In this discussion we will focus on art projects that although they seem very different, all have in common the idea of sharing of art to create a fabric of relationships within the neighborhood. Through these projects we will consider the benefits of collaboration instead of competition, collectivizing resources, and self-organizing. We will also discus the complexity and contradictions of making art common in the culturally diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens.

Participating Guests include: Nicholas Sharma of STooPS! BedStuy, Petrushka Bazin Larsen of The Laundromat Project, and Jackson Heightsian Gonzalo Casals of  Friends of the Highline

Facilitation: QI 2013 Artists, Art & The Commons (Antonio Serna & David Andersson)

previously:

Art Made Common I: Perspectives from Hong Kong & New York @Museum of Chinese in America

Queens International 2013 is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, La Guardia Corporation, Ford Foundation, Contemporary Art Foundation, Target, and Holosonic Research Labs, Inc.

Additional funding provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.