Art and Identity Roundtable Discussion: This Wednesday, August 22

Reception from 6 to 9pm with talk beginning at 7pm.

Panelists: Artist Jen P. Harris and Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, Facing History and Ourselves

Moderated by Nicholas Cohn

Closing Party: This Saturday, August 25 from 1 to 9pm 

Performance piece by Joshua Seidner beginning at 4pm. 

Extended hours: Wednesday and Saturday from 1 to 9pm

Thursday and Friday from 1 to 6pm

Nicholas Cohn Art Projects is pleased to present Art and Social Activism, a group exhibition featuring an international roster of artists working in a range of media, from painting and sculpture to video and performance, connected by their focus on social issues of national and global concern.

In collaboration with chashama, Nicholas Cohn Art Projects has transformed an industrial building in Long Island City into a venue for socially motivated visual art. Art and Social Activism will highlight issues of community development, identity, discrimination, and the environment.

Participating artists include: Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel, Boyce Cummings, Parastou Forouhar, Jen P. Harris, Karrie Hovey, Lawrence Lek, Dana Levy, Seema Nusrat, Christopher Robbins and Aaron Krach, Joshua Seidner, and Ali Van.

For a full exhibition description please visit: www.ncartprojects.com 

Directions:

Long Island City is adjacent to Midtown Manhattan, and the venue is easily accessible by subway and car. Below are directions and links to Google maps.  

Exhibition Address: 

26-15 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY

Subway:       

E/M (From 53rd Street & Lexington to Court Sq./23 Street Ely Avenue. 1 stop)                                     

7 (From Grand Central Station to 45 Rd. Court Sq. 3 stop)

G (From Brooklyn get off at Court Sq.)

Driving:     

From Grand Central Station take I-495 E

From 59th Street take Queensboro Bridge

Associate Curator: Jessica Lott

Operations Manager: Colin Winkelman, Handle My Art, LLC.

Acknowledgments:  Harris Cohn, Judith M. Cohn, Eric Gleason, RH Gallery, Centro Vinoteca