The Grand Galleries
September Art Loop Artists
The Mainstage Gallery featuring Yakime Akelá Brown
Yakime Akelá Brown was born in the early 1970’s in Brooklyn, N.Y. Growing up in a multicultural community, he was exposed to art and its many facets of expression. At an early age his mother endeavored to instill in he and his siblings diversity of culture and an appreciation of the arts. As a youth Yakime was fond of drawing and, as he got older, would experiment with charcoals, inks and acrylic paints. Yakime’s paintings embody his New York City upbringing: full of vibrancy, persistent motion and variety. His style can be described as abstract and occasionally representational, colorful, eclectic and textural.
www.AkelaArt.com
The baby grand gallery featuring Christopher Malinowski
Christopher Malinowski was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1969. He attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Cinema and Photography. He has written and directed a number of 16-millimeter films, including the avant-garde “Alms,” You Say (2007). Chris is also the guitarist and vocalist for the atmospheric rock band The Collingwood. His photographic work celebrates the heightening of the mundane, defined as an existentialist study of human anonymity, disused space, and the championing of the undiscovered. Chris works exclusively with film and uses no digital enhancement. He resides in Landenberg, Pennsylvania.
Websites: almsyousay.com (film) myspace.com/thecollingwood (music)