Queens Museum

It's almost here: "A Billion Dollar Dream: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair on its 60th Anniversary" opens on Sunday, November 3rd! 🌐 Marking the sixty-year anniversary of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair, "A Billion Dollar Dream" revisits the Fair through an environmental, social, and political lens. This exhibition takes a fresh look at the Fair’s legacy and impact on American culture by placing materials from the Queens Museum’s collection in dialogue with the context of concurrent domestic issues, international politics, and cultural events. This exhibition reassesses the ways in which ideas of “progress,” nationhood, and representation were advertised and distributed by examining archival photographs, documents, postcards, posters, uniforms, and other ephemera. Together these objects reveal that the Fair was not neutral ground, fluctuating between the promise of a techno-utopia and “the good old days.” Join us for our opening celebration event on Sunday, November 3rd from 1:00pm-5:00pm. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dxN2xcKC #QueensMuseum #WF60 #FlushingMeadowsCulture

Congratulations to Sally Tallant, Queens Museum President and Executive Director, for being featured in City & State's Arts and Culture Power 100! https://lnkd.in/eqJ5442j

In the face of technology overload and increasingly over-scheduled lifestyles, a growing “free play” movement is advocating for opportunities for children to engage in unstructured play and enhance their creativity and independence.   Join thought leaders in play, education, and childhood development at the Queens Museum on 09/21 for "The Power of Free Play". This panel discussion features play designer Cas Holman, whose exhibition "Prototyping Play" is currently at the Queens Museum through January 2025; Yoni Kallai, Co-founder and Head Playworker at play:groundNYC; Tovah Klein, Director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development and author of "Raising Resilience: How to Help Our Children Thrive in Times of Uncertainty" (HarperCollins, 2024); and is moderated by Kimaada Le Gendre, Director of Education & Community Engagement for the Queens Museum. RSVP required: https://lnkd.in/ehKRq7gi 📸: Hai Zhang

Discover “Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love” before the exhibition closes on 09.22.24! “Our first and last love” explores Harris’s critical examination of identity and self-portraiture while tracing central themes and formal approaches in his work of the last 35 years. The artist’s recently-completed “Shadow Works” anchor the exhibition. In these meticulous constructions, photographic prints are set within geometric frames of stretched Ghanaian funerary textiles, along with shells, shards of pottery, and cuttings of the artist’s own hair. “Our first and last love” follows the cues of the Shadow Works’ collaged and pictured elements—which include earlier artworks and reference materials, personal snapshots, and handwritten notes—to shed light on Harris’s layered approach to his practice. Book your ticket today and visit The August Tree shop at the Queens Museum to take home the exhibition catalogue: https://lnkd.in/g9enHnta

See how the #PanoramaQM’s light cycle softly changes from dawn to dusk to night? Very demure, very mindful 😌 Come experience the crown 💎 of our permanent collection —aka The Panorama of the City of New York —in person✨: https://lnkd.in/g47TtqU5

📆 Join acclaimed artist and photographer Lyle Ashton Harris and scholar Nana Adusei-Poku on Saturday 09/14 as they delve into topics around self-care and representation explored in Harris’s exhibition, “Our first and last love”. Harris and Adusei-Poku (who contributed an essay to the exhibition catalogue, available for purchase at The August Tree Inc.) will discuss the artist’s recent “Shadow Works” series, mixed-media assemblages of photographic prints embedded in Ghanaian printed textiles with cowry shells, pottery, handwritten notes, and other personal ephemera, underscoring Harris’s layered approach to his practice. 🔗 RSVP required: https://lnkd.in/gGV4-q_Q

📅 On Sunday 09/22, join us for “On Place and Process: In Situ Artist Fellows in the Studio” a special conversation between Cameron A. Granger, Nsenga Knight, and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz. The three In Situ Artist Fellows will discuss their fellowship and process in preparing for the solo exhibitions currently on view in the galleries: “Cameron A. Granger: 9999” “Nsenga Knight: Close To Home” Catalina Schliebener Muñoz: Buenos Vecinos” Attendees are also invited to join the artists in their studios for informal conversation and a behind-the-scenes look at the research, materials, and ideas that have influenced their work over the past two years. RSVP is required: https://lnkd.in/esEHtKM9

Congratulations to Isabelle Montesinos, Development Manager, for her recognition from Association for a Better New York (ABNY)! 🌐

Join the Queens Museum team! 🌐 We’re hiring for multiple full-time and temporary roles in our Development and Education Department: ✍️ Individual Giving and Events Manager (Full-time): Lead planning and execution of the Museum’s major events (i.e. Annual Gala), Maintain direct relationships with donors and build new relationships by creating opportunities for engagement with the Museum and by highlighting museum programming, and more! 📣 Development Assistant (Full-time): Manage the donor database, update donor records, assist with planning and coordination of space rentals and other external special events, and more! 🎨 Bilingual Teaching Artists (Temporary): Lead art classes, workshops, and educational programs aimed at older adults in Spanish and/or Mandarin Adapt teaching methods to accommodate a diverse range of abilities and learning styles and more! 🖌️ Teaching Artists, School Programs (Temporary): Lead art classes, workshops, and educational programs onsite at QM and partner school sites, develop thematic curriculum and supporting lesson plans that integrate the museum’s permanent and changing exhibitions with relevant content in school curriculums and more! Learn more about these exciting opportunities: https://lnkd.in/e8gMY6wx Bilingual candidates and residents of Queens are encouraged to apply. Have a question about the hiring process at QM? Reach out to us at hr@queensmuseum.org. #QueensMuseum #MuseumJobs #Opportunities

🎨 We're excited to introduce our Board Officers and welcome two new members to our Board of Trustees! Paula Kirby, managing Director of Plaxall and long-time Board member, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Kirby is taking on this role at a transformative moment in the institution's history as the Museum prepares for the final phase of a major capital renovation project. In addition to Kirby’s appointment, Yvonne Riley Tepie, Senior Vice President of Social Impact at the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), has been named Vice Chair; and Christina Geffrard, Executive Assistant to Thomas Rudzewick, President & CEO of Maspeth Federal Savings & Loan Association, has been named Treasurer. Amy D’Amato, Associate Compliance Director at Park Strategies, LLC and long-time Forest Hills resident, remains Board Secretary. This Fall, Dominique Goss and Anwarii Musa joined the Queens Museum’s Board of Trustees as our two newest members. Dominique Goss is the Executive Director of the M&T Charitable Foundation and M&T Bank. Her broad understanding of business principles has been pivotal in guiding her collaborations with other business leaders to align shared values. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Anwarii Musa – Curator, Art Advisor, and founder of ArtMatic Advisory – brings over a decade’s worth of experience in contemporary art in advising collections and acquisitions from across the country. #QueensMuseum