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Published on Thursday, June 23, 2011 by Jose Serrano-McClain Here’s a little something the children made in Corona Plaza this past weekend, as part of the Mask-making workshop led by teaching artist Lia Zuvilivia on behalf of the Queens Museum of Art and for the Dominico-American Society’s Family Festival. VN:F [1.6.3_896]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)...

Published on Thursday, June 2, 2011 by Jose Serrano-McClain On Saturday, May 21, a group of us gathered to help paint the fences at Corona Plaza for It’s My Park day (a program of Partnership for Parks and the NYC Parks Dept).   A few local organizations were involved: the Dominican American Society, the Drogadictos Anonimos, Corona Community Action Network, the Ecuadorian Civic Committee, [...]...

Published on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 by Jose Serrano-McClain A great event happening in Corona Plaza this weekend.  I’ll be there taking some picture of the tree lighting at 5pm. VN:F [1.6.3_896]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)...

Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by preranareddy Continuing our support community organizations that are creating access to health services, we would like to invite you to the Health Fair taking place at Corona Plaza this  Saturday, October 2nd (from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm). There is a great line-up of activities, including art workshops for children. Please see the flyer above for more [...]...

Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by peintern Queens Art Express is an annual arts festival aimed at celebrating the culture and work of the mostly immigrant communities that are situated along the 7 line. Every year several art workshops, performances, and open facilities are available to the public along this historic line. The Queens Art Express events are held out in public [...]...

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 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...