Participating Artists.
Elsie Apacible
Brent Bailer
Jennifer Bailey
Marianne Barcellona
Tony Buczko
Joyce Chan
Yoon Cho
Ann F Cofta
Carol Crawford
Valerie S Crosswhite
John Day
Paul Farinacci
Danielle R Fisher
Karen Fitzgerald
Mary Teresa Giancoli
Peter Goldwater
Norma Greenwood
Juan Hinojosa
Tamar Hirschl
Liz Johnson
Seunghwui Koo
Jain Kwak
Eleen Lin
Robert Lobe
Carla Lobmier
Richard W Lund
Thomas Martin
Walter O’Neill
Rafael Peralta Jr.
Mary Pinto
Nancy Rakoczy
Alejandra Regalado
Leonora Retsas
Carla Reyes
Helaine Soller
Kelli Thompson
Hooper Turner
Francisco Vidal
Marilyn A Walter
Joo Yeon
Judy Yang
Flushing Town Hall,
a Smithsonian Affiliate
Exective & Artistic Director, Ellen Kodadek
Thursday, June 27- Sunday, July 14
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday, Noon - 5 p.m.
137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11354
Opening Reception and Press Invitational:
Thursday June 27th, 4-7 p.m.
Family Workshop: Sun Printing
Saturday, June 29th, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20 per parent + 1 child/$10 each additional child. All proceeds to LIC Artists.
For details and tickets call: 718-463-7700
Flushing Town Hall, a Smithsonian Affiliate
Thursday, June 27- Sunday, July 14
JUROR’S STATEMENT
BRIDGING THE GAP
Bridging the Gap brings together the talent of many visual artists residing and working in Queens, and handsomely succeeds in portraying a large sample of the artistic life of the borough. It illustrates that there is life outside of Manhattan, well beyond the frontier of Long Island City, reminding us of Saul Steinberg’s classic cartoon of the map of the United States where NYC represents two-thirds of the space of the frame to imply that it is the symbolic center of the universe. But here we redraw the map and extend the boundaries beyond Manhattan island, to celebrate the fact that on the other bank of the East River, a community of artists has regrouped and thrived.
Displaying 40 artists and 52 works, the exhibition reveals not only the remarkable ethnic diversity for which Queens is famed, but the rich stylistic practices available to contemporary artists; and shows that they are often related. Artworks representing both figurative and abstract traditions—painted, drawn, fabricated, constructed, photographed, conceptualized—with portraits, landscapes, narratives, and formal studies in all media—revisit and revise the foundations of modern and contemporary art practices with passion and sensitivity.
As I viewed the works I was struck not only by the highly developed technical facility of the artists, but the originality and distinctly personal quality of the art. Some pieces are directly related to the artist’s past or present reality—images of memory or observation, whether actual or metaphorical, that evoke home, family, friends or cultures deeply embedded in the artist’s consciousness and surfacing up from that mysterious amalgam of skill, feeling, and ideas that we call creativity. Other works are cerebral or analytical, starting with a concept or theme that is then executed in thoughtful variation, whether metaphysical or empirical, to express each individual's unique vision.
What is undoubtedly true, as seen in this show, is that visual art, like music and poetry, is deeply connected to our identity and spirit, and that it is alive and well in Queens. Just as musicians, from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and other jazz legends called Queens their home, there is today a society of visual artists in neighborhoods throughout the borough that share a special history and a vibrant present that we are proud to call our colleagues and friends, and to showcase at the center of Queens in Flushing Town Hall. We thank the Long Island City Artists Association for making it possible.
Amy H. Winter, Director and Curator
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Queens College, City University of New York
QCC Gallery at Queensborough Community College
opens Thursday, November 7, 2013 , extended to March 10, 2014
General hours Monday - Friday 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-7pm
Saturday & Sunday 12- 4pm
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, NY 11364
tel. 718-631-6396
Opening Reception Thursday, November 14, 2013 5-8pm
QCC Bridging the Gap Salon 2014
Artists answered questions from students of QCC about their work.
Carol Crawford
Paul Farinacci
John Day
Helaine Soller
La Guardia Community College
Professor Cris Cristoforo
Thursday, September 12 - Wednesday, November 20
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm
31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
E Building, Floors 4 & 5
tel. 718-482-7200