NEW- LIC is a Galaxy Interviews
In partnership with student filmmakers at Information Technology High School, find out more about our Galaxy artists and the Long Island City Partnership in a brand new video interview series!
Preview the interviews below and watch them on our site here.
LIC is a Galaxy
This unique and evolving installation on view this spring and summer celebrates the idea that Long Island City is a galaxy, both diverse and unified. Whether you live and work in LIC, or are just visiting our galaxy, we encourage you to travel to all eighteen “planets” placed in tree pits throughout the district.
Twenty fiberglass spheres were manufactured by LIC-based fabricator, Sculpture House NYC. Five Queens-based artists were selected through an open call from Culture Lab LIC and commissioned to design and paint four planets each, with twenty total spheres representing our galaxy. Click on each artist below to read more about their work and the planets they created and find the location of all the artworks below! Follow along on social media with the hashtag #LICisaGalaxy
This project was made possible by the generous support of the Long Island Board of REALTORS®. LIC is a Galaxy represents a partnership with Eventscape, a custom Architectural Fabrication firm in LIC, and Culture Lab LIC, an arts non-profit run out of Plaxall Gallery. Our LIC public realm arts projects are also made possible through the support of Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer.
