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Queens Council on the Arts opens new Long Island City space
Queens Center on the Arts (QCA)
opened its new multipurpose
space in Long Island City featuring
artist studios, a performance space
and staff offi ces devoted to supporting
the borough’s diverse arts community.
At the new facility, young emerging
art students can already be found
participating in classes through QCA’s
High to School Arts School (HS2AS), a
free program for high school students
to help them gain acceptance into competitive
QCA’s new home, replacing cramped
offi ce space on Steinway Street in Astoria,
is located on the ground fl oor of the
Maximillian Building at 5-11 47th Ave.
The organization provides funding
to a wide array of individuals and art
groups. QCA also off ers professional
development and other resources for
Queens’ artists, who represent nearly
160 nationalities.
In the past year, QCA has directly
served approximately 3,200 individual
artists, 60 art organizations and an
audience of nearly 550,000 throughout
the borough.
“Queens’ artists have a new place to
call home, a place where they will be
recognized as being at the center of our
community,” QCA Executive Director
Hoong Lee Krakauer said. “Our new
location is designed to be inclusive,
fully accessible and welcoming to
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the diff erent needs of artists in our
diverse borough. We are thrilled to
open our doors and welcome HS2AS as
the fi rst of many programs and artists
to join us in Long Island City. Thanks
to our partners and staff for their hard
work in supporting this initiative.”
Founded in 1966, QCA is now at the
center of a vibrant local arts scene, just
a block away from the Long Island City
waterfront and the restaurants and
businesses on Vernon Boulevard.
The multipurpose facility includes
expanded space to host programming
and workshops for artists to
create, fund and showcase their art.
In addition to the HS2AS, QCA is
celebrating its 2021 Queens Arts
Fund Grantees. The group of 163
artists and nonprofi t organizations
that have been awarded grants to offer
distinctive arts and cultural programming
that directly serves the
community members of the borough.
“It has been a challenging year
for so many across Queens, especially
our local artists,” QCA Board
of Trustees Interim President Joe
LoBello said. “This is an incredible
milestone for QCA, and symbolic
of New York City’s reopening. On
behalf of our board, I want to thank
the supporters and staff for their
commitment in helping create this
dedicated space for the amazing arts
and culture community across the
‘World’s Borough.’”
For more information on QCA, visit
queenscouncilarts.org.
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