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

NUEVA LUZ: Ippie Award Nomination

5058A-19617 (Native Americans) Camp Home series
Photograph © Kevin J. Miyazaki

153C–19617 (Quilt), Camp Home series
Photograph © Kevin J. Miyazaki

Isabel resting on the way home after helping her grandfather gathering pasture (quelite) for their goats during drought time. Isabel and her Grandfather, Close to Earth series, 2007. Photograph © Elizabeth Moreno

Ranch house at the Kakiwi Valleys, home of four goat-keeper families. After a good rainy season they fill up with water offering good pasture, but at times they have gone up to six years without rain, pushing the rancheros to migrate to other areas of the sierra. Los Llanos de Kakiwi, Close to Earth series, 2010. Photograph © Elizabeth Moreno

Dinner for 3, Domestic Observations and Occurrences series, 2005
Photograph © Cecil McDonald, Jr.

Frances Before Dinner, Domestic Observations and Occurrences series, 2006
Photograph © Cecil McDonald, Jr.

Nueva Luz Photographic Journal

Nueva Luz is a unique tri-annual photographic journal, featuring work by contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of African, Asian, Latino, and Native American heritage. It was awarded two 2011 and 2009 Ippie Awards for Best Photographic Essay, and nominated for another in 2012. Nueva Luz includes beautifully reproduced portfolios by remarkable photographers, with essays by leading photography curators, critics and authors from around the world.

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MIRIAM ROMAIS: Mission Murals

Hay Perro, 2011
Photograph © Miriam Romais

Hand, 2011
Photograph © Miriam Romais

Moon, 2011
Photograph © Miriam Romais

Photographs of Mission Murals by Miriam Romais

"The Muralist Movement in this predominantly Latino neighborhood in San Francisco (the Mission District) involves an act of acceptance, sharing, validation and celebration –– an art form that can be easily traced back to Mayan and Aztec scenes painted on temple walls, or the caves of Lascaux. Many are highly politicized statements, whether celebrating indigenous cultures, protesting the wars in Central America, or honoring the fight for freedom in Nepal. Life and art are intertwined here, each mural with its own message inspired by the works of Mexican Muralists and motivated by the Civil Rights movement." "My fascination with the meaning and temporality of these murals, inspires me to help preserve what can easily disappear or become vandalized, while helping the muralist further disseminate their little-known histories to new and broader geographic audiences. Many of these murals are kept as safe as possible thanks to PrecitaEyes.org* in San Francisco, which is why a percentage of print sales are being donated to this organization that has been so instrumental in their creation and preservation."–Miriam Romais

PAINTED VOICES: Photographs by Miriam Romais
January 16 - March 7
Grady Alexis Gallery / El Taller Latino Americano
2710 Broadway @ 104th St NYC

Miriam Romais is a NY based photographer, curator and also the Executive Director & Editor of En Foco & Nueva Luz Photographic Journal...read more