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QMAil: August 2005
WELCOME TO QMAil
Welcome to the first edition of QMAil, the Queens Museum of Art's online newsletter. Intended to keep you updated on the exhibitions, concerts, films, performances and talks we've been planning for you, each QMAil will provide you with a taste of the month ahead. All the events are free with the museum's suggested admission, and we hope you'll join us.
Throughout August the QMA celebrates summer with Down the Garden Path: The Artist's Garden After Modernism, an exhibition that crushes the image of the garden solely as a peaceful sanctuary. A look at how contemporary artists have used gardens to promote various ideologies will definitely change the way you envision the garden. On the other hand, to take advantage of beautiful evenings under the stars, we've launched Passport Fridays, our Friday evening outdoor film, dance and music series that brings the world's cultures out into our backyard, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Details on these and other programs are below and on our web site.
We admit that there may be some glitches with QMAil as we get going, so bear with us and please contact us with comments, problems or suggestions. Thanks and enjoy the rest of the summer.
August masthead photo: Paula Hayes, Teardrop Terrarium, 2004, hand-blown glass with living plants, courtesy of the artist.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Down the Garden Path: The Artist's Garden After Modernism
June 26, 2005 - October 9, 2005
The garden has always been considered a quiet sanctuary from the rigors of everyday life, but artists have also seen the garden as a vehicle for expressing ideas beyond the idyllic. Down the Garden Path: The Artist's Garden After Modernism presents a broad range of materials that refer to gardens as points of departure to understand history, politics, and our relationship to nature. From models by modernist masters and sketches by contemporary art mainstays, to living works by emerging artists and outdoor installations in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the exhibition calls for a redefinition of the role of the garden.
Participating Artists
Vito Acconci, Ghada Amer, Lothar Baumgarten, Roberto Burle Marx, Tom Burr, Mel Chin, Thierry De Cordier, Mark Dion, Stan Douglas, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dan Graham, Lonnie Graham, Paula Hayes, Jenny Holzer, Ronald Jones, Anissa Mack and Dave McKenzie, Gordon Matta-Clark, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Isamu Noguchi, Nils Norman, Christian Philipp Müller, Ingrid Pollard, Robert Smithson, Alan Sonfist, Brian Tolle and Diana Balmori, Sergio Vega, Jan Vercruysse and Meg Webster.
Lonnie Graham, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Ghada Amer, Brian Tolle and Diana Balmori, and Anissa Mack and Dave McKenzie have installed five new works in the open spaces adjacent to the museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the nearby Queens Botanical Garden.
For more about Down the Garden Path: The Artist's Garden After Modernism click here.
Down the Garden Path: The Artist's Garden After Modernism is made possible by an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award. The Exhibition Award program was founded in 1998 to honor Emily Hall Tremaine. It rewards innovation and experimentation among curators by supporting thematic exhibitions that challenge audiences and expand the boundaries of contemporary art. The additional funding is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, New York Council on the Arts, Furthermore...A program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and The Florence Gould Foundation.
Photo-top: Mark Dion - 3 Apples, 1997, Pencil and gouache on paper. Drawings for The Tasting Garden, Storey Institute, England.
-bottom: Brian Tolle and Diana Balmori - Skid Rows, 2005, performance view. Queens Botanical Garden, May 2005.
SPECIAL EVENTS
PASSPORT FRIDAYS: International Outdoor Film, Dance, < Music Series
Friday evenings, July 22 - August 26, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Set against the backdrop of beautiful Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the majestic Unisphere, the Passport Fridays series brings together organizations and individuals for evenings of free dance, music, and film screenings that celebrate the cultural diversity and artistic vitality of Queens, New York City, and more broadly, the worlds that exist within the borough.
Each Friday begins with dance performances from the QMA's 3rd Annual Dance In Queens Choreographers Residency presented with TOPAZ Arts. It continues with live musical performances originating in the same country as the evening's feature film presentation. The first three weeks highlight films that present complex relationships and social realities through the imaginative eyes of children. The second half showcases the best of Asian and African action/adventure films, each with breathtaking backgrounds and amazing stunts. Each feature film is preceded by short films by local filmmakers. Freestyle Arts will also be on hand to engage audiences in interactive art activities. PASSPORT FRIDAYS lets you travel the world in six weeks. Just bring a picnic, and leave your baggage at home...
Passport Fridays is made possible with the generous support of our sponsors: Ford Foundation, Institute for Museum and Library Services, Independence Community Foundation, Commerce Bank
LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE ARTS PROGRAM
Saturday, August 6, 12:30 - 2:45 pm
Leadership Through the Arts is the QMA's arts and social justice program dedicated to providing youth who live, work, or go to school in Queens with an opportunity to create social change through the arts. Participants attend performances and exhibitions, and are taught how to use the elements of art, culture, and politics to think critically and effect positive change in their communities. The program meets Saturdays, 11 am - 3 pm at the QMA and lasts for one year, from September 2005 to September 2006. Youth are PAID for their participation. Join us for an introductory information session on the program.
