exhibitions: main gallery and plus/space

black girl magic

10/12-10/10
Louella Jones presents a collection of inspired creations through the medium of polymer clay.

untitled

9/12-10/6
Jay Moses presents an exhibition of painted and digitally rendered collages.

mas! pan! calypso!

8/3-9/8
Pat Nurse exhibits hand-made larger-than-life carnival costumes.

First Language

7/4-7/31
Debra Pearlman presents an installation of UV printed aluminium sculptures of young bodies in motion. Leaping, jumping, pushing or falling, the bodies become metaphors for aspiration and struggle.

why??

5/25-6/30
Hanne Tierney presents an installation/performance that asks the question, Why, through history, have men killed and slaughtered each other in battles and wars?

a connected line

5/25-6/30
Jess Frederick exhibits drawings and paintings that seek to express the unspoken but powerful connections between people and animals.

Samsara - (re)Cycle of Life

5/11-19
Kalyani Ganapathy exhibits a collection of hand-made dolls that she creates using recycled household materials.

behind the scenes

4/6-5/12
An exhibition by eleven of the artists who have helped in the running of FiveMyles over its 25 years.

anxiety is a love I cannot break up with

4/6-5/5
Juliet Martin exhibits an installation of fiber works that act as her memoir.

a room without a house

3/2-3-31
Sarah Crofts presents a Plus/Space installation that investigates and documents four generations of her family history.

New work: four artists

3/2-3-31
Darla Ebanks, John Descarfino, Kathleen Maximin and Angrette McCloskey exhibit.

paradise, a light in our stars

2/15-2/25
An exhibition of painting, drawing, ceramics and collage by Scarlett Lingwood. The exhibition is curated by Ruby Lindsey.

the secret chamber of the heart

2/17-2/25
An exhibition of paintings by Nick Wolf.

POSSIBLY PAINTINGS

1/13-2/11
A group exhibition featuring works by Miguel de la Cruz, Roger Loft and Isaac Paris.

ROADSIDE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

1/13-2/11
An installation by Paul Zelevansky.

SpaceProgram

11/9
mere mortals too close too close falling back (sky so sky)
(after Anne Carson, Rachel Eisendrath, Byron Kim, Geoffrey Hendricks, Magritte, Kermit the Frog and so many others)
A two-hour multi-media durational experience with film, music and performance, featuring Daonne Huff with Joshua Araujo, Arone Dyer, Kiowa Hammons and Aron Sanchez.
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10/25
Anonymous Ensemble presents RECUERDO / REMEMBER, an interactive performance event that explores memories made and lost.
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10/6
Jordan Wason presents an installation of two new animations, and a collection of related collage paintings and assemblage sets. With a live score featuring Zachary Mezzo on violin and Benji Wason on guitar.
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8/4
Cait Campbell presents a day of programming in celebration and commemoration of Juneteenth.
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7/27
Keisha St. Joan gives a concert for her birthday, accompanied by Patrick Poladian on the piano and Michael Williams on the drums.

5/19
Book launch for Jiwon Choi’s third collection of poetry, A Temporary Dwelling. The event will feature an artist talk with artist Barbara Friedman, whose painting “Stroll” is the cover for the book.
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5/18
Join Madi Dangerously for a one-off live performance of her newly released spoken word EP, Hello Blu3bird Vol.2, with special guests.
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5/11
Anonymous Ensemble presents: Jessica the Tall and Friends in Concert, an evening of music and performance.
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5/5
Kyana Brindle presents Return to the Waters, a ritual performance.
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5/4
Azul, a performance by Verónica Santiago Moniello with music by Michael Amacio.
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5/1
Witches Flower, Witches Fire: A May Day Celebration. Annie Finch, Haleh Liza Gafori, Kassandra Khalil, and Ingrid Norton invoke the beauty, power, and freedom of the divine feminine with poetry, music, and myth.
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4/27
Jeanne Wilkinson presents “Earthlings” - a Cloud Tunnel experience.
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4/15
Jovani Plunkett presents Di Jurnalz, a self-written and directed play.
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4/2
Hans Accola presents The Last Sculpture, an edited time-lapse video that follows the formative years of a large sculpture as it comes into being.
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3/30
BLOOM: An evening of song, movement and words with Serena Jost, Julian Maile, Rob Jost and Konrad Meissner.
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3/14
Join us for a fusion of music, poetry, and creativity with a reading by Anca Stuparu, music by Nicole Brancato and performance by Marie Christine Katz, to celebrate their collaborative work The Blade Of Words.
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2/22
Christine Stoddard and collaborators screen a selection of video poems based on her critically-acclaimed book Belladonna Magic, as well as her experimental documentary, La Gringa Guananca. 
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1/21
An afternoon of poetry and music, with poetry by Janee Pittman, poetry and music by Titania Musiq and drumming by Kwesi Camara.

exhibitions: main gallery and plus/space

three artists

11/25-1/7
A group exhibition featuring works by Deborah Everett, Nina Meledandri and Susan Newmark.

wing study i

11/25-1/7
An installation of sculpture by AV Ryan with lighting design by Linnaea Tillett.

Barbara Hatfield & Rudolph Serra: Out in the Open

10/21-11/19
Barbara Hatfield and Rudolph Serra, two artists who keenly explore the tradition and deconstruction of plein-air activity are brought together here for the first time. The exhibition is curated by Allyson Spellacy.

alien bloom

10/21-11/19
Eteri Chkadua and Gocha Chkadua present an installation of sculpture and painting.

roundabout

9/9-10/15
Debra Pearlman exhibits a series of photo-based paintings and sculpture built around images of children.

