Artists Speaking for the Spirits

Forty artists create murals at the ARTC-URI agency. "Artists Speaking for the Spirits" is located at Arthur Bennett Hall at downtown Brooklyn's Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation - Urban Resource Institute (ARTC-URI). The exhibition features veteran, emerging, and mid-career artists of African descent who explore the healing power of art through such subjects as the family, movement/performance, community, spiritual development/religion, folklore, history, politics, and satire. The artists include James Denmark, Ramona Candy, Linda Hiwot, Sonia Lynn Sadler, Karl McIntosh, Jean Dominique, Emmett Wigglesworth, among many notable others. Participating artists are collected and exhibited at the internationally-known museum level, and found in noted private collections.

Arthur Bennett Hall is located at 22 Chapel Street between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Call 718-260-2909 for additional information and viewing hours.

Left to right: Carlton Murrell, "Fall in the Park" acrylic on canvas, 10' x 5'; Che Baraka, "If You Surrender to the Air, You Can Ride It." acrylic on canvas, 8' x 5' (partial view)

Left to right: Vivian Ara, "The Healers" acrylic on canvas, 5' x 5' (partial view); Brent Bailer, "Celebrating Obama" acrylic on canvas, 10' x 5'

Charlotte Ka, "Dance - Celebration of Life" acrylic on canvas, 10' x 5'

Otto Neals, "Time Changes Things" acrylic on canvas, 10' x 5'