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Published on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by meenahasan QMA Intern Meena Hasan Reports From the Event On Saturday, September 19th, 2009 the Queens Museum of Art, in partnership with the Heart of Corona Initiative, held the Corona Cares Day Celebration: A Salute to Grandparents. The festival was located at Corona Plaza right at the foot of the 7 train’s 103rd St. stop, placing it [...]...

Published on Saturday, June 13, 2009 by preranareddy On Saturday, June 13, the Queens Museum of Art teamed up with the Corona Community Action Network (CAN) to host an International Family Day in Corona Plaza. Intermittent rain storms didn’t keep local residents and visitors from across the tri-state area from gathering in the Plaza to hear music, dance and applaud as adults and [...]...

Published on Saturday, November 1, 2008 by preranareddy N.Y. / Region City Room: It’s the Cart That’s Art, as Cold as Ice By By Corey Kilgannon Published: October 1, 2008 If the warm weather never ends, that is perfectly fine with Miguel Luciano, a Puerto Rican-born artist living in Brooklyn....

Published on Friday, September 26, 2008 by preranareddy Corona, Queens, the neighborhood immediately surrounding the Queens Museum of Art (QMA), is a nexus of ethnic diversity. In the past, it has been home to legends such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Malcolm X, and Ella Fitzgerald. Ever since F. Scott Fitzgerald first immortalized Flushing Meadows in The Great Gatsby, the park that houses [...]...

Published on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by preranareddy El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man Shaun “El C.” Leonardo presented the final performance of El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man, a recurring wrestling event in which the artist portrays a Mexican wrestling luchador battling an invisible opponent to fight invisibility, both metaphorically and literally, as well as to challenge the idealization of hypermasc...

Published on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 by preranareddy Transitioning from Leadership Through the Arts to the “Heart of Corona” Initiative in 2007. By working with Leadership Through the Arts Program youth and their families for almost three years, QMA identified tension points in their communities as well as learned firsthand from organizers and philanthropists how people were practically addressing these pr...