Trapping Reality

9/9-10/8
Kerwin K. Williamson exhibits digital prints inspired by the vandalised ads that plaster the streets of New York City.
The exhibition is curated by Allyson Spellacy.

the hysterical sublime

8/19-9/5
Barbara Friedman exhibits her latest series of oil paintings. The works depict animal and sometimes human figures that have emerged from pools of paint poured onto the canvas.

The Garden

8/19-9/3
Ricardo St. Louis exhibits his nature photographs, all taken in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

gathering

7/8-8/13
Cecile Chong and Sophia Ma curate the work of 33 Asianish artists.

being seen, part II

7/8-8/13
Ann Rosen presents a photographic series highlighting the personal histories of women affected by homelessness, addiction and displacement. The exhibition is curated by Charlotta Kotik.

benefit exhibition

6/15-6/25
An exhibition of 70 original artworks donated by FiveMyles artists.

potato readers

5/13-6/25
The Midnight Milk Show presents a kinetic installation in the Plus/Space.

A Través de Nuestros Ojos

5/13 - 6/11
A Través de Nuestros Ojos by Orlando Hunter and Ricarrdo Valentine is an intimate, tender, and authentic photographic narrative of the in/visible African heritage of Afro-Mexican kinfolk in Coyolillo, Veracruz. 

two artists

4/1-5/7
A two-person exhibition with prints by Mildred Beltré and sculpture by Elisa D’Arrigo.

Inside Outside

4/1-5/7
An exhibition of Windowphilia paintings by Meridith McNeal.

environmental memorial

2/25-3/26
A solo exhibit by Linda Cunningham, featuring sculpture and works on canvas.

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE

2/25-3/26
Barbara Campisi exhibits a sculptural light installation in the Plus/Space.

Dreaming woman

1/21-2/19
Jo Wood-Brown showcases collected stories of “Dreaming Woman” through painting, video, installation, and performance.

may the tide

1/21-2/19
Jessica Tawczynski exhibits collaged and painted works on paper that explore the literal navigation of this life, steered within the vastness of the cosmos.
Curated by Marine Cornuet.

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12/3
TOGETHER – with Poets and Musicians on a Sunday Afternoon. Enjoy the surprise and delight of poetry, music and art in a relaxed salon atmosphere, featuring Felice Belle, Kate Gardner, The Aaron Irwin Trio, Travis Montez and Katie Ann Turner.
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11/11
Grammy award winner Joel Thome and Phil Moffa present Event Horizon along with performances by members of Artists4Peace, Deborah Thurlow, Clive Smith, Mike Amacio, Veronica Santiago, Padmaja Ganapathy and Homayoon Beigi.  

11/10
Christina McPhee presents “XTINA3000 AND FRIENDS: A CATASEISMIC BLAST AND MUSICAL OFFERING”, a screening of four immersive landscape and animated short films.
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10/27, 10/28
The Crown Heights Film Festival will host two nights of short film screenings at FiveMyles.
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10/13
Poet and art writer Jonathan Goodman reads his poetry.

10/7
“When They Have Their Own Historians: Wearable Books II": Art, Poetry, and Culinary Traditions. Reading event and book launch curated by Fei Li of Accented Projects.
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10/8
The well-known, Brooklyn based poet Keisha-Gaye Anderson will read from her latest book, A Spell for Living.

10/1
An evening of poetry with Jennifer Firestone, Sarah Riggs, Reagan Upshaw and others.
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9/23
Kuba Dworak, the internationally acclaimed classical trained jazz double bassist from Poland performs.  
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9/15, 9/16
Clara Wiest presents Exploration of the Everchanging, Iteration 7, One-on-One. This interactive, experimental performance art project dissects the audience-performer relationship to its core.
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8/18
An evening of performance with vocalist Shakema.
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6/19
Cait Campbell presents a day of programming at FiveMyles, to honour and celebrate Juneteenth.

6/10
Tony Saunders, artist and musician, performs synthesised sounds in the Main Gallery.
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6/9
Christine Stoddard screens her latest film Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares.
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5/19, 6/2
Andrea Hintermaier presents two live readings, CHOICE and EXPERIMENT TINDER, performed by a Devin Burnam, Devon Caraway and Rebecca Harris, Andrea Hintermaier and Jack O’Neill.
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5/13
Rickie T. James presents Work of Art in Architecture, an exhibition and short film exploring the local architecture and monuments of Clinton Hill and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, NY.

5/6, 5/7
Marc Lafia presents two evenings of distinct performances of “The Practicing Human”, in Hanne Tierney’s studio.
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4/2
Jazz legend Keisha St. Joan presents a spiritual journey through jazz alongside Ricardo St. Louis on harmonica, Kim Clarke on bass, and Michael Dawson and Sabor on the conga drums.

3/11
Experimental quartet spit temple perform, with tinuade on vocals, kiowa on sax/percussion, jacqui on guitar, and pauline on keys.

2/4
Shinnai Meets Puppetry: The Peony Lantern
A work-in-progress, performed by Sachiyo Takahashi, Rowan Magee and Emma Wiseman.

Exhibitions: Main Gallery And Plus/Space

Trajectory: FiveMyles

10/19 - 12/15
An exhibition celebrating FiveMyles’ 20th anniversary, curated by Charlotta Kotik with William Corwin. In the Main Gallery.

