All are invited to the grand opening of a public access community art center in Long Island City on Saturday, May 3, from 5 pm to 9 pm.
AlterWork Studios will launch at 40-20 22nd St. during a night of live music, festivities, networking, and a gallery art show. (Dress code? Creative!)
First the exhibition.
Small Art Supersized features work in various genres by 89 artists. It’s curated by Timothy Kelly and AlterWork founder Tina Stipanovic, who used to own RaR Bar a few blocks away. The exhibit will be on display until Saturday, May 31, although the studio will be closed May 24-26.
Now the new space, whose regular hours are noon to 9 pm.
AlterWork’s facility includes a darkroom, woodshop, kiln, fabrication tools, performance space, artist studios, classrooms, storage, and 2D-3D capability.
A deluxe membership costs $525 a month. The next levels are $395 (premium), $295 (standard), and $195 (limited). Add to this darkroom only ($195) and woodshop only ($285). Click here for more information.
Editor’s note: The contributors to the Small Art Supersized exhibition include Finley Miller, Daniel Schnur, Jasmine Vollherbst, Justin Kinney, Shushanik Karapetyan, Laura Bell, Erin Black, Maggie Hinders, Charlie Weeks, Karin Luzon, Beryl Brenner, Noa Bornstein, Jesse Mineo, Jim Seffens, Tarley Jordan, Gladys LaFrossia, Zack Federbush, Tina Glavan, Xeze, Keith Bearden, Kiyomitsu Saito, Thomas Spoerndle, Yinan Estrada-Ortiz, Jacqueline Gurgui, Sofia Mirante, Andre Legaspi, Stella Psillides, Marta Smith, Christina Mazurowski, Anthoula Lelekidis, Sky Gerken, Dirk Rowntree, Collin Eastwood, Olja Stipanovic, Robert Lobe, Justine Lobe, Li-Ming Hu, Wenny Chang, Debra Jenks, Victoria Ozadovsky, Natalie Santoro, Dorit Shmuel, June Kosloff, Diana Alsip, Steve Buckley, Caitlin Attaway, Emma Schwarz, Dan Cordani, Catherine Lyons, Paul Flinders, Alanis Vulpis, Norma Markley, Jess Cheng, Carmela Creus, Robin Dluzen, Muscles Monty, Hannah Lavery, Robert Duarte, Jean Foos, Jody Abssy, Crystal Giard, Susan Kaplow, Kimberly Abbott, Lissy Alta, Jasmin Noesi, Christopher Waggy, Meryl Shapiro, Michael Abrams, Yelitza Galan, Fabrice Gibbons, Carolina Gimenez, Sarah Noda, Cinzia Meneghello, David Rogers, Katie Marie Frank, Tony Iaccio, Stacy Stevens, Sally Apfelbaum, Guin Ellsworth, Susan Breitsch, Jonah Robledo, Inez Foose, Joseph Mio, Margaret Schneider, Melina Tsalikis, Katherine Powers, Scarlett Macias, Maya Hazarika, and Judyta Grudzien.
Images: AlterWorks