{"id":22074,"date":"2024-05-31T00:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=22074"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:40:30","slug":"city-youth-find-mentorship-and-inspiration-in-actor-jamie-hector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/city-youth-find-mentorship-and-inspiration-in-actor-jamie-hector\/","title":{"rendered":"City Youth Find Mentorship And Inspiration in Actor Jamie Hector"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kaya Laterman<\/a><\/p>\n

As a child growing up in Flatbush and Crown Heights, actor Jamie Hector<\/a>\u00a0says he really didn\u2019t discover the arts until around the age of 16.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward two decades and Hector is a flourishing star in film and television, most known for his role as Marlo Stanfield on the HBO series\u00a0The Wire<\/em>\u00a0and as Detective Jerry Edgar on the Amazon Prime series\u00a0Bosch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But it all got started in Brooklyn, after an acquaintance invited him to be a part of a local non-profit theater company called Tomorrow\u2019s Future. That is where the seed was planted and his love for acting began to flower.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew pretty immediately that this was the place where I belonged,\u201d said Hector of the first few times he attended classes at Tomorrow’s Future. \u201cI suddenly had the space to learn how to be a creative person and a critical thinker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, as the founder of\u00a0Moving Mountains<\/a>, a Crown Heights-based nonprofit that offers free drama, dance, voice and acting classes, Hector is providing a similar space to hundreds of youth looking for the same artistic sanctuary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe build on their talents with a focus on their character,\u201d said Hector. \u201cAnd the energy is explosive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A film session on the basketball court. Photo: Supplied\/Moving Mountains, Dominique Pettway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Moving Mountains provides mentorship and training for around 250 children each year, ages six through 24, after school and on the weekends. Classes include voice, drama, dance and script analysis workshops. Many former students are currently working on television, in movies and on stage and behind the scenes at the highest level.<\/p>\n

Moving Mountains will hold its 15th annual\u00a0gala<\/a>\u00a0and fundraiser on Tuesday, June 11, featuring a star-studded list of local celebrities and community leaders, including local entrepreneur and iHeart radio personality\u00a0Angela Yee<\/a>, who will be the host.<\/p>\n

The honoree for the gala this year is basketball legend and former-Knick\u00a0Charles Oakley<\/a>. Oakley, though his nonprofit\u00a0Charles Oakley Foundation<\/a>, helps communities tackle hunger and poverty.<\/p>\n

This year, Moving Mountains is looking to raise funding so that the programs can expand into a larger space, Hector said.<\/p>\n

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Board members of Moving Mountains (L to R) Attika J. Torrence, film producer and director, Richard Beavers, owner of Richard Beavers Gallery, and Jamie Hector, actor and director. Photo: Supplied\/Moving Mountains, Eugene Frazier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Collaborating with the actor and director this year is\u00a0Richard Beavers<\/a>, owner of the\u00a0Richard Beavers Gallery<\/a>, a premier contemporary art gallery that represents artists that investigate social and political issues at the forefront of the Black community.<\/p>\n

Beavers is helping the nonprofit raise funds by donating a\u00a0Frank Morrison<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0Marcus Jansen\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0painting worth $80,000 to the gala auction.<\/p>\n

Beavers, who recalled his childhood filled with trips to museums with his mother when he was younger, said it was important for him and the artistic community in Brooklyn to \u201cleave the door open\u201d for the next generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel the need to keep providing exposure to the younger kids so that they know they too can be part of the art world,\u201d said Beavers, who represents emerging and mid-career contemporary artists.<\/p>\n

He said it was important for him to open a gallery in his own neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant to help the community connect with art.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t see it in their own neighborhoods, they might not get the chance to discover it,\u201d said Beavers, who also has a second gallery location in SoHo.<\/p>\n

Morrison, an acclaimed painter and childrens\u2019 book illustrator, said nonprofits like Moving Mountains provide the space many young people need \u201cto be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re often told to put your brushes away and pick up that shovel,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cBut when you know someone appreciates you and your artistic talents, it can change everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the two pieces donated by the Richard Beavers Gallery, celebrity photographer\u00a0Johnny Nunez<\/a>\u00a0has also donated his one-of-a-kind images for sale to raise funds.<\/p>\n

Hector said it was important to him to be able to provide the space and classes that made children feel like they had their own tribe.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re doing something together, creating something and there\u2019s like-minded people around you,\u201d Hector said. \u201cMoving Mountains allows the youth to have the space to go, grow and express themselves creatively.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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