QUEENS ARTS CONNECTIONS Saturday, March 22, 2008, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing
A networking event for artists and cultural groups pooling the resources of two dozen art services organizations. Each organization will provide material and answer questions on their services.
Highlights of the day include:
-Presentations on the New York Foundation of the Arts Source database and Instructions on How to Become a Teaching Artist.
-Curators from the Queens Museum of Art and other Queens arts organizations will provide one-on-one portfolio reviews for selected visual and performing artists.
-Registrants will be offered the opportunity to participate in a slide/reel/poetry slam during which peers will offer feedback on their work in a public setting.
-There will be a live performance by a Queens-based artist.
-The day will conclude with an informal networking reception.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS TO DATEActor’s Fund of America
Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York
DanceNow NYC
DanceNYC
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 Center for Arts Education
The Field
Third World Newsreel
SUBMISSION PROCESSTo submit your portfolio (visual or performing arts) for critique please a CD or DVD clearly labeled with the name of the artist and contact information to:
Queens Arts Connections Submissions
c/o Prerana Reddy
Queens Museum of Art
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
Submissions should be limited to 10 images or 3-5 minutes of performance. Only a limited number of submissions will be discussed at the workshop. A submission is not required for registration.
REGISTRATIONAdmission is free. Registration is required. Space is limited.
To register, please email your name, address, telephone number, and artistic discipline to
register@queenscouncilarts.org http://queenscouncilarts.org/html/artsservices-qns%20art%20connection.html
