LIC Arts Open secures first-ever government grant
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The fifth annual LIC Arts Open, scheduled for May 13-17, promises to be the biggest one yet thanks to a grant provided by the Queens Center for the Arts. The festival drew nearly 10,000 visitors last spring, making it the largest event of its kind in western Queens. But with […]
Bamboo Sphere Breathes Life into Long Island City’s Noguchi Museum
A computer-controlled breathing sphere is among the non-moving stone giants at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City. “Breathing Sphere” is a creation by Dutch artist and designer Maria Blaisse, presented to Noguchi by the design researchers at slowLab in Amsterdam. The Dutch designer created the motorized globe of woven bamboo in order to spark “a […]