Nicole Awai, Mildred Beltre, Bahar Behbahani, Martha Haile, Alexandre Kyungu Mwilambwe, Sa’dia Rehman, Roberto Visani

The Waters of the Future

10/19 - 12/15
An exhibition of wood-block prints by Florence Neal. In the Plus/Space.

18 STANZAS SUNG TO A TATAR REED WHISTLE

09/19 - 10/05
Exhibition and performances by Hanne Tierney

Conceived, constructed and performed by Hanne Tierney; Music: Jane Wang; Video Art: Hannah Wasileski; Narrator: Rachel Lu; Lighting Design: Trevor Brown ; Co-performer: Brooke Van Hensbergen

ALWAYS LIGHT

09/14 - 10/13
Painting and Drawing by Barbara Hatfield, in the Plus/Space

Work In Progress

07/18 - 09/05
A.V. Ryan was FiveMyles’ artist in residency of the summer, building a wooden continuation of her welded temple into the Plus/Space.

Condo Conundrum

08/01 - 08/30
24 tents constructed of flattened aluminum cans, referencing homelessness, and the tent cities that house refugees. By Ronen Gamil. In the Main Gallery.

Provenance

06/01 - 07/07
New series of manipulated prints by Shervone Neckles. In the Main Gallery

WORK MACHINES

05/30 - 07/07
Kinetic sculptures by George Simonds in the Plus/Space

FiveMyles Benefit Exhibition

04/27 - 05/19
An exhibition of exceptional work by 81 FiveMyles artists. The works were donated for the FiveMyles benefit.

Strange Fruit

03/30 - 04/28
An installation and performances by Eleanor Kipping in the Plus/Space

FROM PLANE TO SPACE

03/23 - 04/21
Judith Murray, Cordy Ryman. In the Main Gallery.
Curator: Lilly Wei

A Sound Of Light Appearing Around the Bend

02/09 - 03/16
An interactive, maze-like, light installation by Barbara Campisi, following a three-week installation residency in the gallery.

Inception

02/16 - 03/17
Cyanotype prints on fabric and vinyl tile inlays by Dionis Ortiz in the Plus/Space

HOPE

01/05 - 01/28
Installation and photography by Andres J. Hoyos in the Plus/Space

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Time is a Spell
12/03
A Listening & Vibe session celebrating the latest music release & visuals by Madi Dangerously, with live sets by Path P, Wumxxn, Krak!, Dom O Briggs, and Marc Andre.

Crown Heights Open Studios
10/16
Artist opened their studios to the public in Crown Heights, and FiveMyles participated with:
- Seven artist group show, curated by Charlotta Kotik
- Solo exhibition in the Plus/Space by Florence Neal
- Solo exhibition at the Haiti Cultural Exchange by Marie St. Cyr
- Studio exhibition by Giovanni Rivera

Crown Heights Film Festival
10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 7pm
Three evenings of short films from Brooklyn, New York, and all over the world. More info at www.crownheightsfilmfestival.com

Concert with Keisha St. Joan
08/10, 6-9pm
Celebrate summer with Keisha St. Joan who will perform during the opening reception for A.V. Ryan, and Ronen Gamil, on the wide sidewalk in front of FiveMyles.

Play Reading: “The Slave” by Amiri Baraka
07/22
This reading featured Julian Rozzell, Jr. andLibby King, with direction by Alec Duffy. Co-organized with JACK.

Up/Root
07/06
A ritual performance that explores finding “home” amid displacement and loss through the daily practices that create grounding and connection. By Kyana Brindle.

Make Music New York
06/21
With Keisha St. Joan and her band on the FiveMyles sidewalk.

Screening of “10/6”
06/22
An experimental film by fashion designer Nigel Moore, and a live music performance by Kaira.

Amulet Sonnets
05/02 - 05/09
Work on paper by Sarah Riggs
In Conjunction with Double change Poetry Reading, with Zhara Patterson, Leynie Browne, and Omar Berrada reading Aimé Césaire.

Strange Fruit: Performances
03/30, 04/18, 04/28
Eleanor Kipping performs poems, stories, and songs about the state of racial inequality in the United States

Fear is Beautiful
03/29
A concert of showcasing original songs in gestation by Emily Jeanne Brown and Kate Victor

Keisha St. Joan
01/26
Fabulous octogenerian performer Keisha St. Joan and her band perform to raise awareness about the lack of affordable and welcoming facilities for old people in our society.

Work In Progress #3
01/19-20
A staged, musical immersion into celebrated poet Timothy Donnelly’s exquisite long poem Hymn to Life . Composed by David Skeist, directed by James Rutherford, and choreography by Laura Butler.

Fiction Reading by Infinite Dimensions Collective
01/16
Michael Ben-Zvi, Shirley Chan, Jennifer Graham and Mackenzie Reide will read their work. Stories will feature science fiction, mythical tales and adventures.

2017

Exhibitions: Main Gallery and Plus/Space

BETE NOIRE

11/11 - 12/17
A group exhibition curated by Mario Naves in the Main Gallery
With work by Matthew Blackwell, Nancy Cohen, Elisa D’Arrigo, Laura Dodson, Nancy Grimes, Natasha Hesketh, Stephanie Hightower, David Hornung, Loren Munk, Thomas Nozkowski, Fara’h Salehi, Lee Tribe

Resolution

11/11 - 12/17
An installation by Larry Weekes in the Plus/Space

The People Games Play

10/14 - 11/05
Painting and Games by Nicolas Cueva
in the Main Gallery

The Tug

10/14 - 10/29
Drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture by Erin Gleason in the Plus/Space.

