GUGGENHEIM tours JH - Art Abounds

WORLDS TOGETHER, WORLDS APART
Every Friday, April 6th - May 4th, 2012
3:00 - 6:00 PM
37th Road Pedestrian Plaza
Jackson Heights, Queens

QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, presents ITINERANT, a citywide festival for Contemporary Performance Art to be hosted at various venues in the five boroughs of New York City. ITINERANT 2012 focuses on live performative works that treat notions of intimacy, self-reflection, and introspection.

Hector Canonge and Camila Cañeque present the durational, site-specific performance and public intervention "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart"inspired by the transient nature of people, and the ephemeral relevance of historical figures. The performance evokes the complex relationship, influence, and dependence between the colonizer and the colonized, the lover and the enemy, the Old and New Worlds, the Americas and Europe, and the present with the past.

ITINERANT 2012 focuses on live performative works that treat notions of intimacy, self-reflection, and introspection. Artists working in Contemporary Performance Art were selected to participate from an open call that attracted more than 175 local, national and international submissions. Forty five artists will be featuring new and existing works that explore the program’s theme over a period of 5 weeks starting on March 30^th through May 5^th.

In addition, ITINERANT will present Public Performances at the new 37^th Road Pedestrian Plaza (between 74^th and 73^rd Streets) in Jackson Heights, Queens, every Friday, April 6th – May 4th, 3 – 6 PM,

and the closing event on Saturday, May 12th, 3 – 6 PM

featuring the public performances by Chloe Bass, John Cichon, Lizzie Scott, and Priscila Stadler on Saturday, May 12th, 3 – 6 PM.

CHRISTY WALSH - photographs

NOVO

78-23 37th avenue

WEDNESDAY April 25

opening

6 to 11 pm

I am accustomed to being uncomfortable and I really like it. Perhaps I am just a little disingenuous; I think that discomfort keeps me honest. Also, being uncomfortable seems like a difficult choice, and if I think something is difficult, that is was what I want to do. Where do all of these stressful choices lead me? I crave structure. Not to mention coffee.

I seek to explicate intellectual and emotional content through movement and imagery. I am interested in philosophy, history, mathematics and systems of power. I try to make dry topics lively but this does not mean I don’t indulge in the occasional formal exercise, abstract tango or series of portraits of buildings. I am interested in greater perspective but sometimes, small details create a telling narrative. I am rigorous in my study but loose in my application. I defy genre without meaning to. I want to do everything at once but can only do one thing at a time.

Stillspotting NYC Transhistoria by SO – IL For Transhistoria, the third edition of stillspotting nyc, the architects at Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) explore how one finds calm and inner peace in a bustling environment such as Jackson Heights. In two-hour self-guided tours starting from the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Ave. station, Transhistoria visitors will encounter four of these personal transhistories, selected from a series of around six indoor and outdoor spaces that frame the special experiences of these stories of migration, displacement, and finding familiarity and identity in a new place. Hours are Saturdays and Sundays, April 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, and May 5-6, 11am-7pm with the last tour starting at 5pm. $10, $8 members, Child (12 & under): Free For tickets please click here or visit: stillspotting.guggenheim.org/visit/queens/ Visitors will receive a map, directions for a self-guided tour, and a wristband for access to four sites that they may choose from the six sites open daily. Tours initiate from the stillspotting ticketing kiosk just south of the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave transit hub at 40-40 75th Street.

JH Hosts 2nd QUEENS WORLD Film Fest

The 2^nd Annual Queens World Film Festival

MARCH 1-4 2012

Screening challenging films from around the world

and around the corner

Queens World Film Festival 2

announces it will again showcase over 127 unique, creative, outstanding films from Bangladesh, Iran, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, South Africa, Norway, Canada, Australia, Los Angeles, Colorado, Missouri, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, and

local filmmakers right here in Astoria, Forest Hills

and Jackson Heights!

March 1, 2012 from 6 to 9

QWFF will launch at the

Museum of the Moving Image

with a meet and greet After Party at Studio Square

More Info: www.queensworldfilmfestival.com about attending the films, festivities & panels!

March 2 thru 4 - QWFF will utilize 3 locations that are accessible to EVERYTHING:

The Jackson Heights Cinema

(82^nd and Roosevelt Ave)

The Renaissance Charter School

(81st street and 37th Ave)

and PS 69

(77th Street and 37th Ave)

some upcoming events and highlights at this year's event include:

SATURDAY March 3

from 5:30 to 7:30

you can enjoy

DINNER AND A MOVIE

at Armondo's

which includes 4 courses and tickets to the show

at PS 69 at 8pm

*

'Model Rules' - Meet Marlyn Mason!

who starred in The Trouble with Girls

with Elvis Presley & appeared in over 80 TV shows

She is now making films at 72 years old that challenge aging

and the elder image

This OLD SPICE BLOCK is FREE to Senior Citizens!

