Christopher Carr & Melissa Hunter Gurney

Christopher Carr is multidisciplinary artist— photographer, emcee, instrumentalist and writer. Founder of BrooklynWildlife and co-founder of Black Land Ownership and GAMBA Forest.  He is a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Consultant for various tech companies and schools and regularly collaborates with educational firms and projects. Chris is intrigued by the history of cultural expressions, power relationships, semiotics, post-modernist sociological theory and interpersonal dynamics; all of which find their way into his art work. He is working on publishing his third book and performs on a regular basis both nationally and internationally. Visit http://chrisbankscarr.com

Melissa Hunter Gurney is a Brooklyn based writer, educator and conservationist. She is the co-founder of GAMBA Forest, a community art space and literary lounge in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and Black Land Ownership, a grassroots organization put in place to combat systemic oppression around property in the Americas. Her work tends to explore the multi-faceted experiences of Pan-American women and artists and can be found in various publications including: The Yale Review, Pank, Post Road Magazine, Great Weather for Media, Paris Lit Up, Brilliant Short Fiction, Across the Margin and more. For a deeper look visit her website at   https://melissahuntergurney.com