MIGRATION

09/09 - 10/08
An installation by Maura Sheehan in the PlusSpace

GUERRILLAS IN THE MIDST
THE ART OF UNDOING SPELLS

09/09 - 10/08
Anthony Akinbola, Mary Chang, Francks Francois Deceus, Amber Robles-Gordon, Jamal Ince,
Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, Navin Norling, Sol Sax
In the Main Gallery

In My Sleep I Migrate Back

08/05 - 08/28
An installation by Roya Amigh, FiveMyles summer artist in residency from July 17 to August 5 in the Main Gallery.

HOC EST QUOD VIDEO
"THIS IS WHAT I SEE"

07/20 - 08/18
An exhibition of beads and sequin work by Nicholas Heller in the PlusSpace

Heartbeat

06/18 - 07/16
An installation with mixed-media works by Columbia Fiero in the PlusSpace

Weightless

06/23 - 07/15
Multi-disciplinary work by Dan Carlson

TRIAD

04/29 - 05/28
Paintings by Yevgeniya Baras, Mike Cloud, Zachary Wollard
Curated by Kara Rooney

The Battle Days

04/29 - 05/28
Recent paintings by Alex Sewell in the Plus/Space
Curated by Marine Cornuet

MOVING ON

03/04 - 04/16
New paintings by Sara Erenthal in the Plus/Space

Foundations

03/04 - 04/09
Sculpture and wall works by Kimberly Mayhorn and A.V Ryan

EVERYTHING CONTINUES

01/14 - 02/19
Artist: Sarah Crofts, Franks Deceus, Susan Hackett, Monica Palma, Fransix Tenda Lomba, and Kerwin Williamson.
Curator: Hanne Tierney

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR POETRY

01/21 - 02/19/17
An exhibition of poems by the members of the Sweet Action Collective in the Plus/Space.

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2016

Exhibitions: Main Gallery and Plus/Space

NO-ONE GETS OUT

11/12 - 12/11
Sculptures and wall works by Bianca Schreiber in the Plus/Space

IWE

09/09 - 10/16
Three-dimensional mandalas and collages by Larry Weekes, in the Plus/Space.

ALOE: A LANGUAGE OF EXALTATION: SEVEN ARTISTS REFLECT ON THEIR WORK

09/10 - 10/09
Amy Jenkins, Christopher K. Ho, Erika Ranee, John Jurayi, Rob Swainston, Sally Webster, Tyler Vlahovich.
Artists selected by Larry Qualls, art chosen by each practitioner. In the Main Gallery

BUILT ON OUR BACKS: INVISIBLE HANDS AND BLACK MAGIC

08/14 - 09/04
Installation by Jasmine Murrell. In the Main Gallery.

COLLAGES

07/17 - 09/03
An exhibition of work by Grace Markman, Meridith McNeil, and Anna Rindos. In the PlusSpace.

AND STILL, SHE GROWS FLOWERS IN HER FLESH

07/17 - 08/07
New work by Alexandria Smith and Katherine Toukhy. In the Main Gallery.

QUEER HOME SWEET HOME

06/11 - 07/10
An installation by Tony Whitfield in the PlusSpace

ABYSSAL

05/28 - 07/03
Installation by Sara Jimenez
Curated by Kim Whitener
In the Main Gallery.

Baby, said Alice B. Toklas . . .

04/23 - 05-15
An experiment in self-performing theater. Concept and construction by Hanne Tierney. Engineering design by Oskar Strautmannis. Unstrung, a concurrent installation of performing objects from Tierney’s previous work was also on view in the Main Gallery.

Fences & Neighbors

04/10 - 05/08
Installation by Janet Goldner in the FiveMyles PlusSpace

PROGRESS

03/05 - 03-18
Installations and Performances by MacKenzie Angelo Seecharan and Anthony Rosado. In the Main Gallery

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

01/14 - 02/20
An installation by Marcus Jahmal in the FiveMyles PlusSpace.

DESIRING TO BE DATA FOR OTHERS

01/21 - 02/21
New work by Amanda Turner Pohan.
Curator: Carl E. Hazlewood
In the Main Gallery.

2015

Exhibitions: Main Gallery and Plus/Space

ENDLESS, ENTIRE

11/21 - 12/20
Curator: Rachel Nackman
Work on or made with paper by 59 members of the American Abstract Artists.

DETROIT: 2 STORIES

11/01 - 12/11
An installation by Detroit-born Sandra Osip and Douglas James in the FiveMyles PlusSpace.

TRACE/MATTER

10/10 - 08/11
Curator: Charlotta Kotik
Artists: Ruth Hardinger, Kara Rooney.
Panel discussion with the artists, the curator, as well as architect Martin Kropac and philosopher Tom Huhn

The Sublime of the Mundane

07/19 - 08/23
Curated by Jasmine Murrell
Interactive works and installations: Jisun Beak, Mallory Cain Breiner, Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, Florine Demosthene, C. Finley, Dominika Ksel, Shellyne Rodriguez, Andre Springer, Anonymous B.

Performance by Rufus Tureen. Video by Jisun Beak, Kiran Chandra, Angel Favorite, Jason Gregory Isaacs and Jasmine Murrell, Maya Jeffereis, Kelsey Lu, Tiana Marenaj, Kwantaeck Park, Shani Petes.

