Kate Capshawu2019s portrait of Toddrick Brockington honors the intergenerational work of Henry Street Settlement, a social services organization that has served Manhattanu2019s Lower East Side for 130 years, helping 50,000 New Yorkers each year.

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Brockington joined Henry Streetu2019s staff after serving 26 years in Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, having earned a bacheloru2019s degree in behavioral science while incarcerated.

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In 2021, Brockington founded the M.A.N (Mentoring and Nurturing) program, which provides emotional and practical resources to young men at risk. He accompanies these young men around economic, familial, and educational obstacles they face to reach their full potential.

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Inspired by Bishop Desmond Tutuu2019s quote, u201cThere comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why theyu2019re falling in,u201d Brockingtonu2019s work is strongly situated upstream.

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Capshaw debuted this portrait at Henry Street Settlement and The Park Avenue Armory in 2023 as a keynote piece of The Art Show, an annual art fair benefitting Henry Street Settlement and organized by the Art Dealers Association of America.

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