Sheila Kennedy: Polly Gallery, 4 Women, Taking Risk & Brooklyn Art

 Sheila is an art lover and  founder of Polly Gallery, a brownstone gallery in Bedford Stuyvesant.  But during our conversation I learned even more. Sheila is 1 of the 4 women behind 4W – Women Working and Winning for the World (4W) Circle of Art and Enterprise. In 1991, 4W rented its storefront to entrepreneurs at 704 Fulton St. in Fort Greene. After almost 17 years of helping black entrepreneurs open their own businesses, the Fort Greene group closed in 2008 due rent increases. Sheila shares what she learned working with friends, taking risk and the importance of supporting local artist.  NY Post article on the closing of 4W  http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2007/12/21/2007-12-21_entrepreneur_group_forced_to_close.html