COLOR: SCULPTED AND PAINTED

06/06 - 06/28
Dieter Kuhn, Norbert Masal, Cindy Millin, Scott Reeds

Artistic Weapons of Mass Communication

04/23 - 05/24
Curated by Souhad Rafey
Samira Abbassy, Rajie Cook, Ganzeer, John Halaka, Mary Tuma

New American Sculpture

02/28 - 03/29
Leonardo Benzant, Bradly Dever Treadaway, Lindsay Dye, Hugh Hayden, Asif Mian, Clive Murphy, Matt Sears, Kate Stone, Justin Randolph Thompson
Curated by Dexter Wimberly

DEPTHFORMS

01/17 - 02/15
Installations and prints by artists/architects Alex Cornelius and Yu Nong Khew.

BKHP New Year's Eve Event and Community Action Report
12/31
A night of performances by Brother(hood) Dance!, Mahogany L. Browne and Jennifer Falu, and Community Action Reports by Black Lives Matter Pratt and Insurgent Poets Society, Decolonize This Place. Organized by Jive Poetic.

Beyond Magic: The Labor of Transformation
11/03
Artists Taja Lindley and Brother(hood) Dance! - Ricarrdo Valentine and Orlando Hunter - share an evening of performance activating and conjuring the labor of liberation, healing and emancipation.

Distance
11/02 - 11/05
An exhibition of collages by the late Brian Huff. Reception: Saturday, November 4, 1pm

Crown Heights Film Festival
10/26, 27, 28
Three evening screenings of 34 short films from Brooklyn and around the world. 

making sense of it
10/10
Reception and screening of a film by Mark Ledzian: making sense of it
A documentary about the artist Robert Yasuda and his installation for MoMA PS1’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition.

Some Domestic Art
10/11
An installation and performance by Taylor Clayton Brooks involving a 600-pounds knitted wedding gown.

run.
10/20
an evening-length dance-poetry story of two, black, out-lesbian women in a committed relationship, who navigate the daily struggles and joys of life in NYC. By Nia & Ness.

Object Dance
09/28
With Un Yamada & Sachiyo Takahashi. A work-in-progress performance exploring objects and body.

DNGRSLY.FR33 EXPERIMENT
09/02, 2-6pm
Outdoor mini-fest organised by Made Dangerously with poetry, live music and live art.

Only With the Heart Can One See Rightly
08/12
Performances at the intersection of movement, speech, music, and collective consciousness. With Ehizoje Azeke, Pastiche Lumumba, Rindon Johnson, Ruthie Fish, Sarah Schulman, Whitney Mallett. Curated by Darryl Westly and Teriha Yaegashi.

The Sunrise Kingdom
07/16
An afternoon of performances and visual art that celebrates Black creativity. Curated by Jason Stone. With Venus Flower, Rocio Marie, Solaris Sapiente, Rebel Kitty, Ivette Urena, Kadeem Phillips, Julius Pearson, Fvdge, Shayla Russ, and more.

The Collective
06/16-17
A group exhibition featuring new and current work by 1970s graffiti legends Bama, Wayne Pearce, Amril, Lauren Stevens, Chic, Arron, Flint and Vernon Reid. 

The View From Here
06/01 - 06/15
An exhibition of paintings by Meridith McNeal.

Reading and Conversation with Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
06/14
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor reads from her latest poetry collection Arrival (Northwestern University Press). Followed by a discussion moderated by poet Keisha-Gaye Anderson.

Vocals in the Dark
06/08-06/11
A sonic experience by Muriel Louveau, in the Plus/Space.

Three Performances
05/20
Multimedia performances by Yuliya Lanina, Alon Ilsar, and Blake Carrington. As part of Techweek NYC.

Wild Women Tea Party
05/11
An event to celebrate women performers, organized by Madi Dangerously.

The Prelude
04/22
An afternoon of live music and live painting with and curated by Sophia Dawson, shedding light on Black Panther activists imprisoned in America.

SuperLike
04/20
A multimedia performance piece that plays on the skewed new American Dream for Latinx immigrants, by Trigger Warning.

Preview Performances
04/13
Sans-LImites Dance hosts a preview of performances featured in the The Hudson Guild Theater's Spring Season.

KIND OF BLUE
02/24 -02/26
A pop-up benefit exhibition towards the Siwe Project.

Lanterns for Peace
01/20-01/26
A post-election community-response installation by Jessica Maffia in the Plus/Space.

New Paintings by Jess Frederick
12/14-12/23
JessFrederick presents recent works, sketches and paintings on paper and on canvas.

Maelstrom
12/3 - 12/11
New paintings by Jonathan Allen

In Flux Festival: 12/03
Motherwit, words and wisdom from three fierce poets tackling motherhood and modern life, featuring J.P Howard and Vanessa Martir, and Keisha-Gaye Anderson

In Flux Festival: 12/02
Three Movement Performances, by Sari Nordman, Andrea Haenggi, and Bell and Clixby.

In Flux Festival: 11/26
Carrefour, an immersive performance experience taking an audience on a journey in Crown Heights, by Renegade Performance Group

Can we make it to the stars?
11/21
C Bangs, artist & Greg Matloff, astronomer, explore the philosophical doctrine of panpsychism.

In Flux Festival: 11/19
Prism, Mirror, Lens, a multimedia performance combining live music, movement and text, conceived and performed by Kiowa Hammons 
and Daonne Huff (Hot Hands collective), with sculptural works by Ethan Green.

