The Queens Museum of Art (QMA), the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) will present a free networking event at the QMA for artists and cultural groups of all disciplines. 19 New York City arts services organizations will share information about their programs, presentation spaces, and funding sources. The afternoon’s schedule includes a raffle, live music, and an informal networking reception.
In addition, artists will have the opportunity to participate in a peer-sharing slide/video/reading slam during the event (in five minute sessions).
Queens Arts Connection 2008
Saturday, March 22, 1 - 7 pm
Schedule of Events
In the Café & Large Triangle Gallery, 1st Floor
1 - 3 pm
Sign Up-registration & Informal Networking
Browse Arts Service Organization Tables
3:30 – 4:15 pm
Dance in Queens Application Seminar with:
Paz Tanjuaquio, Topaz Arts & Hitomi Iwasaki, Associate Curator QMA
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Complementary Refreshments & Informal Networking
Slide/Video/Reading Slam-share your artwork with other participants.
In the Theater, 2nd Floor
2 – 2:20 pm
Welcome by presenting organizations: Queens Museum of Art,
Queens Council on the Arts, & New York Foundation for the Arts
2:20 – 2:45 pm
Performance by Mahina Movement
Raffle of two $50 QMA gift shop certificates
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Linda Park presents NYFA Source tutorial
3:15 – 4:15 pm
Gary Dayton, Arts in Education Associate at NYSCA presents a
workshop on "How to Become a Teaching Artist"
Administration Offices & Library, 2nd Floor
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Portfolio Review for Visual & Video Artists:
Hitomi Iwasaki, QMA Associate Curator;
Erin Sickler, QMA Curatorial Assistant; Herb Tam, Exit Art Curator;
and Cecilia Jurado, Y Gallery Curator
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Portfolio Review for Dancers with Paz Tanjuaquio, Topaz Arts
Registration
To RSVP to attend the event or pre-register for the dancer portfolio reviews or the peer-sharing slam please email Chris Henderson. You MUST clearly indicate in your e-mail registration if you would like to participate in the dancer portfolio review or the peer-sharing slam. Please note that there are only 6 slots available for the dancer portfolio reviews (20 minutes each) and 24 slots available for participating in the slide/video/reading slam (5 minutes per artist). Please contact us immediately to take advantage of this opportunity. Do not send portfolios directly to Queens Museum of Art or the Queens Council on the Arts. Please note that there are no remaining slots available for the visual arts portfolio reviews and 24 slots available for participating in the slide/video/reading slam (5 minutes per artist).
Participating Organizations:
Actor’s Fund of America
Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York
Asian American Arts Alliance
DanceNow NYC
DanceNYC
Downtown Community Television
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Fractured Atlas
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
National Writers Union
New York Foundation for the Arts
Poets & Writers
Queens Council on the Arts
Queens Museum of Art
Shooting People
Studio in the School
The Field
Third World Newsreel
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