Queens Council on the Arts’ latest grant will commission new artwork

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Queens Council on the Arts announced today that the Scherman Foundation has awarded its Rosin Fund, a multiyear grant totaling $300,000, to support a new commissioning program to support Queens artists.

Artists from Jackson Heights and Jamaica will create new works of theatre, dance and music.

“We are grateful to the Scherman Foundation who share our vision of giving people access to a historically privileged process of determining what is art and supporting original work that reflects the untold stories of diverse cultures that contribute to the American canon,” said executive director Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer.

QCA is now issuing a call to Queens residents to participate in the year-long process of selecting, commissioning and building relationships with artists.

Four artists will be chosen to create a performance that will be presented in June 2018.