Sports Stars Shine Bright In Maspeth Hundreds came to O’Neill’s Restaurant in Maspeth on Sunday, Jan. 25, for the “New York Champions for St. Jude” fundraiser in which guests got a chance to meet and greet some of the city’s biggest sports legends. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, which provides pediatric cancer care to families across the nation. Among the notable sports stars who participated in the event were Brian Leetch, member of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers; former New Jersey Net Kenny Anderson, who played for Briarwood’s Archbishop Molloy High School; and former New York Mets and Yankees pitcher David Cone. The three stars are pictured with George O’Neill, the restaurant’s proprietor. (photos: Marcin Zurawiczx) Emerging Artist Award Is Coming To Queens Providing Art For LIC and will stay for one year. Proposals will only be accepted from NYC-based emerging artists--artists who have specialized training in their field, who are at an early stage in their career and who have an independent body of work. Any artist enrolled in a school, college or university are not eligible for the CWEAA. The CWEAA has been awarded annually since 2011. Last year’s winner, Jarrod Beck, installed Uplift, an abstract sculpture made from recycled rubber taken from mining conveyor belts from upstate West Virginia, in Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan. Clare Weiss, for whom the award is named, was the Public Art Curator for New York’s Department of Parks and Recreation. During her tenure she curated more than 100 outdoor public art installations throughout the city. The deadline for applications is Mar. 22. Guidelines for applications can be found at www.nyc.gov/parks/calreweisse mergingartistaward. For more information call 1-212-360-8163. TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015 • 18 Visit Our Archives At www.TimesNewsweekly.com by Anthony Giudice The 2015 Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award (CWEAA) will take place in Court Square Park in Long Island City, NYC Parks announced last Friday, Jan. 23. This annual award is granted to an artist living in New York City who submits the most interesting and compelling proposal for an outdoor sculpture. Each year the location for the sculpture changes, but it is always within proximity to a neighborhood that is underserved by public art. The chosen artist will be granted $10,000 that will be used to pay for the cost of fabrication, insurance, maintenance, installation and removal of the artwork and restoration of the site. The sculpture will be on view beginning in the fall of 2015 Midville Drive Helped Save Lives Middle Village residents gave the gift of life during a blood drive that St. Margaret Church and the New York Blood Center hosted on Sunday morning, Jan. 25, in the St. Margaret School cafeteria. Previous blood drives that the church held generated numerous pints provided to local medical centers to treat patients in need of blood transfusions. One local resident, Hildegard Martingat, is shown in the left photo doing her part. Members of the parish’s blood drive committee are pictured in the right photo. They are (from left to right) Martha Rickey, Terry Basdow, Margie Brainerd and Deacon Michel Brainerd. (photos: Ron Sinacori)
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