Saturday at 11:30 am Renaissance Charter

*

BLOCK programming of films focus on common themes,

for example:

LGBT

Quirky Short Stack (Off beat short program)

Unflinching Looks (Documentaries)

Love and Other Dangerous Games (shorts w/ a twisted heart)

Old Spice (Shorts for Seniors)

Tough Stuff (Tough subject matter, not for the faint of heart)

Mostly By Youth, Mostly For Youth

*

You will not have to travel far to see

international films

and meet up & coming filmmakers

THANK YOU! to our Official Sponsors!

Amalgamated Bank, Stella Artois, Gold Coast Studios, Duart and Prudential Insurance...

plus generous support from local Jackson Heights businesses:

Realtor Dan Karatzas - Ultima Floral - Jahn's - Table Wine - Armondo's - Espresso 77 - Limoncello - Jim Morgo

Jackson Heights SPRINGS into ART & MUSIC

MAY DAY! MAY DAY! MUSIC AHEAD

SPRING CONCERT on SUNDAY MAY 1 at 3pm
presented by The St Joan of Arc Virtuosi and The Jackson Heights Beautification Group!

The Ninth Spring Concert performance with a String Quartet featuring Funda Cizmecioglu, Mitsuko Suzuki, Surai Balbesi and Jessie Reagan Man,with Sylwia Kloc on Classic Guitar and Vocalist John Petrozino.

St Joan of Arc Church - upper church
82-00 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights
tickets are $10 and available at the door
A wine and cheese reception will follow in Msgr. Boylan Auditorium



Jackson Heights Playwright and Filmmaker Paul Kelly had another premiere for his film FERMENTED (filmed entirely in JH) with the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL on April 29
at the QUAD cinema 
on West 13th ST


Cast and Crew were in attendance for the premiere along w. 6 independent shorts in the program!
left to right:
Andy Seaman:Cinematographer, Tom Scaringelli: actor, 
Paul Kelly: Director and Screenwriter, 
Rhett Kalman:Lead Actor, Brian Roland:Lead Actor 
and Celeste Balducci:Co-Director.
ART AND MORE ART

JH artist and teacher, CARLA LOBMIER, has graced the windows of ULTIMA FLORALS with her spring contribution...another vibrant and rich painting from her series of works. She has been showcasing a new work each season, providing additional beauty to the window arrangements and plants that George and the crew at Ultima put together.
Paintings are for sale and so are the flowers!





We recently met artist NORMA GREENWOOD who has been in Jackson Heights many years perfecting her passion for painting. One day we will feature her lovely paintings in JH but for now you can visit her open house event on May 7th in Manhattan!- here is sample of her work and we know there are more incredible paintings in that studio!

NORMA GREENWOOD -OPEN STUDIO-
SATURDAY, May 7, 2011, 12-5 P.M.

Location: 32 Union Square East -Studio: 11th floor --1113

(Park Avenue South, between 15th and 16th Streets, next to Babies-r-Us and T.G.I. Friday’s)

See you on the Avenue!
Celeste

You can write a script! writer /animator shows you how FEB 16th

THE FANTASTICAL WORLD OF SCRIPTWRITING

Location	The Renaissance Charter School... 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights. easy to get to: 7 train to 82nd St - or Q32 from madison ave along queens blvd up roosevelt right to TRCS door
Info	JACK FELDSTEIN, filmmaker and script writer (credits include TV's Murphy Brown & Designing Women) presents "THE FANTASTICAL WORLD OF SCRIPTWRITING" seminar...and explains the how-to of scriptwriting along with his "Fantastical" neon animation short on scriptwriting. $4 at the door http://www.jackfeldstein.com/ coordinated by Celeste Balducci in conjunction with QWFF - this will be a fun and informative foray into what makes a script work. $4 at the door- copies of Jack's DVD will also be available for aspiring writers and animators. GOOGLE MAP of TRCS LOCATION Jack will also be screening his neon animation short: THE ECSTASY OF GARY GREEN at the Queens World Film Festival March 3-4-5-6 check www.queensworldfilmfestival.com for time and date and to see the weekend schedule of over 104 independent features and shorts at the Jackson Theatre and TRCS See you on the avenue! Celeste

COME IN FROM THE COLD -

a community effort to save a park will warm your heart & 3 incredible artists will warm your soul...

JACKSON HEIGHTS ON THE MOVE-

hundreds rallied to save precious park land in Jackson Heights. This movement epitomizes the spirit in the community to enhance the quality of life for its diverse population.

here is WPIX11 about the effort with Councilmember Daniel Dromm.

PLEDGES From the community have been pouring in!
CONTACT The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights for more info,

http://thegreenagenda.webs.com

click here to hear pronunciation:

CHINESE NEW YEAR is FEBRUARY 3rd

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) and Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese).

come celebrate chinese new year with us!

