963 at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement); cofounder of the Black Photographer's Annual and recipient of the “Culture of Legacy” Focus Award from the Griffin Museum of Photography. 

So many great photographers included. I hope to see you there!!

 

Kenkeleba House is a non-profit art gallery dedicated to celebrating and presenting the visual aesthetic and cultural legacy of African American artists and other artists of color that have been historically overlooked by the art world establishment and cultural mainstream. Kenkeleba has been at the forefront of positive change in New York City’s East Village for more than 30 years. (212) 674-3939 | kenkeleba@msn.com

Snapshot of Curator Beuford Smith (far right) with photographers Herb Robinson and Leslie Jean-Bart. BTW: Herb Robinson was the co-editor of "Timeless: Photographs by Kamoinge" (Schiffer Publishing). Both photographers work is included in Visions 1020.

LESLIE JEAN-BART : "Memories and Mysteries" at Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

Motivation of Imbalance

"Memories and Mysteries"Exhibition at

The Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

Skip The Worry

from the "Reality and Imagination” series

Leslie Jean-Bart

  The Light Within

from the "Reality and Imagination” series

Leslie Jean-Bart 

"Creativity of the Younger Generation"

Leslie Jean-Bart 

 

Photographers Beuford Smith and Leslie Jean-Bart

  Seeker

from the "Reality and Imagination” series 

Leslie Jean-Bart  

 Photographers Herb Robinson (left) with Leslie Jean-Bart (center)

and Cinematographer Jeffrey Akers

Corrine Jennings, Director Wilmer Jennings Gallery

with photographer Herb Robinson

Charlotte Allan viewing Leslie Jean-Bart's prints

Photo: William Avedon

 Artist Joe Overstreet and Corrine Jennings

with photographer Herb Robinson

 Leslie Jean-Bart (photographs) and Alex Mendoza's (paintings)

"Memories and Mysteries" Artist Reception

Artist Reception 

Photo and Video: Charlotte Allan

 

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Photographer Beuford Smith with Artist Joe Overstreet.

Smith recently received "The Culture of Legacy Award"

from the Griffin Museum of Photography

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Leslie Jean-Bart and Alex Mendoza
"Memories and Mysteries"

December 6, 2017 – January 20, 2018 

Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

219 E 2nd St. 

(between Avenues B and C)
New York, N.Y.10009

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 Joe Overstreet and Corrine Jennings established Kenkeleba House

Kenkeleba House was established by Artists Joe Overstreet and his wife, Corrine Jennings, Director of the Wilmer Jennings Gallery (the sister gallery named for Corrine Jennings's artist-father).

"Named for a West African plant believed to possess spiritual powers, Kenkeleba House is dedicated to the exhibition of artworks by African-American, Latino, Asian-American and Native American artists. Kenkeleba House sponsors six to ten exhibitions a year. Educational programs such as artist talks, demonstrations, performances and lectures are often supplement the exhibits. An outdoor sculpture garden enlivens the property. A satellite space, the Wilmer Jennings Gallery, is across the street at number 219.

Kenkeleba House New York

214 East 2nd Street

(between Avenues B and C)

New York, N.Y.10009

212-674-3939

*all snapshots © 2017 Elizabeth Avedon

except where indicated