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I’d love to invite you to my Open Studio this weekend as part of LIC Arts Open. I’m opening my studio so you can see my latest experiments, and have a conversation around cybernetic art and human–machine hybridization — experiencing the creative process up close. This is an opportunity to engage directly with the pieces as they are developed through interaction, resonance, and feedback. Dates: Saturday, May 16 & Sunday, May 17, 12–6 pm Location: 9–20 35th Ave, Studio 2-O, Long Island City, NY 11106 | Cigar Factory, 2nd Floor The festival brings together over 100 artists opening their studios to the public, with exhibitions, performances, and special events throughout the weekend. Full program: @licartsopen @licartists If you’re in the city, I’d love for you to come by. 
#LICA #LICartists #OpenStudio #13LICArtsOpen #CyberneticArt

Stop by 43-01 22nd street to see @donnalevinstoneart in every size. Open 12-6 PM as part of LICAO Open Studios!

2 more days to see UPSTANDERS 2.0, plus multiple other pop-up shows AND Open Studios 12-6pm - all part of the 13th LIC Arts Open Festival! Here is another set of artists in this show: @scaredcicada (Margaret Schneider); @jessicadramirez and @pugnacious.world (Abby Guzman). Go to @licartsopen and @licartists for link to the full schedule. Note: E subway is not stopping at our stop, so take the 7 subway! #licartsopen #licartists

Up next for our 4th close-up drop are @pugnacious.world (Abby Guzman), @margaret_mccarthy_studio and @_michellewey_ (whose list of words Federal agencies are discouraged from using is now twice as long!). Come see these in person where you won’t have to contend with the camera picking up the reflections! @licartsopen for link to the full LIC Arts Open Festival schedule ! @licartists #licartsopen #licartists

3rd Close-up video of artists in UPSTANDERS 2.0. Here we have the powerful work of @lori_horowitz and @aurelia_grv . Even better in person!!! So much sculpture that can’t be fully appreciated in photos! Reception is Friday, May 15 6-9, but the show is open in the afternoons through Sunday. @licartsopen for link to the full schedule @licartists #licartsopen #licartists

Join @bethbrenzelart and I in our studio on Saturday, May 16th from 12-6 PM as part of @licartists open studios! We will have new paintings on display and there may even be giant fortune tellers to play with 👀 Dog studio visitors are encouraged, we are already stocked with treats. We hope to see you there! 40-08 22nd St, Floor 2 Long Island City, NY Closest Trains: F, 7, N, W

The 13th LIC Arts Open Festival starts today! Pop-up shows on view from 12noon! Festival Opening Party tonight at Culture Lab (where I have a sculpture in Rooted); Reception for Pop-up shows, including UPSTANDERS 2.0 (which I curated and have a work in) and League X LIC (curated by @steelstatue and I have a work in!). LIC Opening Studios this weekend (I will NOT be opening); so much to explore!!! @licartsopen @licartists #licartsopen #licartists @culturelablic

@sherwintheartist installing his 700lb sculpture "The Box That Rocks, We Appreciate You Ralph", 2024 Part of LIC Arts Open 13th edition A sustainable solar sonic sculpture dedicated to @videomusicbox Now on view by @focalpointbeer 43-50 12th St. Long Island City, NY 11101 Thanks @thevoreagroup and Aaron from Focal Point!

Meet the LICAO13 Curators! Next up… Jack Howard-Potter Exhibition: The League x LIC Arts Biography Jack Howard-Potter was born on January 2, 1975 in New York City. He has permanent and long-term displays in sculpture parks, municipalities and galleries across the country including Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Vermont, New Jersey and Illinois. In 2021 Jack made The 1958 Championship Game sculpture for the NFL Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio. Standing 30 feet tall the monumental figure of diving football player, Raymond Berry, is gravity defying. The six thousand pounds of steel, covered in a silver skin took 8 months to complete and represents a major success in Jack’s career. He resides in New York City with his wife, Erica, daughter, Skylar and son, Lyndon. He is a former board member of The Art Students League, attends ballet and dance to inform his work and most recently completed a commission for the the city of Palm Springs, California. He has had his studio in Long Island City Queens since 2006.

Join us TONIGHT Wednesday Mayb6, 5-8pm for the Opening of "The Soul of the Form" curated by @joshua.rosenblatt and @jorgeposadaartist 30-30 47th Ave, LIC NY #drawing #soul #form

Mañana se abre una nueva puerta para el dibujo. Tengo el gusto de participar en “The Soul of the Form”, una exposición colectiva que explora la potencia del dibujo como espacio, donde gesto, estructura y expresión se entrelazan. Una muestra que entiende el dibujo no solo como representación, sino como un acto profundo de ver y revelar. Curada por Jorge Posada y Joshua Rosenblatt, reúne distintas aproximaciones en dos y tres dimensiones, destacando el dibujo como proceso vivo. 📍 The LIC-A Art Space @ The Factory LIC 30-30 47th Ave, LIC, NY 11101 🗓️ Inauguración / Opening reception: May 6, 5–8 pm 🗓️ En exhibición / On view: May 6 – May 25, 2026 — A new door opens for drawing tomorrow. I’m pleased to be part of “The Soul of the Form,” a group exhibition that explores drawing as a space where gesture, structure, and expression intertwine—approaching it not just as representation, but as a profound act of seeing and revealing. Curated by Jorge Posada and Joshua Rosenblatt, the show brings together diverse approaches across two and three dimensions, highlighting drawing as a living process. 📍 The LIC-A Art Space @ The Factory LIC 30-30 47th Ave, LIC, NY 11101 🗓️ Opening reception: May 6, 5–8 pm 🗓️ On view: May 6 – May 25, 2026 #DrawingExhibition #ContemporaryDrawing #NYCArt #ArtOpening #EdissonGonzalez

Meet the LICAO13 Curators! Next up, Kelley Banks! All My Friends Are Artists PRESENTS: We Out In Queens LIC Arts Festival | May 13–17 | Long Island City, Queens We Out In Queens is a vibrant group exhibition presented by All My Friends Are Artists, celebrating the creative energy, cultural richness, and deep-rooted inspiration that emerges from Queens. Taking place during the annual LIC Arts Festival, this exhibition brings together a dynamic roster of artists whose work is shaped by the neighborhoods, stories, and communities that define the borough. About the curator: Keilley Banks is an multidisciplinary artist and community curator whose artistic journey has been shaped by a nomadic upbringing that ignited a profound exploration of identity. Her work is dedicated to cultivating a distinct portrait style characterized by vibrant hues, intricate detailing, and compelling symbolism. Each canvas serves as a visual narrative where the Black community takes center stage, interweaving threads of race, class, gender, and sexuality into a complex tapestry of human experience. Central to her work is the study of relationships: with oneself, with others, and with the broader world. Keilley explores how these connections shape identities and influence perceptions. Through her art, she examines the awareness and reactions people have to these connections, and how internal experiences resonate with external realities. This exploration is reflected in the intricate details and symbolism within her portraits, which reveal the complex interplay between the personal and the communal, the intimate and the societal.