Guerrilla in the Midst “The Art of Undoing Spells” Organized by Jamal Ince Founded in the 1990s the collective Guerrillas in the Midst is a Brooklyn-based, grassroots artist collective, whose members, through their art, are committed to reflect on, and transform, the social, cultural and economic realities faced by African Diaspora communities. Bonded by the quest for equal access and representation in artistic spaces, The Guerillas in the Midst collective continues to expand its membership with the goal of further breaking up the elitist constructs of the art establishment and nurturing the work of under-represented artists. The artists in this exhibition: Anthony Akinbola, Mary Chang, Francks Francois Deceus, Amber Robles Gordon, Jamal Ince, Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, Navin Norling The work shown ranges from Navin Norling interest in the dialogue between the richness of rural America with the imagery of Urban found objects; to work by New York-based Nigerian artist Anthony Akinbola, who examines the complexities of an international black identity, as represented with his work “do rags”, a typically African American identifying object; to Amber Robles-Gordon’s visual representation of what she calls her hybridism: a fusion of gender, ethnicity and cultural experiences.

Anthony Akinbola Amber Robles-Gordon Maura Sheehan Simultaneous exhibition in the FiveMyles Plus/Space Sep 9 – Oct 8, 2017 Migration Installation by Maura Sheehan The installation artist and educator Maura Sheehan experiments with a wide variety and materials that result in environments or sculptures. She brings dozens of balancing birds to FiveMyles Plus/Space to create an enchanting urban environment. Dates: Sep 9 – Oct 8. 2017 Opening: Sat. Sep 9 from 5 – 8pm Gallery hours: Thu – Sun, 1 to 6pm Location: 558 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238