The Leadership through the Arts program is funded by the Ford Foundation.
WILD FOODS WITH WILDMAN STEVE BRILL
Sunday, August 7, 2:00 pm
Discover Wild Foods in Flushing Meadows with Wildman Steve Brill. Dozens of herbs and greens grow, overlooked, throughout Flushing Meadow Park. Learn to identify them and harvest them ecologically. Find out how to use them to prepare delicious recipes and useful home remedies. Find out the science behind these valuable renewable resources, plus their history and folklore, as well as associated comedy and humor. The session consists of a 30-minute indoor presentation plus a 60-minute walking tour, suitable for adults and kids.Learn more about the 'Wildman'
8TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLORS OF ASIA
Sunday, August 7, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Join us in celebrating the 8th Anniversary of Colors of Asia Television with a festival of live music and public reception. Gopi Chander, Arti Raj Chander, Harish Chander, and Anil Chander will perform. Colors of Asia Television is a New York City based South Asian Daily news program sponsored by Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. It is watched everyday by thousands across the tri-state area. Operating for the last eight years, it has evolved into an important part of Desi-American culture as it provides the latest news from India, Pakistan, and the entire sub-continent. For the past two years, they have been using the QMA as one of their studios.
ORACLE THEATRE, INC. PRESENTS TWO ONE ACT PLAYS
Sunday, August 14, 2:30 - 5:00 pm
Combining video projection, live acting, mask and puppetry work, Oracle Theatre Inc. presents the work of influential symbolist poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. Maeterlinck's Home and The Death of Tintagiles reveal paralyzing effects of fear of the unknown and the depths of human compassion.
LISTEN UP QUEENS!
Saturday, August 20 3 - 5 pm
FREE Hip Hop Showcase for Queens Youth
The Queens Museum of Art launches Listen Up Queens!, a series of quarterly hip hop showcases where up-and-coming writers, dancers, and visual artists can represent and network. Compete for a $150 cash prize in an open mic/slam hosted by K~Swift and judged by two members of the Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Team. Urban Word National Teen Slam Champions, International Hip Hop Exchange, Filipino-American hip hop duo Kontrast, and Hip Hop Kidz Dance Group will perform. Email us to sign up for the open mic.
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QMA INFORMATION
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens NY 11368
TEL: 718 592 9700
SUMMER HOURS
JUNE 26 - SEPTEMBER 5
Wednesday - Sunday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
REGULAR HOURS
SEPTEMBER 6 - JUNE 25
Wednesday - Friday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
ADMISSION
Admission is by suggested donation.
Adults: $5.00
Senior and Children: $2.50
Members and Children under five: Free
LOCATION
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
PASSPORT FRIDAYS
Friday, August 5 more details...
6:30 pm - Duscan Tynek Dance Theatre performs Camera Illuminata
7:30 pm - Carioca Capoeira < Samba
8:00 pm - Film: O Caminho Das Nuvens [The Middle of the World] (Brazil, 2003)
Friday, August 12 more details...
6:30 pm - Angharad Davies < Johanna Hegenscheidt/Leonides Arpon perform new dance pieces
7:30 pm - Vado Diomande < Kotchegna Dance Company
8:00 pm - Film: Critical Assignment (South Africa+, 2003)
Friday, August 19 more details...
6:30 pm - Parijat Desai performs Quiet/Fire < Rewired
7:30 pm - Indofunk
8:00 pm - Film: Dhoom [Blast] (India, 2004)
Friday, August 26 more details...
6:30 pm - Yin Mei performs The Oracle Bones
7:30 pm - Music from China
8:00 pm - Film: House of Flying Daggers (China, 2004)
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
ODD LOTS: REVISITING GORDON MATTA-CLARK'S FAKE ESTATES
Cabinet magazine, the Queens Museum of Art and White Columns present a two-venue exhibition examining the legacy of Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) through the history of his important project Fake Estates (1973-4). More information...
Queens Museum of Art: September 11, 2005 - January 22, 2006
White Columns: September 9, 2005 - October 15, 2005
Photo: Video still from a 1975 video by Jaime Davidovick with Gordon Matta-Clark shot on site during Matta-Clark's Reality Properties: Fake Estates project
The Queens Museum is housed in the New York City Building, which is owned by the City of New York. With the assistance of the Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and the New York City Council, the Museum is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Department for the Aging and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development. Additional funding is provided by the New York State Legislature, the New York State Council on the Arts, New York Council on the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Institute for Museum and Library Services, friends and members.
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