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Published on Thursday, August 25, 2011 by Jose Serrano-McClain Rachel Peddersen is an artist and student currently based in New York. “I am interested in alternative art spaces, collaborations and building long-term projects with other artists and art collectives. My decision to work with the Ghana Think Tank and the Queens Museum is an extension of these interests and coincides with my thesis-driven research, which will a...

Published on Thursday, June 23, 2011 by preranareddy I am a Rio Grande Valley native in Texas, born thirty minutes from Mexico, and a soon to be graduate of New York University with a degree in Social and Cultural Analysis. My pursuit of this degree is directly tied to the feeling that academics should have practical applications and be immersed in existing community [...]...

Published on Thursday, March 31, 2011 by admin Larissa Harris is a curator at the Queens Museum of Art. Exhibitions at QMA include Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, a project on home finance by artist and urban designer Damon Rich; The Curse of Bigness, which featured major works by Survival Research Laboratories, J. Morgan Puett, and Dexter Sinister, among others; and the [...]...

Published on Friday, October 9, 2009 by preranareddy Prerana Reddy is currently the Director of Public Events at the Queens Museum of Art, where in addition to organizing their screenings, performances, discussions, and community-based collaborative programs and exhibits both on- and offsite, she developed an intensive arts and; social justice program for immigrant youth as well as a community development initiative for...

Published on Friday, October 9, 2009 by preranareddy Director of Education Lauren oversees the largest department in the Museum.  While under her supervision, the Education Department has: Doubled the number of educational programs Secured three national awards for the ArtAccess and Queens Teens programs Implemented two major National Leadership Grant initiatives as part of a partnership with the Queens Library Laure...

Published on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by jose Manager, New New Yorkers Programs I am a sculptor by training, an educator by heart, and an installation artist by choice. I came to the New New Yorkers program as an educator in 2007 and stayed on. Since February 2009, I have been working at the Queens Museum of Art as the Manager [...]...

Published on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by preranareddy Parks Programming and Outreach Fellow spring 2007 – Present I have a particular interest  on access of more people to arts and cultural programming with relevance to each population, and I aploude energy and material sustainability for environmentally friendly initiatives.  My background in multimedia design has made me very active in promotion [...]...

Published on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by preranareddy Community Organizer and Corona Studio Coordinator, August 2010 – present I grew up in Corona for a good part of my childhood and it is very exciting to me to come back to the neighborhood serving a role on behalf of QMA. As a kid, I was more partial to science than art so I [...]...

Published on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by preranareddy Michelle has been working with QMA’s ArtAccess program since 2006 and is now a senior coordinator of its programs; including the new Autism Initiatives which is a multi-year partnership with the Queens Library.  The autism project reaches out to families affected by autism and provides them with access to bilingual studio art classes held at [...]...

Published on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 by preranareddy Senior Manager, School, Youth and Family Programs Laura designed and implemented the Queens Teens docent program at the Queens Museum of Art.  Under her leadership, the program received the 2008 Coming Up Taller Award, a President’s Award for the Arts and Humanities’ and the nation’s highest honor for arts-based after school initiatives.  Laura [...]...