May 6 – August 29, 2010
Summer Space Program 2010
May 6 – 8
Jack Ceglic draws neighbors on St. Johns Place
For three days Jack Ceglic welcomes all neighbors who pass by the gallery to sit and have their portraits drawn in pen and ink.
May 8 – 9
International High School at Prospect Heights
Annual Exhibition of artwork made by students from the International High School at Prospect Heights, organized by their art teacher Cynthia Chatman
Thursday, May 13 at 8 p.m.
Third Avenue Repertory Theater
A workshop sequel to The Immigration Project – Anything to Declare?
May 16 – 29
Expats
Multimedia work by Salome Asega
Video by Yared Zeleke
With her multimedia work, Salome Asega negotiates ideas of Afro-identities, Transnationality and Movement. Yared Zelenke's film shows the story of Ye'absira, or Allula, a five year old who came close to being an orphan in one of the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Opening reception: Sunday, May 16, 5 – 7 p.m.
June 1 – June 4
Exhibition of drawings by Jack Ceglic
This exhibition is the culmination of the opening May Space Program event, for which Jack Ceglic spent three days drawing portraits of FiveMyles' neighbors who passed by the gallery.
June 6 – June 20
The Slave Theater
Photographs by Hiroki Kobayashi
In an effort to preserve the beautiful murals and paintings on the walls, Hiroki Kobayashi has documented this old theater on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, where generations of kids saw their first movies and where black activists held their meetings.
Opening reception: Sunday, June 6, 4 – 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 19 at 7 p.m.
Gentrifying Brooklyn:
The Buying, Selling and Repackaging of Crown Heights
Film by Laurel Brown and Abeni Garrett
Crown Heights Brooklyn – a neighborhood once dismissed as having only gunshots, drugs, and riots. Over time the residents of this primarily Afro-Caribbean/Afro-American mixed-income community have stabilized the neighborhood and transformed it to one reflecting their core values – from hosting the glorious West Indian Day parade to ushering in one of the largest landmarked historic districts in New York City.
But as the neighborhood turns around – a wave of new comers, business owners and real estate speculators seeking to attract new money into area want to quickly change its identity with one sweeping overhaul. And the most efficient way to do it – disregard the current name, gerrymander the neighborhood borders, and adopt the name of the more affluent neighboring town "Prospect Heights". With this rejiggering of neighborhood borders and identity – some say it's innocuous and inevitable – others say it's a calculated and detrimental. As gentrification takes hold, which group is entitled to have their values reflected in the neighborhood that emerges? You decide.
July 10 – August 1
Paintings by Charles Lutz
Continuing his exploration of the art market, Charles Lutz’ new series of work focuses on the 'art' of the auction. Using materials taken from the press and auction archives, he takes a closer look at the rhetoric and the headline-making hammer prices that have come to define the art world today.
Opening reception: Saturday, July 10, 5 – 8 p.m.
July 11 at 6 p.m.
Island Riffs: an evening of stories
Organized by Jane Coffey
Readers: Jane Coffey, Terence Mickey, Camille Wanliss Ortiz, Ibi Zoboi and Janee Pittman
August 8 – August 29
Photographs from the Book
In the Presence of Family: Brooklyn portraits
by Ann Rosen
Opening reception and book-signing: Sunday, August 8, 4 – 7 p.m.