In Flux Festival: 11/18
Woolgatherers, a fantasy performance piece inspired by Patti Smith's artistry, by Ensemble Asylos, directed by G.J Dowding

In Flux Festival: 11/12
SAD KING, choreographed and performed by Malik Nashad Sharpe. Source materials are removed from the performance to make place for the body and political discourse.

In Flux Festival: 11/11
Daydream Anthology by Maiko Kikuchi and Everything starts from a Dot by Sachiyo Takahashi, two object and puppetry performances.

Palm Trees Swaying in a Hurricane
11/04, 7pm
Poetry performances by Gabriel Ramirez, Rin (Don) Johnson, Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz, curated by Sweety's.

Crown Heights Film Festival
10/28 and 29
Two evenings of international short films

In this drawn-out space
10/15
Durational drawing and performance by Jaanika Peerna, Chris Moffett, and David Rothenberg.

Crown Heights Anthology
09/10 - 10/09
A sound installation of true stories, memories, and encounters on the street told by residents and neighbors of Crown Heights. Project by Xandra Clark, set up on an old-fashioned telephone.

Beat Festival at FiveMyles
09/18
Performances of Hanne Tierney's experiment in self-performing theater: Baby, Said Alice B. Toklas...

09/21
Spoken word and poetry performance by Derick Cross and Gabriel Ramirez, curated by Keisha-Gaye Anderson.

Loud Relation
08/25, 7pm
A new movement piece by Sophie Bromberg and Lindsey Weaving.

Fists Up / Guns Down
08/19
A series of spoken word, poetry, a capela singing, theater and dance performances to protest against police brutality. With an intervention by Sean Bell's fiancee.

SYMBIOH
07/08 - 07/09
A new performance by Lauren Cox / Human Collective blending dance and story telling with roots in Modern, Jazz, African and Improvisation. 

Long Live Brooklyn: Rhythm and Soul
05/22
An evening of performances by Brooklyn poets, emcees, singers and musicians. Organized by Alia Pierre.

#BlackGirlLit: Between Literature, Performance, and Memory
05/21
Performances featuring work that pivots off of the written and oral traditions of black feminist/womanist frameworks. Organized by Dell M. Hamilton, with Ayana Evans, Bryana Siobhan, Dell M. Hamilton, Helina Metaferia, Kal Gezahegn, Marcelline Mandeng, Tsedaye Makonnen.

Apartment 4D
05/19-20
A new play for children using shadow puppetry, projections, and headsets.

Soul Psychedelized
05/17-18
Live music and pop up exhibition for graffiti legends BAMA, Flint 707, Wayne Pearce, OUI, Charmain...

Interlude Reception
05/15
Reception for current Interlude artists: George Cochrane, Barbara Norman, Mariano Gil, Ryan Clayton-Cox & Malcom DePalma, Jess Frederick, Enrique Figueredo.

the book of lyte/ eve, Chapter One
04/09
Interactive, multi-media experience & conversation introducing “the book of lyte”, a collection of poems, prose, prayers & personal narrative inspired by Women & Gender Non-conforming MC's. By Queen GodIs.

Maybe Sometime
04/03
A 5 hour film and installation with Nevada sound and landscapes by Peter Shellenberger

Almost Chosen
04/01
An evening of live music (R&B and rap)

The Painted People InThe Sky and Beyond
03/24 - 03/26
An interactive video installation featuring the "Cloud Tunnel", by Jeanne Wilkinson.

BRAIDS
02/26, 8PM
A interactive performance on stilts by Anonymous Ensemble

BAU Institute
01/09 - 01/19
Seven artists from the BAU Institute residency in Cassis exhibit their work.

Sofar Sounds
01/11, 8pm
Sofar Sounds is a live music experience in unique spaces over 200 cities worldwide.

SpaceProgram
 

Gritty Nativity
12/19
A pre-holiday night of spoken word and live music hosted by Alia Pierre and A.M.P (Art Music People).

Lee Breuer: a reading
12/12
Lee Breuer reads an excerpt of his new play.

ASSIMILATION
12/04
The first of a multilogical-Afrofuturistic choreographic project that imbricates queer, Black, and anarchist ontologies with a current state of affairs. Choreography and performance by Malik Nashad Sharpe

Paraiso
11/12, 13 and 14
Choreography by Rebeca Medina. Based on 25 letters from women answering the question "What is paradise for you?", this work explores the diasporic experience of carrying paradise in the body.

What a Witch: A Ritual of Recognition
11/07
Promoting a queer rethinking of the witch figure, artist, folklorist and Detroit native Kay Turner presents a lecture and participatory performance with stories, songs, candies, kisses, and perverse pedagogy.

Rise #3
09/20
Gelan Lambert presents the third iteration of his four point piece about spiritual renewal, hope, fearlessness and courage in the midst of uncertainty.

Beat Fesitval: Look Up!
09/17
Beat Festival presents an evening of powerful spoken word artists curated by poet Keisha-Gaye Anderson - including Cheryl Boyce Taylor, JP Howard, Ras Osagyfo and Keisha herself.

Bounty of the Sea
08/29 - 09/19
An exhibition of sculptures and wall works by Lennox Warner, beautifully highlighting the problem of pollution of our oceans and waterways.

Ode to Jackeen
08/28, 8pm
Electro-acoustic chamber music piece by composer Jonah Rosenberg in collaboration with Ensemble Sans Maitre. Based on “The Journal of Albion Moonlight” by Kenneth Patchen.

