Join us for readings by Felix Guzman & André P.at the closing reception of Welcome Home, an apexart nyc open call exhibition. Jeroen Stevens and the seven featured artists will be present for a final tour of the exhibition, and an afternoon brimming with critical reflection on art, activism, and the acute urgency of more just urban futures.

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You are most welcome to join us for the closing reception of “Welcome Home”, an apexart nyc open call winning exhibition. This event marks the last day of the riveting exhibition that interrogates the revolving doors between mass-incarceration and homelessness in contemporary metropolitan America. This closing reception will kick off with readings by André P. and Felix Guzman. The readings will also be live on instagram @apexartnyc, no RSVP needed for the livestream.

Jeroen Stevens is professor in urbanism & housing at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He was a Fulbright-BAEF Fellow at Columbia University. His research and teaching are contingent on collaboration with emancipatory social movements that push the frontiers of social justice in cities such as São Paulo, Brussels and New York.

Felix Guzman is a poet, community organizer and advocate of human integrity and dignity. A compassionate abolitionist at heart, he believes in the possibility of redemption. Urging for the intentional building of healthy and inclusive communities, Felix uses poetry to spotlight the importance of language, resources, and equity to effect successful reentry and community engagement.

Born in Egypt, Iman Le Caire fled to the US due to persecution. In 2020 Iman joined the Black Trans Liberation Movement and became the voice of Middle-Eastern Transgenders.

Alex Anderson is an artist, a licensed social worker, and director of the Reentry Theater of Harlem, an avant-garde theater by and for people who have lived experience in the U.S. criminal legal system.

Bruce Blake is Cohort Facilitator of the Reentry Theater of Harlem. He deploys theater and comedy to highlight the absurdities and demeaning injustices that are hardwired into carceral responses to poverty.

A genuine “Renaissance Man, musician, and visual artist, residing in Harlem, Gregory Fredrick is a griot for Reentry Theater Harlem and a leader of a healing drumming circle in Marcus Garvey Park. He is also an adjunct professor at Mercy College.

André P. writes true stories from the life of an educated but impoverished New Yorker. They have been published in the “Bronx Memoir Project” book series and elsewhere. The latest is from BMP vol. 8. He also advocates for the social, legal, and moral rights of homeless New Yorkers, informs of their rights and resources, advises on solutions, and comments on homelessness policies and initiatives.

Joshua Lopez is a visual artist who mobilizes his own body to contest police violence and structural racism in the U.S..

Pastor Khalil James, Rory Anderson, Sax (James Rooks), Luis Quiros, Ellen Baxter, pastor Isaac Scott, and Darren Mack masterfully contributed to the series of events which occupied the apexart gallery along the duration of the exhibition.