From classmates to co-curators: Pratt duo opens Bed-Stuy gallery
What began as a school project soon turned into The Bishop – a new gallery and project space in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, opened just last month by co-directors Jackie Cantwell and Molly Myer. The two Brooklyn-based artists met just last year as graduate students at Pratt, and put their heads (and good eyes) together quickly to create an arts and cultural center in Bed-Stuy.
The Bishop is committed to showcasing elements of the local community and aims to draw from Bed-Stuy’s history and diversity. In addition to curating art exhibitions, Cantwell and Myer hope to use their space to promote philanthropic activities and educational workshops.
The Bishop opened on March 15 with a group exhibition titled “Six Degrees of Separation.” The show highlighted human connectedness and was inspired by the inception of the gallery itself. soon after Cantwell and Myer met – through an elevator speech assignment – a friend of Jackie’s mentioned to her that his family had a space in Bed-Stuy that might be suitable for a gallery.