April 6 - may 12, 2024
opening reception: Saturday, April 6, 5:30-8pm
closing reception: sunday, may 12, 5-8pm
behind the scenes
Michael Britto - Nicholas Constantakis - Marine Cornuet - Carl E. Hazlewood - Shawn Lane - Ruby Lindsey - Jay Moses - Joana O Leary - George Simonds - Allyson Spellacy - Hanne Tierney
It is a pleasure to exhibit the art of all the artists who presently and previously have worked at FiveMyles. Installations, design, admin work and keeping the gallery open on weekends are among the many tasks required to create a welcoming, interesting and effective environment in which to present art to the public. At FiveMyles the artists’ jobs, apart from running the organization, extend to being a homework helper for local kids and helping neighbors with complicated tech problems.
There are eleven artists in this exhibition. Ruby Lindsey, George Simonds and Hanne Tierney presently work at FiveMyles, Michael Britto died several years ago, Marine Cornuet became a literary translator and moved on, Allyson Spellacy, Carl E. Hazelwood and Nicholas Constantakis serve on the FiveMyles board of directors and have kept it on a straight path, Shawn Lane has moved to Baltimore with his young family, Jay Moses uses the space at night as his studio, and Joana O Leary helps with installation work when George is overloaded.
It is quite wonderful to see the diverse approach to art making in these eleven artists, who share and have shared in the success of FiveMyles as a relatively long-standing exhibition and performance space in Crown Heights. With this exhibition we give the public a peek behind the curtain, into our own creative lives.
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.
DIRECTIONS:
Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Crystal Hudson, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.