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BY QEDC It's In Queens
Community Togetherness is coming…and you can paint it.
Frank Ottomanelli, who runs the Ottomanelli’s By The Water concession at Hunter’s Point Park South, recently received approval from NYC Parks to install a roughly 11,000-square-foot mural. He wants to create one with three-foot-high artworks of any width that he’ll connect and wrap around his eatery’s outside dining area in the vicinity of the NYC Ferry landing and the East River.
The Maspeth native, who also owns F. Ottomanelli’s Burgers & Belgian Fries in Woodside, is looking for local artists to contribute to the project. First priority goes to Western Queens residents and students. People from other parts of the borough also get VIP consideration. (He emphasizes that everybody — amateurs, emerging artists, seasoned professionals, etc. — should apply as he’s seeking heavy representation from the LGBTQ, immigrant, and minority communities.)
Each selectee receives $500 and supplies.
“The goal is the erect a large, beautiful, and diverse mural created by local individuals and groups that promotes the wonderful things about Queens,” Ottomanelli states in a letter. “A secondary goal relates to the mural becoming a tourism destination whose image is shared on many visitors’ social media channels.”
An Advisory Committee, which consists of eight active participants in the Queens cultural scene, will blindly review proposals with a special eye towards appropriateness and compliance with the Community Togetherness theme.
Ottomanelli will accept proposals until Sept. 1, but he might start the installation process a bit earlier. He’s also looking for sponsors, influencers, and volunteers.
Click here to find out how to submit a proposal.
Images: NYC Parks