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JOIN OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM!
As a Member of the Queens Museum, you will help us to maintain free admission, and provide vital support for our exhibitions, community and education programs. Members have exclusive opportunities to own limited edition prints from the Queens Museum collection! The 2021 Queens Museum Archive Editions include never before seen images of the 1964-1965 World’s Fair.
Como miembro del Queens Museum, permitirá que la entrada al museo siga siendo gratis para todxs y apoyará de forma crucial nuestras exposiciones, participación comunitaria y programas educativos. ¡Los miembros tienen oportunidades exclusivas de adquirir impresiones de edición limitada de la colección del Queens Museum! La colección Queens Museum Archive Editions de 2021 incluye imágenes inéditas de la Feria Mundial de 1964-65.
Images: Bob Golby, Unisphere Aerial View from the New York State Pavilion at Night, 1964/2021 / Jerry Kean (Gerald J. Kwapich Kean), New York State Pavilion.
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GESSO AUDIO TOUR: 1964-65 WORLD’S FAIR
With the theme “Peace Through Understanding,” the 1964-65 World’s Fair occurred in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, the very park that surrounds the Queens Museum. The Fair coincided both with the 300th anniversary of New York City and the 25th anniversary of the 1939-40 World’s Fair. This new Gesso audio tour will take you through the Fair, its history, its pavilions, and its attractions, prompted by the original artifacts on view at the Museum.
Bajo el lema “La paz mediante el entendimiento”, la Feria Mundial de 1964-65 tuvo lugar en el parque Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, que rodea el Queens Museum. El evento coincidió con el 300o aniversario de la Ciudad de Nueva York y el 25o aniversario de la Feria Mundial de 1939-40. Con esta nueva audioguía Gesso, recorrerá la Feria, su historia, sus pabellones y sus distintas atracciones gracias a los objetos originales expuestos en el museo.
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CAROLINE WOOLARD: STUDIO/HOME
After the Plaster Foundation, or, “Where can we live?”
As part of After the Plaster Foundation, or, “Where can we live?”, Caroline Woolard presents Studio / Home, 2014, which she describes as “an artist’s home in an artist’s studio for artists who often have to choose between having either a studio or a home.” Woolard’s sculpture—a mobile sleeping shelter—highlights the ways that artists are both implicated in and subject to the forces of displacement and gentrification. These themes are also addressed in artist Tony Cokes’ work B4 and After the Studio 1, 2019, excerpted for the exhibition’s online publication.
Como parte de After the Plaster Foundation, or, “Where can we live?”, Caroline Woolardpresenta Studio / Home, 2014, que describe como «el hogar de una artista en un estudio para artistas que, normalmente, tienen que escoger entre tener un estudio o un hogar». La escultura de Woolard (un refugio móvil) resalta la manera en que lxs artistas están implicadxs en las fuerzas de la gentrificación y los desalojos y sujetos a las mismas. Estos temas también se tratan en la obra del artista Tony Cokes B4 and After the Studio 1, 2019, cuyos pasajes se han seleccionado para la publicación online.
Images: Installation photos by Hai Zhang. / Caroline Woolard, detail, Technical Drawings for Studio/Home, 2019. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.
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ONLINE TALK: A TALE OF TWO WATERWORKS
Presented by Jeffrey Kroessler and NYC H20
March 2, 2021 – 6:00 pm TO 7:15 pm – Zoom
The history of the water systems of New York City and the once independent City of Brooklyn is not only a story of engineering triumph, but a story about the public spirit. Hosted in conjunction with the exhibition Ridgewood Reservoir for the 21st Century, situated around the Watershed Model, this online talk will explore the history of the two water systems, how and why they were built, how they determined the city’s future, and the story behind their unification.
La historia de los sistemas de abastecimiento de agua de la Ciudad de Nueva York y de la que en el pasado fue la ciudad independiente de Brooklyn no es sólo una historia de proezas de la ingeniería, sino una historia acerca del espíritu comunitario. Organizada para complementar la exposición Ridgewood Reservoir for the 21st Century, situada alrededor del Watershed Model (el modelo de la cuenca hidrográfica), en esta conferencia online exploraremos la historia de los dos sistemas de abastecimiento, cuándo y cómo se construyeron, cómo determinaron el futuro de la ciudad y la historia que hay tras su unificación.
Image: Lithograph,1859, showing the original two Ridgewood Reservoir basins in the City of Brooklyn, completed by 1858.
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LIKE WHAT WE’RE DOING?
If you are able, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Queens Museum. Every gift matters and allows us to continue to serve the communities that rely on us.Si le es posible, por favor, considere hacer una donación deducible de impuestos al Queens Museum. Cada donación es importante y nos permitirá continuar sirviendo a las comunidades que confían en nosotrxs.
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After the Plaster Foundation, or, “Where can we live?” is made possible by lead support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Generous support is also provided by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Special thanks to Powerhouse Arts.
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Major funding for the Queens Museum is generously provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Lambent Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New York Community Trust, the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, and the TD Charitable Foundation.  |
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