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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 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by jose signs/banners/backdrops update Published: September 6, 2010 by Hans and Rivka through Madagascar Institute. So, we had a lovely day arting in tents outside the Queens Museum… Here’s an update and some images of what we did, we’ll be continuing to work next week Sunday from 1pm-5pm and it would be most awesome if any [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are a Target sponsored event where the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! On Friday July 23rd, the Queens Museum of Art and hundreds of visitors had the opportunity to experience music, dance, [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are Target sponsored events during which the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! The first Friday’s (July 9th) country was South Africa in celebration of the FIFA World Cup final which happened that [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are a Target sponsored event where the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! On Friday July 16th, the Queens Museum of Art and hundreds of visitors had the opportunity to experience music, dance, [...]...

Published on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by aichenlin Aichen Lin is a QMA staff member and helps head New New Yorkers in addition to teaching classes.  This past Spring she taught a Digital Storytelling class in Mandarin at the museum and also at Flushing Library.  Here is more about the class from Aichen:   What was the focus of the class? Digital Storytelling class was taught [...]...

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, July 27, 2010 by jose This past Spring, the New New Yorker’s program offered eight different art classes to adult immigrants.  One of the classes was Basic Photography taught in Mandarin by Yijun Liao.  Here is what Liao had to say about the class, what the students learned and experienced and what it is like to be a part of [...]...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by Gabriel In compliance with the Mayor’s Executive Order 120 which mandates that all city agencies that interact with the public in providing services must devise and implement a Language Access Plan for those with limited English proficiency (approximately 1/4 of all New Yorkers), The NYC Parks Department implemented a new Language Access system in Fall 2009 [...]...

Published on Thursday, May 20, 2010 by Gabriel On June 21st of 2009, a coalition of 5 indigenous group congregated at the Museum to celebrate the first day of the summer in a traditional festivity known as the Inti Raymi. Members of Kichwa Nation,  Abya Yala, Grupo Raices, PERUINCAFOLK, Estudiantina Bolivia and  Ayazamana organized a program with an inaugural ceremony followed by  dance, music, [...]...