(Queens, NY) Queens Council on the Arts hosted an Open House on Wednesday, January 29 to celebrate the 2014 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) and Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) recipients. QCA is proud to support the creative contributions of the borough’s creative citizens.
Photo: Jackie DeDios, Development Manager of QCA and Queens Dance Artist Song Hee Lee.
This annual event brought together over 50 Queens Artists to our space to celebrate their performances and exhibitions that will take place in Queens. Queens Arts Fund provides funding for projects throughout the borough in a wide range of disciplines, enabling residents and visitors alike to experience high quality art all year long. SPARC (Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide) is a community arts engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City.
Thanks so much for a great night Queens Arts! Exciting to meet the QCA team, all the other QAF recipients, the SPARC artists, and more! So ready to get #MOVEWITHUS going! #queenspride #locallove says Queens Visual Artist Roshani Thakore
This year, QCA is happy to announce that the Queens Arts Fund will distribute over $175,000 to 31 Queens individual artists and 47 arts organizations in the disciplines of visual arts, film, theatre, multi-media, literary arts, dance and music. Eleven artists were selected to partner with senior centers through the SPARC Residency program.
The Queens Art Fund is made possible with the following:
The Greater New York Arts Development Fund is supported in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
The New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
SPARC: Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide, a residency program is collaboration among the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department for the Aging and the city’s five local arts councils. The program is supported in part by public funds provided by the Department for the Aging.
Queens Council on the Arts is the borough-wide arts council of Queens. The mission of Queens Council on the Arts is to foster, and develop the arts in Queens County and to support individual artists and arts organizations in presenting their cultural diversity for the benefit of the community. For more information visit: www.queenscouncilarts.org
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