Upcoming Events: May 2019
Flushing Creek Walking Tour
May 4, 3PM
Meeting at the boat launch at the East end of Flushing Bay promenade.
Join Guardians of Flushing Bay’s Cody Ann Herrmann and Rebecca Pryor for a walking tour of Flushing Creek. The walk takes place in “the valley of ashes,” as referenced in the novel “The Great Gatsby,” and will trace City owned property under the Van Wyck Expressway. We will discuss water quality, local history, and plans for new development in Willets Point and downtown Flushing. Participants can join us before the walk anytime between 11am and 3pm at Pier 1 for the Empire Dragon Boat Team’s “Jennifer’s Annual Flushing Bay Shoreline Clean Up”, where there will be an opportunity to help clean up the waterfront and take a ride in a dragon boat!
Cody Herrmann is a current SPQ student and is on the board of Guardians of Flushing Bay.
https://www.mas.org/events/flushing-creek-walking-tour-2/
“Partitioned Dreams” Closing Reception
May 4 11AM-1PM
Student Gallery, Klapper Hall 4th Floor, Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367
The thesis exhibition of current SPQ student Naomi Kuo will close with a public reception. The work interprets the built environment and investigates the relationships between cultural identity and place in Flushing, Queens through collective cognitive mapping, oral history, quilting, and mixed media. Included are two Action Art projects, “Common Thread,” and “Flushing Art Tours.”
Artist Talk: Down by the River – art and advocacy along the Fishing, Queens coastline
May 9, 5:30PM
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall, Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367
Join Cody Ann Herrmann for a presentation highlighting her ongoing work in her hometown of Flushing, Queens. Since 2015 Cody’s work has revolved around Flushing Bay and Creek, creating an iterative series of projects critiquing current policy related to land use and environmental planning. Through multidisciplinary arts, community engagement exercises, and grassroots organizing she applies an iterative, human centered approach to environmental problem solving.
Godwin-Ternbach Museum Gallery Talks
