Friday, March 5 – Long Island City Night
Group Show at The Experimental Space and Open Studios at Juvenal Reis Studios
Five artists from Juvenal Reis Studios presented at the Experimental Space. Exhibition curated by Juan Puntes, founder, executive and artistic director of White Box, Susie Lim, co-director of White Box and co-curated by Mark Dean, director of Dean Project. Two Video Projections curated by Juan Puntes and Susie Lim presented at Juvenal Reis Studios. On 2nd floor: Hans Breder Teotitlan
Time: Noon-8pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location:
Inaugural Exhibition and Open Studios at Flux Factory
Time: Noon – 6pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 39 – 31 29th Street, Long Island City
Website: www.fluxfactory.org
MTA Arts for Transit – Look Up, Not Down
Arts for Transit staff will be on onsite to discuss Ellen Harvey’s mosaic mural, Look Up, Not Down (2005). In this piece,the New York skyline is represented as a thin edge at the bottom of each mural that is otherwise filled with sky; human accomplishments are dwarfed by the immensity of nature.
Time: 5pm-7pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: Queens Plaza Station (mezzanine)
Website: www.mta.info/mta/aft
Opening Reception – Josana Blue, Paintings and Installation
Opening reception at Gallery AES for artist Josana Blue.
Exhibition runs March 4–27, hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11am-5pm or by appointment.
Time: 5pm-9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: Gallery AES, 44-02 23rd Street, Ground Floor, Long Island City
Website: www.galleryaes.com
Jacob Ouillette
Join DEAN PROJECT in celebration of Ouillette’s inaugural exhibition. The gallery is located directly behind the P.S.1/MoMA Museum in Long Island City.
Contact: 718.706.1462
Time: 5pm-8pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 45-43 21st Street, Long Island City
Website: www.deanproject.com
LICA Armory Fest – Opening Reception and 3 Venue Exhibition
Reception and exhibition celebrating 160+ member-artists.
Clocktower Building, 29-27 Queens Plaza North, ground floor, Long Island City
Holiday Inn Manhattan View, 39-05 Street, Long Island City
Space Realty Group, 29-09 39th Avenue, Long Island City
Time: 6pm-9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: see 3 venues above
Website: www.LICArtists.org
M55 Opening Reception for 3 Exhibitions
Members’ annual presentation – Artists Members Showcase
Assa Bigger “Concerto of Illumination,” a virtual collaboration of LIC artists, musicians, poets, dancers and performance arts
Maricn Wlodarczyk “New Work”
Time: 6pm-9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City
Website: www.m55art.org
Open Studios
One of Long Island City’s newer professional art studio complexes features an interesting array of talented emerging and mid-career artists exhibiting a wide variety of styles under one roof: representational and abstract paintings, prints, drawings; photography; mixed-media; collage art and digital art. Event continues on Saturday, March 6, 12pm-6pm.
Time: 6pm-9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 10-10 44 Avenue, between 10th and 11th Streets, 3rd Floor, Long Island City
Website: www.paintcanstudios.com
Opening Reception – Zeros+Ones: the Digital Era
Normal gallery hours are Thursday - Sunday, 12-5 pm or by appointment
Time: 6pm-9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 37-24 24th Street, Suite 406, Long Island City
Website: www.climategallery.com
Opening Reception – Nicole Parcher
Opening reception for gallery artist Nicole Parcher.
Normal gallery hours: Thursday – Sunday, Noon-5pm.
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: 37-24 24th Street, Suite 402, Long Island City
Website: www.dutchkillsgallery.com
MoFA, Museum of Fake Art
MoFA, the Museum of Fake Art, presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world’s top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone, but Fake art is not. Preview reception on March 5th: a unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. Then, connect at the aftermath, heat and elevators will be fake, dress accordingly, check out licspace.org for locations and details.
Time: 7pm-2am+
Access: RSVP requested, not required – info@licspace.org
Location: 4601 5th Street, Corner of 46th Avenue, Long Island City
Wesbite: www.licspace.org
Socrates Sculpture Park
Exhibition: 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition
September 13, 2009–March 7, 2010
Time: 10am to sunset
Access: Free
Location: 32-01 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City
Contact: 718.956.1819, www.socratessculpturepark.org
SculptureCenter
Exhibition: Leopards in the Temple, on view through March 30, 2010.
Time: Thursday–Monday 11am–6pm, closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Access: Suggested $5 donation
Location: 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City
Contact: 718.361.1750, www.sculpture-center.org
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Exhibition: Between Spaces October 25, 2009–April 5, 2010
Exhibition: 1969 October 25, 2009–April 5, 2010
Exhibition: 100 Years (version #2, ps1, nov 2009)
Time: Thursday–Monday, noon–6pm
Access: Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation; $2.00 for students and senior citizens; free for MoMA members and MoMA admission ticket holders
Location: 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, Long Island City
Contact: 718.784.2084, www.ps1.org
Noguchi Museum
Exhibition: Noguchi ReINstalled on view until October 24, 2010
Time: Wednesday–Friday 10am–5pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am– 6pm, closed Monday and Tuesday
Access: Museum admission is $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students with a valid ID. Members, New York City public high school students with a valid ID,= and children under 12 are free.
Location: 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Blvd.), Long Island City
Contact: 718.204.7088, www.noguchi.org
Fisher Landau Center
Exhibition: Five Decades Of Passion, Part Two: The Founding of the Center
Exhibition: We Are The World: Figures & Portraits
Time: Thursday–Monday 12pm–5pm, closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Access: open to the public, complimentary admission
Location: 38-27 30th Street, Long Island City
Contact: 718.937-0727, www.flcart.org
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs
Exhibition: Manuel Piña: On Monuments
Time: Thursday–Monday 11am–6pm, closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Access: Free
Location: 11-03 45th Avenue, Long Island City
Contact: 718.937.6317, www.dorsky.org
Local Project - Opening Reception with Guest DJ
Opening reception celebrating Elektra KB’s "Something To Show: Collection of works from a Vegan-Feminist-Situationist" and Bang Geul Han’s “Steven and Jared II (2009).” The exhibition will be on view March 5, 6, and 7.
Time : 6pm-11pm
Access: Free, open to public
Location: Local Project, 45-10 Davis Street Long Island City
Contact: www.localproject.org
