(Long Island, NY) Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) and the Board of Directors invite you to join in celebrating the achievements of the 2016 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) Awardees and SU-CASA Residents formally know as SPARC, QCA is proud to support the creative contributions of the borough’s creative citizens.
This year, we are happy to announce that the Queens Arts Fund will distribute 110 grants for a total $242,000 to 25 Queens individual artist grants and 56 arts organization grants in the disciplines of visual arts, film, theatre, multi-media, literary arts, dance and music and 14 SU-CASA artists who have been selected to partner with 14 senior centers across the borough. All of the awardees are an incredible group of creative thinkers, representing a wide range of cultural activities that will take place throughout Queens year round. All awardees were selected in a competitive peer panel process through the 2016 Queens Arts Fund grant cycle.
Expected to attend this annual event are NYC Cultural Affairs Deputy Commissioner Edwin Torres, additional elected officials, as well as many of the finest representatives of Queens’ ever-growing arts community, to acknowledge the awardees and their importance of keeping our borough vibrant with cultural activities in our own neighborhoods.
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 is a community arts engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City.
Thursday February 4th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Queens Council on the Arts
37-11 35th Ave (Entrance on 37th St)
Astoria, NY 11101
For more information visit: www.queenscouncilarts.org
The Queens Art Fund is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. SU-CASA is made possible in part by Public funds from the New York City Council, in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of 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.
2016 Queens Arts Fund Grantees
Art Access Grant
Funded by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund
- American Bolero Dance Company
- Astoria Big Band
- Bayside Glee Club, Inc.
- Beach Sessions fiscally sponsored by Black & White Project Space
- Con Brio Ensemble
- Convergence Arts, Inc.
- Coopdanza, Inc.
- Cre.Art Project Ensemble fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Fresh Meadows Poets
- Healing Nation Foundation fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Jackson Heights Beautification Group
- Jose Obando fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Local Project
- MachineHDance fiscally sponsored by Unique Projects, Inc.
- Mission to (dit)Mars fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Multicultural Sonic Evolution
- New Music Horizons fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Newtown Literary Alliance, Inc.
- Onipa- Abusia, Inc.
- Opera Pomme Rouge fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Queens World Film Initiative, Inc.
- Rego Park Green Alliance Studio
- Rural Route Films fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- Salvatore LaRussa Dance Company, Inc.
- STAR – Senior Theater Acting Repertory
- Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District
- The Astoria Choir, Inc.
- The Dream Unfinished fiscally sponsored by Black Women’s Blueprint The Dream Unfinished
- The Physical Plant fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
- TITAN Theatre Company fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas
New Works Grant
Funded by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund
- Adam Nadel
- Alvin A. Realuyo
- Caitlin Dutton
- Cara Lynch
- David Mills
- Fei Li
- Graciela Cassel
- Jeffrey Fairbanks
- Jennifer Williams
- Juan Hinojosa
- Kenneth Burris
- Kensaku Shinohara
- Lily Jue Sheng
- Maria Dimanshtein
- Nivedita ShivRaj
- Renzo Ortega
- Ryan Black
- Salvador Espinoza
- Samuel Lee
- Sara Cooper
- Sarah Frazier
- Stephanie Davis
- Yuki Thomas
Community Arts Grant
Funded by New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization, Community Arts Program
- American Bolero Dance Company
- Astoria Big Band
- The Astoria Choir, Inc.
- Ba Ban Chinese Music Society, Inc.
- Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts Inc.
- Beach Sessions Dance Series fiscally sponsored by Rockaway Artist Alliance
- Chhaya CDC
- Cultural Caravan Productions, Inc.
- Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Inc.
- Desi American Mom
- Downtown Flushing Transit Hub DMA Inc.
- Drama Club
- Drumsongs Productions, Inc.
- Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc.
- Greater Ridgewood Youth Council
- Heng-Gil Han fiscally sponsored by Jamaica Center Business Improvement District
- The Hindu Temple Society of North America
- Jackson Heights Orchestra fiscally sponsored by Jackson Heights Beautification Group
- Kew Gardens Council for Recreation and the Arts, Inc.
- LIC Arts Open fiscally sponsored by Local Project
- Long Island City Ballet
- Mare Nostrum Elements Inc.
- Multicultural Sonic Evolution
- National Alliance of Native Americans Longhouse, Inc.
- New Music Horizons fiscally sponsored by Art House Astoria
- Newtown Literary Alliance, Inc.
- Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
- Onipa- Abusia, Inc.
- Ophelia Theatre Group fiscally sponsored by The Variety Boys and Girls Club in Queens
- Percussia
- Queens World Film Initiative, Inc.
- Random Access Music
- Rego Park Green Alliance Studio
- Senior Theater Acting Repertory
- Smallwater fiscally sponsored by Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
- Sunnyside Community Concert Series fiscally sponsored by All Saints’ Episcopal Church
- Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District
- TITAN Theatre Company fiscally sponsored by the Queens Borough Public Library
Community Engagement Commissioning
Funded by New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization, Community Arts Program
- Jocelyn M. Goode
- Judith Sloan
SU-CASA Residency
Funded with Public Funds from the New York City Council, in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Aging.
- Cia-Mei Tseng in residency with KCS Flushing
- Marilyn Rogers in residency with Selfhelp ISC
- MagaliDuzant in residency with Elmcor Lefrak
- Catherine Fletcher in residency with CCNS Della Monica Steinway
- Ian Wen in residency HANAC Harmony
- Dana Perotti in residency JSPOA Theodora Jackson
- David Mills in residency Rochdale Village NSC
- Karl Lorenzon in residency CCNS Ozone Park NSC
- Carol Sudhalter in residency Forest Hills NSC
- Yvonne Shortt in residency Rego Park NSC
- MollieHosmer-Dillard in residency Peter Cardella NSC
- ValerieSkakun in residency Selfhelp Maspeth
- Gary Dreifus in residency SNAP Brookville NSC
- Wojciech Gilewicz in residency CCNS Woodhaven-Richmond Hill