On Griffin Alley
08/09
An interdisciplinary performance by Constance Winston, directed by Joey Huertas, re-imagining the trial of Lena Baker, 44-year old Black American female, the first and only woman to ever be electrocuted in the state of Georgia.

Wonderspark Puppets + Spoken Word & Live Music
08/01
An afternoon performance of "Goldilocks" by Wonderspark Puppets, and an evening of spoken word open-mic organized by Alia Pierre.

Silently To The Night
07/14
Experimental multimedia screening and interactive social media experience by visual artist, Christie Neptune. 

Running Out Of Thread
Opening 07/01
Performance and closing 07/11
Exhibition of suspended sculptures by Constance Slaughter. Performance choreographed by Felix Aarts, performed by Sarah Rodak.

Workroom (1)
06/18
A curated interdisciplinary, experimental performance series presented by lonely collective.

About TIme: A Meditation in Six Movements
06/13
A multi-disciplinary work in progress performance, part narrative, part abstract immersion. By Sandra Taggart.

Bama: Flags and Tags
06/03 and 06/04
A pop-up exhibition featuring the art of graffiti legends Bama, Wayne Pearce, Wicked Gary, Snake, Flint..., Flint 707, OUI, Shawn Tucker and Charmaine 65.

Introspective Mega Fluff
05/31
Work-in-progress performances by MadmenoftheMountain, Marie Christine Katz, and Naked Roots Conducive.

The Chosen (l'Elu)
05/27
A film by Aurélien Grèzes - part documentary, part fiction, it is the portrait of a French town councilor who wants to become the President of the French Senate.

A Flag of No Nation
05/21
 Poetry and dance performance & installation. that revolve around a nationless flag. Project by Tom Haviv, choreography by Jules Bakshi

Women are Legends, Too
04/11
Performances by poets, emcees and singers  for an all-women's event organized by Alia Pierre

In Private Moments
04/12-12
An exhibition of photography by Nakeya Brown, co-organized with Top Rank Magazine.

Rise#2
04/05
A performance by Gelan Lambert, the second of a 4-point work in progress showing at FiveMyles

A Conspiracy of Proletarian Shamans
02/21
A performance directed by Gary Heidt.

Get in the Pot: A work in process
02/07-08
Choreography by Emie Hughes in collaboration with dancers.

Light Keepers
01/08 - 01/11
A multimedia performance by Amanda Villalobos combining puppetry, film and live music.

Rise #1: New Year's Day performance with Gelan Lambert
01/01
A dance piece in development over 2015

2014

Exhibitions: Main Gallery and Plus/Space

My Mother's Store

11/08 - 12/14
Installation by Jack Ceglic

FiveMyles Benefit Exhibition

10/13 - 10-26
With work from 78 artists. Click here for more info.

New Visions: Crown Heights Artists

09/06 - 10/05
Organized by Carl E. Hazlewood and Hanne Tierney

Lourdes Bernard, Fran Kornfeld, Oasa DuVerney, Carl E. Hazlewood, Musa Hixon, Naomi Reis, Naomi Safran-Hon, Amanda Turner Pohan

Korea

06/25 - 07/13
Works by South and North Korean artists.
Curated by Heng-Gil Han
Co-organized by Korea Art Forum and Gallery HO

Chang Ho Choi,  Gye Keun Choi, Ildan Choi,  Suntek Chung,  Tcha Sup Kim,  Kakyoung Lee,  Kelvin Kyung Kun Park,  Yooah Park,  Chang Ri,  Sungsook Setton

Graceful Transitions

05/10 - 05/31
Anders Bernard Jones.
Curated by Ivy Nicole.

Re: purpose

04/12 - 05/04
Pamela Council, Sara Jimenez, Sondra Perry, Patrice Renee Washington
Curated by MoCADA fellows Ali Rosa-Salas and Amanda Reid

For Marian

03/1 - 03/31
Robert Chambers selected Aaron Gilbert
Matt Freedman selected Ceaphas Stubbs
Donna Dennis selected Hannah Haworth
Beverly Semmes selected Mira Friedlaender
Mia Westerlund selected Alex White Mazzarella
Fred Wilson selected Andrew Wilson 

Color Formed

01/16 - 02/23
Rachel Beach, Tom Doyle, John Monti, Don Porcaro, Carol Salmanson, Rachel Urkowitz
Curated by Jim Osman

SpaceProgram:
 

Bau Institute
12/27 - 01/04 
Exhibition of work by BAU Institute artists created during a residency in Cassis, France hosted by the Camargo Foundation.

Bloom. She Is Descending.
12/19 to 12/21
A multidisciplinary performance by Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith about living with ALS.

Dance at FiveMyles
12/14
Short dance performances by NonaLee Dance Theater and Ian Spencer Bell

Awake
10/16
NonaLee Dance Theatre Company

Night sky and Beyond
10/08 to 10/12
Exhibition of paintings by Sandra Taggart

Gnomes and a Rosebush
08/15 to 10/30
Two outdoor sculptures by Sam Tufnell

EcoHybridity: a love song for NOLA. Nesting (aka couch-surfing in a time of chaos).
09/19 to 09/21
Installation, visual opera, and performance by Kai Lumumba Barrow, tackling the question of displacement of African-Americans throughout history.

Sun/Son
09/11
A performance by Brother(hood) Dance and Ob!ka Dance. Sun/Son is a multidimensional dance experience that seeks to excavate the meaning of freedom.

