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LIC Arts Organizations, Groups and Studios
Astoria Music Society
Classical and jazz concerts. Silas Huff, silas@astoriamusic.org, 718.204.9034
25-90 35th St., #6J, Astoria, NY 11103 www.astoriamusic.org
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Taryn Drongowski, Executive Director, drongowski@ssrc.org
PO Box 195,
Brickhouse Ceramic Art Center
Ellen Day, Director, ellen.day@brickhouseny.com
10-34 44th Drive, LIC, NY 11101
Year-round classes for adults in pottery, wheel throwing and handbuilding.
718.784.4907 http://www.brickhouseny.com
Bridgeview School of Fine Arts - Lena Murray
10 - 27 46 Avenue, between 11
Full-time and part-time programs in classical painting, drawing, sculpture and anatomy for adults and children. Founded by a group of academically-trained Russian artists, the School strives to bring the best of the classical tradition to the American art education. Help with portfolio preparation. Beautiful studios with skylights near 7 subway lines. www.academicart.com.
Buzzer 30 - Rob Maitra & James Conlon - buzzerthirty@yahoo.com
38-01 23rd Avenue, 3rd floor, Astoria
An arts and writing education center. www.buzzerthirty.com 718.545.0786
The Chocolate Factory Theater
5-49 49th Avenue, LIC, NY 11101
718. 482.7069
http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org/
The Obie Award-winning Chocolate Factory Theater presents new work in a variety of disciplines including theater, dance, music, multimedia and the visual arts at its 5,000 square foot facility in Long Island City. The work emphasizes multi-disciplinary collaboration - combining movement, music, video and text to devise a means of storytelling that is immediate, collage-like, highly visual, and dependent on new technologies. In addition, The Chocolate Factory produces the Annual Taste of L.I.C. each June working with over 100 local businesses, real estate developers and cultural destinations to market Long Island City as a great place to live, work and visit.
Diego Salazar Studios
21-25 44th Ave., LIC. Over 20 artist studios. 718.937.9077 www.diegosalazar.com
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs
A not for profit exhibition space. info@dorsky.org.
11-03 45th Ave., LIC. 718.937.6317
Eugene Binder Gallery
5-31 50th Avenue
(718) 786-6775
Fine Art in Space
A framing shop for artists & businesses, and a contemporary art gallery.
Messikian, Edward - ed@fineartframeworks.com
10-47 48th Ave., LIC NY 11101, 718.392.7766
http://www.fineartframeworks.com
Flux Factory, Inc.
Artist collective; performance and music events, installations.
Chen Tamir, ED, info@fluxfactory, www.fluxfactory.org; 718.707.3362
Garth Clark Gallery
45-46 21st Street
(718) 706-2491
www.garthclark.com
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Office space available for arts non-profits; gallery exhibit space for community groups.
35-20 Broadway, LIC, NY 11106. info@astorialic.org; www.astorialic.org 718.278.0700
Dance Entropy, Inc. / Green Space Studio
Valerie Green, Director, 37-24 24th St., #301, LIC, NY 11101
Dance studio, rehearsal & performance space, home of Dance Entropy dance company.
718.956.3037, vgreen@danceentropy.org
http://www.danceentropy.org; http://www.greenspacestudio.org
Independent Studios 1
Betty Ann Hogan, Betty Ann - bettyannhogan@aol.com - 718.729.8001
Perhaps the first artist collective in LIC, started in 1978.
10-26 46th Ave., LIC, NY 11101
Juvenal Reis Studios
http://www.JuvenalReisStudios.com
Over 130 artists from 18 nations.
Call either
La Guardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101, 718.482.5151, www.lagcc.cuny.edu
Offers a wide variety of cultural and education programs in music, dance, and theater including concerts and other special events. Two theaters, which seat 740 and 220 people, are available for rental to performing arts and community groups.
Lionhearted Players - Powell Leonard - powelleon@earthlink.net
Astoria-based comedy troupe.
www.lionheartedplayers.com 718.482.8790
Local Project - Carolina Penafiel - info@localproject.org
Building community for area artists.
21-36 44th Rd., LIC 11101. 718.433.2779 www.localproject.org
Long Island City Artists, Inc. (aka LIC Artists)
Chris Vilardi. LIC Artists is a group that includes not only artists from Artlofts, but also other studios and studio complexes in the LIC area.
www.licartists.org.
LIC Art Center
44-02 23rd St., LIC, NY 11101
Private art studios for rent, 200 - 1,000 s.f., close to subways, 24 hr. access.
Edgar Perez, Rental Agent (718) 361-1401, (845) 642-4643; licartcenterny@aol.com
Long Island City Artlofts, Inc.
Pat Hammerman, 37-06 36th Street, LIC 718.229.1090. realart1@verizon.net
Artlofts is a large studio complex separate from LIC Artists.
Long Island City School of Ballet
44-02 23rd St., #216, LIC, NY 11101
Eric Ragan, 718.781.1169, www.licsb.com
Modern Art Foundry
18-70 41st Street
(718) 728-2030
http://www.modernartfoundry.com/
Opera Company of Astoria
Bringing professional opera performances to western Queens.
Heather Petruzelli, Director - petheather@hotmail.com
31-42 34th St., #3R, Astoria 11106, 718.274.0399
http://www.operaastoria.org
Photographic Arts Center - Gilbert Pizano
24-20 Jackson Ave., 3rd Fl., LIC, NY 11101-5514
718 482.9816, 718-786-4770
Develop and enlarge pictures, photography classes.
www.photocenter-nyc-lic.com
RealArt Studios
30,000 s.f. in 3 floors, over 30 artists in building.
10-20 45th Rd., LIC, 11101.
Pat Hammerman, 718.229.1090. realart1@verizon.net
Repetti Gallery
718-670-3226, sam@repetti.org
http://www.repetti.org
Ro Gallery
NYC art dealer for over 25 years and online since 1994. 10,000 square feet of limited editions, original paintings, photography and sculpture. They buy, trade, appraise and consign works of art. 47-15 36th St., LIC http://www.rogallery.com
The Space
25-17 41st Ave., LIC, NY 11101
http://www.licspace.org; l.i.c.space@gmail.com
Kristy Schopper, (718) 752-0331; Cell: 917.750.9320
Topaz Arts - Paz Tanjuaquio - paz@topazarts.org
Center for dance, audio and video arts
P.O. Box 770150, Woodside, NY 11377-0150
http://www.topazarts.org 718.505.0440
Undercroft Performance Space / Powella Productions - Ella Smith
31st Ave and 37th Street, Astoria
ellasmith@earthlink.net - 718.482.8790
Wills Art Deco Building
43-01 21st St., LIC 11101. Over 30 artists have studios in the Wills Building
Roxie Munro at roxiesstudio@gmail.com or 718.706.0370
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