Queens Council on the Arts heading to Long Island City – Queens Chronicle

Queens Council on the Arts, founded in 1966, is moving from its
home in Forest Park to a new, 1,700-square-foot space at 37-11 35
Ave. in Long Island City, which the nonprofit is leasing from
Kaufman Astoria Studios.

The organization, which supports Queens-based artists across all
disciplines — fine arts, dance, music and more — administers grants
with monies it receives from the city and private and corporate
donations.

Last year, QCA awarded a quarter of a million dollars through
nearly 100 grants, according to Executive Director Hoong Yee Lee
Krakauer.

But the facility in Forest Park is “a golf house,” Krakauer
said. It was chosen in part, she said, to facilitate programming in
parks.

The new location was found after a long process that included a
failed attempt in 2008 to move into LIC and a survey of Queens
artists.

“They chose western Queens,” she said.

Construction is underway at the space, and the organization will
complete its move sometime in the spring.