Queens Museum: "The Queens Teens: Overcoming, Adapting, and Resisting" - 6/26-8/15/21

Giulia Fontaine, The 2020 Exhibition, 2021. Graphite on paper. [Image Description: A black and white drawing of three artworks. On the left there is a piece that reads “ART” with a person’s hand drawing with a pencil. In the middle are three protests signs: one is on a pole with a fist on it that reads “BLM;” another has two LGBTQ+ flags, reading “LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS;” and the other poster is of a gun crossed out reading “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.” On the right of the image is a drawing of the American flag with the United States drawn on top of it (some states are colored in darker than others).]

The Queens Teens
Overcoming, Adapting, and Resisting
Saturday, June 26 - Sunday, August 15, 2021

This exhibition presents work by the Queens Teens. These artists have made paintings, drawings, digital works, and sculptures in response to the widespread hardships felt by our communities due to Covid-19. As young, dynamic, and compassionate New Yorkers, they have sought to communicate the physically and emotionally grueling experience of outlasting the pandemic over the past year.

In their own words, “We wish to highlight the courage New Yorkers embodied when going through quarantine and this uncertain period. From first-responders to middle school students, everyone had to adapt to the changing circumstances of the city.”

The Queens Teens exhibiting artists are: Chiara Ahualt, Carissa Blackwell, Jasmin Contreras, Shelly Fatal, Giulia Fontaine, Christopher Guthrie, Zainab Hamid, Prabhjot Kaur, Afroza Keya, Lina Mazioui, Greicy Ramirez, Nadiya Rampersaud, Susan Salgado, Ashley Saldana, Lisbeth Santana, and Ruben Santiago.

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