NOVO ART OPENING

on 37th ave between 78th and 79th Sts.

THURSDAY

FEB 3rd-

from 6-9pm

warm up with a toddy or two

and featuring local artists:

TINA SELIGMAN:

Through different projects, TINA has been studying the relationships between music, visual art, and the rhythms of organic cycles -- universal languages that connect us, transcending geography and time. While certain pieces visually examine musical structures and cultural traditions, others have been transcribed from music, or have had music transcribed from the images.

SAM OPPENHEIM:

"SEE THE WORLD THROUGH MY LENS" takes you to Sam's website which takes you around the globe...

Sam Oppenheim has been photographing for 15 years, during which he received a B.A. at Columbia University in Archaeology & Comparative Religion, a M.A. in the Archaeology of Ancient India at UW-Madison, and a M.A. in Education at City College New York.

Sam is a self-taught photographer who shoots both film and digital. His talent has been shaped and practiced in over 30 countries on 6 continents. His inspiration comes from within, and his style is influenced by National Geographic magazine, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Lynn Saville. After 5 years teaching in the Bronx, he now works as a freelance photographer, and for a new company helping restaurants manage online ordering at Let's Order Online. NANCY WILLIAMS: Nancy is a NYC School Teacher and has been exploring photography in her travels. This is Nancy's first showing and as a good friend of Novo's, she was inspired by the local artists displayed there each month and wanted to share some of her treasured images. Another artist emerges ...

IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST - there have been many "call for entries"... for spring and summer exhibits-

check out www.queensartexpress.com posts...

time to get out there and show the world what you got!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Hector Canonge- renowned artist and curator has issued a CALL FOR ARTISTS for A-LAB Forum show: MEKANIKA to be presented at CROSSING ART GALLERY In Flushing FEBRUARY 19th
Info	Deadline for Online Submissions: Saturday, February 12, 2011 (Midnight) Event Date: February 19, 2011 Hosted by Crossing Art Gallery QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, invites artists to submit works for consideration for the first A-Lab Forum of 2011, MEKANIKA. The February forum will focus on the presentation of artists whose work deal with notions of machinery and its representation in visual arts. We are looking for submissions. INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDELINES: To be considered, submit sample work(s) via email to: alab.forum@gmail.com. Selected artists will present the digital images or videos submitted for the open call. Each participant will have up to 10 min for his/her presentation. Artists will be notified of their acceptance in the program by February 14, 2011. Selected artists will present their work on Saturday, February 19, at Crossing Art Gallery (136-17 39th Ave. Ground Floor, Flushing, NY 11354). for more details and information please visit:

A-Lab Forum
QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development
www.qmad.org/alabforum

may not recognize you under all those layers but...

see you on the avenue!

Celeste

Making - Music - Making - Movies

MUSIC:
Musical Jackson Heights Family Lisa Burns, Sal Maida and Dylan Maida have been a creative force in the community for many years...

now check out our local sensation's latest video:

singer and songwriter LISA BURNS... "Pretty Disillusion"

new video shot in Jackson Heights in December 2010

the first track off Lisa's Channeling Mary disc. Bass - Sal Maida, keys & drums- Dylan Maida, cello - Jessie Reagen, Percussion- Mark Johnson.

Written by Lisa Burns and Dylan Maida,

Produced by Lisa, engineered by Joe Ford at

South Brooklyn Sound for Rottentoof Record.

TONIGHT PREVIEW:

Thursday, January 27th

Jackson Heights Photographer and Filmmaker -

Richard Shpuntoff

- focuses on Jackson Heights History in his

work-in-progress documentary "Julio of Jackson Heights".

more info : "letters for Julio" on FB and Kickstarter

Jewish Center of JH - on 77th street/corner 37th Ave

Time:6:30PM tonight

SAVE THE DATES! Queens World Film Festival

Jackson Triplex Theatre

March 4-5-6

hosting 3 days of international and domestic films

panels and parties

www.queensworldfilmfestival.com

for updates and information

tickets go on sale FEBRUARY 10th online

there will be blocks of films throughout the weekend with Q&A's with filmmakers, actors and resource professionals. COMMUNITY NEWS:
	GARDEN SCHOOL PARK UPDATE: Despite lightning, thunder, sleet and snow, upwards of 150 people went to a meeting in Jackson Heights last night to support an 11th hour effort to turn an athletic field at the Garden School into an extension of Travers Park. The meeting followed a vote last week by the Board of Directors of the financially troubled Garden School to sell the field to a developer for construction of an apartment building. The next step appears to be a renewed effort to seek loans from community members and land trust organizations in the hope of helping the Garden School get past its immediate financial crisis until the signing of a contract for purchase of the land by the city. The city has set aside $5 million for that purpose. Attending the meeting were Garden School officials, Councilman Daniel Dromm, Assemblyman Michael DenDekker and commuity advocates. The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights, http://thegreenagenda.webs.com