Join us for Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces, a conversation highlighting artist-led spaces across Queens and the people creating them.

Presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, this panel will bring together artists and organizers behind artist-run spaces from across the borough to share how their spaces came to life, the communities they serve, and the role they play in creating opportunities for artists to gather, create, exhibit, collaborate, and build community.

Panelists will discuss what inspired them to create their own spaces, the realities sustaining artist-led initiatives, and their visions for the future of artist-run spaces in Queens. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and mixer.

Drinks and light refreshments will be available.

Join us for our next Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces featuring:

🖌️ Stephanie S. Lee — @garageartcenter
🖼️ Meghana Karnik — @flux_factory
🎭 Naomi Sturm — @losherederosnyc

Together, they’ll share what inspired them to build spaces for fellow artists, the realities behind sustaining artist-led work, and how these creative spaces are helping shape the future of arts and culture in Queens.

🎙️ Moderated by @nataliebedon_ , Project Manager of the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, and co-moderated by special guest @amara.idk, Queens-based artist, project collaborator, and current Manager of Public Programs & Events at the Central Park Conservancy.

Hosted at FLUX IV, located at 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101.

🎟️ FREE to attend.