It's very difficult to keep...
08/28 to 08/31
Installation and performance inspired in part by notable hoarding families such as the Collier brothers of Harlem and the Beales of Grey Gardens. By Eric F. Avery and Julia Smith.

Brooklyn Renaissance
08/19
An evening of music, poetry and dance organized by Alia Pierre.

St John's Place on Stage
08/16
Puppetry performance by Cathy Shaw

Artificial Romance
08/05 to 08/07
Exhibition of work by Katherine Toukhy

The Perception of Wilderness in the Garden of Us
07/19 to 08/03
Exhibition of work by Rashanna Rashied-Walker

Second Saturday on St Johns Place
07/12
Featuring poets/rappers/spoken-word performers Tommy Scott Young, Dreama, and Nene. With music by DJ Speedy. Special durational trade performance by Laura Sofia Perez, "Will Trade".

Second Saturday on St Johns place
06/14
Featuring the Cocoon Project Project and DJ Speedy

Surveillapocalypse
06/07 to 06/24
An exhibition of multimedia work by Brooklyn-based Native American Collective artCodex and Canada-based Native American Collective OO7. Guest artists: Oasa Duverney, Laura Napier, Joshua Peters, David Gregory Wallace, Bryan Zimmerman.

Searching for Sebald
06/04 and 05
A multimedia performance by the Deconstructive Theatre Project

Overheard: “The most daring thing I’ve ever done is take the bus to work.”
06/02
Performance by Writer-performer, Kirya Traber. Directed by Sara Lyons.

Capitalizing on the Crown
05/31
Screening of a documentary that explores the realities of gentrification in Crown Heights. By Public Allies NY.

Dream Within a Dream
05/30
CD release concert by B. Judah

Big Sir
05/25
Concert-performance on compassed gender by The American Laboratory

Night and a Switchblade
05/24
Film screening
Written, Directed and Produced by Ben Finer

Crown Heights Comedy Night
05/22
Comedy show hosted by Swartzlander 

Splash
05/17 - 06/30
Sculpture by Engels for HCX's Selebrasyon Festival

The Welcome Book
05/20
Release party and exhibition of a book written by ESL students from Kurt Hahn School. 

Finding a Vision
05/07 and 05/08
Multimedia exhibit showcasing original animations and related art by New York City-based artists with disabilities.

Π= 3.14…22
02/22, 03/22, and 04/22
Concept, Design, and Direction by Yoshiko Chuma

Half-Life
02/25
Choreography by Stormy Budwig
 

Main Exhibitions:

Exhibitions: Main Gallery and Plus/Space

New Work

11/2 - 12/16

Olu Oguibe, Carl E. Hazlewood

Process and Synthesis

9/12 – 10/20

Emily Berger, Nicholas Constantakis, Iona Kleinhaut, Kimberly Mayhorn

Empire

5/5–6/9

Jaishri Abichandani, Hacksworth Ashley, Daniel Bejar, Brendan Fernandes, Yoko Inoue, Pooneh Maghazehe, Yeni Mao, Wardell Milan, Aime Mpane, Glexis Novoa, Roberto Visani, Shoshanna Weinberger
 Curated by Natika Soward

 "Abstraction and Empathy"

3/16–4/22

Barbara Hatfield, Nancy Haynes, Jan Meissner, Gwenn Thomas
Curated by Carl E. Hazlewood

Sign Of The Tides

1/19–2/21

Helmut Dick, Karni Dorell, Jennifer Protas, Roel van Timmeren
Organized by Jennifer Protas

SpaceProgram:

Rosa Tu
01/26
CD release concert

Art. Love. Life: The Cypha
01/10
A live performance by Roxann Remekie

The Hood Has Talent
10/28
An musical event with talented young artists from Crown Heights. Popular Republic, Bank Boys, Suave Luciano, Young Snap, Twixx, Benjamin Stacking, FLI Brooklyn, Dope Gang (FASB), Young Lyric, Chilla Blunt & Stax Money, Hotep, Double O., Cathy Richards
Hosted by Teamm Phuckit, Angel, Nooks & Casey Empire.

An n' Pale
10/27
A conversation with  Haitian storyteller and poet Charlot Lucien. Presented by the Haiti Cultural Exchange

Crown Heights Film Festival
10/21-26
Organized by Erin Gleason and Pedro Martí

Incubatio
09/08-09
 Jo Wood-Brown and Miriam Parker. Film, installation and dance performance.  

Kont ak Mizik Anba Tonèl: Ochan pou Mimi Barthélémy
 08/24
Sharing Haitian folktales by the late Mimi Barthélémy, presented by Melissa Beauvery, Jennifer Celestin, Atibon Legba, Laura Simms & music by Riva Nyri Precil. Presented by 
Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Convergence
 8/3-8/18
Jimmy Greenfield, Barbara Norman, Renee Van der Stelt. Photography, works on paper, sculpture.

Cedric Michael Cox
7/13–7/27
Paintings & Drawings

From Decay to Illumination
6/22–7/7
Finn Gleeson, David Mcleish, Matt Miley

From The Streets To FiveMyles High
6/14–6/15
Art, photography, music.
Curated by Richard Admiral.

Sidewalk Assembly
5/18
An evening of music, video, performance and storytelling organized by Salome Asaga in partnership with Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Legacy Lounge
4/27
Richel Cuyler presents an evening of music, dance, poetry, images, video and interactive art.

An n'Pale with photographer Marc Baptiste
 3/22
Haiti Cultural Exchange at FiveMyles

Caribbean Ballroomers in Concert
 3/7–3/10