Spring Street Gallery is proud to open its doors to the public after a year of being closed for FORMERLY INVISIBLE, works by Marcus Kwame. Kwame is an illustrator and fine artist who has been creating art since childhood. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, he moved to upstate New York as a child. “Much of my work is a representation of the beauty and diversity of the African Diaspora; the arts can be a powerful vehicle for change,” states Kwame.

This work is a celebration of Black people. It is a celebration of our refusal to accept invisibility as our status. We don’t beg for approval. We shine. We teach. We reach. We assert. We exhort. We influence. We persist. We Love. We are beautiful. – Marcus Kwame Anderson, 2021