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Published on Thursday, May 26, 2011 by jose NYFA’s IAP has been working with immigrant artists for something close to four years now. Both IAP and NNY work with immigrants and the arts, but in different ways. IAP works with professional artists and NNY works with the general public. There have been occasions in which one of our users transitioned from our program [...]...

Published on Friday, May 13, 2011 by Michelle López Finding resources in the community for children with Autism can be a challenging task. In addition to theart making programs of Autism Initiative, which are currently held at local libraries around Queens, we have compiled a list of resources for residents in the Queens and Nassau area that you may find useful. So please feel free [...]...

Published on Friday, April 1, 2011 by Lindsay Smilow   Third graders all over New York City are studying world communities and cultures. For PS 175 in Rego Park, the study of world cultures was illuminated by an art residency taught by QMA teaching artist Emily Rivlin-Nadler in collaboration is PS 175’s 3rd grade classroom teachers. The students in this residency learned about specific countries (particular to eac...

Published on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by jose -by Katherine Sabal This 2010 Fall season ushered in a new set of classes for the New New Yorkers Program. One class was an intermediate digital photography course entitled Inspire Me!, a class I was able to take part in. Inspirations was taught in English by artist Sol Aramendi and met every Sunday for [...]...

Published on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 by Lindsay Smilow By Ayanna Smith and Katherine Sabal Today, for the first time this summer, I assisted museum educator Rivka Karasik with a workshop full of excited kindergarteners from the 82nd Street Academics Camp in Jackson Heights.  When they arrived, the students first took a brief look at the Tiffany lamps before moving into the studio to do [...]...

Published on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 by jose This past May, Lauren Brandt Schloss (Director of the QMA Education Department) and Jose Rodriguez(Manager of New New Yorkers Programs) had the opportunity to present on a panel at this year’s Association of American Museums Conference discussing Museum and Library Partnerships.  They presented their work, experiences, and insight in working with the Queens Public ...

Published on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by Laura By Ayanna Smith Every Friday and Sunday the museum has cultural events such as Passport Fridays and Family Art Workshops. But on the first Sunday of each month there are always special guests like exhibited artists, dancers or musicians or the Freestyle Art Association, a group of collective artists that create workshops for other people to [...]...

Published on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by jose Georgie Flores is an artist educator for the museum’s New New Yorkers program.  This past Spring he taught a bilingual class in Spanish and English on Watercolor Painting.  Here is what he had to say about the class, what students learned, and about being a part of the New New Yorkers program:   What do students focus [...]...

Published on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by jose Annie Ferdous is one of the founders of the Bangladesh Institute of the Performing Arts (BIPA) which runs a dance and music school, offers performance and workshops.  The school is in the LIC/Astoria area where there is a large Bangladeshi community.  Ferdous says that classes are affordable for everyone, offered in an intimate setting and [...]...

Published on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by jose As the instructor of the New New Yorkers ESOL class (English for Speakers of Other Languages), Rivka Karasik seeks to provide students with a comfortable environment in which they can interact with others from different cultures and backgrounds and increase their confidence levels in speaking English.  Students usually meet in the “cozy archive center” in [...]...