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The Center for Art and Advocacy’s space is intentionally designed as an interdisciplinary hub that fosters community through film screenings, performances, readings and exhibitions. Its design reflects the ways in which people engage with creativity—through intimate reading spaces, collective gatherings and personal experiences with art—mirroring The Center’s broader mission of connection through artistic exchange. The Center is uniquely dedicated to presenting writing, film and visual art on equal footing, creating a space where these disciplines intersect seamlessly, making it a rare and vital cultural space in New York.
Current Exhibition
Gilberto Rivera: Jailbirds
October 17, 2025 - February 15, 2026
Jailbirds features new and recent work by Gilberto Rivera (2022 Center Fellow), whose practice is deeply shaped by his two decades of incarceration and the ongoing realities of subjugation that continue to shape communities beyond prison walls.
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Our public programs provide an opportunity for surrounding communities and the art world at large to take a deeper dive into the work of our fellows and exhibition related topics.
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Past Exhibitions
Center for Art & Advocacy: a presentation of the work of nine justice-impacted artists.
August 1, 2023 - August 20, 2023
This exhibition was presented at Simon Miccio Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Featuring the work of 9 artists, the exhibition celebrated the gallery’s opening and brought together a group of groundbreaking artists impacted by the criminal justice system, whose creative practices are shifting the narrative around mass incarceration.
Participating Artists:
Courtney Cone, Russell Craig, Gary Harrell, Jesse Krimes, Marcus Manganni, Jared Owens, Beverly Price, Gilberto Rivera, Sherrill Roland.
Collective Gestures: Building Community through Practice
March 27, 2025 - September 20, 2025
The Center for Art and Advocacy was proud to announce the grand opening of its flagship location at 22 Bancroft Place, in the historic Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Marking this milestone, The Center debuted its inaugural exhibition, Collective Gestures: Building Community through Practice, which highlights the transformative work of over 35 artists who have participated in The Center’s Fellowship Program.
Collective Gestures: Building Community through Practice
The Center for Art and Advocacy is proud to announce the grand opening of its flagship location at 22 Bancroft Place, in the historic Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Marking this milestone, The Center debuted its inaugural exhibition, Collective Gestures: Building Community through Practice, which highlights the transformative work of over 35 artists who have participated in The Center’s Fellowship Program.
The inaugural exhibition sits at the intersection of art, politics and advocacy, responding to the urgency of this moment. It presents recent work from artists who have received The Center’s Right of Return Fellowship since 2016, presenting unique perspectives on themes ranging from immigration and social divides to contemporary aesthetics and abstraction. Representations of the body—sometimes literal and others disjointed—become a site of contested meaning, oscillating between intimacy and subjugation. Its representation is never neutral; it is always implicated, bound to the carceral system’s mechanizations or, in defiant contrast, highlighting the radical possibilities of mutual care and collective solidarity.
Participating Artists
Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Frank Blazquez, Omari Booker, Adamu Chan, Tameca Cole, Courtney Cone, Daniel McCarthy Clifford, sheri crider, Russell Craig, Jaiquan Fayson, Michael Fischer, Gary Harrell, Faylita Hicks, Randall Horton, Mitchell S. Jackson, Asia Johnson, Michelle Daniel Jones, Jeremy Lee (JLee) MacKenzie, Marcus Manganni, George Morton, Juan Ortiz, Jared Owens, Aron Pines, Beverly Price, Victor Marka Quiñonez, Gilberto Rivera, Sherrill Roland, Kamisha Thomas, Gary Tyler, Rahsaan Thomas, Shontina Vernon, Kendra Ware, and Antwan Williams.